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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Canadian Law Enforcement Services

Program code
AYR00 (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).

2010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Canadian Law Enforcement Services 2010-11: $377MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2011-12: $256MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2012-13: $260MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2013-14: $241MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2014-15: $222MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2015-16: $155MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2016-17: $159MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2017-18: $182MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2018-19: $187MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2019-20: $170MCanadian Law Enforcement Services 2020-21: $169MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2019-20: $13.6MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2020-21: $13MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2021-22: $15.5MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2022-23: $19.7MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2023-24: $19.2MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2024-25: $20MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2025-26: $23.3MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2026-27: $21.8MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2027-28: $21.3MCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services 2028-29: $21.3MCanadian Law Enforcement ServicesCanadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services
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
Canadian Law Enforcement ServicesThis program2010-11 – 2020-21$2.04B
Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement ServicesLater program (name match, low confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$101M

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 $256M, against $377M in 2010-11 (−32%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2015-16Employees (FTEs) 1,366, against 1,818 in 2014-15 (−25%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2015-16Spending $155M, against $222M in 2014-15 (−30%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Appears to be replaced by Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement ServicesCanada 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 respondents who strongly agree or agree with the statement "overall the RCMP provides high quality service"
Expected result: Technical, forensic, investigative and educational activities support Canada’s law enforcement community
78%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201978%
This result was taken from RCMP Client and Partner Survey Results 2018-19 and has not been updated since the RCMP Performance Measurement Framework was replaced by the Policy on Results. Policing partners were asked about satisfaction with specialized services provided by SPS during the year. Services are delivered to a variety of clients in diverse fields of expertise, such as forensics, firearm…
Not 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: $241M2013-142014-15: $222M2014-152015-16: $155M2015-162016-17: $159M2016-172017-18: $182M2017-182018-19: $192M2018-19: $187M2018-192019-20: $170M2019-202020-21: $169M2020-21
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—$241M
2014-15—$222M
2015-16—$155M
2016-17—$159M
2017-18—$182M
2018-19$192M$187M
2019-20$170M*—
2020-21$169M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2013-14: 2,3252013-14: 1,8852013-142014-15: 1,9892014-15: 1,8182014-152015-16: 1,5012015-16: 1,3662015-162016-17: 1,3642016-17: 1,3192016-172017-18: 1,4092017-18: 1,2732017-182018-19: 1,3142018-19: 1,2502018-192019-20: 1,3192019-202020-21: 1,3192020-21
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
2013-142,3251,885
2014-151,9891,818
2015-161,5011,366
2016-171,3641,319
2017-181,4091,273
2018-191,3141,250
2019-201,319*—
2020-211,319*—

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$192,251,844$170,148,269$169,233,233
Actual$187,465,030

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