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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Climate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy

Program code
BWR04 (INAC)
Core responsibility
Northern and Arctic Affairs
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program contributes to increasing resilience of northern and Indigenous communities by supporting self-determined climate action. It adopts a collaborative, capacity-building approach, working with provincial and territorial governments, communities, and Indigenous organizations to identify priorities and provide direct funding support. This support enables communities to monitor, collect, and develop climate data; conduct assessments and planning to address the impacts of climate change; and design and implement renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

These efforts assist communities, governments, and Indigenous organizations in making informed decisions and implementing climate adaptation and mitigation measures that are self-determined and community-driven. In doing so, the Program helps ensure that the North and Arctic remain prosperous, sustainable, and well-equipped to navigate the challenges of a changing climate.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Climate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2018-19: $36.1MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2019-20: $40.3MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2020-21: $36.9MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2021-22: $43MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2022-23: $64.4MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2023-24: $84.6MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2024-25: $65.7MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2025-26: $76.9MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2026-27: $46.8MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2027-28: $42MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy 2028-29: $18.1MClimate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy
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
Climate Change Adaptation and Clean EnergyThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$371M

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
2019-20Indicators added: Reduction (in litres) in the consumption of diesel fuel for electricity and heating in northern communities resulting from renewable energy and energy efficiency projectsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: Reduction in the consumption of diesel fuel for electricity and heating, in litresDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Spending $64.4M, against $43M in 2021-22 (+50%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators added: Litres of diesel avoided annually with clean energyDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators dropped: Reduction (in litres) in the consumption of diesel fuel for electricity and heating in northern communities resulting from renewable energy and energy efficiency projectsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $84.6M, against $64.4M in 2022-23 (+31%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators added: Percentage of climate change assessments and plans for which measures have been implementedDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Litres of diesel avoided annually with clean energyDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $46.8M, against $76.9M in 2025-26 (−39%).Latest Departmental Plan
2028-29Planned spending $18.1M, against $42M 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

Reduction (in litres) in the consumption of diesel fuel for electricity and heating in northern communities resulting from renewable energy and energy efficiency projects
Expected result: Diesel fuel use for electricity and heating in northern communities is reduced
2,600,0002022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ 2,000,00020232,600,000Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of climate change assessments and plans for which measures have been implemented
Expected result: Indigenous and Northern communities are resilient to changing environment
50%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 50%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $37M2018-19: $36.1M2018-192019-20: $37M2019-20: $40.3M2019-202020-21: $36.8M2020-21: $36.9M2020-212021-22: $35.7M2021-22: $43M2021-222022-23: $54.8M2022-23: $64.4M2022-232023-24: $74.8M2023-24: $84.6M2023-242024-25: $67M2024-25: $65.7M2024-252025-26: $76.9M2025-262026-27: $46.8M2026-272027-28: $42M2027-282028-29: $18.1M2028-29
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$37M$36.1M
2019-20$37M$40.3M
2020-21$36.8M$36.9M
2021-22$35.7M$43M
2022-23$54.8M$64.4M
2023-24$74.8M$84.6M
2024-25$67M$65.7M
2025-26$76.9M—
2026-27$46.8M—
2027-28$42M*—
2028-29$18.1M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 312018-19: 292018-192019-20: 312019-20: 302019-202020-21: 302020-21: 332020-212021-22: 342021-22: 342021-222022-23: 432022-23: 342022-232023-24: 452023-24: 392023-242024-25: 482024-25: 432024-252025-26: 332025-262026-27: 382026-272027-28: 292027-282028-29: 192028-29
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
2018-193129
2019-203130
2020-213033
2021-223434
2022-234334
2023-244539
2024-254843
2025-2633—
2026-2738—
2027-2829*—
2028-2919*—

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.