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Rural Economic Development Policy

Program code
BYD01 (OICC)
Core responsibility
Public Infrastructure, Communities, Affordable Housing and Homelessness Policy
In Departmental Plans
2021-22 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Provide decision-makers with timely policy recommendations for rural economic development

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).

2021-222022-232023-242024-25Rural Economic Development Policy 2021-22: $3.3MRural Economic Development Policy 2022-23: $3.7MRural Economic Development Policy 2023-24: $3.6MRural Economic Development Policy 2024-25: $3.4MRural Economic Development Policy
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
Rural Economic Development PolicyThis program2021-22 – 2024-25$3.3M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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 briefing and scenario notes provided related to rural economic development
Expected result: Provide decision-makers with timely policy recommendations for rural economic development
62021-22✗ not met02022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 5020226
Due to the transfer of the Rural Economic Development portfolio to Innovation, Science and Economic Development following the writ period, the number of briefing and scenario notes provided on this subject is significantly lower than the target as it represents a small portion of the reporting period.
Not met
2022-23≥ 020230Met

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: $1.8M2021-22: $3.3M2021-222022-23: $3.7M2022-232023-24: $3.6M2023-242024-25: $3.4M2024-25
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$1.8M$3.3M
2022-23$3.7M—
2023-24$3.6M*—
2024-25$3.4M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2021-22: 122021-22: 162021-222022-23: 222022-23: 02022-232023-24: 222023-242024-25: 202024-25
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
2021-221216
2022-23220
2023-2422*—
2024-2520*—

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

Plan2021-222022-232023-242024-25
2021-22 plan$1,843,354$1,802,263$1,813,458
2022-23 plan$3,699,586$3,596,742$3,365,072
Actual$3,322,190

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