Program directory · Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
Gas Tax Fund - Permanent Funding for Municipalities
- Program code
- BTK04 (OICC)
- Core responsibility
- Public Infrastructure
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Gas Tax Fund provides predictable, upfront funding in support of community infrastructure. The Gas Tax Fund allows communities to:Invest funds immediately on eligible projects; Bank unspent funds for future projects; Pool funds together to support larger cross-community projects; and Use future allocations as capital to borrow against in order to invest in current infrastructure needs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Tax Fund - Permanent Funding for Municipalities | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $8.68B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Spending $4.34B, against $2.17B in 2018-19 (+100%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: % of funding expended on the Public Transit category of projects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $2.17B, against $4.34B in 2019-20 (−50%). | Actual spending (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 15% | 2019 | — Target dates for indicators related to Gas Tax Fund - Permanent Funding for Municipalities need to be modified to reflect the end of the currently approved funding period for this permanent/ongoing program (2014-2024). Data will be available upon completion of program. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 35% | 2019 | — Target dates for indicators related to Gas Tax Fund - Permanent Funding for Municipalities need to be modified to reflect the end of the currently approved funding period for this permanent/ongoing program (2014-2024). Data will be available upon completion of program. | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $2.19B | $2.17B |
| 2019-20 | $4.36B | $4.34B |
| 2020-21 | $2.17B | $2.17B |
| 2021-22 | $2.27B* | — |
| 2022-23 | $2.27B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019-20 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021-22 | 6* | — |
| 2022-23 | 6* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $2,186,413,508 | $2,180,618,519 | $2,177,352,053 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $4,356,095,722 | $2,179,524,564 | $2,275,393,246 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $2,171,801,200 | $2,269,742,512 | $2,269,749,017 | ||
| Actual | $2,171,617,388 | $4,341,993,352 | $2,171,334,837 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
