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Program directory · Law Commission of Canada

Law Review

Program code
BYO01 (LCC)
Core responsibility
Law Review
In Departmental Plans
2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Engaging Canadians and conducting research to make recommendations on improvements to the legal system and the law of Canada.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. 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).

2023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Law Review 2023-24: $852KLaw Review 2024-25: $1.5MLaw Review 2025-26: $2.7MLaw Review 2026-27: $2.3MLaw Review 2027-28: $2.2MLaw Review 2028-29: $2.1MLaw Review
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.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Law ReviewThis program2023-24 – 2028-29$2.4M

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

Number of outreach activities with individuals, communities, and organisations responsible for or interested in law-related research, education, practice, and policy.
Expected result: The people of Canada have access to an open, independent forum about law and its operation throughout Canadian society.
502026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 502027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2023-24: $1.2M2023-24: $852K2023-242024-25: $2.6M2024-25: $1.5M2024-252025-26: $2.7M2025-262026-27: $2.3M2026-272027-28: $2.2M2027-282028-29: $2.1M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2023-24$1.2M$852K
2024-25$2.6M$1.5M
2025-26$2.7M—
2026-27$2.3M—
2027-28$2.2M*—
2028-29$2.1M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2023-24: 42023-24: 42023-242024-25: 132024-25: 72024-252025-26: 132025-262026-27: 132026-272027-28: 132027-282028-29: 132028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2023-2444
2024-25137
2025-2613—
2026-2713—
2027-2813*—
2028-2913*—

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

Plan2023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29
2023-24 plan$1,196,230$2,645,894$2,645,894
2024-25 plan$2,645,894$2,645,894$2,435,907
2025-26 plan$2,659,174$2,449,187$2,449,187
2026-27 plan$2,273,370$2,211,543$2,088,554
Actual$852,302$1,533,101

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.