Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Assisted Living
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXM11 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Health and Social Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Assisted Living program is a component of Canada’s social safety net meant to align with similar provincial and territorial programs. The objective of the Assisted Living program is that in-home, group-home and institutional care supports are accessible to eligible low-income individuals to help maintain their independence for as long as possible. This residency-based program provides funding to First Nations, provinces and Yukon Territory on an annual basis through negotiated funding agreements for non-medical social supports, as well as training and support for service delivery so that seniors and persons with disabilities can maintain functional independence within their home communities. There are three major components to the program: in-home care, adult foster care and institutional care. The Assisted Living program is available to all individuals ordinarily resident on reserve, who have been formally assessed by a health care professional (in a manner aligned with the relevant provincial or territorial legislation and standards) as requiring services, and who do not have the financial means to obtain such services themselves.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $125M |
| Assisted Living | This program | 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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to replace Assisted Living | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Percentage of cases where a resident on reserve was assessed for services from the Assisted Living Program and received those services | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Renamed from “Assisted Living Program” to “Assisted Living”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2021-22 | Spending $181M, against $122M in 2020-21 (+49%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $74.6M, against $143M in 2022-23 (−48%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — The collection of the 2019-20 data has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 0.11 | 2021 | Not available The collection of the 2019-20 data has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ISC is currently working on an analysis of the 2019-20 data and expected to be completed by December 2021. The target, baseline and new date to achieve will be established once this analysis is complete. Data will then be available to determine the results for 2019-20 and 2020-21. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | — | 2022 | — Data compilation and reporting for this program is typically one year behind the year it covers, with the results only becoming available in the following fiscal year. COVID-19 impacted the collection of results and will likely further delay reporting until January 2023. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | — | 2023 | Not Available No evaluation was completed in 2022-23. The next evaluation of Assisted Living is expected in March 2025. Data compilation and reporting for this program is typically one year behind the year it covers, with the results only becoming available in the following fiscal year. COVID-19 impacted the collection of results and will likely further delay reporting. The result for 2019-20 was previously no… | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 99% | 2021 | — The collection of the 2019-20 data has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ISC is currently working on an analysis of the 2019-20 data and expected to be completed by December 2021. The target, baseline and new date to achieve will be established once this analysis is complete. Data will then be available to determine the results for 2019-20 and 2020-21. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 99% | 2022 | — Not available Data compilation and reporting for this program is typically one year behind the year it covers, with the results only becoming available in the following fiscal year. COVID-19 impacted the collection of results and will likely further delay reporting until January 2023. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 99% | 2023 | — "Data compilation and reporting for this program is typically one year behind the year it covers, with the results only becoming available in the following fiscal year. COVID-19 impacted the collection of results and will likely further delay reporting. No evaluation was completed in 2022-23. The next evaluation of Assisted Living is expected in March 2025. The result for 2019-20 was previously n… | No result reported |
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 | $62.5M | $109M |
| 2020-21 | $64.4M | $122M |
| 2021-22 | $138M | $181M |
| 2022-23 | $70.1M | $143M |
| 2023-24 | $74.6M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $79.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 19 | 21 |
| 2020-21 | 22 | 25 |
| 2021-22 | 26 | 21 |
| 2022-23 | 21 | 25 |
| 2023-24 | 21* | — |
| 2024-25 | 21* | — |
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 | $62,475,161 | $64,401,126 | $66,462,629 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $64,392,142 | $66,453,645 | $70,894,780 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $137,531,536 | $70,078,772 | $74,600,468 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $70,082,619 | $74,604,315 | $79,393,902 | |||
| Actual | $108,756,165 | $121,994,554 | $181,186,896 | $143,321,091 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
