Program directory · Health Canada
Air Quality
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVH06 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Protection and Promotion
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Air Quality Program supports actions to improve air quality and health for the people in Canada. Key activities include research on exposure of the people in Canada to air pollution and on the health impacts of air pollution; assessments of the health risks from air pollutants and pollutant sources; and quantification of the health benefits from actions to improve air quality. This information is made available to stakeholders including governments, industry, health professionals and directly to the public. It also plays an important role in guiding actions under the Air Quality Management System, a collaborative effort among the federal government, provinces and territories and other key stakeholders to improve air quality in Canada, led by Environment and Climate Change Canada, but for which health is a key driver. The Air Quality Management System includes Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards meant to drive continuous improvement in air quality. The Air Quality Program also works with Environment and Climate Change Canada to implement the Air Quality Health Index, a tool designed to help the people in Canada make decisions to protect their health by adjusting their activity levels during increased levels of air pollution. Finally, the Program also develops guidance to better manage indoor air quality for public health professionals and the people in Canada.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $122M |
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 | Indicators added: Percentage of people in Canada living in areas where air quality standards are achieved | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of the Canadian population living in areas where measured outdoor air pollutant concentrations are below the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators added: Percentage of the population across Canada living in areas where air pollutant concentrations are less than or equal to the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of people in Canada living in areas where air quality standards are achieved | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned employees (FTEs) 14, against 94 in 2027-28 (−85%). | FTEs (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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 2030 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $20.8M | $17M |
| 2019-20 | $22.1M | $15.4M |
| 2020-21 | $21.7M | $16.6M |
| 2021-22 | $22.4M | $17.9M |
| 2022-23 | $21.9M | $17.7M |
| 2023-24 | $21.2M | $19M |
| 2024-25 | $21.4M | $18.5M |
| 2025-26 | $21.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $23.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $18M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $16M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 95 | 95 |
| 2019-20 | 102 | 92 |
| 2020-21 | 102 | 102 |
| 2021-22 | 106 | 107 |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 105 |
| 2023-24 | 100 | 110 |
| 2024-25 | 100 | 114 |
| 2025-26 | 98 | — |
| 2026-27 | 94 | — |
| 2027-28 | 94* | — |
| 2028-29 | 14* | — |
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 | $20,752,180 | $20,752,208 | $20,752,210 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $22,075,637 | $22,075,637 | $22,075,637 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $21,723,057 | $21,723,057 | $21,723,057 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $22,427,102 | $22,479,365 | $22,478,753 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $21,893,680 | $21,893,067 | $21,893,067 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $21,185,237 | $21,185,237 | $21,185,237 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $21,418,167 | $21,214,262 | $20,391,416 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $21,285,305 | $20,703,730 | $20,754,010 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $23,280,946 | $18,046,674 | $15,957,940 | ||||||||
| Actual | $17,009,872 | $15,424,738 | $16,604,963 | $17,855,951 | $17,722,862 | $18,989,592 | $18,471,453 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
