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Communications Services

Program code
ISS02 (ISC)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Communications services involve activities undertaken to ensure that Government of Canada communications are effectively managed, well-coordinated and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public. These activities ensure that the public receives government information, and that the views and concerns of the public are taken into account in the planning, management and evaluation of policies, programs, services and initiatives.

This Internal Services category refers to communications that are corporate in nature, affecting the entire department whether through internal communications to all employees or external communications on behalf of the department.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Communications Services 2018-19: $20.3MCommunications Services 2019-20: $20.7MCommunications Services 2020-21: $24MCommunications Services 2021-22: $24.4MCommunications Services 2022-23: $27MCommunications Services 2023-24: $29.6MCommunications Services 2024-25: $28.3MCommunications Services 2025-26: $26.7MCommunications Services 2026-27: $28.7MCommunications Services 2027-28: $26.7MCommunications Services 2028-29: $22.8MCommunications ServicesCommunication…Communications 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
Communications ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$174M

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
2019-20Renamed from “Communications Services - Department of Industry” to “Communications Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year

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: $17.2M2018-19: $20.3M2018-192019-20: $16.7M2019-20: $20.7M2019-202020-21: $16.7M2020-21: $24M2020-212021-22: $18.2M2021-22: $24.4M2021-222022-23: $23.1M2022-23: $27M2022-232023-24: $26.3M2023-24: $29.6M2023-242024-25: $26.6M2024-25: $28.3M2024-252025-26: $26.7M2025-262026-27: $28.7M2026-272027-28: $26.7M2027-282028-29: $22.8M2028-29
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
2018-19$17.2M$20.3M
2019-20$16.7M$20.7M
2020-21$16.7M$24M
2021-22$18.2M$24.4M
2022-23$23.1M$27M
2023-24$26.3M$29.6M
2024-25$26.6M$28.3M
2025-26$26.7M—
2026-27$28.7M—
2027-28$26.7M*—
2028-29$22.8M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1782018-19: 1812018-192019-20: 2172019-20: 1862019-202020-21: 1902020-21: 1902020-212021-22: 1902021-22: 2222021-222022-23: 2202022-23: 2332022-232023-24: 2362023-24: 2192023-242024-25: 2042024-25: 2162024-252025-26: 2042025-262026-27: 2242026-272027-28: 2022027-282028-29: 1782028-29
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
2018-19178181
2019-20217186
2020-21190190
2021-22190222
2022-23220233
2023-24236219
2024-25204216
2025-26204—
2026-27224—
2027-28202*—
2028-29178*—

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.