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Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services

Communications Services

Program code
ISS02 (INDSC)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Communications services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well-coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. These activities ensure that the public receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives.

This Internal Services category refers to communications that are corporate in nature, affecting the entire department whether through internal communications to all employees or external communications on behalf of the department.

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

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Communications Services 2018-19: $7.3MCommunications Services 2019-20: $6.3MCommunications Services 2020-21: $23.9MCommunications Services 2021-22: $22.9MCommunications Services 2022-23: $24.1MCommunications Services 2023-24: $24.8MCommunications Services 2024-25: $25.5MCommunications Services 2025-26: $20.8MCommunications Services 2026-27: $25.6MCommunications Services 2027-28: $23.8MCommunications Services 2028-29: $22.8MCommunications ServicesCommunication…Communications Services
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Communications ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$135M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 53, against 83 in 2018-19 (−36%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Renamed from “Communications Services - Department of Indigenous Services Canada” to “Communications Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 216, against 53 in 2019-20 (+308%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $23.9M, against $6.3M in 2019-20 (+282%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $5.5M2018-19: $7.3M2018-192019-20: $7.3M2019-20: $6.3M2019-202020-21: $14.1M2020-21: $23.9M2020-212021-22: $14.9M2021-22: $22.9M2021-222022-23: $18.9M2022-23: $24.1M2022-232023-24: $19.5M2023-24: $24.8M2023-242024-25: $18.5M2024-25: $25.5M2024-252025-26: $20.8M2025-262026-27: $25.6M2026-272027-28: $23.8M2027-282028-29: $22.8M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$5.5M$7.3M
2019-20$7.3M$6.3M
2020-21$14.1M$23.9M
2021-22$14.9M$22.9M
2022-23$18.9M$24.1M
2023-24$19.5M$24.8M
2024-25$18.5M$25.5M
2025-26$20.8M—
2026-27$25.6M—
2027-28$23.8M*—
2028-29$22.8M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 662018-19: 832018-192019-20: 652019-20: 532019-202020-21: 2102020-21: 2162020-212021-22: 2102021-22: 2442021-222022-23: 2362022-23: 2502022-232023-24: 2412023-24: 2632023-242024-25: 2372024-25: 2502024-252025-26: 2342025-262026-27: 2292026-272027-28: 2132027-282028-29: 2022028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-196683
2019-206553
2020-21210216
2021-22210244
2022-23236250
2023-24241263
2024-25237250
2025-26234—
2026-27229—
2027-28213*—
2028-29202*—

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.