Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
New Horizons for Seniors Program
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGM03 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Social Development
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The New Horizons for Seniors Program supports initiatives that enhance seniors’ social inclusion and mobilize the voluntary sector. The Program has two streams: Community-based grants and Pan-Canadian grants and contributions. Community-based grants fund projects that help organizations address local issues and enable seniors to make valuable contributions to their communities. Funded projects are volunteer-based; supported by communities; inspired or led by seniors; and, address program objectives. Pan-Canadian grants and contributions fund multi-year projects that use collaborative and innovative approaches to build community capacity and increase seniors’ social inclusion.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Horizons for Seniors Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $622M |
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 dropped: Reduction in the number of targeted seniors who have been identified as being socially isolated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $77.1M, against $48.9M in 2018-19 (+58%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Total number of New Horizons for Seniors Program projects that received funding | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $101M, against $77.1M in 2019-20 (+31%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 126, against 93 in 2021-22 (+35%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 99, against 126 in 2022-23 (−21%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $114M, against $84.6M in 2022-23 (+35%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 61, against 108 in 2024-25 (−44%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $84.2M, against $113M in 2024-25 (−26%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Number of seniors who participated in pan-Canadian projects | Departmental Results Framework (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 | ≥ 369,000 | 2019 | 817,647 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 369,000 | 2020 | 848,700 Partial results based on less than half of funded projects. Other projects have requested and received an extension of their projects’ terms due to challenges from COVID-19. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 369,000 | 2021 | 693,648 The target for this result was set three years ago, using results from projects completed in the 2016-17 and 2017-18. Results from more recent years show an increasing number of seniors participating in the NHSP community-based projects that far exceeds the target. The target will be updated for the next reporting cycle to better reflect the increasing participation of seniors in NHSP projects. | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 369,000 | 2022 | 1,018,495 Note that this is an updated result of projects implemented from 2019 -2022. | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 800,000 | 2023 | 924,020 Results based on a total of 3,254 funded projects and extrapolated based on an 86% final report completion rate. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 600,000 | 2024 | 926,890 Number reflects ‘participating seniors’ which includes senior volunteers and beneficiaries (age 55+). Number is adjusted based on a 94.5% response rate and rounded to the nearest 10 for 3,002 funded projects. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 670,000 | 2025 | 943,850 Actual result reflects ‘senior participants’ including senior volunteers and senior beneficiaries (age 55+). The program saw an increase in senior participation due to a slightly higher number of funded projects and a higher number of senior volunteers engaged across all projects when compared to the previous year. | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 1,850 | 2019 | 2,006 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 1,850 | 2020 | 2,856 Community-based projects: 25K grants: 2,460 projects 5K grants: 371 projects Pan-Canadian Projects: 25 projects | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 2019 | Not available The New Horizons for Seniors Program Pan-Canadian stream cannot provide results as the 2015 multi-year initiatives are still unfolding. The initiatives ends December 2019 and results will be available once all final reports from funding recipients are submitted and examined in 2020. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 900,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 40,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $49.3M | $48.9M |
| 2019-20 | $48.7M | $77.1M |
| 2020-21 | $68.7M | $101M |
| 2021-22 | $68.8M | $82.9M |
| 2022-23 | $87.3M | $84.6M |
| 2023-24 | $108M | $114M |
| 2024-25 | $109M | $113M |
| 2025-26 | $84.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $70.4M | — |
| 2027-28 | $70.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $70.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 54 | 68 |
| 2019-20 | 54 | 62 |
| 2020-21 | 54 | 78 |
| 2021-22 | 53 | 93 |
| 2022-23 | 99 | 126 |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 99 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 108 |
| 2025-26 | 61 | — |
| 2026-27 | 59 | — |
| 2027-28 | 59* | — |
| 2028-29 | 59* | — |
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 | $49,309,210 | $49,309,210 | $49,309,210 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $48,711,072 | $48,711,072 | $48,711,072 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $68,694,415 | $68,694,415 | $68,694,415 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $68,793,199 | $68,794,458 | $68,794,458 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $87,329,101 | $107,374,871 | $99,332,336 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $108,404,172 | $108,360,687 | $83,402,201 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $109,011,582 | $84,075,091 | $70,462,428 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $84,167,533 | $70,554,370 | $70,554,370 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $70,437,533 | $70,418,598 | $70,449,154 | ||||||||
| Actual | $48,876,343 | $77,129,576 | $101,410,192 | $82,876,703 | $84,591,573 | $113,890,306 | $113,441,916 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
