Program directory · Library and Archives Canada
Acquisition and processing of government records
- Department
- Library and Archives Canada
- Program code
- BSI01 (LAC)
- Core responsibility
- Acquiring and preserving documentary heritage
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
LAC acquires records of historical value from Government of Canada institutions. These records, which are increasingly digital, document decisions and activities of federal government institutions. Through disposition authorizations and recordkeeping advice, tools and guidance, this program ensures that the government’s historical records are identified, appropriately transferred to LAC and then made discoverable for the use of Canadians.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition and processing of government records | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $68.1M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 82, against 107 in 2024-25 (−23%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of Government of Canada records with descriptions to enable discovery | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of government records processed in a year in comparison with the volume acquired | Departmental 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 60% | 2019 | 67% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 60% | 2020 | 209% LAC processed more government records in this fiscal year compared to the acquisitions. In addition to accessioning new transfers of records within established service standards, LAC also accessioned backlog registrations. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 60% | 2021 | 89% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 60% | 2022 | 102% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 60% | 2023 | 68% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 106.6% LAC worked to clear a backlog of unprocessed material acquired before 2023, and the total number of records processed this year exceeded the volume that was acquired. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 109% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 25% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 | $7.4M | $8.5M |
| 2019-20 | $8M | $8.8M |
| 2020-21 | $8.1M | $8.3M |
| 2021-22 | $8.3M | $7.8M |
| 2022-23 | $8.3M | $7.7M |
| 2023-24 | $13M | $12.5M |
| 2024-25 | $13.4M | $14.6M |
| 2025-26 | $11.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $8.2M | — |
| 2027-28 | $8.2M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $8.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 83 | 90 |
| 2019-20 | 88 | 88 |
| 2020-21 | 87 | 79 |
| 2021-22 | 87 | 72 |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 69 |
| 2023-24 | 130 | 91 |
| 2024-25 | 127 | 107 |
| 2025-26 | 82 | — |
| 2026-27 | 68 | — |
| 2027-28 | 67* | — |
| 2028-29 | 66* | — |
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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $7,355,363 | $7,355,034 | $7,359,128 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $8,002,312 | $8,007,075 | $8,021,170 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $8,119,202 | $8,212,275 | $8,242,411 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $8,278,679 | $8,308,776 | $8,308,355 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $8,323,203 | $8,322,781 | $8,322,781 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $12,988,999 | $13,076,128 | $7,572,758 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $13,351,448 | $7,860,312 | $7,727,672 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $11,232,388 | $9,070,866 | $7,992,166 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $8,240,672 | $8,239,417 | $8,063,358 | ||||||||
| Actual | $8,524,001 | $8,768,665 | $8,268,606 | $7,797,576 | $7,692,268 | $12,504,319 | $14,590,780 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
