Program directory · Natural Resources Canada

Canada-US International Boundary Treaty

Department

Natural Resources Canada

Program code

BTL04 (NR)

Core responsibility

Natural Resource Science and Risk Mitigation

In Departmental Plans

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

What it does

This program maintains the boundary between Canada and the United States and regulates the construction of works within three metres of the boundary. A clear boundary is essential for law enforcement, land administration, customs, immigration and the management of trans-boundary resources. Following a jointly developed plan, the U.S. and Canadian sections conduct routine inspections of the 8,900 km of boundary line, maintain about 8,000 monuments, clear 2,200 kilometres of boundary vistas through forest and brush, enhance boundary demarcation by adding new monuments and update survey data describing the boundary line and the geodetic relationship between boundary monuments. This program also provides legal survey research, advice and consultation for international boundary issues. The program’s work is delivered by the International Boundary Commission and is based on joint decision-making and equal contribution of the Canadian and U.S. counterparts.

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.