Program directory · Public Safety Canada
Crime Prevention
- Department
- Public Safety Canada
- Program code
- BVT01 (PSEP)
- Core responsibility
- Community Safety
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Through this program, Public Safety works with stakeholders to prevent and reduce crime in populations and communities most at risk and to build resilience in the face of threats to safety and well-being. The Program includes research, evaluation and analysis, policy development and the delivery of funding programs related to evidence-based crime prevention and to addressing radicalization to violence. It also involves considerable engagement with provinces and territories, community-based law enforcement, international organizations, foreign governments, and academia to exchange knowledge and practical tools, identify and respond to emerging issues, and prioritize initiatives for funding. Under this program, funding is provided both to implement and evaluate crime prevention and resilience-building initiatives to identify best practices, and develop capacity in partner organizations to facilitate the implementation and sustainability of such practices. Funding is also used to establish and support multi-sector relationships.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Prevention | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $958M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Spending $84.6M, against $67.2M in 2018-19 (+26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $217M, against $140M in 2022-23 (+55%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Employees (FTEs) 120, against 76 in 2023-24 (+58%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 95, against 131 in 2025-26 (−27%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $166M, against $228M in 2025-26 (−27%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $78.9M, against $159M in 2027-28 (−50%). | 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 | ≥ 75% | 2019 | 67.7% Only 67.7% of the projects being evaluated experienced an improvement in risk and protective factors for more than 50% of participants. Although, the assessment did not meet the criteria to be considered statistically effective, it does provide knowledge that adjustments are needed moving forward. The evaluation results will inform the discussions about ‘what works’ in Canadian crime prevention b… | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | 83% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | 58% Actual results are drawn from evaluations that were conducted and for which data was collected in 2020-21. The target was not met given data collection challenges due to the pandemic. As such, results were drawn from a smaller subset of data than was planned and do not accurately reflect the possible extent of positive changes to risk and protective factors across program areas. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | 53.1% In 2021-22, 17 of the 32 programs evaluated demonstrated positive change (53.1%). Examples of why positive change was not demonstrated include, but are not limited to: impacts by the COVID-19 pandemic, difficulty to recruit First Nations participants, high staff and volunteer turnover, difficulty communicating and engaging with partners, low participation in program and evaluation activities, and… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 75% | 2023 | 85% This percentage should be interpreted with caution, as it was calculated from a limited sample of NCPS projects undergoing impact assessment funded by grants and contributions (n=13), and therefore does not represent all NCPS projects. In addition, the quality of some of the data used for this calculation may be low, as projects and evaluations encountered a number of difficulties (e.g. COVID-rel… | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 75% | 2024 | 82% In the past few years, this indicator has been informed solely from evaluations supported by Public Safety’s Crime Prevention Research and Evaluation Unit. This has not yielded an accurate picture of departmental results, as it is a small subset of the total number of projects funded, and has been influenced by issues related to conducting an evaluation (e.g. challenges with data collection relat… | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 75% | 2025 | 76% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $53.3M | $67.2M |
| 2019-20 | $79.8M | $84.6M |
| 2020-21 | $106M | $95.9M |
| 2021-22 | $122M | $114M |
| 2022-23 | $199M | $140M |
| 2023-24 | $159M | $217M |
| 2024-25 | $236M | $240M |
| 2025-26 | $228M | — |
| 2026-27 | $166M | — |
| 2027-28 | $159M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $78.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 70 | 67 |
| 2019-20 | 62 | 53 |
| 2020-21 | 49 | 48 |
| 2021-22 | 57 | 50 |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 65 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 76 |
| 2024-25 | 86 | 120 |
| 2025-26 | 131 | — |
| 2026-27 | 95 | — |
| 2027-28 | 76* | — |
| 2028-29 | 76* | — |
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 | $53,275,778 | $56,181,502 | $53,923,126 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $79,781,348 | $102,963,714 | $117,780,738 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $105,668,194 | $120,513,293 | $134,140,295 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $122,389,603 | $136,020,352 | $59,557,926 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $198,921,028 | $126,317,994 | $125,111,675 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $159,292,191 | $154,359,067 | $121,706,597 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $236,104,641 | $203,494,911 | $147,475,369 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $228,205,780 | $165,485,551 | $159,505,712 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $165,524,257 | $159,282,349 | $78,905,968 | ||||||||
| Actual | $67,243,020 | $84,617,429 | $95,933,778 | $113,530,683 | $140,374,268 | $216,966,405 | $239,755,827 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
