Program directory · National Defence
Equipment Support
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUO10 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Ready Forces
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Equipment Support program ensures that the defence systems and equipment required by the Canadian Armed Forces to meet the training and readiness requirements is made available. The program is managed as six distinct program segments: maritime, land, aerospace, common, ammunition, and the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Support | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $26.5B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: % availability of key Aerospace fleets generated for training and readiness requirements; % availability of key Land fleets generated for training and readiness requirements | Departmental Results Framework (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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 96% The target for key Aerospace fleet availability was not achieved due to delays with heavy maintenance, supply chain issues for essential components, and setbacks in avionics modifications. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 78% The target was not met due to reasons including maintenance delays driven by limited contractor capacity, extended supply timelines, required equipment modifications, and increased maintenance demand from aging fleets. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 96% The target for key Land fleet availability was not achieved due to ongoing repair and overhaul activities on the Leopard II Tank and a shortage of parts required for the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 81% The target was not met due to funding shortages, which prevented vehicle fleets from recovering from already low availability and also delayed the completion of necessary equipment upgrades. These combined impacts temporarily reduced availability and increased pressure on other land fleets. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 98% The availability of key Canadian Armed Forces fleets is calculated as the average of aerospace key fleets availability, land key fleets availability and maritime key fleets availability. Fleet availability is calculated as a ratio of number of platforms that are actually available divided by the number of platforms that were planned to be available to meet force posture and readiness requirements… | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 97% Variances from planned availability occurred throughout the year. Specifically, 2 of the 16 key platforms are below the Land target, Maritime docking work periods experienced delays, and Aerospace maintenance periods experienced unanticipated overlaps in heavy maintenance inspections. The percentage of availability has dropped in FY 2019-20; however, the number of available platforms has risen. 2… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 99.3% HMCS Corner Brook sustained an extension in their work period. Also, there was overlap in platforms being upgraded in third level inspections which impacted both air and land platforms. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 90% This decrease in Availability of key fleets is the result of a new calculation methodology introduced in FY 22-23, heavy maintenance requirements, insufficient funds and spares, maintenance workforce capacity, and temporary reduction of available platforms resulting from incidents and temporary repurposing. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 65% | 2025 | 82% | 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 | ≥ 85% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 65% | 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 | $3.02B | $3.21B |
| 2019-20 | $3.54B | $3.57B |
| 2020-21 | $3.36B | $3.53B |
| 2021-22 | $3.67B | $3.42B |
| 2022-23 | $3.88B | $3.81B |
| 2023-24 | $3.93B | $4.29B |
| 2024-25 | $3.96B | $4.7B |
| 2025-26 | $5.08B | — |
| 2026-27 | $6.33B | — |
| 2027-28 | $6.93B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $7.09B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 2,179 | 2,297 |
| 2019-20 | 2,012 | 2,263 |
| 2020-21 | 1,840 | 2,207 |
| 2021-22 | 2,482 | 2,365 |
| 2022-23 | 2,360 | 2,619 |
| 2023-24 | 2,445 | 2,579 |
| 2024-25 | 2,418 | 2,400 |
| 2025-26 | 2,270 | — |
| 2026-27 | 2,540 | — |
| 2027-28 | 2,570* | — |
| 2028-29 | 2,577* | — |
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 | $3,023,109,400 | $3,058,205,437 | $3,115,816,903 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $3,539,204,188 | $3,432,023,088 | $3,302,371,630 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $3,357,242,129 | $3,434,154,306 | $3,577,010,635 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,674,023,291 | $3,810,926,573 | $3,985,639,517 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $3,878,325,221 | $4,101,336,379 | $4,218,284,604 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,931,515,222 | $3,962,655,521 | $4,047,698,066 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,956,381,021 | $4,061,668,933 | $4,183,102,204 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $5,083,030,308 | $5,321,517,555 | $5,663,807,433 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $6,334,842,917 | $6,930,159,569 | $7,094,651,764 | ||||||||
| Actual | $3,210,495,161 | $3,566,054,187 | $3,528,414,924 | $3,415,241,466 | $3,809,989,240 | $4,293,258,133 | $4,699,961,117 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
