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Shore-based Asset Readiness

Department

National Defence

Program code

BYX05 (ND)

Core responsibility

Marine Navigation

In Departmental Plans

2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Shore‐Based Asset Readiness (SBAR) program ensures that the Coast Guard’s non‐fleet assets are available and reliable to deliver programs. These non‐fleet assets include both fixed and floating aids, such as: visual aids, aural aids, radar aids, and long‐range marine aids. They also include electronic communication and navigation systems delivered through a network of radar and radio towers, the information technology tools delivered via more than 300 remote installations, as well as ice observation cameras, ice control, supporting icebreaking, and environmental response physical assets used for spill containment, collection, and storage. The program ensures the availability and reliability of these assets through life cycle investment planning, engineering, acquisition, maintenance, and disposal services. The CCG College is integral to the delivery of this program. The programs supported by SBAR include Aids to Navigation; Marine Communications and Traffic Services; Icebreaking Services; and Marine Environmental and Hazards Response. Program activities are legislated and guided by the Financial Administration Act and Government Contract Regulations, as well as policies, directives, and guidelines provided by TB, the TB Secretariat, Transport Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada. The legal basis for this program is found in the Constitution Act, 13 provincial & territorial governments, and the Oceans Act.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. 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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.