Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services

Communities and the Environment

Department

Department of Indigenous Services

Program code

BYP14 (INDSC)

Core responsibility

Indigenous Well-Being and Self-Determination

In Departmental Plans

2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Communities and the Environment program works with First Nation communities to increase the reserve land base and support sustainable management of land, environment and natural resources through the development of innovative policies as well as process and system improvements. In doing so, activities in this program area provides the foundation for community and economic development opportunities and facilitates greater First Nation independence/self-sufficiency in managing their lands and resources. This program provides support to First Nation governments, as well as Indigenous institutions and organizations through core and targeted funding to:

• Improve the environmental conditions of First Nation reserve lands by strengthening policies, processes and tools to support stronger environmental management on reserve, including waste management, assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, impact assessment of projects on and off-reserve, and support for effective climate action;

• Provide support for communities through planning, capacity building and training to effectively manage land, natural resources and environmental activities;

• Modernize land administration policies, procedures, tools, and IM/IT systems for First Nations operating under the Indian Act;

• Address legal obligations, community growth and economic development through the additions of lands to reserve; and

• Support First Nations who wish to reclaim jurisdiction over their reserve lands under the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. 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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.