Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Healthy Child Development
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXM04 (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 Child Development Program is to address the greater risks and lower health outcomes associated with First Nations and Inuit infants, children, and families. The target populations for Healthy Child Development include pregnant women, mothers and their infants and young children (up to the age of six) living in First Nations and Inuit communities. Healthy Child Development supports culturally appropriate community-based programs, services, initiatives, and strategies related to maternal, infant, child, and family health. The range of services includes prevention and health promotion, outreach and home visiting, and early childhood development programming. Healthy Child Development works in collaboration with other programs such as the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative for training and capacity building. Healthy Child Development also collaborates with the Nutrition component of the Healthy Living Program on nutrition policies, programs and services related to supporting maternal nourishment, breastfeeding education, and nutrition-related activities.
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 Child Development | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $179M |
| Healthy Child Development | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $830M |
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 Child Development | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $211M, against $158M in 2019-20 (+34%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $258M, against $204M in 2021-22 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned employees (FTEs) 114, against 89 in 2022-23 (+28%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $336M, against $258M in 2022-23 (+30%). | 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 | $82M | $158M |
| 2020-21 | $145M | $211M |
| 2021-22 | $135M | $204M |
| 2022-23 | $259M | $258M |
| 2023-24 | $336M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $354M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 86 | 87 |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 87 |
| 2021-22 | 84 | 88 |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 89 |
| 2023-24 | 114* | — |
| 2024-25 | 114* | — |
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 | $81,957,184 | $84,410,759 | $87,071,743 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $144,783,911 | $86,892,335 | $86,587,427 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $135,303,958 | $85,701,037 | $107,456,737 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $258,934,754 | $335,794,012 | $353,843,170 | |||
| Actual | $157,855,597 | $210,933,051 | $203,632,244 | $257,954,871 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
