Program directory · Employment and Social Development Canada
Union Training and Innovation Program
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program code
- BGO12 (HRSD)
- Core responsibility
- Learning, Skills Development and Employment
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Program supports union-based apprenticeship training, innovation, and enhanced partnerships in the Red Seal Trades through two streams of funding: 1. Investments in Training Equipment (Stream 1): Unions provided with up to 50% of the cost of purchasing new, up-to-date equipment and materials to meet industry standards or investments in technology, leading to a more skilled, inclusive, certified and productive trades workforce. 2. Innovation in Apprenticeship (Stream 2): Unions and other partners provided with support for innovative approaches and enhanced partnerships to address long-standing challenges limiting apprenticeship outcomes, for key target groups such as women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, newcomers and racialized persons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Training and Innovation Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $131M |
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 | Indicators dropped: Number of participants in funded projects in stream 2 (innovation) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Renamed from “Union Training and Innovation” to “Union Training and Innovation Program”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Number of participants in funded projects in stream 1 (equipment) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85 | 2019 | — Data not available as performance indicators were recently introduced. Data will be available in Fall 2019. Results are expected to be released in Fall 2019. | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85 | 2020 | — Not available at the time of publication. Due to COVID-19, the survey to collect the Union Training and Innovation Program’s Key Performance Indicators was postponed. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85 | 2021 | — The date to achieve target should have been noted as March 2022, rather than March 2021. Latest program results for 2019-2020 are available by funding streams. Actual results for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 will be reported in the 2021-22 Departmental Results Report. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 3,000 | 2023 | 22,619 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 4,500 – 10,000 | 2019 | — Data not available as performance indicators were recently introduced. Data will be available in Fall 2019. Results are expected to be released in Fall 2019. | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4,500 | 2020 | — Not available at the time of publication. Due to COVID-19, the survey to collect the Union Training and Innovation Program’s Key Performance Indicators was postponed. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 250 – 750 | 2019 | — Data not available as performance indicators were recently introduced. Data will be available in March 2021 (as stream 2 projects began at the end of 2018-19). | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $27.5M | $24M |
| 2019-20 | $28M | $28M |
| 2020-21 | $30M | $26.4M |
| 2021-22 | $24.7M | $29.9M |
| 2022-23 | $24.6M | $22.6M |
| 2023-24 | $24.6M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $24.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | 6 |
| 2019-20 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020-21 | 19 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | 16 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023-24 | 16* | — |
| 2024-25 | 16* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $27,512,059 | $28,014,083 | $28,014,428 | ||||
| 2019-20 plan | $28,016,331 | $28,016,673 | $24,563,834 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $30,028,324 | $24,557,782 | $24,557,782 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $24,650,197 | $24,652,665 | $24,652,665 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $24,639,875 | $24,639,875 | $24,639,875 | ||||
| Actual | $23,957,321 | $27,989,232 | $26,405,873 | $29,929,549 | $22,587,177 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
