Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability
- Program code
- BWR07 (INAC)
- Core responsibility
- Northern and Arctic Affairs
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability contributes to a healthy and sustainable environment for the benefit of Indigenous Peoples, Northerners and Canadians by sustainable management, monitoring and assessment of land and resources throughout the North. The Program ensures that decision making is fully informed by providing science and policy reports and advice informed by scientific and Indigenous knowledge and meaningful engagement, and by co-developing strategic plans to address environmental concerns and impacts. The Program ensures efficient and effective monitoring systems in the North by coordinating, generating and managing scientific and environmental data and by publishing results, reports and data.
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 and Arctic Environmental Sustainability | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $111M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Percentage of environmental assessment decisions that reflect the perspectives of Northerners and Indigenous peoples | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Number of Strategic Environmental Assessments, used for decision-making, that include traditional knowledge and science information. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of long-term northern and Arctic contaminant monitoring datasets maintained | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of environmental assessment decisions that reflect the perspectives of Northerners and Indigenous peoples | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage of contaminant information available to inform public health guidance and individual food choices | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of long-term northern and Arctic contaminant monitoring datasets maintained | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $20.8M, against $14.8M in 2022-23 (+40%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 93% 37 of 40 datasets included in this indicator were updated successfully. Logistical or safety reasons prevented data collection in 2023 pertaining to 3 datasets. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 93% Most of the datasets and associated contaminant information used to calculate this indicator were available as expected. Change in some projects’ leadership, as well as shifting ice conditions during fieldwork, contributed to the variance from the 100% target. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 88% While the majority of core monitoring projects were successful in maintaining their sample collections and datasets, some factors prevented successful collections such as: unpredictable and dangerous weather and sea-ice conditions, increased presence of polar bears, as well as a need to re-engage and consult with community and regional partners to ensure proper communications and support for samp… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $13.5M | $12.9M |
| 2019-20 | $15.5M | $14.2M |
| 2020-21 | $15.3M | $12.3M |
| 2021-22 | $13.3M | $11.9M |
| 2022-23 | $16.3M | $14.8M |
| 2023-24 | $16M | $20.8M |
| 2024-25 | $26.6M | $23.8M |
| 2025-26 | $26.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $20.3M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $18.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 23 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | 22 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021-22 | 23 | 24 |
| 2022-23 | 28 | 25 |
| 2023-24 | 21 | 25 |
| 2024-25 | 38 | 29 |
| 2025-26 | 28 | — |
| 2026-27 | 24* | — |
| 2027-28 | 23* | — |
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 | $13,464,881 | $13,889,881 | $12,339,881 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $15,480,565 | $14,369,525 | $11,929,442 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $15,314,643 | $12,875,990 | $12,102,394 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $13,344,816 | $12,181,215 | $9,899,134 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $16,275,890 | $13,992,787 | $13,992,787 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $15,997,083 | $16,002,454 | $16,007,927 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $26,582,631 | $25,373,236 | $20,184,789 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $26,476,397 | $20,284,748 | $18,274,277 | |||||||
| Actual | $12,935,244 | $14,244,975 | $12,326,227 | $11,862,791 | $14,822,614 | $20,800,535 | $23,847,074 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.