Program directory · Health Canada

Radiation Protection

Department

Health Canada

Program code

BVH15 (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 help protect people in Canada from health risks associated with radiation exposure from natural and human-made sources. The key activities of the Program are monitoring environmental radiation and occupational exposure; collaborating with international partners; managing federal nuclear emergency preparedness and response (including plans, exercises, procedures and training) for nuclear emergencies that require a coordinated federal response; educating stakeholders and people in Canada on the health risks of radiation exposure, radiation emitting devices and on risk management strategies, including for radon; conducting radiation-related research; and regulating radiation emitting devices. In addition, the Program is licensed under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act to deliver the National Dosimetry Service, which provides cost-recovered occupational radiation monitoring services to clients. The Program supports health protection and promotion by assessing, managing and communicating the health and safety risks associated with radiation exposure from both natural and man-made sources. The Department of Health Act, the Radiation Emitting Devices Act, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Implementation Act, the Emergency Management Act and the Nuclear Safety and Control Act and Regulations provide the authority for the Radiation Protection Program.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.