Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Other Claims
- Program code
- BWM09 (INAC)
- Core responsibility
- Crown-Indigenous Relations
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program groups activities primarily related to the strategic management of Indigenous childhood claims litigation. Childhood claims are historic claims against the Crown that stem from harms committed against Indigenous people in various educational and care settings. In some instances, this Program may also include claims against the Crown that cannot be designated to any other existing departmental Program. Key activities captured under this Program include negotiations, implementation of settlement agreements, and engagement with survivors and other Indigenous stakeholders. The Program’s objective is to address historic harms committed against Indigenous people outside of the courts, and it contributes to the Departmental Result “Past injustices are recognized and resolved”.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Claims | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $16.9B |
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 | Spending $2.06B, against $169M in 2018-19 (+1122%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $993M, against $2.06B in 2019-20 (−52%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $1.47B, against $993M in 2020-21 (+48%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $9.31B, against $1.48B in 2022-23 (+531%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Employees (FTEs) 42, against 3 in 2023-24 (+1300%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators added: Number of childhood claims-related out-of-court settlements concluded | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators dropped: Number of out-of-court settlements concluded | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $1.44B, against $9.31B in 2023-24 (−85%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $3.75B, against $1.44B in 2024-25 (+160%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $1.9B, against $3.75B in 2025-26 (−49%). | 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
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Not available | 2025 | Not applicable As Canada has no control over the litigation life cycle, a target cannot be established. | No result reported |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | To be determined | 2020 | 14 Canada has no control over the litigation life cycle, meaningful targets cannot be established. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | Not available | 2021 | 19 As Canada has no control over the litigation life cycle, meaningful targets cannot be established. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | Not available | 2022 | 14 This indicator addresses resolution of litigation and/or out-of-court settlements (for both CIRNAC and ISC) as they occur. As the department has no control on the amount or the timing of resolved claims, a target could not be established. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | Not available | 2023 | 12 As Canada has no control over the litigation lifecycle, a target cannot be established | Met |
| 2023-24 | Not available | 2024 | 7 As Canada has no control over the litigation life cycle, a meaningful target cannot be established | 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 | $0 | $169M |
| 2019-20 | $2.78B | $2.06B |
| 2020-21 | $1.07B | $993M |
| 2021-22 | $1.16B | $1.47B |
| 2022-23 | $410M | $1.48B |
| 2023-24 | $3.47B | $9.31B |
| 2024-25 | $976M | $1.44B |
| 2025-26 | $3.75B | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.9B* | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.68B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022-23 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | 23 | 42 |
| 2025-26 | 42 | — |
| 2026-27 | 41* | — |
| 2027-28 | 41* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $2,778,150,000 | $1,025,000,000 | $1,155,000,000 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,070,000,000 | $1,155,000,000 | $0 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $1,157,963,966 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $410,000,000 | $0 | $0 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,469,744,942 | $3,244,942 | $223,105 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $976,439,530 | $10,221,656 | $0 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $3,746,751,661 | $1,901,859,261 | $1,675,099,261 | |||||||
| Actual | $168,630,219 | $2,060,186,779 | $993,448,523 | $1,473,322,085 | $1,476,749,216 | $9,314,683,886 | $1,440,776,619 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.