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Program directory · Department of Indigenous Services

Financial Management Services

Program code
ISS05 (INDSC)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Financial management services involve activities undertaken in the department to ensure the prudent use and stewardship of financial resources in an effective, efficient and economic manner. Activities include planning, budgeting, accounting, costing, reporting, control and oversight, analysis, decision support and advice, and financial systems.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Financial Management Services 2018-19: $19.5MFinancial Management Services 2019-20: $25.2MFinancial Management Services 2020-21: $39.4MFinancial Management Services 2021-22: $34.8MFinancial Management Services 2022-23: $35MFinancial Management Services 2023-24: $39.9MFinancial Management Services 2024-25: $44.3MFinancial Management Services 2025-26: $39.7MFinancial Management Services 2026-27: $53.9MFinancial Management Services 2027-28: $51MFinancial Management Services 2028-29: $48.8MFinancial Management ServicesFinancial Man…Financial Management 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
Financial Management ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$238M

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) 219, against 156 in 2018-19 (+40%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Renamed from “Financial Management Services - Department of Indigenous Services Canada” to “Financial Management Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2019-20Spending $25.2M, against $19.5M in 2018-19 (+30%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Employees (FTEs) 357, against 219 in 2019-20 (+63%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $39.4M, against $25.2M in 2019-20 (+56%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Employees (FTEs) 464, against 384 in 2023-24 (+21%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $53.9M, against $39.7M in 2025-26 (+36%).Latest Departmental Plan

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: $16.5M2018-19: $19.5M2018-192019-20: $23.1M2019-20: $25.2M2019-202020-21: $47.5M2020-21: $39.4M2020-212021-22: $49.9M2021-22: $34.8M2021-222022-23: $77.7M2022-23: $35M2022-232023-24: $65.5M2023-24: $39.9M2023-242024-25: $56.3M2024-25: $44.3M2024-252025-26: $39.7M2025-262026-27: $53.9M2026-272027-28: $51M2027-282028-29: $48.8M2028-29
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
2018-19$16.5M$19.5M
2019-20$23.1M$25.2M
2020-21$47.5M$39.4M
2021-22$49.9M$34.8M
2022-23$77.7M$35M
2023-24$65.5M$39.9M
2024-25$56.3M$44.3M
2025-26$39.7M—
2026-27$53.9M—
2027-28$51M*—
2028-29$48.8M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1562018-19: 1562018-192019-20: 1932019-20: 2192019-202020-21: 3482020-21: 3572020-212021-22: 3542021-22: 3662021-222022-23: 3492022-23: 3772022-232023-24: 3292023-24: 3842023-242024-25: 3272024-25: 4642024-252025-26: 4332025-262026-27: 4162026-272027-28: 4162027-282028-29: 4032028-29
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
2018-19156156
2019-20193219
2020-21348357
2021-22354366
2022-23349377
2023-24329384
2024-25327464
2025-26433—
2026-27416—
2027-28416*—
2028-29403*—

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.