Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Accessible Canada
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGM09 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Social Development
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Accessible Canada Initiative supports a proactive approach to the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to accessibility, particularly through the implementation of the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), along with other accessibility initiatives. This includes: developing accessibility regulations and regulatory guidance; implementing the Federal Data and Measurement Strategy on Accessibility to measure progress in the removal of barriers to accessibility; carrying out Public Opinion Research (POR) to measure Canadian attitudes towards accessibility; supporting the Governor in Council appointment processes of the Chief Accessibility Officer, the Accessibility Commissioner and the CEO and members of the Board of Accessibility Standards Canada; and supporting the disability community by funding projects under the Accessible Canada fund, and delivering awareness raising events to celebrate National AccessAbility Week, including the Canadian Congress on Disability 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessible Canada | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $67.8M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Percentage of the Canadian public that is aware of the Accessible Canada Act. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of the Canadian public that is aware of the Accessible Canada Act, human rights legislation and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Renamed from “Accessible Canada Initiative” to “Accessible Canada”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Number of grants issued under the National AccessAbility Week (NAAW) stream of the Accessible Canada Fund | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of the Canadian public that is aware of the Accessible Canada Act. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | At least 20% | 2021 | Not available Results against this indicator are taken from public opinion research on accessibility that is carried out every two years. The first POR was conducted in 2019-2021 and another is scheduled for 2021-2022. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | At least 20% among general public | 2022 | 20.2% Public Opinion Research on accessibility was carried out in early 2022. Results show that 20.2% of the general public are aware of the Accessible Canada Act. | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 20% | 2023 | 20.2% Public Opinion Research on accessibility was carried out in Spring 2022. Results show that 20.2% of the general public are aware of the Accessible Canada Act. Note: Results against this indicator are taken from two cycles of public opinion research on accessibility. The first cycle was completed in 2019-2020 and the second cycle was completed in 2022-2023. The third cycle is scheduled to be compl… | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 20% | 2025 | 21% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Not available | 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 | — | $4.7M |
| 2019-20 | $9M | $7.8M |
| 2020-21 | $13.3M | $9.2M |
| 2021-22 | $15.6M | $9.3M |
| 2022-23 | $15.5M | $10.6M |
| 2023-24 | $14.5M | $12.8M |
| 2024-25 | $14.9M | $13.5M |
| 2025-26 | $15.1M | — |
| 2026-27 | $14.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $14.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $13.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 44 |
| 2019-20 | 43 | 46 |
| 2020-21 | 58 | 46 |
| 2021-22 | 68 | 49 |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 62 |
| 2023-24 | 68 | 62 |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 66 |
| 2025-26 | 67 | — |
| 2026-27 | 65 | — |
| 2027-28 | 60* | — |
| 2028-29 | 52* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $8,963,468 | $11,660,659 | $11,831,526 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $13,340,245 | $14,462,118 | $14,501,089 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $15,648,846 | $15,698,144 | $15,698,144 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $15,536,928 | $15,536,928 | $15,536,928 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $14,477,515 | $14,477,515 | $14,477,515 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $14,933,170 | $14,949,844 | $14,873,470 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $15,053,562 | $14,976,648 | $14,976,648 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $14,677,158 | $14,081,672 | $13,135,295 | |||||||
| Actual | $7,811,992 | $9,183,577 | $9,258,560 | $10,576,077 | $12,818,129 | $13,455,365 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
