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Data Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration

Program code
BCZ01 (INVIC)
Core responsibility
Foreign Direct Investment Attraction
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Develops and maintains partnerships with spectrum of federal, provincial, territorial and municipal partners to create and implement a national integrated foreign direct investment strategy aligned with Government of Canada economic development objectives.

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

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2017-18. 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).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Data Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2017-18: $425KData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2018-19: $731KData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2019-20: $4.7MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2020-21: $3.3MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2021-22: $2.8MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2022-23: $2.9MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2023-24: $2.9MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2024-25: $4MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2025-26: $2.9MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2026-27: $4MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2027-28: $3.8MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration 2028-29: $3.7MData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian CollaborationPartnerships and Strategy DevelopmentData Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration
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
Data Partnerships and Pan-Canadian CollaborationThis program2017-18 – 2028-29$21.8M

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
2020-21Indicators added: Number of investment leads facilitated with partnersDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Indicators dropped: Efforts of stakeholders to attract FDI are aligned across levels of government.Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Renamed from “Partnerships and Strategy Development” to “Data Partnerships and Pan-Canadian Collaboration”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2022-23Indicators added: Number of Federal, Provincial and City partners accessing data and information on the IIC InfoZone partner portal to support investment promotion activities; Number of products (Sector Fact Sheet, Reports, Data sets, etc) developed and shared with partnersDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Indicators dropped: Number of investment leads facilitated with partnersDepartmental 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

Number of Federal, Provincial and City partners accessing data and information on the IIC InfoZone partner portal to support investment promotion activities
Expected result: Partners have access to services and tools to support their investment attraction efforts.
6142022-23✓ met7532023-24✓ met1,1572024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ 6102023614Met
2023-24≥ 6102024753Met
2024-25≥ 57020251,157Met
Number of products (Sector Fact Sheet, Reports, Data sets, etc) developed and shared with partners
Expected result: Partners have access to services and tools to support their investment attraction efforts.
3522022-23✓ met6612023-24✓ met6392024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ 3202023352Met
2023-24≥ 3202024661Met
2024-25≥ 3202025639Met
Number of investment leads facilitated with partners
Expected result: Global investors have simplified access to partners, services and tools to accelerate their investment.
1662020-21✓ met2462021-22✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2020-21≥ 1502021166
This indicator is a duplication at the program and departmental level.
Met
2021-22≥ 1502022246
This indicator is a duplication at the program and departmental level.
Met
Efforts of stakeholders to attract FDI are aligned across levels of government.
Expected result: Efforts of stakeholders to attract FDI are aligned across levels of government.
02019-20– no result

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 02020—
Not available for 2019-20.
No result reported

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Number of Federal, Provincial and City partners accessing data and information on the IIC InfoZone partner portal to support investment promotion activities
Expected result: Partners have access to services and tools to support their investment attraction efforts.
1,0002026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 1,0002027—Planned
Number of products (Sector Fact Sheet, Reports, Data sets, etc) developed and shared with partners
Expected result: Partners have access to services and tools to support their investment attraction efforts.
6002026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 6002027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2017-18: $425K2017-182018-19: $3.2M2018-19: $731K2018-192019-20: $6.4M2019-20: $4.7M2019-202020-21: $8.2M2020-21: $3.3M2020-212021-22: $4.5M2021-22: $2.8M2021-222022-23: $3.7M2022-23: $2.9M2022-232023-24: $3.7M2023-24: $2.9M2023-242024-25: $2.9M2024-25: $4M2024-252025-26: $2.9M2025-262026-27: $4M2026-272027-28: $3.8M2027-282028-29: $3.7M2028-29
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
2017-18—$425K
2018-19$3.2M$731K
2019-20$6.4M$4.7M
2020-21$8.2M$3.3M
2021-22$4.5M$2.8M
2022-23$3.7M$2.9M
2023-24$3.7M$2.9M
2024-25$2.9M$4M
2025-26$2.9M—
2026-27$4M—
2027-28$3.8M*—
2028-29$3.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 102018-19: 102018-192019-20: 152019-20: 132019-202020-21: 162020-21: 162020-212021-22: 162021-22: 162021-222022-23: 152022-23: 152022-232023-24: 152023-24: 152023-242024-25: 152024-25: 152024-252025-26: 152025-262026-27: 152026-272027-28: 152027-282028-29: 132028-29
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
2018-191010
2019-201513
2020-211616
2021-221616
2022-231515
2023-241515
2024-251515
2025-2615—
2026-2715—
2027-2815*—
2028-2913*—

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.