Program directory · Health Canada
Workplace Hazardous Products
- Department
- Health Canada
- Program code
- BVH11 (H)
- Core responsibility
- Health Protection and Promotion
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Program's objective is to support and enforce the provision of critical health and safety information on hazardous chemicals to employers and workers by suppliers. It therefore supports the interlocking federal, provincial and territorial Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System and multijurisdictional legislative framework to help workers in Canada who come into contact with workplace chemicals to have the information they need to be protected. The Program supports the comprehensibility and accessibility of labels and safety data sheets for hazardous products, oversees the process for exempting confidential business information, and coordinates the delivery of a compliance and enforcement regime through the Labour Program at Employment and Social Development Canada, and the provinces and territories. It does not administer the requirements for occupational health and safety. Through the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, openness and transparency are strengthened as modernization of health protection legislation, regulation and delivery continues. The Program operates under the authorities of the Hazardous Products Act and the Hazardous Materials Information Review 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workplace Hazardous Products | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $34.5M |
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 | ≥ 95% | 2019 | 99% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 99% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 100% In year process changes have resulted in the need to review the current service standard. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 90% As part of its modernized approach to administering the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act (HMIRA), Health Canada implemented a new claims review process that included the issuance of a claim validity decision in addition to the HMIRA registration number. Considering the change in service delivery, the seven calendar day service standard was no longer feasible. New service standards refle… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 99% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $4M | $4.7M |
| 2019-20 | $4.1M | $5.2M |
| 2020-21 | $4.1M | $4.8M |
| 2021-22 | $4.4M | $4.7M |
| 2022-23 | $4.4M | $5M |
| 2023-24 | $4.4M | $5.3M |
| 2024-25 | $4.6M | $5M |
| 2025-26 | $4.6M | — |
| 2026-27 | $4.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $4.7M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $4.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 35 | 36 |
| 2019-20 | 34 | 44 |
| 2020-21 | 34 | 39 |
| 2021-22 | 34 | 38 |
| 2022-23 | 34 | 40 |
| 2023-24 | 34 | 38 |
| 2024-25 | 34 | 34 |
| 2025-26 | 33 | — |
| 2026-27 | 33 | — |
| 2027-28 | 33* | — |
| 2028-29 | 33* | — |
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 | $3,960,158 | $3,960,158 | $3,960,158 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $4,071,726 | $4,071,726 | $4,071,726 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $4,067,659 | $4,067,659 | $4,067,659 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $4,374,719 | $4,400,494 | $4,400,494 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $4,380,632 | $4,380,632 | $4,380,632 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $4,400,464 | $4,400,464 | $4,400,464 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $4,615,186 | $4,549,522 | $4,573,468 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $4,599,400 | $4,623,847 | $4,623,867 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $4,664,287 | $4,664,307 | $4,664,323 | ||||||||
| Actual | $4,705,053 | $5,160,638 | $4,779,568 | $4,664,526 | $4,978,035 | $5,284,509 | $4,956,273 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
