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Major Bridges Oversight

Program code
BYB02 (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

Major bridges programs/projects comply with agreements

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).

2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Major Bridges Oversight 2021-22: $83.9MMajor Bridges Oversight 2022-23: $83MMajor Bridges Oversight 2023-24: $86MMajor Bridges Oversight 2024-25: $85.4MMajor Bridges Oversight 2025-26: $105MMajor Bridges Oversight 2026-27: $77.8MMajor Bridges and Projects 2025-26: $143MMajor Bridges and Projects 2026-27: $177MMajor Bridges and Projects 2027-28: $101MMajor Bridges and Projects 2028-29: $93.4MMajor Bridges OversightMajor Bridges and Projects
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
Major Bridges OversightThis program2021-22 – 2026-27$338M
Major Bridges and ProjectsLater program (name match, low confidence)2025-26 – 2028-29—

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
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 14, against 44 in 2024-25 (−68%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Appears to be replaced by Major Bridges and ProjectsCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2026-27Planned spending $77.8M, against $105M in 2025-26 (−26%).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

Percentage of audit criteria assessed that comply with the project agreement
Expected result: Major bridges programs/projects comply with agreements
90%2021-22✓ met92%2022-23✓ met92%2023-24✓ met92%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 85%202290%Met
2022-23≥ 85%202392%Met
2023-24≥ 85%202492%Met
2024-25≥ 92%202592%Met
Percentage of the project authority audit plan achieved/completed
Expected result: Major bridges programs/projects comply with agreements
95%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met97%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 85%202295%Met
2022-23≥ 85%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 85%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 95%202597%Met
Reports are received and meetings are attended as planned
Expected result: Major bridges programs/projects comply with agreements
95%2021-22✓ met98%2022-23✓ met95%2023-24✓ met95%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 90%202295%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202398%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202495%Met
2024-25≥ 95%202595%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: $124M2021-22: $83.9M2021-222022-23: $78.7M2022-23: $83M2022-232023-24: $169M2023-24: $86M2023-242024-25: $93M2024-25: $85.4M2024-252025-26: $105M2025-262026-27: $77.8M2026-27
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$124M$83.9M
2022-23$78.7M$83M
2023-24$169M$86M
2024-25$93M$85.4M
2025-26$105M*—
2026-27$77.8M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2021-22: 622021-22: 532021-222022-23: 462022-23: 472022-232023-24: 392023-24: 512023-242024-25: 412024-25: 442024-252025-26: 142025-262026-27: 32026-27
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
2021-226253
2022-234647
2023-243951
2024-254144
2025-2614*—
2026-273*—

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.