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Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management

Program code
BVX04 (GSC)
Core responsibility
Property and Infrastructure
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program is responsible for the real property portfolio of the former Cape Breton Development Corporation (CBDC/Devco). The program monitors and oversees environmentally-impacted land holdings and mine water management; as well as land management activities for properties transferred from CBDC/Devco and divestiture of surplus property.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2018-19: $8.7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2019-20: $9.1MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2020-21: $8.1MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2021-22: $8.4MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2022-23: $7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2023-24: $8.3MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2024-25: $6.9MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2025-26: $11.9MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2026-27: $7.1MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2027-28: $7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management 2028-29: $7MCape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio Management
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Cape Breton Operations (CBO) - Portfolio ManagementThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$56.5M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2025-26Planned spending $11.9M, against $6.9M in 2024-25 (+72%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of compliance to environmental Site Management Plans
Expected result: Over the long term, a portfolio of federal properties that minimizes short and long term financial and environmental liabilities
80%2018-19✓ met87.5%2019-20✓ met87.5%2020-21✓ met85%2021-22✓ met85%2022-23✓ met85%2023-24✓ met85%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 75%201980%Met
2019-20≥ 75%202087.5%Met
2020-21≥ 75%202187.5%Met
2021-22≥ 75%202285%Met
2022-23≥ 75%202385%Met
2023-24≥ 75%202485%Met
2024-25≥ 75%202585%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of compliance to environmental Site Management Plans
Expected result: Over the long term, a portfolio of federal properties that minimizes short and long term financial and environmental liabilities
75%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 75%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $9.4M2018-19: $8.7M2018-192019-20: $9.2M2019-20: $9.1M2019-202020-21: $8.6M2020-21: $8.1M2020-212021-22: $8.8M2021-22: $8.4M2021-222022-23: $7M2022-23: $7M2022-232023-24: $8M2023-24: $8.3M2023-242024-25: $6.6M2024-25: $6.9M2024-252025-26: $11.9M2025-262026-27: $7.1M2026-272027-28: $7M2027-282028-29: $7M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$9.4M$8.7M
2019-20$9.2M$9.1M
2020-21$8.6M$8.1M
2021-22$8.8M$8.4M
2022-23$7M$7M
2023-24$8M$8.3M
2024-25$6.6M$6.9M
2025-26$11.9M—
2026-27$7.1M—
2027-28$7M*—
2028-29$7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 172018-19: 172018-192019-20: 172019-20: 162019-202020-21: 182020-21: 162020-212021-22: 162021-22: 162021-222022-23: 162022-23: 162022-232023-24: 162023-24: 152023-242024-25: 162024-25: 162024-252025-26: 162025-262026-27: 162026-272027-28: 142027-282028-29: 142028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-191717
2019-201716
2020-211816
2021-221616
2022-231616
2023-241615
2024-251616
2025-2616—
2026-2716—
2027-2814*—
2028-2914*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.