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Program directory · Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

Allocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship

Program code
BYB01 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure and Communities Investment Stewardship and Delivery
In Departmental Plans
2021-22 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

To ensure stewardship of allocation-based and direct funding programs

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2021-22. 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).

2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Allocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2021-22: $8.34BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2022-23: $6.09BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2023-24: $6.5BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2024-25: $6.92BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2025-26: $8.65BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship 2026-27: $8BAllocation-Based and Direct Funding StewardshipAllocation- and Merit-Base…Allocation-Based and Direc…
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. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Allocation-Based and Direct Funding StewardshipThis program2021-22 – 2026-27$27.9B

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
2022-23Employees (FTEs) 227, against 168 in 2021-22 (+35%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Spending $6.09B, against $8.34B in 2021-22 (−27%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators added: Allocation-based and direct-funding projects that comply with agreementsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators dropped: Allocation- and merit-based projects that comply with agreementsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Renamed from “Allocation- and Merit-Based Funding Oversight” to “Allocation-Based and Direct Funding Stewardship”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2024-25Indicators added: Claims paid in the fiscal year; Projects completed in the fiscal yearDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Indicators dropped: Allocation-based and direct-funding projects that comply with agreementsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $8.65B, against $6.92B in 2024-25 (+25%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Planned employees (FTEs) 150, against 217 in 2025-26 (−31%).FTEs (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

Claims paid in the fiscal year
Expected result: To ensure stewardship of allocation-based and direct-funding programs
96%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2024-25≥ 90%202596%Met
Projects completed in the fiscal year
Expected result: To ensure stewardship of allocation-based and direct-funding programs
85%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2024-25≥ 85%202585%Met
Allocation-based and direct-funding projects that comply with agreements
Expected result: Allocation-based and direct-funding projects comply with agreements
100%2023-24✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2023-24≥ 80%2024100%Met
Allocation- and merit-based projects that comply with agreements
Expected result: Allocation- and merit-based projects comply with agreements
100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 80%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 80%2023100%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

2021-22: $6.63B2021-22: $8.34B2021-222022-23: $8.61B2022-23: $6.09B2022-232023-24: $8.81B2023-24: $6.5B2023-242024-25: $7.4B2024-25: $6.92B2024-252025-26: $8.65B2025-262026-27: $8B2026-27
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
2021-22$6.63B$8.34B
2022-23$8.61B$6.09B
2023-24$8.81B$6.5B
2024-25$7.4B$6.92B
2025-26$8.65B*—
2026-27$8B*—

Employees (FTEs)

2021-22: 1292021-22: 1682021-222022-23: 2242022-23: 2272022-232023-24: 2212023-24: 2472023-242024-25: 2152024-25: 2402024-252025-26: 2172025-262026-27: 1502026-27
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
2021-22129168
2022-23224227
2023-24221247
2024-25215240
2025-26217*—
2026-27150*—

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.