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Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime

Program code
BGM06 (HRSD)
Core responsibility
Social Development
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime (CBPYVC) provides income support to eligible parents or legal guardians who suffer a loss of income while taking time from work to cope with the death or disappearance of their child (or children) under 25 years of age as the result of a probable Criminal Code offense.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2018-19: $338KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2019-20: $499KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2020-21: $521KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2021-22: $607KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2022-23: $913KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2023-24: $988KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2024-25: $819KCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2025-26: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2026-27: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2025-26: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2026-27: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2027-28: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime 2028-29: $2MCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of CrimeCanadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of…Federal Incom…Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of CrimeThis program2018-19 – 2026-27$4.7M
Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of CrimeLater program (name match, high confidence)2025-26 – 2028-29—

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Indicators dropped: Average number of weeks paid per incidence; Number of Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children inquiry calls to Service Canada; Proportion of successful applicantsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Renamed from “Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children” to “Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2025-26Appears to be replaced by Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of CrimeCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

Proportion of applications received and processed within the prescribed timeframe
Expected result: Applicants receive a timely response.
100%2018-19✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%2019100%Met
2019-20at least 90%2020100%Met
2020-21At least 90%2021100%Met
2021-22At least 90%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 90%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 90%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 90%2025100%Met
Average number of weeks paid per incidence
Expected result: The financial burden on parents of children who are deceased or missing due to a probable Criminal Code offence and who take time away from work to cope with the tragic situation is eased.
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19—2019—
Due to the sensitivity of the program and low volume, specific numbers are not made public.
No result reported
Number of Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children inquiry calls to Service Canada
Expected result: Awareness of grant among victims’ service providers, advocates and victims.
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19—2019—
Due to the sensitivity of the program and low volume, specific numbers are not made public.
No result reported
Proportion of successful applicants
Expected result: The financial burden on parents of children who are deceased or missing due to a probable Criminal Code offence and who take time away from work to cope with the tragic situation is eased.
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19—2019—
Due to the sensitivity of the program and low volume, specific numbers are not made public.
No result reported

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

2018-19: $11.3M2018-19: $338K2018-192019-20: $11.3M2019-20: $499K2019-202020-21: $11.2M2020-21: $521K2020-212021-22: $11.3M2021-22: $607K2021-222022-23: $11.3M2022-23: $913K2022-232023-24: $11.3M2023-24: $988K2023-242024-25: $11.3M2024-25: $819K2024-252025-26: $2M2025-262026-27: $2M2026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$11.3M$338K
2019-20$11.3M$499K
2020-21$11.2M$521K
2021-22$11.3M$607K
2022-23$11.3M$913K
2023-24$11.3M$988K
2024-25$11.3M$819K
2025-26$2M*—
2026-27$2M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 112018-19: 12018-192019-20: 112019-20: 12019-202020-21: 112020-21: 12020-212021-22: 112021-22: 22021-222022-23: 112022-23: 32022-232023-24: 112023-24: 22023-242024-25: 112024-25: 12024-252025-26: 112025-262026-27: 112026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19111
2019-20111
2020-21111
2021-22112
2022-23113
2023-24112
2024-25111
2025-2611*—
2026-2711*—

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.