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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Individual Affairs

Program code
BWM12 (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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Individual Affairs 2018-19: $46.3MIndividual Affairs 2019-20: $8.6MIndividual Affairs 2020-21: $28.6MIndividual Affairs 2021-22: $28MIndividual Affairs
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
Individual AffairsThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$54.9M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 75, against 311 in 2018-19 (−76%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators added: Percentage of eligible applicants issued a Secure Certificate of Indian Status within 16 weeks from the application dateDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: Percentage of newly registered applicants processed within the established service standardDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $8.6M, against $46.3M in 2018-19 (−81%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 282, against 75 in 2019-20 (+276%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned spending $28.6M, against $8.6M in 2019-20 (+232%).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

Percentage of eligible applicants issued a Secure Certificate of Indian Status within 16 weeks from the application date
Expected result: Decisions of entitlement under the Indian Act are rendered to applicants
94.1%2019-20✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 90%202094.1%
This indicator was transferred to Indigenous Services Canada as per Order in Council P.C. 2019-1109. This result is being reported on behalf of Indigenous Services Canada. Future results for this indicator will be reported under Indigenous Services Canada as of 2020-21.
Met
Percentage of newly registered applicants processed within the established service standard
Expected result: Decisions of entitlement under the Indian Act are rendered to applicants
74%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201974%
The established target was not met in 2018-19 largely because of the implementation of Bill S-3, which has resulted in a 20% increase of applications and significant internal workload adjustments.
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: $30M2018-19: $46.3M2018-192019-20: $30.2M2019-20: $8.6M2019-202020-21: $28.6M2020-212021-22: $28M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$30M$46.3M
2019-20$30.2M$8.6M
2020-21$28.6M*—
2021-22$28M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 2772018-19: 3112018-192019-20: 3002019-20: 752019-202020-21: 2822020-212021-22: 2762021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19277311
2019-2030075
2020-21282*—
2021-22276*—

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$30,003,665$29,190,639$29,192,528
2019-20 plan$30,158,159$28,550,369$27,988,267
Actual$46,308,567$8,600,359

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