Program directory · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Federal Incorporation
- Program code
- BNP13 (ISC)
- Core responsibility
- Companies, Investment and Growth
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Federal Incorporation program allows Canadians and businesses (with the exception of financial institutions) to incorporate at the federal level in accordance with the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Boards of Trade Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. The program's main lines of business include incorporation and related services (such as amalgamation or corporate charter amendments), dissolution of corporations, rulings on the use of corporate names, the name search service NUANS, collection and dissemination of information on federal companies, compliance and enforcement activities related to the statutes it administers and development of incorporation policy and regulations. The activities of this program are supported by user fees. The program's activities directly affect Canadian businesses, not-for-profit organizations and other corporate entities. This program supports the departmental results “Canada is a location of choice for investment, growth and tourism” and “Canadian innovators have simplified access to tools and support” under the Companies, Investment and Growth core responsibility
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Incorporation | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $8.7M |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≤ 3 | 2019 | 3 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 3 | 2021 | 3 | Met |
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 | $1.1M | $2.9M |
| 2019-20 | $1.1M | $2.9M |
| 2020-21 | $1.1M | $2.9M |
| 2021-22 | $1.1M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $1.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 78 | 81 |
| 2019-20 | 81 | 81 |
| 2020-21 | 78 | 81 |
| 2021-22 | 78* | — |
| 2022-23 | 78* | — |
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 | $1,129,816 | $1,129,816 | $1,129,816 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $1,136,349 | $1,136,349 | $1,136,349 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,103,683 | $1,103,683 | $1,103,683 | ||
| Actual | $2,874,534 | $2,920,486 | $2,865,902 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
