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Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program

Program code
BTK03 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, to be delivered over 10 years, will be instrumental in meeting Infrastructure Canada’s overarching objectives to rebuild Canada’s infrastructure for the 21st century. The program acknowledges that provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities are key partners that are best positioned to prioritize investments in infrastructure. To this end, the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program will be delivered through Integrated Bilateral Agreements between Infrastructure Canada and provinces/territories that rely on a strong collaborative approach to successfully implement infrastructure projects. Federal funding under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program will be disbursed under four funding streams. The four funding streams include: Public Transit; Green Infrastructure; Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure; and Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program 2018-19: $21.5MInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program 2019-20: $166MInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program 2020-21: $667MInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program 2021-22: $1.66BInvesting in Canada Infrastructure Program 2022-23: $2.28BPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2021-22: $16.1MPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2022-23: $21.7MPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2023-24: $26.7MPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2024-25: $24.8MPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2025-26: $19.6MPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment 2026-27: $12.7MInvesting in Canada Infrastructure ProgramPublic Infrastructure and Communities Investment
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Investing in Canada Infrastructure ProgramThis program2018-19 – 2022-23$855M
Public Infrastructure and Communities InvestmentLater program (name match, low confidence)2021-22 – 2026-27$89.2M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Indicators added: Level of GHG emissions, as currently forecasted for the year 2030; Percentage of federally funded, public-facing infrastructure which will meet the highest published applicable accessibility standard in a respective jurisdiction; Percentage of individuals in a municipality with a transit system who live within the service area as defined by the jurisdiction or transit service; Physical condition of roads, air and marine assets receiving investmentsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: TBDDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Spending $166M, against $21.5M in 2018-19 (+672%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Indicators dropped: Percentage of federally funded, public-facing infrastructure which will meet the highest published applicable accessibility standard in a respective jurisdiction; Percentage of individuals in a municipality with a transit system who live within the service area as defined by the jurisdiction or transit service; Physical condition of roads, air and marine assets receiving investmentsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $667M, against $166M in 2019-20 (+302%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Appears to be replaced by Public Infrastructure and Communities InvestmentCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2021-22Planned spending $1.66B, against $667M in 2020-21 (+149%).Latest Departmental Plan
2022-23Planned spending $2.28B, against $1.66B in 2021-22 (+38%).Latest Departmental Plan

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

TBD
Expected result: TBD
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19TBD—To be determined.
To be determined.
No result reported

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

2018-19: $356M2018-19: $21.5M2018-192019-20: $574M2019-20: $166M2019-202020-21: $1.56B2020-21: $667M2020-212021-22: $1.66B2021-222022-23: $2.28B2022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$356M$21.5M
2019-20$574M$166M
2020-21$1.56B$667M
2021-22$1.66B*—
2022-23$2.28B*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 222018-19: 572018-192019-20: 222019-20: 742019-202020-21: 522020-21: 562020-212021-22: 422021-222022-23: 412022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-192257
2019-202274
2020-215256
2021-2242*—
2022-2341*—

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.