Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGO10 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Learning, Skills Development and Employment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The ISET Program aims to help reduce the skills and employment gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people by providing Indigenous people with opportunities to develop and improve their skills and find employment. The Program funds and supports a network of Indigenous agreement holders (service delivery providers) across Canada. This network of providers designs and delivers a full suite of skills development and employment training and supports that target all Indigenous people. Co-developed with Indigenous partners, the Program is founded on a distinctions-based approach to better meet the needs of First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Urban/Non-affiliated Indigenous people. The Program is linked to the Employment Insurance (EI) Act, allowing Indigenous organizations to deliver programs similar to those established by Part II of the EI Act. The Program supports labour market obligations specified in Treaty and Self Government Agreements that are in place with Indigenous groups. The Program also supports obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other legal obligations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $2.1B |
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 | Renamed from “Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy” to “Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 270, against 180 in 2019-20 (+50%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Employees (FTEs) 212, against 270 in 2020-21 (−21%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $403M, against $272M in 2020-21 (+48%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $270M, against $403M in 2021-22 (−33%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Renamed from “Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program” to “Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
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 | 14,000 – 16,500 | 2019 | 19,704 The reported annual target was established using historical data of previously achieved results. Recognizing that ASETS was being sunset in March 2019, annual target setting exercise was not undertaken for this program for the 2018-19 fiscal year. A new target will be developed for the Indigenous Skills and Employment Training by March 2020 using baseline results for the new program. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | A target will be developed by March 2020, once baseline results for the new ISET Program are available. | 2020 | 15,284 A target, which was to be established in March 2020, has not yet been set. Targets are to be established in consultation with Indigenous stakeholders and consultations are still ongoing. In 2019-2020, the actual result was 15,284. This result will be used to help establish a new baseline. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | A target will be developed by March 2020, once baseline results for the new ISET Program are available. | 2021 | 14,535 The pandemic has affected the number of people that can be trained (closure of in-person sites, availability to participate in training due to school closures/access to childcare and other restrictions) and employment opportunities available. The establishment of targets was delayed by onboarding new program flexibilities, the need to engage directly with Indigenous organizations, and the pandemi… | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | — | 2022 | 16,466 The pandemic and related uncertainty continued to affect the delivery of training, participation in training, and employment opportunities in Indigenous communities (e.g. closure of in-person sites and schools/child care, other restrictions, changed economic context), despite new investments in pandemic recovery. An employment target has been developed in collaboration with Indigenous partners, w… | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | Not available | 2023 | 20167 Target was not finalized with indigenous partners for 2022-23. As such, no target was established in 2022-23. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 16,500 | 2024 | 19,401 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 16,500 | 2025 | 18,717 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 16,500 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $268M | $330M |
| 2019-20 | $321M | $268M |
| 2020-21 | $265M | $272M |
| 2021-22 | $267M | $403M |
| 2022-23 | $267M | $270M |
| 2023-24 | $255M | $268M |
| 2024-25 | $258M | $292M |
| 2025-26 | $259M | — |
| 2026-27 | $256M | — |
| 2027-28 | $256M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $256M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 189 | 194 |
| 2019-20 | 224 | 180 |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 270 |
| 2021-22 | 218 | 212 |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 245 |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 215 |
| 2024-25 | 222 | 230 |
| 2025-26 | 220 | — |
| 2026-27 | 202 | — |
| 2027-28 | 202* | — |
| 2028-29 | 200* | — |
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 | $267,538,221 | $267,363,221 | $267,363,221 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $320,863,783 | $320,641,029 | $322,629,796 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $265,370,814 | $267,467,794 | $267,174,204 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $266,813,597 | $266,512,608 | $266,397,621 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $266,775,958 | $266,660,773 | $266,660,773 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $254,740,019 | $254,748,267 | $254,748,267 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $257,761,907 | $257,833,110 | $257,678,776 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $259,370,683 | $258,020,803 | $258,020,803 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $255,895,168 | $255,832,707 | $255,744,194 | ||||||||
| Actual | $330,257,532 | $267,806,350 | $271,792,712 | $402,954,613 | $270,110,993 | $268,045,680 | $291,639,269 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
