Program directory · The National Battlefields Commission
Educational, cultural and heritage activities
- Department
- The National Battlefields Commission
- Program code
- BFY01 (NBC)
- Core responsibility
- Promotion of Heritage
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Showcase the history of the National Battlefields Park and enable the discovery of its heritage and natural resources by organizing, through the visitor centre of the Plains of Abraham Museum, exhibitions, educational and recreational activities, and guided tours.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational, cultural and heritage activities | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $13.1M |
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 | Budget 2025 measure “Supporting Canada's National Museums”: $12M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2025, PDF page 283 |
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 | 24 – 35 | 2019 | 52 The target has been exceeded. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | 40 – 60 | 2020 | 50 | Met |
| 2020-21 | 40 – 60 | 2021 | 28 The target could not be reached because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the cancellation of several cultural, educational and heritage events offered by the NBC. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 40 – 60 | 2022 | 39 The target could not be reached because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the cancellation of several cultural, educational and heritage events offered by the NBC. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 40 – 60 | 2023 | 56 | Met |
| 2023-24 | 40 – 60 | 2024 | 48 | Met |
| 2024-25 | 40 – 60 | 2025 | 54 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2019 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2020 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2021 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2022 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2023 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2024 | 4,000,000 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2025 | 4,000,000 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 80% – 95% | 2019 | 85% | Met |
| 2019-20 | 80% – 100% | 2020 | 99.3% | Met |
| 2020-21 | 80% – 100% | 2021 | 99.3% | Met |
| 2021-22 | 80% – 100% | 2022 | 97.7% | Met |
| 2022-23 | 80% – 100% | 2023 | 97% | Met |
| 2023-24 | 80% – 100% | 2024 | — The actual result is not available, as no data has been collected. | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | 80% – 100% | 2025 | — The actual result is not available as no data has been collected. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 40 – 60 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 4,000,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 80% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| 2019-20 | $1.2M | $1.4M |
| 2020-21 | $1.4M | $1.1M |
| 2021-22 | $1.3M | $1.6M |
| 2022-23 | $1.5M | $1.9M |
| 2023-24 | $4.2M | $2.8M |
| 2024-25 | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| 2025-26 | $3.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $3.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $3.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | 19 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | 19 | 17 |
| 2021-22 | 22 | 19 |
| 2022-23 | 19 | 23 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 20 |
| 2024-25 | 19 | 22 |
| 2025-26 | 19 | — |
| 2026-27 | 20 | — |
| 2027-28 | 20* | — |
| 2028-29 | 19* | — |
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 | $1,152,796 | $1,152,796 | $1,152,796 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $1,210,527 | $1,210,527 | $1,210,527 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $1,357,516 | $1,357,516 | $1,357,516 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $1,312,005 | $1,312,005 | $1,312,005 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,544,240 | $1,544,240 | $1,544,240 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $4,234,979 | $4,234,979 | $4,234,979 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,200,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $3,225,328 | $3,225,328 | $3,225,328 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $3,273,116 | $3,109,460 | $2,953,987 | ||||||||
| Actual | $1,258,978 | $1,367,466 | $1,115,538 | $1,565,576 | $1,885,534 | $2,808,419 | $3,059,710 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
