Program directory · National Defence
Global Engagement
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUN04 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Operations
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Global Engagement program articulates a strategy to identify and prioritize international defence diplomacy in support of Canadian foreign affairs priorities, as well as the Defence Team's interests.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Engagement | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $5.54B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 610, against 1,021 in 2019-20 (−40%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 847, against 598 in 2021-22 (+42%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $1.38B, against $349M in 2021-22 (+294%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $1.56B, against $1.22B in 2023-24 (+28%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 694, against 919 in 2024-25 (−24%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $1.03B, against $1.56B in 2024-25 (−34%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 1,073, against 694 in 2025-26 (+55%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: % of commitments, agreements, and obligations to NATO that are met; % of defence expenditure as a share of Canada's gross domestic product; % of major new equipment spend as a share of Canada's total defence expenditure | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $2.94B, against $1.03B in 2025-26 (+185%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $1.29B, against $2.94B in 2026-27 (−56%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 | ≥ 90% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 90% Current assessment is that 90% of DND/CAF engagement is informed by the existing Guidance on International Priorities for Defence Engagement (GIPDE). DND is currently conducting an extensive review of the existing GIPDE and plans to launch an updated Global Engagement Strategy (GES) in the fall 2021 time period. The release of the new GES will provide an opportunity to both update international e… | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 90% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 90% | 2024 | 97.5% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 97.9% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 2% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 20% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 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 | $103M | $314M |
| 2019-20 | $248M | $356M |
| 2020-21 | $402M | $362M |
| 2021-22 | $289M | $349M |
| 2022-23 | $329M | $1.38B |
| 2023-24 | $364M | $1.22B |
| 2024-25 | $900M | $1.56B |
| 2025-26 | $1.03B | — |
| 2026-27 | $2.94B | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.29B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $1.4B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 1,078 | 1,160 |
| 2019-20 | 1,187 | 1,021 |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 610 |
| 2021-22 | 1,030 | 598 |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 847 |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 848 |
| 2024-25 | 650 | 919 |
| 2025-26 | 694 | — |
| 2026-27 | 1,073 | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,094* | — |
| 2028-29 | 1,116* | — |
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 | $102,578,520 | $100,433,228 | $100,746,648 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $247,781,801 | $250,731,329 | $250,874,925 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $401,644,911 | $399,875,355 | $405,182,609 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $288,604,617 | $287,762,506 | $289,548,591 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $328,915,654 | $326,196,821 | $326,690,191 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $363,687,594 | $361,349,520 | $299,685,178 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $899,860,749 | $688,170,085 | $663,558,918 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $1,033,049,679 | $1,008,117,968 | $1,100,186,809 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $2,944,147,528 | $1,287,027,867 | $1,399,654,140 | ||||||||
| Actual | $314,018,510 | $356,436,264 | $361,842,922 | $349,241,672 | $1,376,882,013 | $1,221,657,767 | $1,564,336,069 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
