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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Northern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships

Program code
BWM11 (INAC)
Core responsibility
Crown-Indigenous Relations
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-28Northern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2018-19: $125MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2019-20: $141MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2020-21: $121MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2021-22: $82MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2020-21: $301MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2021-22: $180MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2022-23: $169MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2023-24: $185MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2024-25: $133MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2025-26: $148MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2026-27: $155MNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships 2027-28: $123MNorthern and Arctic Governance and PartnershipsNorthern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Northern and Arctic Governance and PartnershipsThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$266M
Northern and Arctic Governance and PartnershipsLater program (name match, high confidence)2020-21 – 2027-28$968M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Appears to be replaced by Northern and Arctic Governance and PartnershipsCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2021-22Planned spending $82M, against $121M in 2020-21 (−32%).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

Number of final devolution agreements fully Implemented with territorial governments on land and resource management
Expected result: Indigenous peoples and Northerners determine their political, economic, social and cultural development
22019-20✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 320202
Two final devolution agreements (Yukon and Northwest Territories) were fully implemented by March 2020. In June 2019, the Government of Canada approved a decision for Nunavut devolution to be fully implemented by March 2025. This means that there will be 3 final devolution agreements fully implemented by March 2025.
Not met

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

2018-19: $81.1M2018-19: $125M2018-192019-20: $120M2019-20: $141M2019-202020-21: $121M2020-212021-22: $82M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$81.1M$125M
2019-20$120M$141M
2020-21$121M*—
2021-22$82M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 532018-19: 502018-192019-20: 512019-20: 552019-202020-21: 512020-212021-22: 512021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-195350
2019-205155
2020-2151*—
2021-2251*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$81,128,213$79,534,570$80,688,570
2019-20 plan$119,685,988$120,839,988$82,016,988
Actual$124,518,953$141,271,844

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