Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services
Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development
- Department
- Department of Indigenous Services
- Program code
- BYP17 (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 Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development Program provides access to capital, support services, capacity building, 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 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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $558M |
| Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | This program | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Appears to replace Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Business Development | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Percentage of the total value of federal contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses by Indigenous Services Canada | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of federal contracts awarded to certified Indigenous businesses | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 5% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $96.6M | $113M |
| 2024-25 | $52.8M | $119M |
| 2025-26 | $115M | — |
| 2026-27 | $112M | — |
| 2027-28 | $117M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $117M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 52 | 50 |
| 2024-25 | 40 | 43 |
| 2025-26 | 42 | — |
| 2026-27 | 32 | — |
| 2027-28 | 32* | — |
| 2028-29 | 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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 plan | $96,553,658 | $53,710,602 | $51,403,607 | |||
| 2024-25 plan | $52,799,377 | $50,494,465 | $43,206,414 | |||
| 2025-26 plan | $115,457,343 | $111,996,990 | $116,996,754 | |||
| 2026-27 plan | $112,037,209 | $117,036,973 | $117,035,517 | |||
| Actual | $112,584,864 | $119,260,073 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
