Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Healthy Living
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXM03 (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 Healthy Living Program is to address the greater risks and lower health outcomes associated with chronic diseases and injuries among First Nations and Inuit individuals, families, and communities. The Department promotes healthy behaviours and supportive environments in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, food security, chronic disease prevention, management and screening, and injury prevention policy. Key activities are: chronic disease prevention and management, injury prevention, the Nutrition North Canada Nutrition Education Initiatives, Community Dental Therapy, Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative, and the First Nations and Inuit component of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy. The Healthy Living program works closely with the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative, Healthy Child Development and Mental Wellness Programs to increase capacity, enhance the provision of care and support activities that promote healthy eating, food security, physical activity, cultural knowledge and skills transfer, mental wellness and resilience in youth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Living | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $92.8M |
| Healthy Living | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $350M |
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 Healthy Living | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2023-24 | Planned employees (FTEs) 129, against 88 in 2022-23 (+47%). | FTEs (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 47% | 2022 | 43.4% Most recent data is taken from the 2015-16 Regional Health Survey. | Not 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $64.3M | $86M |
| 2020-21 | $65.4M | $93.6M |
| 2021-22 | $64.7M | $87.8M |
| 2022-23 | $65.4M | $83M |
| 2023-24 | $87.1M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $87.5M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 72 | 91 |
| 2020-21 | 72 | 93 |
| 2021-22 | 72 | 96 |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 88 |
| 2023-24 | 129* | — |
| 2024-25 | 129* | — |
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 | $64,273,332 | $65,610,238 | $64,830,834 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $65,418,789 | $64,775,766 | $65,423,543 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $64,660,535 | $65,295,037 | $80,808,868 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $65,372,245 | $87,066,618 | $87,472,682 | |||
| Actual | $86,047,991 | $93,551,742 | $87,822,112 | $82,958,228 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
