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National Capital Commission

Program code
BSN00 (NCC)
In Departmental Plans
Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2018-19 – 2024-25

What it does

To prepare plans for and assist in the development, conservation, and improvement of Canada’s Capital Region in order that the nature and character of the seat of the Government of Canada may be in accordance with its national significance.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25National Capital Commission 2018-19: $109MNational Capital Commission 2019-20: $137MNational Capital Commission 2020-21: $154MNational Capital Commission 2021-22: $192MNational Capital Commission 2022-23: $194MNational Capital Commission 2023-24: $96.9MNational Capital Commission 2024-25: $151MNational Capital Commission
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
National Capital CommissionThis program2018-19 – 2024-25$1.03B

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
2019-20Spending $137M, against $109M in 2018-19 (+26%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $96.9M, against $194M in 2022-23 (−50%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Spending $151M, against $96.9M in 2023-24 (+56%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)

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: $109M2018-192019-20: $137M2019-202020-21: $154M2020-212021-22: $192M2021-222022-23: $194M2022-232023-24: $96.9M2023-242024-25: $151M2024-25
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
2018-19—$109M
2019-20—$137M
2020-21—$154M
2021-22—$192M
2022-23—$194M
2023-24—$96.9M
2024-25—$151M

Employees (FTEs)

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
Actual

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