Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXH01 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- National Specialized Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Within the Canadian Firearms Program, the Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services (CFIES) Program supports and strengthens the ability of law enforcement and criminal justice partners to combat the smuggling, trafficking, and illegal use of firearms through investigative support, training, firearms identification and tracing. This Program offers expertise in firearms investigations to all Canadian law enforcement agencies, select international partners, as well as other federal and provincial government departments and agencies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Law Enforcement Services | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2010-11 – 2020-21 | $2.04B |
| Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services | This program | 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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Appears to replace Canadian Law Enforcement Services | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage of Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre requests completed within service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of requests for firearms tracing services from law enforcement responded to within 90 days | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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 | ≥ 90% | 2024 | 87.2% The Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre (CNFTC) measures performance using two separate service standards: 90 working days for trace requests that require international engagement and 7 working days for trace requests that do not require international engagement. The results for these two service standards are merged here. Although both service standards should only include processing times… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 56% The Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre (CNFTC) measures performance using two separate service standards: 90 working days for trace requests that require international engagement and 7 working days for trace requests that do not require international engagement. The results for these two service standards are merged here. Total Completed Firearm Traces - 6,873 Domestic (within 7 days) - 31… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 100% The Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre (CNFTC) completed a total of 895 trace requests (for 1,794 firearms) in FY 2019-20. CNFTC typically responds to all requests for service within 14 days. FIESD also partners with the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario – Firearms Analysis and Tracing Enforcement (CISO FATE) to cover the tracing of crime guns in the province of Ontario. 2,066 Ontar… | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 100% The Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre (CNFTC) received a total of 1,245 trace requests (for 2,296 firearms) in FY 2020-21. CNFTC typically responds to all trace requests within 14 days. | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 95% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 90% | 2023 | 99% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 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 | $11.9M | $13.6M |
| 2020-21 | $12.3M | $13M |
| 2021-22 | $14M | $15.5M |
| 2022-23 | $18.3M | $19.7M |
| 2023-24 | $14M | $19.2M |
| 2024-25 | $20.6M | $20M |
| 2025-26 | $23.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $21.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $21.3M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $21.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 84 | 68 |
| 2020-21 | 88 | 69 |
| 2021-22 | 99 | 80 |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 91 |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 99 |
| 2024-25 | 121 | 106 |
| 2025-26 | 118 | — |
| 2026-27 | 123 | — |
| 2027-28 | 118* | — |
| 2028-29 | 118* | — |
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 | $11,937,646 | $12,209,921 | $12,976,044 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $12,315,481 | $12,992,497 | $13,628,224 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $14,010,182 | $14,645,921 | $9,464,838 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $18,250,044 | $13,400,138 | $13,450,422 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $14,011,199 | $13,915,664 | $13,787,613 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $20,643,678 | $20,314,209 | $20,276,063 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $23,284,768 | $21,307,040 | $21,314,296 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $21,751,150 | $21,332,782 | $21,262,270 | |||||||
| Actual | $13,570,148 | $13,045,048 | $15,518,586 | $19,683,704 | $19,166,421 | $19,954,819 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
