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Canadian General Standards Board

Program code
BVY07 (GSC)
Core responsibility
Government-Wide Support
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Canadian General Standards Board develops standards and offers conformity assessments in support of the economic, regulatory, procurement, health, safety and environmental interests of Canadians, governments, industry and consumers.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Canadian General Standards Board 2018-19: $2MCanadian General Standards Board 2019-20: $1.5MCanadian General Standards Board 2020-21: $1.7MCanadian General Standards Board 2021-22: $1.6MCanadian General Standards Board 2022-23: $1.7MCanadian General Standards Board 2023-24: $1.7MCanadian General Standards Board 2024-25: $1.9MCanadian General Standards Board 2025-26: $1.3MCanadian General Standards Board 2026-27: $651KCanadian General Standards Board 2027-28: $0Canadian General Standards Board 2028-29: $0Canadian General Standards Board
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
Canadian General Standards BoardThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$12.2M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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

Level of user satisfaction with services
Expected result: Clients’ certification and registration needs are met
91.4%2019-20✓ met94.7%2020-21✓ met96.5%2021-22✓ met97.8%2022-23✓ met97.5%2023-24✓ met91.7%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 75%202091.4%Met
2020-21≥ 75%202094.7%Met
2021-22≥ 75%202096.5%Met
2022-23≥ 80%202397.8%Met
2023-24≥ 80%202497.5%Met
2024-25≥ 80%202591.7%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Level of user satisfaction with services
Expected result: Clients’ certification and registration needs are met
80%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 80%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: $1.1M2018-19: $2M2018-192019-20: $1.7M2019-20: $1.5M2019-202020-21: $1.7M2020-21: $1.7M2020-212021-22: $1.8M2021-22: $1.6M2021-222022-23: $1.7M2022-23: $1.7M2022-232023-24: $1.7M2023-24: $1.7M2023-242024-25: $1.3M2024-25: $1.9M2024-252025-26: $1.3M2025-262026-27: $651K2026-272027-28: $02027-282028-29: $02028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$1.1M$2M
2019-20$1.7M$1.5M
2020-21$1.7M$1.7M
2021-22$1.8M$1.6M
2022-23$1.7M$1.7M
2023-24$1.7M$1.7M
2024-25$1.3M$1.9M
2025-26$1.3M—
2026-27$651K—
2027-28$0*—
2028-29$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 342018-19: 232018-192019-20: 342019-20: 322019-202020-21: 362020-21: 302020-212021-22: 232021-22: 222021-222022-23: 232022-23: 212022-232023-24: 232023-24: 202023-242024-25: 212024-25: 202024-252025-26: 202025-262026-27: 02026-272027-28: 02027-282028-29: 02028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-193423
2019-203432
2020-213630
2021-222322
2022-232321
2023-242320
2024-252120
2025-2620—
2026-270—
2027-280*—
2028-290*—

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.