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New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component

Program code
BTK05 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component supports infrastructure projects of national significance. As a national funding envelope, the National Infrastructure Component allows the Government of Canada the opportunity to set federal priorities through the selection of projects that contribute to Canada's long-term economic growth and prosperity.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component 2018-19: $162MNew Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component 2019-20: $128MNew Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component 2020-21: $218MNew Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component 2021-22: $249MNew Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component 2022-23: $160MNew Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure Component
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
New Building Canada Fund - National Infrastructure ComponentThis program2018-19 – 2022-23$509M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Spending $218M, against $128M in 2019-20 (+70%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Planned spending $160M, against $249M in 2021-22 (−36%).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

No results reported yet.

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: $156M2018-19: $162M2018-192019-20: $222M2019-20: $128M2019-202020-21: $275M2020-21: $218M2020-212021-22: $249M2021-222022-23: $160M2022-23
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$156M$162M
2019-20$222M$128M
2020-21$275M$218M
2021-22$249M*—
2022-23$160M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 102018-19: 22018-192019-20: 82019-20: 42019-202020-21: 32020-21: 42020-212021-22: 32021-222022-23: 22022-23
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
2018-19102
2019-2084
2020-2134
2021-223*—
2022-232*—

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.