Program directory · Natural Resources Canada

Innovative Geospatial Solutions

Department

Natural Resources Canada

Program code

BTM12 (NR)

Core responsibility

Innovative and Sustainable Natural Resources Development

In Departmental Plans

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

What it does

NRCan delivers and enables geospatial data innovation and experimentation through research and development into new technologies, interoperability, technology transfer, methods, standardization and product (new forms of evidence) delivery of ways to observe the Earth. The program and its stakeholders create new science, data and tools to collect, supply, use and share geospatial information to support critical and emerging GoC priorities. Geospatial innovation supports downstream research and critical operations, leading to better decision making for the environment, society and the economy.

To design and deliver its innovative geospatial solutions, the program works closely with stakeholders at NRCan, internal to government, provinces, territories and communities, economic segments in natural resources, geomatics and Earth Observation, citizens, non-profit institutions and organizations including academia, and foreign entities. The delivery of innovation and experimentation in geospatial data supports many objectives such as economic growth, public safety, security, 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.