Program directory · Public Safety Canada

Emergency Response/Recovery

Department

Public Safety Canada

Program code

BVU03 (PSEP)

Core responsibility

Emergency Management

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Under this program, Public Safety provides leadership and support to partners to respond to all-hazards emergencies, and coordinates an integrated federal response for events that threaten the safety and security of Canadians or the integrity of Canada's critical infrastructure. This includes 24/7 watch, early warning and definitive national-level situational awareness, and development and sharing of awareness and briefing products to partners and senior decision makers. Program staff develop recommendations for the deployment and use of federal assets, action requests for response assistance from federal or provincial/territorial (PT) authorities, and identify issues that need senior level engagement for resolution. Public Safety also provides leadership and direction to ensure a coordinated approach to support the rapid and effective recovery of Canadians and communities from disasters and to ensure that those impacted have the resources to fully recover. Public Safety provides financial assistance to PTs, upon request and where costs exceed what individual PTs could reasonably be expected to bear, through programs, such as the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements, for recovery from large-scale disasters. In addition, and in collaboration with PTs and other stakeholders, disaster mitigation and planning is encouraged during recovery in order to reduce the occurrence and impact of future risks and disasters by rebuilding communities that are safer and more resilient.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.