Program directory · Privy Council Office
International Affairs and National Security
- Department
- Privy Council Office
- Program code
- BWW02 (PCO)
- Core responsibility
- Serve the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
PCO provides advice and support to the Prime Minister on matters related to: international trade; Canada-U.S. relations; development assistance; international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; foreign and defence policy; security and intelligence; and emergency management. With respect to these subject areas, PCO coordinates advice and provides active leadership across the federal public service. It also produces intelligence assessments of major international developments and trends in political, economic and security fields. PCO provides active leadership to the intelligence assessment community (federal departments and agencies as well as other partners) and supports interdepartmental committees to maximize the effectiveness of intelligence community resources.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Affairs and National Security | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $117M |
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
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | The result will be "client is satisfied or not satisfied" based on aggregate information. | 2019 | Products and briefs were well-received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. In the past year, the online feedback form was restructured to improve client feedback intake. | Met |
| 2019-20 | Product / Advice meets expectations as to relevance and timeliness | 2020 | Products and briefs were well received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. | Met |
| 2020-21 | Product/advice meets expectations | 2021 | Products and briefs were well received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. | Met |
| 2021-22 | Product/advice meets expectations | 2022 | Products and briefs were well received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. | Met |
| 2022-23 | Product/advice meets expectations | 2023 | Products and briefs were well received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. | Met |
| 2023-24 | Product/advice meets expectations | 2024 | Products and briefs were well received, timely, relevant, and responded to PMO/PM requests. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Product/advice meets expectations | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $12.9M | $12.5M |
| 2019-20 | $13.1M | $12.5M |
| 2020-21 | $13.2M | $13M |
| 2021-22 | $13.8M | $14.2M |
| 2022-23 | $14.5M | $19.2M |
| 2023-24 | $19.3M | $23M |
| 2024-25 | $21.6M | $22.5M |
| 2025-26 | $21.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $20.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $20.2M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $19.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 97 | 92 |
| 2019-20 | 98 | 94 |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 95 |
| 2021-22 | 94 | 102 |
| 2022-23 | 97 | 122 |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 133 |
| 2024-25 | 131 | — |
| 2025-26 | 118 | — |
| 2026-27 | 107 | — |
| 2027-28 | 102* | — |
| 2028-29 | 101* | — |
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 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $12,857,656 | $12,783,504 | $12,878,495 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $13,052,771 | $13,073,279 | $13,073,279 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $13,204,557 | $13,293,736 | $13,313,316 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $13,798,738 | $13,816,892 | $13,933,864 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $14,549,381 | $14,666,556 | $14,666,556 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $19,344,075 | $19,344,075 | $19,960,570 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $21,555,969 | $20,955,689 | $20,223,035 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $21,837,026 | $20,686,867 | $19,822,117 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $20,727,843 | $20,206,189 | $19,150,639 | ||||||||
| Actual | $12,537,083 | $12,494,239 | $12,989,115 | $14,235,102 | $19,222,357 | $22,990,364 | $22,454,736 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
