Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
- Program code
- BWM13 (INAC)
- Core responsibility
- Crown-Indigenous Relations
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This program contributes to Crown-Indigenous Relations Core Responsibility through the implementation of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) and management of Canada’s Indian Residential School Historic Document Collection, as well as documents and information related to the implementation and administration of the IRSSA, compliance with court orders and response to litigation stemming from the IRSSA. This program includes administration and closure of program components of IRSSA, including the Independent Assessment and Common Experience Payment processes, implementation of directions from the courts and management and further sharing of documents and information related to Indian Residential Schools. Ultimately, this program aims to advance the departmental goal of recognizing and resolving past injustices.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $133M |
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 | Employees (FTEs) 137, against 173 in 2018-19 (−21%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $35.6M, against $56.7M in 2018-19 (−37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 52, against 137 in 2019-20 (−62%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Renamed from “Residential Schools Resolution” to “Residential Schools Resolutions”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Spending $18.7M, against $35.6M in 2019-20 (−47%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $9.2M, against $18.7M in 2020-21 (−51%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Renamed from “Residential Schools Resolutions” to “Residential Schools Resolution”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2022-23 | Spending $3.9M, against $9.2M in 2021-22 (−58%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage of claimants entitled to receive a payment with whom contact had been lost, who were located and for whom a payment was issued; Percentage of Indian Residential School documents reviewed | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of Independent Assessment Process payments processed | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Renamed from “Residential Schools Resolution” to “Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 21% | 2024 | — Not available | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | — As the program moves to closure, this measurable is no longer relevant. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 20% | 2024 | — As a result of delays related to the Documents Advisory Committee’s consultations on the updated document definition this work is ongoing | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 50% | 2025 | — No data is available as the process is on hold. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 99% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 100% A data entry error occurred. The target should read 100% (instead of 85%), the date to achieve target should read March 2021 (instead of March 2020), and the result status should read “Target Not Met” (instead of “Target Met”). The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat closed on March 31, 2021. A few complex claims remain (less than 1%). | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 99.9% A small number of payments cannot be issued as the department and claimant counsel have lost contact with the claimant. A project is underway to locate these claimants and finalize their settlement payments. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 99.9% A few complex claims remain. | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $113M | $56.7M |
| 2019-20 | $39.9M | $35.6M |
| 2020-21 | $59.5M | $18.7M |
| 2021-22 | $8.3M | $9.2M |
| 2022-23 | $11.2M | $3.9M |
| 2023-24 | $11.3M | $4.6M |
| 2024-25 | $7.2M | $4.5M |
| 2025-26 | $1.1M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 99 | 173 |
| 2019-20 | 135 | 137 |
| 2020-21 | 104 | 52 |
| 2021-22 | 58 | 42 |
| 2022-23 | 40 | 24 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | 25 |
| 2024-25 | 24 | 25 |
| 2025-26 | 22* | — |
| 2026-27 | 22* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $113,074,971 | $2,435,039 | $0 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $39,852,130 | $27,506,523 | $341,867 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $59,526,532 | $399,831 | $66,567 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $8,334,888 | $8,180,045 | $724,982 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $11,240,237 | $6,313,547 | $1,189,920 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $11,268,765 | $1,143,213 | $1,143,213 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $7,160,576 | $1,134,955 | $1,138,155 | ||||||
| Actual | $56,743,694 | $35,562,114 | $18,678,412 | $9,192,506 | $3,866,353 | $4,633,514 | $4,507,422 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
