Program directory · Natural Resources Canada

Core Geospatial Data

Department

Natural Resources Canada

Program code

BTL03 (NR)

Core responsibility

Natural Resource Science and Risk Mitigation

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Through activities in this Program, NRCan delivers and enables foundational or core geospatial data that is accurate, authoritative and accessible and interoperable. The data are co-developed with NRCan sectors, other government departments, 13 provinces and territories and the non-governmental sector.

NRCan operates the Government of Canada’s network of satellite ground stations, the backbone of the GC remote sensing space program. These stations track, control, and receive data from Canadian and foreign space missions for scientific, mapping, weather, surveillance and other purposes. Core geospatial data is used for evidence-based decision making and contributes to Canada’s innovation and productivity improvements.

In addition to other government departments, provinces and territories, the Program works closely with stakeholders in economic segments in natural resources and geomatics, indigenous communities, citizens, non-profit institutions and organizations including academia, and foreign entities. The delivery of national standards-based core geospatial data, collected and utilized throughout the federal government, supports many objectives such as economic growth, public safety, security, Indigenous reconciliation, environmental management and social well-being.

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).

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.