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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development

Program code
BWR01 (INAC)
Core responsibility
Northern and Arctic Affairs
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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development 2018-19: $46.3MIndigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development 2019-20: $26.4MIndigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development 2020-21: $49.6MIndigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development 2021-22: $42.2MIndigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Develop…
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
Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business DevelopmentThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$72.7M

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
2019-20Spending $26.4M, against $46.3M in 2018-19 (−43%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned spending $49.6M, against $26.4M in 2019-20 (+88%).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

Dollar value of federal procurement contracts set aside for Indigenous businesses
Expected result: Indigenous businesses are competing for federal government set-asides
1.4%2018-19✗ not met0.8%2019-20✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 5%20191.4%
For calendar year 2018, departments and agencies were asked to submit a Performance Agreement whereby, departmental procurement spending for Indigenous business would reach 5% of respective procurement budgets, by 2022. There were 36 replies which committed to setting aside contracts with an average percentage of 1.4 for the first year, well above the 1% requested.
Not met
2019-20≥ 5%20200.8%
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. Total value of set aside contracts versus total government procurement for 2017. Due to delays in the receipt of data we are not…
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: $49.2M2018-19: $46.3M2018-192019-20: $49.4M2019-20: $26.4M2019-202020-21: $49.6M2020-212021-22: $42.2M2021-22
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$49.2M$46.3M
2019-20$49.4M$26.4M
2020-21$49.6M*—
2021-22$42.2M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 282018-19: 222018-192019-20: 212019-20: 62019-202020-21: 212020-212021-22: 212021-22
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
2018-192822
2019-20216
2020-2121*—
2021-2221*—

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$49,174,992$49,374,992$49,574,992
2019-20 plan$49,390,422$49,590,422$42,170,422
Actual$46,312,029$26,428,698

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