Program directory · National Defence
Ready Health, Military Police and Support Forces
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUO09 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Ready Forces
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Ready Health, Military Police and Support Forces program ensures that Canadian Armed Forces Health Services, Military Police and Support forces are trained to achieve excellence across the full spectrum of military operations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ready Health, Military Police and Support Forces | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.29B |
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 | Indicators added: % of Health, Military Police and Support Forces which meet Force posture and Readiness requirements | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: % of Military Support Personnel fit for operations | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $211M, against $151M in 2019-20 (+40%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: % of Canadian Forces Health Service Group force elements that meet the Force Posture and Readiness requirements | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: % of Health, Military Police and Support Forces which meet Force posture and Readiness requirements | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $221M, against $170M in 2022-23 (+30%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 895, against 722 in 2025-26 (+24%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $278M, against $183M in 2025-26 (+52%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 76% The target was not met due to limited personnel availability to support an increasing number of Force Elements. Additionally, several capabilities identified in the list of Force Elements remain under development or are not yet fully established, which further constrained progress. During the 2024–25 reporting cycle, the target was revised from 100 to 85%, reflecting more realistic expectations b… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | — | 2021 | 48% The lower result in comparison to FY 2019-20 can be attributed to unforeseen COVID-19 in-person visit restrictions and Health Services personnel support to domestic operations, such as Operation LASER, which has led to a backlog of medical categories that require updating. This was the last year reporting on this indicator and a target was not established. A new Program Indicator was approved for… | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $236M | $170M |
| 2019-20 | $176M | $151M |
| 2020-21 | $169M | $211M |
| 2021-22 | $155M | $170M |
| 2022-23 | $196M | $170M |
| 2023-24 | $195M | $221M |
| 2024-25 | $171M | $202M |
| 2025-26 | $183M | — |
| 2026-27 | $278M | — |
| 2027-28 | $286M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $294M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 1,233 | 970 |
| 2019-20 | 1,203 | 844 |
| 2020-21 | 919 | 839 |
| 2021-22 | 984 | 945 |
| 2022-23 | 948 | 945 |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 828 |
| 2024-25 | 723 | 821 |
| 2025-26 | 722 | — |
| 2026-27 | 895 | — |
| 2027-28 | 903* | — |
| 2028-29 | 916* | — |
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 | $236,108,005 | $238,094,339 | $240,813,975 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $176,263,135 | $179,158,487 | $184,183,891 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $169,331,632 | $168,321,574 | $172,088,224 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $154,572,981 | $174,016,938 | $160,241,733 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $196,196,947 | $196,811,301 | $199,523,401 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $195,167,692 | $191,554,397 | $194,053,174 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $170,796,015 | $168,830,860 | $170,751,376 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $183,054,223 | $182,208,210 | $185,645,559 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $277,769,869 | $286,017,953 | $293,783,339 | ||||||||
| Actual | $170,362,972 | $150,648,086 | $210,575,655 | $169,659,940 | $170,126,338 | $221,143,490 | $201,810,571 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
