Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Protective Operations
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXG03 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- Federal Policing
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This Program delivers protective services for significant government-led events, designated sites, and for persons identified in RCMP regulations and those designated by the Minister of Public Safety. It also ensures the safety of select domestic and international flights.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police Operations | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2010-11 – 2020-21 | $15.6B |
| Protective Operations | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $1.27B |
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 | Appears to be split across: Police Operations; rcmp-bxg05; rcmp-bxg06 | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $129M, against $186M in 2019-20 (−31%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $206M, against $129M in 2020-21 (+60%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Renamed from “Protective Services” to “Protective Operations”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2022-23 | Spending $259M, against $206M in 2021-22 (+26%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage of threats investigated that have been cleared | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of incidents that impact protected persons, sites, major events and Canadian air carriers | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $289M, against $205M in 2023-24 (+41%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $432M, against $289M in 2024-25 (+49%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $215M, against $432M in 2025-26 (−50%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 95.2% 95% (8,995) of threats investigated by protective policing units were mitigated in FY2023-24. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 76% Of the 10,885 occurrences involving Protective Operations that were either reported in fiscal year 2024-25 or reported previously but still ongoing during fiscal year 2024-25, a total of 1,379 occurrences were specific to threat-related violations. Of those threat-related occurrences, 76% (1,049) were mitigated. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 0% | 2020 | 0% Not Available Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2019-20. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true picture of the performance of protective policing efforts. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodolo… | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 0% | 2021 | 0% Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2020-21. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true picture of the performance of protective policing efforts. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodology, to ensure… | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 0% | 2022 | 0% Not available. Due to methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2021-2022. Efforts are underway to replace this indicator with a new indicator for the next reporting cycle. | Met |
| 2022-23 | 0% – 0% | 2023 | 0% Not available. Due to methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2022-2023. This indicator has been replaced for the 2023-2024 reporting cycle with a new indicator. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $144M | $186M |
| 2020-21 | $149M | $129M |
| 2021-22 | $142M | $206M |
| 2022-23 | $168M | $259M |
| 2023-24 | $161M | $205M |
| 2024-25 | $176M | $289M |
| 2025-26 | $432M | — |
| 2026-27 | $215M | — |
| 2027-28 | $216M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $215M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 924 | 814 |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 740 |
| 2021-22 | 744 | 695 |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 706 |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 715 |
| 2024-25 | 698 | 802 |
| 2025-26 | 756 | — |
| 2026-27 | 778 | — |
| 2027-28 | 778* | — |
| 2028-29 | 778* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $143,931,890 | $139,630,282 | $139,627,952 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $148,842,242 | $148,674,737 | $148,748,983 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $142,131,906 | $142,222,795 | $142,243,710 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $167,626,554 | $160,042,386 | $158,873,265 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $160,825,545 | $161,251,022 | $162,109,565 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $176,016,448 | $179,365,182 | $182,695,976 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $431,892,787 | $214,323,668 | $216,157,533 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $215,410,239 | $216,309,349 | $215,238,438 | |||||||
| Actual | $186,285,814 | $128,633,080 | $205,912,873 | $258,506,302 | $204,749,894 | $289,039,884 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
