Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Emergency Management Assistance
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXP09 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Governance and Community Development Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
In April 2014, the Program became the sole window for First Nations to secure funding for emergency management costs. Through the Program, the Department supports the four pillars of emergency management – mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery – as well as forest fire suppression activities to ensure that First Nations have access to comparable emergency assistance services available to other residents in their respective jurisdiction. The Department also partners with First Nations, provincial and territorial governments, and third party service providers to protect the health and safety of First Nations individuals and their infrastructure from natural or accidental hazards and assists in the remediation of critical infrastructure and community assets affected by emergency events. It is a targeted program that supports all four pillars of emergency management to improve community capacity and resilience to disasters. In doing so, the Program contributes to achieving the Department’s intent to improve social well-being and economic prosperity and contributes to the development of healthier and more sustainable communities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Management Assistance | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | $165M |
| Emergency Management Assistance | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $2.19B |
| Emergency Management Assistance | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2023-24 – 2028-29 | $1.27B |
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 Emergency Management Assistance | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $790M, against $241M in 2019-20 (+228%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $491M, against $668M in 2021-22 (−26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Appears to be replaced by Emergency Management Assistance | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $110M, against $491M in 2022-23 (−78%). | 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 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 99.7% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 99.1% Results are based on evacuees numbers for 2020-21 drawn from the Emergency Management Directorate’s Incident Database. Of a total of 3,030 evacuees in 2020-21, only 26 did not return to their community within three months. | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 98% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 81.5% The target was not met in part due to the significant flood which impacted Peguis First Nation in 2022. The flooding was an extended event and required significant recovery activities, which meant that by the 90-day mark, the majority of the 1800+ evacuees had not yet returned to the community. | 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 | $67.2M | $241M |
| 2020-21 | $96.6M | $790M |
| 2021-22 | $102M | $668M |
| 2022-23 | $105M | $491M |
| 2023-24 | $110M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $99.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 31 | 32 |
| 2020-21 | 33 | 38 |
| 2021-22 | 38 | 33 |
| 2022-23 | 34 | 43 |
| 2023-24 | 34* | — |
| 2024-25 | 32* | — |
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 | $67,153,780 | $67,153,780 | $67,153,780 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $96,649,782 | $101,021,222 | $104,938,022 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $101,852,955 | $105,124,524 | $109,680,685 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $105,129,918 | $109,686,080 | $99,294,361 | |||
| Actual | $240,661,526 | $790,031,568 | $667,954,793 | $491,403,699 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
