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Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Financial Management Services

Program code
ISS05 (INAC)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Financial management services involve activities undertaken in the department to ensure the prudent use and stewardship of financial resources in an effective, efficient and economic manner. Activities include planning, budgeting, accounting, costing, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Financial Management Services 2018-19: $18.6MFinancial Management Services 2019-20: $14MFinancial Management Services 2020-21: $15.4MFinancial Management Services 2021-22: $16.3MFinancial Management Services 2022-23: $16.6MFinancial Management Services 2023-24: $19.4MFinancial Management Services 2024-25: $19.7MFinancial Management Services 2025-26: $15.2MFinancial Management Services 2026-27: $20.9MFinancial Management Services 2027-28: $14.6MFinancial Management Services 2028-29: $16MFinancial Management ServicesFinancial Man…Financial Management Services
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. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Financial Management ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$120M

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) 142, against 199 in 2018-19 (−29%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Renamed from “Financial Management Services - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” to “Financial Management Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 59, against 142 in 2019-20 (−58%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $20.9M, against $15.2M in 2025-26 (+38%).Latest Departmental Plan
2027-28Planned spending $14.6M, against $20.9M in 2026-27 (−30%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $16.1M2018-19: $18.6M2018-192019-20: $21.3M2019-20: $14M2019-202020-21: $25.3M2020-21: $15.4M2020-212021-22: $20.3M2021-22: $16.3M2021-222022-23: $14.7M2022-23: $16.6M2022-232023-24: $18.2M2023-24: $19.4M2023-242024-25: $23.7M2024-25: $19.7M2024-252025-26: $15.2M2025-262026-27: $20.9M2026-272027-28: $14.6M2027-282028-29: $16M2028-29
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
2018-19$16.1M$18.6M
2019-20$21.3M$14M
2020-21$25.3M$15.4M
2021-22$20.3M$16.3M
2022-23$14.7M$16.6M
2023-24$18.2M$19.4M
2024-25$23.7M$19.7M
2025-26$15.2M—
2026-27$20.9M—
2027-28$14.6M*—
2028-29$16M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1642018-19: 1992018-192019-20: 1932019-20: 1422019-202020-21: 632020-21: 592020-212021-22: 542021-22: 592021-222022-23: 612022-23: 622022-232023-24: 662023-24: 862023-242024-25: 662024-25: 712024-252025-26: 692025-262026-27: 642026-272027-28: 632027-282028-29: 622028-29
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
2018-19164199
2019-20193142
2020-216359
2021-225459
2022-236162
2023-246686
2024-256671
2025-2669—
2026-2764—
2027-2863*—
2028-2962*—

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.