Program directory · Natural Resources Canada
International Energy Engagement
- Department
- Natural Resources Canada
- Program code
- BTO04 (NR)
- Core responsibility
- Globally Competitive Natural Resource Sectors
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2021-22 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
NRCan leads the Federal Government’s international engagement on energy matters and the energy-environment relationship. This Program positions Canada as a reliable energy partner and a global leader in sustainable energy, supporting Canada’s trade, investment and geopolitical agendas. It enables informed decision-making and engagement with Canada’s partners and delivers advice, advocacy, strategies, and international initiatives and agreements that support Canada’s priorities on energy and the environment. More specifically, it develops and maintains agreements and initiatives involving foreign governments, regulators, businesses and laboratories that promote trade, investment and commercial opportunities. Further, it advances support for measures to enhance global energy security, energy system transformation to facilitate the global low carbon economy, climate change mitigation and clean energy technology development and deployment. Activities under this Program advance Canada’s energy interests bilaterally with the key partners in the Americas, Asia, Europe and others. This Program also advances Canadian interests through multilateral fora such as G7, G20, IEA, IEF, IRENA, APEC, UNFCCC, CEM and the NACCEEP.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Energy Engagement | This program | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $19.7M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: International energy engagements with priority partners completed, as a percent of the total of such planned engagements. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: NRCan advances bilateral and multilateral agreements and initiatives undertaken with key partners that deliver on Canadian priorities to increase trade and investment | Departmental Results Framework (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | 112% | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | High-level (ADM or above) engagement occurs on an annual basis with key partners in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, China, India, the IEA, G7 and G20. | 2019 | As of October 2018, NRCan was on track to advance Canadian priorities through agreements and initiatives with key bilateral partners in the U.S., Mexico, China, and at the G7 and G20. | Met |
| 2019-20 | High-level (ADM or above) engagement occurs on an annual basis with key partners in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, China, India, the IEA, G7 and G20 | 2020 | There has been high level engagement with almost all of the listed partners (6 of 8) and plans are in place to engage with the others by the end of the year. | Met |
| 2020-21 | High-level (ADM or above) engagement occurs on an annual basis with at least eight key partners (e.g. U.S., Japan, International Energy Agency, G7, G20, etc.). | 2021 | The target has been surpassed via engagements with partners and fora such as the US, Mexico, Japan, India, the EU, the IEA, G20, CEM. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
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 | $4.5M | $4.4M |
| 2019-20 | $4.1M | $6.8M |
| 2020-21 | $5.2M | $5M |
| 2021-22 | $3.9M | $3.5M |
| 2022-23 | $3.6M* | — |
| 2023-24 | $3.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 37 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | 35 | 37 |
| 2020-21 | 39 | 32 |
| 2021-22 | 38 | 23 |
| 2022-23 | 39* | — |
| 2023-24 | 38* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $4,463,218 | $4,463,218 | $4,463,218 | |||
| 2019-20 plan | $4,114,124 | $3,576,202 | $2,946,047 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $5,214,158 | $4,059,758 | $3,733,233 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,938,372 | $3,614,385 | $3,614,384 | |||
| Actual | $4,370,165 | $6,792,282 | $4,965,581 | $3,536,458 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
