Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Skills and Partnership Fund
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGO08 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Learning, Skills Development and Employment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) supports partnerships between Indigenous organizations and industry employers to provide skills training for Indigenous peoples. Training is linked to economic opportunities at the local, regional and national level. SPF aims to reduce the skills and employment gaps that exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and increase Indigenous participation in the labour market. It focuses on training Indigenous people for industry-identified, specific jobs that align with labour market needs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills and Partnership Fund | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $358M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Spending $5.4M, against $55.4M in 2020-21 (−90%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $37.6M, against $5.4M in 2021-22 (+592%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $56.5M, against $37.6M in 2022-23 (+50%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 74, against 44 in 2024-25 (+68%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned employees (FTEs) 0, against 70 in 2026-27 (−100%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $10M, against $57.4M in 2026-27 (−83%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $0, against $10M in 2027-28 (−100%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 | ≥ 1,600 | 2019 | 1,914 | Met |
| 2020-21 | At least 8,000 (project totals for 2017-2021) | 2021 | 5,603 (project totals 2017-2021) The target was for the cumulative total upon completion of all projects (i.e., 2017-2021 project totals) given the project-based nature of the program. The actual results demonstrate progress towards the cumulative target. The program did not meet its target due to challenges many projects faced related to the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., restrictions on training and services that could be provided a… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | Not available | 2023 | 91 No target established for 2022-23 as new projects were not in place from the 2022 Call for Proposals process. Fiscal year 2022-23 was a transition year, with only a limited number of clients being served as part of the close out of the last round of projects. New projects started in 2023-24. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | Not available | — | 495 No target was established as the first new projects from the 2022 Call for Proposals started late in 2022-2023. The target of 6,500 has now been established and is a multi-year target for all projects to be completed by 2027-2028. Results will be reported annually and are expected to increase over the years. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 6,500 | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $57.5M | $72.7M |
| 2019-20 | $57.2M | $70.8M |
| 2020-21 | $57.2M | $55.4M |
| 2021-22 | $57.4M | $5.4M |
| 2022-23 | $57.3M | $37.6M |
| 2023-24 | $67.4M | $56.5M |
| 2024-25 | $67.7M | $59.8M |
| 2025-26 | $57.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $57.4M | — |
| 2027-28 | $10M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 74 | 59 |
| 2019-20 | 74 | 57 |
| 2020-21 | 74 | 46 |
| 2021-22 | 74 | 43 |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 58 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 44 |
| 2025-26 | 74 | — |
| 2026-27 | 70 | — |
| 2027-28 | 0* | — |
| 2028-29 | 0* | — |
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 | $57,498,135 | $57,498,135 | $57,498,135 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $57,200,611 | $57,200,611 | $57,200,611 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $57,179,665 | $57,179,665 | $57,179,665 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $57,406,749 | $57,410,320 | $57,410,320 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $57,328,656 | $67,328,656 | $67,328,656 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $67,375,469 | $67,375,469 | $67,375,469 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $67,683,660 | $57,664,106 | $57,592,503 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $57,751,713 | $57,679,396 | $57,679,396 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $57,393,234 | $10,010,647 | $0 | ||||||||
| Actual | $72,744,296 | $70,804,696 | $55,426,033 | $5,426,840 | $37,580,695 | $56,466,463 | $59,819,810 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
