Program directory · Parks Canada
Heritage Places Conservation
- Department
- Parks Canada
- Program code
- BGW02 (PCA)
- Core responsibility
- Protecting and Presenting Canada's Natural and Cultural Heritage
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This program aims to protect and conserve the natural and cultural resources of heritage places managed by Parks Canada, including some World Heritage Sites in Canada, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. This program also provides financial and professional support and advice to heritage places not administered by Parks Canada, and supports Canada’s international conservation obligations. Conservation of natural and cultural resources includes various knowledge-based approaches, applied science, monitoring and reporting, active management, ecological restoration, species recovery, environmental assessment, fire management, commemorative integrity assessments and statements for national historic sites and compliance activities. The Program supports the Government of Canada’s outcome of “A clean and healthy environment.”
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. 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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Places Conservation | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $2.01B |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Spending $360M, against $285M in 2022-23 (+26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $290M, against $402M in 2024-25 (−28%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $186M, against $290M in 2025-26 (−36%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 10 | 2019 | 32 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 10 | 2020 | 16 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 10 | 2021 | 13 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 10 | 2022 | 19 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 10 | 2023 | 22 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 15 | 2024 | 15 Four of the 15 did not have final certification reports completed due to the nature of the contribution agreement but have been included in the count as they were reviewed and assessed to have a positive conservation gains. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 15 | 2025 | 18 Five of the 18 did not have final certification reports completed due to the nature of the contribution agreement but have been included in the count for this result as they were reviewed and assessed to have a positive conservation gains. | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $217M | $254M |
| 2019-20 | $287M | $220M |
| 2020-21 | $242M | $230M |
| 2021-22 | $242M | $256M |
| 2022-23 | $321M | $285M |
| 2023-24 | $375M | $360M |
| 2024-25 | $400M | $402M |
| 2025-26 | $290M | — |
| 2026-27 | $186M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $182M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 905 | 1,158 |
| 2019-20 | 1,217 | 1,185 |
| 2020-21 | 1,186 | 1,247 |
| 2021-22 | 1,141 | 1,357 |
| 2022-23 | 1,299 | 1,380 |
| 2023-24 | 1,367 | 1,406 |
| 2024-25 | 1,366 | 1,368 |
| 2025-26 | 1,360 | — |
| 2026-27 | 1,097* | — |
| 2027-28 | 1,060* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $217,349,087 | $236,176,106 | $142,157,867 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $287,421,447 | $205,123,453 | $206,520,356 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $241,871,842 | $229,225,386 | $216,203,770 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $241,746,679 | $223,150,144 | $177,707,603 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $321,171,610 | $332,589,409 | $280,339,667 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $375,121,761 | $342,279,546 | $276,637,780 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $400,043,239 | $309,180,385 | $190,091,283 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $289,644,154 | $185,610,518 | $181,693,723 | |||||||
| Actual | $254,436,842 | $220,420,930 | $229,557,479 | $255,991,446 | $285,282,146 | $359,892,654 | $402,187,040 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
