Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
New Fiscal Relationship
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BXQ01 (INDSC)
- Core responsibility
- Indigenous Self-Determined Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The purpose of the Program is to empower First Nations to improve social and health outcomes by providing enhanced flexibility and predictability of funding, in a context of mutual accountability.
The grant is a funding mechanism used by the New Fiscal Relationship Program, to be sourced from existing reference levels. Funding for the Grant is sourced from the following categories of programs:
• Funding related to core and ongoing services;
• Funding currently provided through block funding arrangements;
• Funding not constrained by a special purpose allotment; and
• Funding not targeted to a specific project, such as the construction of schools.
The Grant should provide important benefits including: greater opportunities for long-term planning; flexibility in allocating, managing and using funding to better accommodate local needs and changing circumstances and priorities; ability to retain unexpected funds; and, reduced administrative and reporting burdens.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Fiscal Relationship | This program | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $3.48B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Planned spending $1.59B, against $1.13B in 2022-23 (+40%). | 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 | ≥ 100 | 2019 | 85 This was a new indicator introduced in the 2019-20 Departmental Plan. By the end of the fiscal year, of the 250 First Nations that had expressed interest in the grant, based on those who met the co-developed eligibility criteria and were interested, 85 First Nations signed funding agreements for 2019–20. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 115 | 2021 | 111 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many First Nations were unable to dedicate staff time and resources to seek eligibility for the 10-year grant, including developing financial administration laws and bylaws. This target includes the 110 First Nations who have signed grant agreements as of December 1, 2020, and is based on preliminary analysis of an anticipated 5 new grant agreements being signed by e… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 115 | 2022 | 117 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 127 | 2023 | 130 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many First Nations have been unable to devote staff time and resources to seeking eligibility for the 10-year grant, including the development of financial administration laws and regulations. In 2022-23, 13 First Nations communities opted for the New Fiscal Relationship Grant, for a total of 130 participating First Nations. This exceeded the target of 127 eligible F… | 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 | $1.55B | $639M |
| 2020-21 | $1.54B | $796M |
| 2021-22 | $1.56B | $912M |
| 2022-23 | $1.58B | $1.13B |
| 2023-24 | $1.59B* | — |
| 2024-25 | $1.6B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022-23 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | 0* | — |
| 2024-25 | 0* | — |
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 | $1,545,269,457 | $1,535,805,252 | $1,552,237,451 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,535,805,252 | $1,552,237,451 | $1,569,026,598 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $1,558,727,896 | $1,569,026,598 | $1,586,180,864 | |||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,582,555,602 | $1,586,180,864 | $1,603,407,105 | |||
| Actual | $638,737,560 | $795,706,085 | $912,083,910 | $1,133,107,199 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
