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Program directory · Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP

Civilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties

Program code
AYX00 (PCC)
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2018-19 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2010-11. 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).

2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Civilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2010-11: $3MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2011-12: $3.5MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2012-13: $3.1MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2013-14: $4.4MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2014-15: $6.2MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2015-16: $6.5MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2016-17: $6.5MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2017-18: $6MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2018-19: $6.3MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2019-20: $7.9MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties 2020-21: $7.9MCivilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their dutiesCivilian Review of Royal Canadian Mounted Police members' conduct in the performance of their dutiesCivilian revi…
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. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Civilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their dutiesThis program2010-11 – 2020-21$45.5M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2018-19Renamed from “Civilian Review of Royal Canadian Mounted Police members' conduct in the performance of their duties” to “Civilian review of RCMP members' conduct in the performance of their duties”.GC InfoBase program names by year

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

% of complaints filed directly with the CRCC
Expected result: Enhanced transparency and accountability of the public complaint process
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-192% annual increase201991%
3% increase over the previous year.
Met
% of Interim Public Interest Investigation (PII) Reports issued within one year of PII being initiated
Expected result: Enhanced transparency and accountability of the public complaint process
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-192% annual increase20190% - 0 of 1 Interim report completed within one year of PII being initiated
The Commission's investigative resources have been focused on the completion of two major files: The Commission's investigation of the RCMP’s response to the shale gas protests in Kent County, New Brunswick and the Commission’s investigation of the RCMP’s handling of the death of Colten Boushie. This has resulted in a slight delay in the completion of a number of other PIIs.
Not met
% of public complaints processed within CRCC service standards
Expected result: Enhanced transparency and accountability of the public complaint process
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-192% annual increase201994%
2% increase over the previous year.
Met
% of reviews completed within CRCC service standards
Expected result: Enhanced transparency and accountability of the public complaint process
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-192% annual increase201944% of satisfied & interim reports 88% of final reports
Over the past year, the Commission experienced an 18% increase in requests for the review of the RCMP’s handling of public complaints. A total of 255 review reports were issued in the same period—also an increase over the previous year. This included a significant number of backlogged files. Over the past ten months, the backlog (approximately 230 files) has been reduced by 50%. At the current ra…
Not 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

2013-14: $4.4M2013-142014-15: $6.2M2014-152015-16: $6.5M2015-162016-17: $6.5M2016-172017-18: $6M2017-182018-19: $7.9M2018-19: $6.3M2018-192019-20: $7.9M2019-202020-21: $7.9M2020-21
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
2013-14—$4.4M
2014-15—$6.2M
2015-16—$6.5M
2016-17—$6.5M
2017-18—$6M
2018-19$7.9M$6.3M
2019-20$7.9M*—
2020-21$7.9M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2013-14: 282013-14: 332013-142014-15: 432014-15: 412014-152015-16: 442015-16: 452015-162016-17: 452016-17: 432016-172017-18: 452017-18: 482017-182018-19: 502018-19: 432018-192019-20: 502019-202020-21: 502020-21
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
2013-142833
2014-154341
2015-164445
2016-174543
2017-184548
2018-195043
2019-2050*—
2020-2150*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-21
2018-19 plan$7,862,135$7,862,135$7,862,135
Actual$6,339,949

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