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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Police Operations

Program code
AYO00 (RCMP)
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2018-19 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2010-11. 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).

2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Police Operations 2010-11: $646MPolice Operations 2011-12: $1.67BPolice Operations 2012-13: $1.91BPolice Operations 2013-14: $1.76BPolice Operations 2014-15: $1.7BPolice Operations 2015-16: $1.77BPolice Operations 2016-17: $1.84BPolice Operations 2017-18: $1.89BPolice Operations 2018-19: $2.4BPolice Operations 2019-20: $2.19BPolice Operations 2020-21: $2.19BFederal Operations Support 2019-20: $124MFederal Operations Support 2020-21: $113MFederal Operations Support 2021-22: $165MFederal Operations Support 2022-23: $76.1MFederal Operations Support 2023-24: $76.2MProtective Operations 2019-20: $186MProtective Operations 2020-21: $129MProtective Operations 2021-22: $206MProtective Operations 2022-23: $259MProtective Operations 2023-24: $205MProtective Operations 2024-25: $289MProtective Operations 2025-26: $432MProtective Operations 2026-27: $215MProtective Operations 2027-28: $216MProtective Operations 2028-29: $215MInternational Operations 2019-20: $51.6MInternational Operations 2020-21: $40.3MInternational Operations 2021-22: $54.1MInternational Operations 2022-23: $48.5MInternational Operations 2023-24: $53.8MInternational Operations 2024-25: $60.5MInternational Operations 2025-26: $60.9MInternational Operations 2026-27: $52.4MInternational Operations 2027-28: $52.2MInternational Operations 2028-29: $53MPolice OperationsFederal Operations SupportProtective OperationsInternational Operations
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Police OperationsThis program2010-11 – 2020-21$15.6B
Federal Operations SupportLater program (name match, low confidence)2019-20 – 2023-24$402M
Protective OperationsLater program (name match, low confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$1.27B
International OperationsLater program (name match, low confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$309M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2011-12Spending $1.67B, against $646M in 2010-11 (+158%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2018-19Spending $2.4B, against $1.89B in 2017-18 (+27%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Appears to be split across: Protective Operations; International Operations; Federal Operations SupportCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

Percentage of Canadians who strongly agree or agree with the statement "I am satisfied with RCMP contribution to a safe and secure Canada"
Expected result: The rate and severity level of crime is reduced
77%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201977%
This result was taken from RCMP Client and Partner Survey Results 2018-19, and more specifically of Canadians' views of RCMP policing services. The actual result of 77% was slightly below the intended target. The RCMP is constantly striving to improve the delivery of services and effectiveness with which they meet needs across the country to prevent, detect and investigate criminality.
Not met
Reduction in the per capita rate of crime in Canada in RCMP jurisdictions
Expected result: The rate and severity level of crime is reduced
8,3812018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 8,85420198,381
The Crime Rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by the populations and multiplying by 100,000. It includes Criminal Code of Canada violations but excludes violations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Cannabis Act, Other Federal Statutes and Criminal Code Traffic.
Not met
Reduction in the severity level of crime in Canada in RCMP jurisdictions
Expected result: The rate and severity level of crime is reduced
962018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 96201996
The Crime Severity Index (CSI) includes all Criminal Code violations including traffic, as well as violations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Cannabis Act, and Other Federal Statutes. The CSI measures changes in the level of severity of crime in Canada from year to year. In the index, all crimes are assigned a weight based on their seriousness. The level of seriousness is based on…
Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2013-14: $1.76B2013-142014-15: $1.7B2014-152015-16: $1.77B2015-162016-17: $1.84B2016-172017-18: $1.89B2017-182018-19: $2.32B2018-19: $2.4B2018-192019-20: $2.19B2019-202020-21: $2.19B2020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2013-14—$1.76B
2014-15—$1.7B
2015-16—$1.77B
2016-17—$1.84B
2017-18—$1.89B
2018-19$2.32B$2.4B
2019-20$2.19B*—
2020-21$2.19B*—

Employees (FTEs)

2013-14: 21,7912013-14: 21,5502013-142014-15: 21,6162014-15: 21,5012014-152015-16: 21,6502015-16: 22,0352015-162016-17: 22,1972016-17: 22,1292016-172017-18: 22,4702017-18: 22,3912017-182018-19: 22,5872018-19: 22,5092018-192019-20: 22,6052019-202020-21: 22,6052020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2013-1421,79121,550
2014-1521,61621,501
2015-1621,65022,035
2016-1722,19722,129
2017-1822,47022,391
2018-1922,58722,509
2019-2022,605*—
2020-2122,605*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-21
2018-19 plan$2,317,576,842$2,192,263,363$2,187,958,307
Actual$2,400,537,080

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

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