Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Canada Service Corps
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGO07 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Learning, Skills Development and Employment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Canada Service Corps (CSC) promotes civic engagement among youth aged 12-30 through access to meaningful volunteer service opportunities.
CSC provides funding to organizations to create volunteer service opportunities, by way of service placements (national and regional) or micro-grants. By encouraging youth to engage in service, these opportunities help youth to practice leadership, grow personal and professional networks, and gain valuable skills and experience.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Service Corps | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $353M |
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 | Employees (FTEs) 53, against 7 in 2018-19 (+657%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $49.7M, against $19.6M in 2018-19 (+154%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Number of volunteer service placements created.; Number of Youth Led Projects (micro-contributions) created. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Number of youth participants in funded service projects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Employees (FTEs) 76, against 48 in 2020-21 (+58%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Number of volunteer service placements created, including youth-led projects. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Number of volunteer service placements created.; Number of Youth Led Projects (micro-contributions) created. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $77.8M, against $55.4M in 2022-23 (+40%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $46.2M, against $77.8M in 2023-24 (−41%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Number of service opportunity placements created, including youth-led projects. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Number of volunteer service placements created, including youth-led projects. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $95.5M, against $46.2M in 2024-25 (+107%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Total number of youth in service opportunities (service placements and youth-led projects) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Number of service opportunity placements created, including youth-led 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 11,000 | 2022 | 10,338 Total service placements created in 2021-2022 does not include missing data from 3 organizations. Target was not achieved due to four organizations discontinuing the program after the start of the fiscal year and impacts of COVID-19 on the remaining organizations. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 23,650 | 2023 | 9,017 The low result is due to new projects starting later than anticipated, leaving less time for activities to take place. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 23,650 | 2024 | 12,205 Target was not achieved due to delays in projects starting, which affected planned project scale-up and therefore placement numbers. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 11,000 | 2025 | 2,861 The variance between the target and actual result is primarily due to delays in the signing of new agreements, which resulted in fewer projects than expected being able to deliver programming in 2024-2025 fiscal year. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 7,000 | 2021 | 7,060 The actual results provided are partial numbers for 2020-21. Data was provided by funding recipients who were given time extensions to report due to COVID-19 constraints. | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 1,000 | 2021 | 2,205 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 5,430 | 2020 | 8,720 7,096 youth service placements and 1,624 micro-contributions were funded in fiscal year 2019 to 2020. Data is incomplete and results are expected to be even higher: - 85 regional organizations have not provided complete data on service placements due to delays related to the pandemic. Complete data will not be available by the time of publishing. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 8,000 | 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 | $31.9M | $19.6M |
| 2019-20 | $31.9M | $49.7M |
| 2020-21 | $83.6M | $57.1M |
| 2021-22 | $93.9M | $47.6M |
| 2022-23 | $96.9M | $55.4M |
| 2023-24 | $104M | $77.8M |
| 2024-25 | $83.6M | $46.2M |
| 2025-26 | $95.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $95.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $72M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $72.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | 7 |
| 2019-20 | 18 | 53 |
| 2020-21 | 77 | 48 |
| 2021-22 | 89 | 76 |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 64 |
| 2023-24 | 68 | 68 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 66 |
| 2025-26 | 53 | — |
| 2026-27 | 49 | — |
| 2027-28 | 37* | — |
| 2028-29 | 37* | — |
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 | $31,898,337 | $31,918,936 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $31,920,397 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $83,607,209 | $90,937,149 | $91,731,968 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $93,897,218 | $96,401,867 | $106,430,384 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $96,921,849 | $106,899,205 | $110,291,173 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $103,873,277 | $110,309,600 | $107,047,168 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $83,633,574 | $95,402,944 | $95,931,016 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $95,488,435 | $96,016,269 | $96,016,269 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $95,769,807 | $71,965,467 | $72,242,629 | ||||||||
| Actual | $19,580,878 | $49,663,115 | $57,117,349 | $47,634,504 | $55,365,386 | $77,759,309 | $46,187,219 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
