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Gordie Howe International Bridge Team

Program code
BTK09 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Gordie Howe International Bridge project is a unique and complex project. The bi-national infrastructure project is being delivered by a non-agent crown corporation, and is paid for by the Government of Canada. Direct stakeholders include two countries, seven governmental agencies, and three levels of government.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Gordie Howe International Bridge Team 2018-19: $1.7MGordie Howe International Bridge Team 2019-20: $1.7MGordie Howe International Bridge Team 2020-21: $1.8MGordie Howe International Bridge Team 2021-22: $33.9MGordie Howe International Bridge Team 2022-23: $0Gordie Howe International Bridge Team
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
Gordie Howe International Bridge TeamThis program2018-19 – 2022-23$5.2M

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
2020-21Indicators dropped: Construction advances on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project; The GHIB project is in compliance with the Canada-Michigan Crossing AgreementDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Planned spending $33.9M, against $1.8M in 2020-21 (+1734%).Latest Departmental Plan
2022-23Planned spending $0, against $33.9M in 2021-22 (−100%).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

Number of reports on the Environmental Management Plan produced by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Expected result: Stewardship of Canadian lands
62018-19✓ met62019-20✓ met32020-21✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 620196Met
2019-20≥ 620206Met
2020-21≥ 620213
The Gordie Howe International Bridge Project is delivered using a Public-Private Partnership model. The preparation of environmental reports shifted from Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority to the private partner. Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority rejected certain reports prepared by the private partner due to missing information. It was agreed between Infrastructure Canada and Windsor-Detroit Bridge…
Not met
Construction advances on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project
Expected result: The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority delivers the Gordie Howe International Bridge project in accordance with the Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19TBD once P3 contract is awarded.2019Data not available.
Data not available.
No result reported
The GHIB project is in compliance with the Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement
Expected result: The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority delivers the Gordie Howe International Bridge project in accordance with the Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19s/o2019Data not available.
Data not available.
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: $35.6M2018-19: $1.7M2018-192019-20: $2.4M2019-20: $1.7M2019-202020-21: $2.9M2020-21: $1.8M2020-212021-22: $33.9M2021-222022-23: $02022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$35.6M$1.7M
2019-20$2.4M$1.7M
2020-21$2.9M$1.8M
2021-22$33.9M*—
2022-23$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 102018-19: 102018-192019-20: 102019-20: 102019-202020-21: 102020-21: 102020-212021-22: 02021-222022-23: 02022-23
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-191010
2019-201010
2020-211010
2021-220*—
2022-230*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23
2018-19 plan$35,592,050$2,424,232$2,424,232
2019-20 plan$2,424,232$2,424,232$0
2020-21 plan$2,874,232$33,876,945$0
Actual$1,683,727$1,688,997$1,847,351

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.