Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Mental Wellness
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXM02 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Health and Social Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The objective of the Mental Wellness Program is to support the mental wellness of First Nations and Inuit individuals, families, and communities. Mental Wellness supports community-based programming and services to reduce risk factors, promote protective factors, and improve health outcomes associated with the mental wellness of First Nations and Inuit people. The target populations of the mental wellness program are First Nations residing on reserve and Inuit in northern communities. Key services supporting program delivery include: substance misuse prevention and treatment, mental health promotion, suicide prevention, and health supports for Indian Residential School students and their families. Mental Wellness works in collaboration with other programs, notably Supplementary Health Benefits to support improved access to mental wellness services, resulting in improved mental wellness in Indigenous communities. Mental Wellness is in the process of consolidating its siloed programs to be more responsive to community needs, and will look to introduce new indicators that better measure health and wellness.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Wellness | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $392M |
| Mental Wellness | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $2.19B |
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 | Appears to replace Mental Wellness | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $504M, against $398M in 2019-20 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of Inuit adults who reported “excellent” or “very good” mental health | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Planned employees (FTEs) 122, against 170 in 2023-24 (−28%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Planned spending $464M, against $642M in 2023-24 (−28%). | 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 | $392M | $398M |
| 2020-21 | $403M | $504M |
| 2021-22 | $338M | $623M |
| 2022-23 | $546M | $669M |
| 2023-24 | $642M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $464M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 170 | 154 |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 155 |
| 2021-22 | 122 | 165 |
| 2022-23 | 170 | 177 |
| 2023-24 | 170* | — |
| 2024-25 | 122* | — |
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 | $391,684,096 | $405,662,459 | $336,342,477 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $402,569,273 | $334,238,245 | $348,857,650 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $337,978,649 | $352,551,162 | $442,226,482 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $545,693,109 | $641,570,176 | $464,163,389 | |||
| Actual | $397,955,937 | $503,931,448 | $623,335,225 | $669,427,224 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
