Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Northern Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks
- Program code
- BWR06 (INAC)
- Core responsibility
- Northern and Arctic Affairs
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program focuses on the management, sustainable development and regulatory oversight of the land, water, natural resources, and environment of the North, delivering on the department’s role as the Government of Canada’s natural resource manager in Nunavut and the northern offshore and its post-devolution responsibilities in the Northwest Territories and Yukon. This Program advances the sustainable management of northern lands and resources, through: managing oil and gas resources development; supporting the sustainable management of active mineral exploration and development in the remaining department-managed land and water areas in the North; and supporting an efficient and effective legislative and regulatory environment that respects and reflects settled land claim and self-government agreements and that ensures the sustainable use and development of natural resources in partnership with Northerners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $135M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 104, against 134 in 2021-22 (−22%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023 | Budget 2023 measure “Future Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Development”: $7M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2023, PDF page 129 |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Percentage of water licences, land authorizations and mineral rights issued within timelines | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of water licences and land authorizations approved or issued by the department within timelines | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $21.9M, against $15.8M in 2024-25 (+38%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 100% | 2018 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $18.3M | $20.8M |
| 2019-20 | $18.6M | $21.4M |
| 2020-21 | $18.4M | $21.4M |
| 2021-22 | $19.1M | $20.1M |
| 2022-23 | $19.5M | $16M |
| 2023-24 | $19.8M | $19.6M |
| 2024-25 | $20.9M | $15.8M |
| 2025-26 | $21.9M | — |
| 2026-27 | $23M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $23.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 129 | 138 |
| 2019-20 | 145 | 138 |
| 2020-21 | 137 | 137 |
| 2021-22 | 136 | 134 |
| 2022-23 | 136 | 104 |
| 2023-24 | 104 | 96 |
| 2024-25 | 105 | 96 |
| 2025-26 | 95 | — |
| 2026-27 | 95* | — |
| 2027-28 | 95* | — |
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 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $18,255,452 | $18,574,452 | $18,339,301 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $18,594,372 | $18,358,791 | $18,690,791 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $18,354,245 | $18,686,245 | $19,040,131 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $19,085,165 | $19,439,026 | $19,785,026 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $19,465,062 | $19,811,062 | $20,164,062 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $19,837,098 | $20,190,098 | $20,550,098 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $20,872,440 | $21,212,357 | $21,513,060 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $21,893,829 | $23,040,536 | $23,210,551 | |||||||
| Actual | $20,837,480 | $21,432,623 | $21,379,461 | $20,054,132 | $15,974,133 | $19,627,272 | $15,833,841 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.