Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXP10 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Governance and Community Development Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2020-21 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program supports Indigenous entrepreneurs who would otherwise have difficulty accessing capital to create and expand a business due to legislative and market-based barriers. The program provides access to capital, support services, and business/procurement opportunities including federal contracts contributing to higher levels of economic prosperity for Indigenous Peoples.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $558M |
| Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2023-24 – 2028-29 | $232M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $318M, against $22.8M in 2019-20 (+1294%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $116M, against $318M in 2020-21 (−63%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: % of federal contracts awarded to certified Indigenous businesses | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Dollar value of federal procurement contracts set aside for Indigenous businesses | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Appears to be replaced by Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2024-25 | Planned spending $53.7M, against $94.6M in 2023-24 (−43%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 5% | 2021 | — Not available - Due to delays in the receipt of data, the 2020-21 result are not available. There is a 2 year lag in receiving, analyzing and reporting data. The request for departments to meet a mandatory 5% target was announced in August 2021, to be met by 2024. | 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 | — | $22.8M |
| 2020-21 | $53.4M | $318M |
| 2021-22 | $63.3M | $116M |
| 2022-23 | $93.8M | $101M |
| 2023-24 | $94.6M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $53.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 22 |
| 2020-21 | 33 | 32 |
| 2021-22 | 33 | 37 |
| 2022-23 | 47 | 53 |
| 2023-24 | 47* | — |
| 2024-25 | 43* | — |
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 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 plan | $53,412,531 | $43,992,531 | $43,992,531 | ||
| 2021-22 plan | $63,286,008 | $66,295,076 | $56,297,487 | ||
| 2022-23 plan | $93,775,676 | $94,640,615 | $53,698,618 | ||
| Actual | $318,251,732 | $116,200,498 | $100,635,950 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
