Program directory · Public Services and Procurement Canada
Linguistic Services
- Department
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Program code
- BVY01 (GSC)
- Core responsibility
- Government-Wide Support
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Linguistic Services program offers a full, integrated range of linguistic services in both official languages, in Canada’s Indigenous languages, and in over one hundred foreign languages. It provides quality translation, interpretation, visual interpretation, closed captioning, revision, editing and language advice to Parliament, the Canadian judiciary and federal departments and agencies, in order to help the federal government meet its obligations under the Official Languages Act. It also develops, standardizes and provides terminology, and develops, maintains and promotes the Language Portal of Canada in order to manage the government's terminology expertise, promote consistency, quality, and encourages Canadians to use both official languages.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linguistic Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $578M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Spending $79.7M, against $61.6M in 2018-19 (+29%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $98.5M, against $77.4M in 2022-23 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Renamed from “Linguistic services” to “Linguistic Services”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 95% | 2019 | 99.3% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 99% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 99.4% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 99% | 2022 | 99.1% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 99% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 99% | 2024 | 99.4% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 99% | 2025 | 99% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 99% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $76M | $61.6M |
| 2019-20 | $76.6M | $79.7M |
| 2020-21 | $79.9M | $90.8M |
| 2021-22 | $73.5M | $85.6M |
| 2022-23 | $86.7M | $77.4M |
| 2023-24 | $84.1M | $98.5M |
| 2024-25 | $78.8M | $84.4M |
| 2025-26 | $89.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $86.1M | — |
| 2027-28 | $84.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $80M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 1,184 | 1,213 |
| 2019-20 | 1,200 | 1,280 |
| 2020-21 | 1,238 | 1,282 |
| 2021-22 | 1,209 | 1,262 |
| 2022-23 | 1,251 | 1,242 |
| 2023-24 | 1,284 | 1,291 |
| 2024-25 | 1,276 | 1,230 |
| 2025-26 | 1,213 | — |
| 2026-27 | 1,103 | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,054* | — |
| 2028-29 | 1,002* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $76,015,434 | $75,340,401 | $74,247,746 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $76,551,388 | $78,198,761 | $68,174,299 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $79,936,802 | $75,844,726 | $71,074,097 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $73,488,744 | $69,468,895 | $64,710,438 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $86,691,890 | $69,735,788 | $63,974,143 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $84,061,612 | $71,649,266 | $70,109,542 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $78,751,567 | $73,264,979 | $72,532,253 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $89,502,319 | $79,215,283 | $73,707,703 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $86,052,685 | $84,383,605 | $80,042,505 | ||||||||
| Actual | $61,624,419 | $79,724,457 | $90,847,802 | $85,637,183 | $77,437,097 | $98,548,442 | $84,379,516 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
