Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Provincial/Territorial Policing
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXI01 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
Under the Police Service Agreement (PSAs) between Public Safety Canada and client governments, the RCMP provides provincial/territorial policing services in all provinces and territories except Ontario and Quebec. RCMP services include enforcement of the laws of Canada under various federal and provincial laws including, most notably, the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and provincial statutes. This program also provides an RCMP presence at select airports, as a contracted police service provider to the Airport Authority in accordance with Transport Canada’s Aerodrome Security Regulations, to protect travellers and transportation infrastructure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial/Territorial Policing | This program | 2019-20 – 2027-28 | $8.9B |
| Provincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Spending $1.65B, against $1.02B in 2020-21 (+61%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Appears to be replaced by Provincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing | Canada 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 57% The RCMP has not met its target of 80% and will continue to work with contract partners to improve the various processes involved in the administration of the Police Service Agreements. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 59% The RCMP has not met its target of 80% and will continue to work with contract partners to improve the various processes involved in the administration of the Police Service Agreements. Further, work is ongoing with the program responsible for the Contract Partner Surveys to ensure the appropriateness of respondents, with the goal of achieving a more accurate representation of feedback from those… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 53% RCMP will engage with our contract partners, via the Contract Management Committee, to seek input regarding areas of concern and/or areas for improvement. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 53% RCMP will engage with its contract partners and other stakeholders to seek input regarding areas of concern and/or areas for improvement. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 0% The RCMP Policing Partners & Stakeholders survey was not administered for 2023-24. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 0% The RCMP Contract Partners Survey was not administered for 2024-25. | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $975M | $1.35B |
| 2020-21 | $984M | $1.02B |
| 2021-22 | $949M | $1.65B |
| 2022-23 | $1.16B | $1.75B |
| 2023-24 | $1.1B | $1.47B |
| 2024-25 | $1.34B | $1.64B |
| 2025-26 | $1.73B | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.9B* | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.93B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 9,794 | 10,393 |
| 2020-21 | 10,220 | 10,441 |
| 2021-22 | 10,395 | 10,508 |
| 2022-23 | 10,402 | 10,437 |
| 2023-24 | 10,402 | 10,459 |
| 2024-25 | 10,402 | 10,976 |
| 2025-26 | 10,641 | — |
| 2026-27 | 10,793* | — |
| 2027-28 | 10,843* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $975,018,835 | $937,727,061 | $937,716,590 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $984,171,140 | $984,140,126 | $984,598,628 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $949,254,977 | $949,846,444 | $950,122,385 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,164,150,378 | $1,071,269,317 | $1,071,016,825 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $1,101,759,940 | $1,102,520,105 | $1,111,361,744 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $1,336,468,787 | $1,379,663,246 | $1,417,995,635 | ||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $1,728,579,318 | $1,902,007,427 | $1,927,522,522 | ||||||
| Actual | $1,353,876,962 | $1,024,295,520 | $1,653,217,632 | $1,751,560,746 | $1,469,402,482 | $1,644,586,559 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
