Program directory · Health Canada
Canada Health Act
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVG08 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Care Systems
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Canada Health Act (CHA) is Canada’s federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance. The aim of the Act is to facilitate reasonable access to insured health care services without financial or other barriers. The administration of CHA involves monitoring a broad range of sources to assess the compliance of provincial and territorial health insurance plans with the criteria and conditions of the Act and working in partnership with provincial and territorial governments to resolve concerns which may arise, the work of the Interprovincial Health Insurance Agreements Coordinating Committee to address issues affecting interprovincial billing of insured services, providing the Minister advice on the administration and interpretation of the Act on issues of non-compliance and recommend appropriate action when required, and reporting to Parliament on the administration of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Health Act | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $8.9M |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 85% – 100% | 2019 | — The target has an error and has since been corrected for the 2019-20 reporting cycle in GC InfoBase. | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 60% | 2020 | 60% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 60% | 2022 | 62% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 60% | 2023 | 67% | Met |
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 | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| 2019-20 | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| 2020-21 | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| 2021-22 | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| 2022-23 | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| 2023-24 | $1.9M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $1.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2019-20 | 19 | 15 |
| 2020-21 | 19 | 14 |
| 2021-22 | 19 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | 19* | — |
| 2024-25 | 19* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $1,866,168 | $1,866,168 | $1,866,168 | ||||
| 2019-20 plan | $1,873,785 | $1,873,785 | $1,873,785 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,866,444 | $1,866,444 | $1,866,444 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $1,878,727 | $1,878,727 | $1,878,727 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,881,685 | $1,881,685 | $1,881,685 | ||||
| Actual | $1,755,467 | $1,801,663 | $1,719,084 | $1,817,525 | $1,802,148 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
