Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Support for Indigenous-led Services and Programming
- Program code
- BWM16 (INAC)
- Core responsibility
- Crown-Indigenous Relations
- In Departmental Plans
- 2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This Program groups departmental activities supporting Indigenous organizations in delivering services to Indigenous individuals and communities in support of Canada’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Calls to Justice. Proposal-based or distinctions-based funding is allocated to Indigenous organizations to deliver a range of services such as housing infrastructure and programming, youth leadership development, cultural programming, and wellness and healing services to MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ survivors and their families. This funding aims to enhance Métis, Inuit and First Nation peoples’ access to culturally-competent and Indigenous-led services. By doing so, the Program helps renew Crown-Indigenous relations and advance self-determination.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Indigenous-led Services and Programming | This program | 2023-24 – 2028-29 | $894M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Indicators added: Percentage of Inuit households reporting that they experience core housing need; Percentage of Métis households reporting that they experience core housing need | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of Inuit households living in a dwelling that does not meet core housing need standards; Percentage of Métis households living in a dwelling that does not meet core housing need standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $345M, against $463M in 2024-25 (−25%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Renamed from “Indigenous-led Services” to “Support for Indigenous-led Services and Programming”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $135M, against $314M in 2027-28 (−57%). | 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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 32% | 2029 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 7% | 2029 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $112M | $432M |
| 2024-25 | $102M | $463M |
| 2025-26 | $345M | — |
| 2026-27 | $325M | — |
| 2027-28 | $314M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $135M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025-26 | 1 | — |
| 2026-27 | 5 | — |
| 2027-28 | 5* | — |
| 2028-29 | 5* | — |
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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 plan | $111,603,933 | $102,055,382 | $109,306,129 | |||
| 2024-25 plan | $102,124,879 | $109,290,799 | $112,368,202 | |||
| 2025-26 plan | $345,310,952 | $325,126,854 | $314,309,984 | |||
| 2026-27 plan | $325,130,047 | $314,313,177 | $135,136,850 | |||
| Actual | $431,570,670 | $462,714,121 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
