Program directory · Public Services and Procurement Canada
Security and Oversight Services
- Department
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Program code
- BVY08 (GSC)
- Core responsibility
- Government-Wide Support
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Security and Oversight Services support the ethical and secure management of Government of Canada activities. This program is responsible for inspections, investigations and integrity verifications for the Department, other government departments and Canadians. Security oversight services include: Contract Security, Controlled Goods, Supplier Integrity and Compliance, Fairness Monitoring Services and Forensic Accounting Services, Data analytics and Fraud Detection, and Fraud Risk Management for the department. It aims at providing high quality programs and services that ensure government operations are carried out securely, with probity and with integrity; and ensures the government does business with ethical suppliers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security and Oversight Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $215M |
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 $27.9M, against $18M in 2018-19 (+56%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $37.1M, against $29.1M in 2022-23 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $55.9M, against $40.6M in 2024-25 (+38%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of security screenings processed within 7 business days for contractors and sub-contractors requiring access to protected information | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percent of simple reliability screenings processed within 7 business days. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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 | ≥ 85% | 2019 | 97% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 95% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2021 | 84% The result for this indicator slightly missed the target of 85% due to challenges presented at the beginning of the fiscal year when the pandemic started. Program performance was negatively impacted by VPN limitations and the demand to allocate all available resources toward managing urgent requests related to the government’s COVID-19 response. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 85% | 2022 | 99% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 85% | 2023 | 98% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 94% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 96% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 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 | $17.2M | $18M |
| 2019-20 | $24.1M | $27.9M |
| 2020-21 | $40.3M | $31.5M |
| 2021-22 | $40.7M | $30.6M |
| 2022-23 | $38.2M | $29.1M |
| 2023-24 | $38.5M | $37.1M |
| 2024-25 | $41.7M | $40.6M |
| 2025-26 | $55.9M | — |
| 2026-27 | $43.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $35.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $31.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 407 | 393 |
| 2019-20 | 456 | 401 |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 435 |
| 2021-22 | 484 | 440 |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 484 |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 447 |
| 2024-25 | 516 | 470 |
| 2025-26 | 515 | — |
| 2026-27 | 489 | — |
| 2027-28 | 492* | — |
| 2028-29 | 487* | — |
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 | $17,182,496 | $17,171,989 | $17,171,989 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $24,072,848 | $24,181,464 | $24,514,229 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $40,313,840 | $32,951,230 | $26,158,570 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $40,736,349 | $34,176,105 | $30,533,020 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $38,167,939 | $30,322,276 | $30,592,810 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $38,468,023 | $32,255,314 | $32,224,380 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $41,729,942 | $38,338,410 | $35,596,291 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $55,910,649 | $38,097,430 | $38,977,938 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $43,812,196 | $35,125,253 | $31,768,144 | ||||||||
| Actual | $17,950,175 | $27,945,453 | $31,547,167 | $30,604,150 | $29,144,046 | $37,088,168 | $40,611,936 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
