Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Specific Claims

Department

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Program code

BWM03 (INAC)

Core responsibility

Crown-Indigenous Relations

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Specific claims are past grievances made by a First Nation against the federal government which relate to the administration of land and other First Nation assets and to the fulfilment of historic treaties. Examples include the failure to provide enough reserve land, the improper management of First Nation funds, and the unlawful surrender of reserve lands. Key activities include the assessment of the historical and legal facts of a claim, the negotiation of settlement agreements, supporting the presentation of Canada’s interests before the Specific Claims Tribunal, and payment of monetary compensation to First Nations pursuant to the terms of a settlement agreement or an award of the Tribunal. Resolving specific claims fairly and expeditiously supports the recognition and respect of First Nations’ rights, discharges outstanding legal obligations of the Crown, and provides certainty for all Canadians.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.