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Ready Intelligence Forces

Program code
BUO07 (ND)
Core responsibility
Ready Forces
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Ready Intelligence Forces program will provide responsive, reliable and fully integrated intelligence capabilities, products and services to inform and support decisions and actions relating to potential and authorized military operations and activities assigned to National Defence.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Ready Intelligence Forces 2018-19: $138MReady Intelligence Forces 2019-20: $155MReady Intelligence Forces 2020-21: $212MReady Intelligence Forces 2021-22: $174MReady Intelligence Forces 2022-23: $186MReady Intelligence Forces 2023-24: $220MReady Intelligence Forces 2024-25: $246MReady Intelligence Forces 2025-26: $209MReady Intelligence Forces 2026-27: $222MReady Intelligence Forces 2027-28: $225MReady Intelligence Forces 2028-29: $229MReady Intelligence Forces
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
Ready Intelligence ForcesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$1.33B

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
2020-21Spending $212M, against $155M in 2019-20 (+37%).Actual spending (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

% of Canadian Forces Intelligence Command elements that met Force Posture & Readiness requirements
Expected result: Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM) elements meet Force Posture and Readiness (FP&R) requirements
97%2018-19✓ met87%2019-20✓ met99.3%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met90%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201997%Met
2019-20≥ 80%202087%Met
2020-21≥ 80%202199.3%Met
2021-22≥ 80%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 80%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 80%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 80%202590%
During the 2024–25 reporting cycle, the target date for achieving this performance indicator was amended to March 2030.
Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

% of Canadian Forces Intelligence Command elements that met Force Posture & Readiness requirements
Expected result: Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM) elements meet Force Posture and Readiness (FP&R) requirements
80%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 80%2030—Planned

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $131M2018-19: $138M2018-192019-20: $134M2019-20: $155M2019-202020-21: $153M2020-21: $212M2020-212021-22: $162M2021-22: $174M2021-222022-23: $175M2022-23: $186M2022-232023-24: $174M2023-24: $220M2023-242024-25: $179M2024-25: $246M2024-252025-26: $209M2025-262026-27: $222M2026-272027-28: $225M2027-282028-29: $229M2028-29
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
2018-19$131M$138M
2019-20$134M$155M
2020-21$153M$212M
2021-22$162M$174M
2022-23$175M$186M
2023-24$174M$220M
2024-25$179M$246M
2025-26$209M—
2026-27$222M—
2027-28$225M*—
2028-29$229M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 8782018-19: 8182018-192019-20: 8702019-20: 8842019-202020-21: 1,0422020-21: 9712020-212021-22: 1,1322021-22: 9812021-222022-23: 9792022-23: 8922022-232023-24: 8352023-24: 9382023-242024-25: 8722024-25: 1,1172024-252025-26: 1,0562025-262026-27: 1,2432026-272027-28: 1,2642027-282028-29: 1,2782028-29
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
2018-19878818
2019-20870884
2020-211,042971
2021-221,132981
2022-23979892
2023-24835938
2024-258721,117
2025-261,056—
2026-271,243—
2027-281,264*—
2028-291,278*—

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

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