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Alternative Financing Investment

Program code
BYC01 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure, Communities, and Homelessness Investments
In Departmental Plans
2021-22 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Develop and influence alternative financing approaches.

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).

2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Alternative Financing Investment 2021-22: $2.5MAlternative Financing Investment 2022-23: $4MAlternative Financing Investment 2023-24: $6.8MAlternative Financing Investment 2024-25: $6.3MAlternative Financing Investment 2025-26: $3.9MAlternative Financing Investment 2026-27: $3.4MAlternative Financing 2025-26: $8.1MAlternative Financing 2026-27: $7.9MAlternative Financing 2027-28: $7.9MAlternative Financing 2028-29: $7.7MAlternative Financing InvestmentAlternative Financing
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
Alternative Financing InvestmentThis program2021-22 – 2026-27$19.6M
Alternative FinancingLater program (name match, high 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
2025-26Appears to be replaced by Alternative FinancingCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

Total value of P3 projects in procurement, construction, and operation.
Expected result: Develop and influence alternative financing approaches.
$221B2021-22✓ met$152B2022-23✗ not met$154B2023-24✗ not met$259B2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ $110B2022$221BMet
2022-23≥ $175B2023$152B
The results are lower than the target as some projects were put on hold or cancelled. Additionally, some projects do not have public information on transaction size.
Not met
2023-24≥ $175B2024$154B
The result is lower than the target as some projects were put on hold or cancelled. Additionally, some projects do not have public information on transaction size.
Not met
2024-25≥ $155B2025$259BMet

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: $1.9M2021-22: $2.5M2021-222022-23: $3.1M2022-23: $4M2022-232023-24: $6.5M2023-24: $6.8M2023-242024-25: $3.9M2024-25: $6.3M2024-252025-26: $3.9M2025-262026-27: $3.4M2026-27
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$1.9M$2.5M
2022-23$3.1M$4M
2023-24$6.5M$6.8M
2024-25$3.9M$6.3M
2025-26$3.9M*—
2026-27$3.4M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2021-22: 162021-22: 202021-222022-23: 212022-23: 212022-232023-24: 302023-24: 412023-242024-25: 312024-25: 402024-252025-26: 312025-262026-27: 292026-27
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
2021-221620
2022-232121
2023-243041
2024-253140
2025-2631*—
2026-2729*—

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.