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Assisted Living

Program code
BWS03 (INDSC)
Core responsibility
Individuals and Families
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2018-19 · 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Assisted Living 2018-19: $125MAssisted Living 2019-20: $97.7MAssisted Living 2020-21: $100MAssisted Living 2019-20: $109MAssisted Living 2020-21: $122MAssisted Living 2021-22: $181MAssisted Living 2022-23: $143MAssisted Living 2023-24: $74.6MAssisted Living 2024-25: $79.4MAssisted LivingAssisted Living
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
Assisted LivingThis program2018-19 – 2020-21$125M
Assisted LivingLater program (name match, high confidence)2019-20 – 2024-25$555M

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
2019-20Appears to be replaced by Assisted LivingCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

Ratio of institutional care clients to in-home care clients adjusted for demographic changes
Expected result: Assisted living program clients have the ability to maintain functional independence within their home communities
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19Progressive lowering of the ratio or status quo20191:10.9
This ratio does not include information for Saskatchewan. A methodology for adjusting for demographic changes must still be developed.
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: $95.6M2018-19: $125M2018-192019-20: $97.7M2019-202020-21: $100M2020-21
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$95.6M$125M
2019-20$97.7M*—
2020-21$100M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 222018-19: 182018-192019-20: 222019-202020-21: 222020-21
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
2018-192218
2019-2022*—
2020-2122*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-21
2018-19 plan$95,617,369$97,731,608$100,123,825
Actual$124,612,043

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