Program directory · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Trade Measurement
- Program code
- BNP15 (ISC)
- Core responsibility
- Companies, Investment and Growth
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Trade Measurement program ensures the integrity and accuracy of trade measurement (financial transactions based on measurement) through the administration and enforcement of the Weights and Measures Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and associated Regulations. Program and service delivery results advance a fair and competitive marketplace by maintaining domestic and international consumer and business confidence in the accuracy of goods and services bought and sold on the basis of measure, protect consumers and businesses against loss due to inaccurate measurement at all levels of trade and reduce barriers to the movement of goods and services through establishment of minimum levels of accuracy performance and reliability to which all measurement-based financial transactions must comply. This program develops and enforces legislative trade measurement requirements, approves prototype measuring devices for use in Canada, assesses measurement accuracy in the marketplace, investigates business and consumer complaints of suspected inaccurate measurement and compels corrective actions when measurement inaccuracy or unfair practices are found. The program also accredits qualified private sector organizations to perform inspections. This program supports the departmental result “Canada is a location and destination of choice for investment, growth and tourism” and is provided 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Measurement | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $92.9M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85% | 2019 | 85% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 85% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2021 | 84% Previous year 85% - Target met with no exceeded variation. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 90% | 2019 | 96% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 95% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 94% Previous year 95% - Target met with no exceeded variation. | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $28.8M | $29.5M |
| 2019-20 | $28.4M | $30.7M |
| 2020-21 | $28.2M | $32.7M |
| 2021-22 | $28.2M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $28.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 253 | 254 |
| 2019-20 | 259 | 284 |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 274 |
| 2021-22 | 285* | — |
| 2022-23 | 285* | — |
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 | $28,848,958 | $28,848,958 | $28,848,958 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $28,415,904 | $28,246,737 | $28,246,749 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $28,179,929 | $28,213,031 | $28,226,323 | ||
| Actual | $29,529,358 | $30,669,514 | $32,740,776 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
