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Major Bridges Investment

Program code
BYC03 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure, Communities, and Homelessness Investments
In Departmental Plans
2021-22 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Funding is disbursed as per Project Agreement

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 Investment 2021-22: $428Major Bridges Investment 2023-24: $770KMajor Bridges Investment 2024-25: $2.3MMajor Bridges Investment 2025-26: $10KMajor Bridges Investment 2026-27: $10KMajor 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 InvestmentMajor 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 InvestmentThis program2021-22 – 2026-27$3M
Major Bridges and ProjectsLater program (name match, medium 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 Major Bridges and ProjectsCanada 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

Percentage of funding expended as per Project Agreement
Expected result: Funding is disbursed as per Project Agreement
21%2021-22✗ not met100%2022-23✓ met102%2023-24✓ met101%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-2228% – 28%202221%
Fluctuations in construction period costs for P3 contracts are normal for large transformative infrastructure projects that span over a number of years.
Not met
2022-23≥ 90%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 90%2024102%Met
2024-25≥ 80%2025101%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: $370K2021-22: $4282021-222022-23: $1.5M2022-232023-24: $613K2023-24: $770K2023-242024-25: $2.3M2024-25: $2.3M2024-252025-26: $10K2025-262026-27: $10K2026-27
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$370K$428
2022-23$1.5M—
2023-24$613K$770K
2024-25$2.3M$2.3M
2025-26$10K*—
2026-27$10K*—

Employees (FTEs)

2021-22: 32021-22: 02021-222022-23: 62022-23: 02022-232023-24: 22023-24: 42023-242024-25: 72024-25: 82024-252025-26: 02025-262026-27: 02026-27
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
2021-2230
2022-2360
2023-2424
2024-2578
2025-260*—
2026-270*—

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

Plan2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27
2021-22 plan$370,000$361,861$364,000
2022-23 plan$1,477,474$1,436,459$0
2023-24 plan$612,577$561,031$534,505
2024-25 plan$2,313,583$10,085$9,623
Actual$428$769,863$2,250,202

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