Program directory · Public Health Agency of Canada
Emerging and Respiratory, Vaccine Preventable Infectious Disease, Preparedness and Response
- Department
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Program code
- BVQ05 (PHAC)
- Core responsibility
- Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
- In Departmental Plans
- 2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Building a more secure future for all Canadians, this program strengthens Canada’s capacity to detect, assess, prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging and re-emerging respiratory infectious disease threats, including vaccine-preventable diseases. Through its work it enhances national resilience, safeguards public health and minimizes negative economic and societal impacts, and contributes meaningfully to domestic and global health security. The program advances public health disease surveillance and monitoring; provides rapid and early response coordination and technical expertise for new and emerging threats; supports robust planning and coordination for outbreaks and pandemics, including security of supply and access to medical countermeasures. It synthesizes, develops, and communicates evidence-based public health measures and advice, ensuring that response activities are guided by the highest standards of science, evidence, and practice.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging and Respiratory, Vaccine Preventable Infectious Disease, Preparedness and Response | This program | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-28 | Planned employees (FTEs) 38, against 113 in 2026-27 (−66%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
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
No results reported yet.
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $492M | — |
| 2027-28 | $392M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $389M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 113 | — |
| 2027-28 | 38* | — |
| 2028-29 | 38* | — |
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 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 plan | $492,346,500 | $392,349,210 | $388,674,923 |
| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
