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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Economic Development Capacity and Readiness

Program code
BWR02 (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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-22Economic Development Capacity and Readiness 2018-19: $146MEconomic Development Capacity and Readiness 2019-20: $26MEconomic Development Capacity and Readiness 2020-21: $115MEconomic Development Capacity and Readiness 2021-22: $115MEconomic Development Capacity and Readiness
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
Economic Development Capacity and ReadinessThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$172M

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) 34, against 157 in 2018-19 (−78%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $26M, against $146M in 2018-19 (−82%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 160, against 34 in 2019-20 (+371%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Planned spending $115M, against $26M in 2019-20 (+342%).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

Value of investments leveraged from sources outside of the department
Expected result: First Nation and Inuit communities leverage investments from private sector and other sources
33%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 33%201933%
For every dollar invested by ISC, $3.25 was leveraged from outside sources.
Met
2019-20Ratio of 1 to 22020Community Opportunity Readiness Program 1:2.71 Strategic Partnerships Initiative 1:4.82
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. In past years, the ratio for both programs was combined into one result. The methodology will be reviewed for future reporting.
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: $116M2018-19: $146M2018-192019-20: $115M2019-20: $26M2019-202020-21: $115M2020-212021-22: $115M2021-22
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$116M$146M
2019-20$115M$26M
2020-21$115M*—
2021-22$115M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 2482018-19: 1572018-192019-20: 1602019-20: 342019-202020-21: 1602020-212021-22: 1602021-22
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
2018-19248157
2019-2016034
2020-21160*—
2021-22160*—

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

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