Program directory · Public Safety Canada
Critical Infrastructure
- Department
- Public Safety Canada
- Program code
- BVS02 (PSEP)
- Core responsibility
- National Security
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Responsibility for critical infrastructure in Canada is shared by federal and provincial/territorial governments, local authorities and critical infrastructure owners and operators. This program provides national leadership by coordinating with these partners to manage broad-scale protection efforts such as risk analysis, site assessments, plans and exercises. The intent of this program is to develop and implement policies to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure in Canada, including the National Strategy and Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure, which sets out a comprehensive approach to risk management and information sharing. Recognizing that the impacts of critical infrastructure disruptions can extend beyond national borders, the Program also participates in various international fora on critical infrastructure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Infrastructure | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $40.5M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percent of exercise participants who indicate they are better prepared to respond to incidents targeting critical infrastructure | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Critical Infrastructure Resilience Score | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024 | Budget 2024 measure “Enhancing the Security Infrastructure Program”: $21M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2024, PDF page 273 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 70% Results from Cy-Phy Capstone Post Exercise survey. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 70% | 2025 | 0% No exercises were delivered by the Critical Infrastructure Directorate to stakeholders in this reporting period. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 32.4 | 2019 | 35.91 The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Score measures the ability of critical infrastructure sectors to withstand disruptions and recover quickly in the event of a disaster. The overall score represents a weighted average across critical infrastructure sectors and allows for monitoring progress towards improving critical infrastructure resilience over time | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 34.2 | 2020 | 36.01 The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Score measures the ability of critical infrastructure sectors to withstand disruptions and recover quickly in the event of a disaster. The overall score represents a weighted average across critical infrastructure sectors and allows for monitoring progress towards improving critical infrastructure resilience over time. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 34.2 | 2021 | 35.84 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 34.2 | 2022 | 35.81 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 34.2 | 2023 | 34.67 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 70% | 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 | $5M | $5.1M |
| 2019-20 | $5M | $5.8M |
| 2020-21 | $7M | $5.9M |
| 2021-22 | $6.6M | $6.1M |
| 2022-23 | $6.6M | $6.1M |
| 2023-24 | $6.5M | $6.5M |
| 2024-25 | $6.7M | $5.1M |
| 2025-26 | $6.7M | — |
| 2026-27 | $4.9M | — |
| 2027-28 | $4.5M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $3.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 34 | 47 |
| 2019-20 | 38 | 44 |
| 2020-21 | 46 | 48 |
| 2021-22 | 53 | 48 |
| 2022-23 | 50 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | 50 | 45 |
| 2024-25 | 47 | 33 |
| 2025-26 | 44 | — |
| 2026-27 | 30 | — |
| 2027-28 | 27* | — |
| 2028-29 | 21* | — |
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 | $5,049,115 | $5,022,101 | $5,022,101 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $4,958,523 | $4,943,983 | $4,943,839 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $6,993,183 | $7,045,222 | $7,048,001 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $6,647,827 | $6,642,575 | $6,624,393 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $6,618,237 | $6,616,036 | $6,616,303 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $6,452,341 | $6,451,629 | $6,459,289 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $6,736,869 | $6,781,511 | $6,785,362 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $6,678,889 | $6,683,509 | $6,762,662 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $4,856,246 | $4,540,000 | $3,622,921 | ||||||||
| Actual | $5,091,753 | $5,762,213 | $5,931,054 | $6,056,713 | $6,115,629 | $6,474,794 | $5,059,917 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
