Program directory · Public Safety Canada
Indigenous Policing
- Department
- Public Safety Canada
- Program code
- BVT05 (PSEP)
- Core responsibility
- Community Safety
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Program provides funding to support policing services in Indigenous communities that are professional and responsive to the communities they serve. The Program is delivered through contribution agreements, pursuant to the First Nations Policing Program, among the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, and First Nations and Inuit communities. Performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation activities serve to promote continuous program improvement. Under this program, Public Safety provides support and policy advice related to modern treaties and self-government agreements implementation and negotiation, conducts policy work and research on policing in Indigenous communities, justice and self-government issues; engages stakeholders in developing policy and program options for improving public safety in First Nations and Inuit communities; and works collaboratively with other federal, provincial and territorial partners in addressing diverse challenges in First Nations and Inuit communities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Policing | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.32B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 111, against 79 in 2021-22 (+41%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $241M, against $153M in 2021-22 (+57%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $411M, against $288M in 2024-25 (+43%). | 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 | ≤ 12,400 | 2019 | 19,169 The majority of the increase can be attributed to a measurement error which had been underreporting crimes in one area for several years. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≤ 12,000 | 2020 | — Data for this indicator was not available at the time of publication. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 12,000 | 2021 | — Data for this indicator was not available at the time of publication. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≤ 12,000 | 2022 | 21,806 Over the last few years, total incidents of all Criminal Code violations, excluding traffic, in First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP) covered communities has increased and that trend continued in 2021. Crime in the rest of Canada has also increased year over year. The majority of FNIPP covered communities experienced a decrease in crime or remained the same from the previous year. Howe… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≤ 12,000 | 2023 | 20,399 Despite not having met the target of less than or equal to12,000, the difference between police reported crime in First Nation communities and police reported crime in the rest of Canada has decreased slightly from 2020-21 and 2021-22. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≤ 12,000 | 2024 | — The results were not available at the time of the preparation of the report. | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | ≤ 12,000 | 2025 | 0 The results were not available at the time of the preparation of the report. The Department is in the process of developing a revised performance measurement framework (PMF) for FNIPP. Once finalized, the PMF will include updated collection approaches for relevant crime-related data. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 12,000 | 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 | $152M | $112M |
| 2019-20 | $177M | $126M |
| 2020-21 | $190M | $144M |
| 2021-22 | $196M | $153M |
| 2022-23 | $304M | $241M |
| 2023-24 | $386M | $253M |
| 2024-25 | $405M | $288M |
| 2025-26 | $411M | — |
| 2026-27 | $488M | — |
| 2027-28 | $470M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $510M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 44 | 42 |
| 2019-20 | 60 | 55 |
| 2020-21 | 59 | 61 |
| 2021-22 | 51 | 79 |
| 2022-23 | 90 | 111 |
| 2023-24 | 89 | 90 |
| 2024-25 | 92 | 68 |
| 2025-26 | 83 | — |
| 2026-27 | 81 | — |
| 2027-28 | 81* | — |
| 2028-29 | 75* | — |
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 | $151,655,388 | $161,760,870 | $172,321,263 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $176,774,099 | $186,216,462 | $190,793,143 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $190,152,986 | $192,920,492 | $195,494,953 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $195,807,975 | $197,527,672 | $195,382,670 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $304,462,893 | $365,621,668 | $394,630,175 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $385,968,654 | $400,148,555 | $351,990,921 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $405,482,333 | $352,444,447 | $337,004,152 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $410,990,801 | $380,783,131 | $333,876,565 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $487,711,311 | $469,899,741 | $510,027,049 | ||||||||
| Actual | $111,611,156 | $125,854,162 | $144,315,473 | $153,036,032 | $241,028,510 | $252,538,146 | $288,022,885 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
