Program directory · Health Canada
Substance Use and Addictions
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVG05 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Care Systems
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The objective of the Substance Use and Addictions Program is to support other levels of government, community-based and national non-profit organizations to respond to ongoing and emerging drug and substance use issues across Canada by: preventing problematic substance use and reducing harms; facilitating treatment and related system enhancements; and, improving awareness, knowledge, skills and competencies of targeted stakeholders and Canadians. To achieve this objective, the Program provides grants and contributions funding for a wide range of evidence-informed and innovative problematic substance use prevention, harm reduction and treatment initiatives across Canada at the community, regional and national levels. Initiatives target a range of psychoactive substances, including opioids, cannabis, alcohol and tobacco. The Program supports Health Canada’s core responsibility of Health Care Systems, contributing to Canadians making healthier choices and having better health outcomes. The Program is a partner in the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy and Canada’s Tobacco Strategy, and supports the objectives of Health Canada’s Tobacco Control, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Programs. The Program provides core funding to the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, a pan-Canadian health organization with a legislated mandate under the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) Act.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substance Use and Addictions | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $158M |
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 $52.4M, against $28M in 2018-19 (+87%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $77.2M, against $52.4M in 2019-20 (+47%). | Actual spending (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 | ≥ 60% | 2019 | — Projects initially anticipated to begin in 2017-18 did not begin until 2018-19 due to delays in the launch of the call for proposals. Results from these projects and subsequent program level aggregation will therefore begin to be available in March 2020. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | — | — | 75% Starting in 2021-22, SUAP will no longer report as a standalone program in InfoBase. SUAP performance measurement will be reflected in reported indicators for the cannabis, tobacco control and controlled substances programs. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
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 | $31M | $28M |
| 2019-20 | $56.3M | $52.4M |
| 2020-21 | $69.1M | $77.2M |
| 2021-22 | $60.5M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $46.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 32 | 15 |
| 2019-20 | 39 | 6 |
| 2020-21 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021-22 | 24* | — |
| 2022-23 | 24* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $30,990,121 | $31,310,578 | $32,313,890 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $56,277,204 | $60,701,766 | $55,763,132 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $69,089,216 | $60,486,044 | $46,833,414 | ||
| Actual | $28,043,779 | $52,422,133 | $77,227,688 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
