Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Community Oral Health Services
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXL03 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Services and Benefits to Individuals
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The objective of the Community Oral Health Services, which includes Children’s Oral Health Initiative and dental therapy services, is to address the oral health needs and reducing oral health disparities experienced by First Nations and Inuit across the lifespan. The target populations for Community Oral Health Services include all populations living within First Nations and Inuit communities. Community Oral Health Services supports culturally appropriate community-based programs, services, initiatives, and strategies related to oral health. The range of services include prevention and health promotion, outreach and home visiting, treatment and referrals. Community Oral Health Services, in collaboration with other programs such as the Aboriginal Health Start on reserve and Maternal Child Health, facilitate knowledge transfer through health promotion activities such as tooth brushing programs. Community Oral Health Services also collaborates with other professionals within the communities such as nurses, school teachers and directors to promote the importance of healthy practices to approach oral health as integral to holistic health. The program will assist communities in achieving a continuum of care while harmonizing the Department’s approach to oral health service delivery.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Oral Health Services | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $83.4M |
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 | Indicators added: Number of First Nations and Inuit communities with access to oral health services | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Number of Indigenous people living in First Nations and Inuit communities have access to oral health services | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned employees (FTEs) 10, against 66 in 2022-23 (−85%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $14.1M, against $22.5M in 2022-23 (−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
No results reported yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $22.8M | $18.1M |
| 2020-21 | $25.2M | $20.4M |
| 2021-22 | $27.5M | $22.4M |
| 2022-23 | $27.7M | $22.5M |
| 2023-24 | $14.1M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $14.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 94 | 65 |
| 2020-21 | 95 | 67 |
| 2021-22 | 95 | 65 |
| 2022-23 | 95 | 66 |
| 2023-24 | 10* | — |
| 2024-25 | 10* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $22,796,672 | $25,031,172 | $27,035,816 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $25,159,056 | $27,141,229 | $27,284,034 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $27,503,864 | $27,657,177 | $14,059,566 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $27,674,712 | $14,062,296 | $14,062,296 | |||
| Actual | $18,104,400 | $20,405,949 | $22,402,558 | $22,515,210 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
