Program directory · Public Safety Canada
Serious and Organized Crime
- Department
- Public Safety Canada
- Program code
- BVT03 (PSEP)
- Core responsibility
- Community Safety
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Organized crime groups are sophisticated, adaptable, complex and transnational in nature. Responses must therefore be multifaceted. Under this Program, Public Safety develops evidence-based research and policy in collaboration with other federal departments and, Portfolio agencies, provinces and territories, non-governmental organizations and international partners to develop strategic policy and priorities to address serious and organized crime in Canada. The Program focuses on key issues and activities involving serious and organized crime, including human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, illicit drugs trafficking, economic and financial crimes, First Nations organized crime, and witness protection, among other things.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious and Organized Crime | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $336M |
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 $27.6M, against $82.6M in 2018-19 (−67%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Employees (FTEs) 92, against 64 in 2020-21 (+44%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $35.7M, against $26.9M in 2020-21 (+33%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Number of consultations and interdepartmental meetings held with domestic and international partners on issues related to serious and organized crime | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Number of consultations and interdepartmental meetings held with federal stakeholders on human trafficking | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $49.7M, against $35.7M in 2021-22 (+39%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 64, against 91 in 2025-26 (−30%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 62 | 2023 | 141 Human Trafficking: 61; Organized Crime; 42; OCSE: 38 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 62 | 2024 | 143 This total includes consultations and meetings related to the National Summit on Combatting Auto theft. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 62 | 2025 | 115 Includes 19 (Organized Crime), 40 (Human Trafficking), and 56 Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE). | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 6 | 2019 | 5 Human Trafficking Taskforce meetings took place on: June 26, 2018 ; August 20, 2018; December 18; 2018; February 11, 2019; March 21, 2019. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 4 | 2020 | 11 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 4 | 2021 | 24 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 4 | 2022 | 18 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 62 | 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 | $119M | $82.6M |
| 2019-20 | $31.3M | $27.6M |
| 2020-21 | $48.2M | $26.9M |
| 2021-22 | $46.9M | $35.7M |
| 2022-23 | $40.6M | $49.7M |
| 2023-24 | $59.4M | $52.8M |
| 2024-25 | $57.9M | $61.4M |
| 2025-26 | $49.4M | — |
| 2026-27 | $42.4M | — |
| 2027-28 | $37.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $35.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 59 | 57 |
| 2019-20 | 73 | 70 |
| 2020-21 | 93 | 64 |
| 2021-22 | 89 | 92 |
| 2022-23 | 112 | 112 |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 101 |
| 2024-25 | 82 | 98 |
| 2025-26 | 91 | — |
| 2026-27 | 64 | — |
| 2027-28 | 58* | — |
| 2028-29 | 49* | — |
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 | $118,573,212 | $39,460,344 | $32,051,445 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $31,299,633 | $23,512,888 | $22,910,991 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $48,179,944 | $43,682,081 | $34,026,233 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $46,880,994 | $36,095,835 | $28,712,780 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $40,611,100 | $38,015,544 | $30,818,283 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $59,423,945 | $52,467,908 | $37,499,035 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $57,875,197 | $42,472,271 | $40,229,204 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $49,424,989 | $45,595,205 | $40,534,984 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $42,431,472 | $37,114,089 | $35,326,507 | ||||||||
| Actual | $82,553,222 | $27,561,750 | $26,851,314 | $35,653,636 | $49,654,510 | $52,804,388 | $61,379,207 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
