Program directory · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Horizontal Science, Research and Technology Policy
- Program code
- BNO02 (ISC)
- Core responsibility
- Science, Technology, Research and Commercialization
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Horizontal Science, Research and Technology Policy program supports Science, Research and Technology (SR&T) by providing analysis, advice, and developing policies and programs to improve Canada's research and development (R&D) capacity and excellence in Canada's SR&T system. This is accomplished through policy research and analysis, consultation and collaboration with various stakeholders including, but not limited to, the private sector, universities and colleges and their associations, provincial/territorial governments, foreign governments and international organizations. This Program also works closely with ISED portfolio partners such as the National Research Council (NRC) and other science-based departments and agencies to promote horizontal coordination of SR&T policies. This program also supports the horizontal coordination of key ST&R issues through strategic planning and related engagement tools. This program supports the departmental results “Canadian businesses invest more in research and development (R&D)” and “Canada has world leading-research capacity” under the Science, Technology, Research and Commercialization core responsibility and includes the following transfer payment: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Grants Program.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal Science, Research and Technology Policy | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $20.5M |
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.
No significant changes detected.
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
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $6.8M | $6.4M |
| 2019-20 | $6.1M | $6.4M |
| 2020-21 | $5.6M | $7.7M |
| 2021-22 | $5.7M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $5.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 2 | 39 |
| 2019-20 | 36 | 37 |
| 2020-21 | 33 | 40 |
| 2021-22 | 33* | — |
| 2022-23 | 33* | — |
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 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $6,790,396 | $5,772,396 | $5,469,853 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $6,106,437 | $6,106,437 | $6,106,437 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $5,622,616 | $5,654,171 | $5,696,110 | ||
| Actual | $6,365,913 | $6,446,872 | $7,678,256 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
