Program directory · National Defence
Military Police Institutional Operations
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUS12 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Sustainable Bases, Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Military Police Institutional Operations program exists primarily to assist the Canadian Armed Forces in enforcing discipline and maintaining security. This program ensures that the Canadian Armed Forces military police contributes to the effectiveness and readiness of Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces through the provision of professional policing, security and custody/detention services. These services are provided for all Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces facilities and units as well as all personnel subject to the Code of Service and Discipline wherever they are located. Policing services include: preventive and community policing, emergency and first response, law enforcement and investigation, evidence collection and handling, victims assistance services, coordination and liaison with civilian law enforcement and criminal intelligence. Security services include the provision of tactical security investigation and enforcement such as investigation and incident management, resources protection and specialized security advice and planning. Custody and detention includes operating detention facilities, personal handling and holding and prisoner escorts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military Police Institutional Operations | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.17B |
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: Military Police clearance rates for reported crimes investigated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Military Police clearance rates for violent crimes | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $209M, against $118M in 2019-20 (+77%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Clearance rates for founded reports investigated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Military Police clearance rates for reported crimes investigated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $149M, against $209M in 2020-21 (−29%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Weighted Clearance Rate for Investigations into Reported Criminal or Service Offences | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Clearance rates for founded reports investigated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $245M, against $140M in 2022-23 (+75%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $167M, against $245M in 2023-24 (−32%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 34.5% The weighted clearance rate provides a representation of the number of reports that were concluded by charges or cleared otherwise, multiplied by a specific weight factor for each offence, divided by the total number of incidents also multiplied by a weight factor. The rest of the reports for the reporting period are either not cleared (under investigation, insufficient evidence to proceed or vic… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 50% | 2025 | 36.1% Despite missing the target, the weighted clearance for crimes investigated by the Canadian Military Police is on par with the average clearance rate across all Canadian police forces (~34-36%). Factors which may affect the clearance rates of crimes for the Canadian Military Police include crime complexity, jurisdictional and legislative barriers, staffing and resource limitations, and historical… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 70% | 2022 | 47% During FY 2021-22, a number of initiatives resulted in much closer scrutiny of data entered into the Security and Military Police Information System. A great deal of effort was expended in cleaning up the data collected over the last few years. As a result, the Military Police have been better positioned to differentiate between the criminal or service offences targeted by the metric, and other r… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 70% | 2023 | 40% While the target of 70% was missed, a review of data collected since the implementation of this measure has shown that this target is not achievable. Additionally, it has been found that the methodology used for evaluating file clearance is inconsistent with best practices established by Statistics Canada, which prevents benchmarking against other Canadian law enforcement agencies and the nationa… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 70% | 2021 | 61% DND/CAF has a clearance rate 60.7% of founded incidents cleared by charge or cleared otherwise. An additional 32.8% of incidents concluded that there was insufficient evidence to proceed after investigation. A further 4.3% of incidents were open/still under investigation. Of the remainder, 2.3% of the incidents reported were concluded because the victim/complainant declined to proceed (without a… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 70% | 2019 | 96% This rate was determined based on a review of the following offences: Violations Causing Death/Attempt Commission of a Capital Crime/Sexual Violations/Other Sexual Offences/Assaults/Violations Resulting in the Deprivation of Freedom/Other Violations Involving Violence or Threat of Violence. For this reporting period the Military Police (MP) Program surpassed the expected clearance rate for violen… | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 70% | 2020 | 41.1% A methodological change was made to more closely align with Statistics Canada’s Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics methods and definitions for reporting clearance rates. These changes have affected the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp) results for FY 2019-20. CF MP Gp has a clearance rate 41.1% of founded violent crimes (UCR series 1000) cleared by charge or cleared otherwise.… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 39% | 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 | $119M | $141M |
| 2019-20 | $134M | $118M |
| 2020-21 | $154M | $209M |
| 2021-22 | $145M | $149M |
| 2022-23 | $151M | $140M |
| 2023-24 | $180M | $245M |
| 2024-25 | $164M | $167M |
| 2025-26 | $182M | — |
| 2026-27 | $193M | — |
| 2027-28 | $194M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $198M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 1,060 | 1,047 |
| 2019-20 | 1,061 | 1,011 |
| 2020-21 | 78 | 1,171 |
| 2021-22 | 1,289 | 1,133 |
| 2022-23 | 1,155 | 1,184 |
| 2023-24 | 1,135 | 1,191 |
| 2024-25 | 1,174 | 1,239 |
| 2025-26 | 1,224 | — |
| 2026-27 | 1,299 | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,327* | — |
| 2028-29 | 1,353* | — |
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 | $118,772,286 | $119,764,635 | $120,935,210 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $134,292,892 | $137,342,663 | $139,300,895 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $153,799,772 | $151,990,696 | $154,315,395 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $145,272,101 | $143,542,001 | $145,122,190 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $151,078,722 | $147,927,429 | $148,915,468 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $179,560,854 | $175,900,411 | $178,852,248 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $164,236,502 | $158,970,071 | $159,480,999 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $181,511,096 | $180,723,263 | $182,617,503 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $192,729,177 | $194,264,658 | $197,811,356 | ||||||||
| Actual | $141,074,794 | $118,080,394 | $209,274,353 | $148,906,839 | $139,911,196 | $245,247,122 | $167,122,551 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
