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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Indigenous Policing

Program code
BXI03 (RCMP)
Core responsibility
Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
In Departmental Plans
2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program (FNIPP), approximately 165 Community Tripartite Agreements (CTA) have been established between Public Safety Canada, provinces and territories and First Nations and Inuit Communities. Under the CTA, RCMP delivers professional, dedicated, trauma-informed policing services to approximately 270 First Nation and Inuit communities. In addition, the program also provides a range of supports to the RCMP’s operational priority of contributing to the safety and wellbeing of Indigenous communities for which the RCMP provides policing services to roughly 550 Indigenous communities: 450 First Nations, 40 Inuit and 58 Métis, under the Provincial/Territorial/Municipal Policing Service Agreements. The program leads national priorities strategies and accountability for Indigenous Policing Services including maintaining and developing policies, programs and initiatives; and addresses recommendations from external bodies.

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).

2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Indigenous Policing 2019-20: $82.1MIndigenous Policing 2020-21: $64.8MIndigenous Policing 2021-22: $90.4MIndigenous Policing 2022-23: $110MIndigenous Policing 2023-24: $91.1MIndigenous Policing 2024-25: $103MIndigenous Policing 2025-26: $32.5MIndigenous Policing 2026-27: $40.2MIndigenous Policing 2027-28: $43.1MIndigenous Policing 2028-29: $44.7MIndigenous Policing
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
Indigenous PolicingThis program2019-20 – 2028-29$542M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

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
2021-22Indicators added: Percentage (%) of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural awareness and humility training has improved the services provided by the RCMPDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Indicators dropped: Percentage (%) of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural competency and trauma-informed GBV training has improved the services provided by the RCMPDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $90.4M, against $64.8M in 2020-21 (+40%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 676, against 494 in 2024-25 (+37%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $32.5M, against $103M in 2024-25 (−69%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Indicators added: Number of outreach and engagement activities with Indigenous Peoples annuallyDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Percentage (%) of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural awareness and humility training has improved the services provided by the RCMPDepartmental 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

Percentage (%) of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural awareness and humility training has improved the services provided by the RCMP
Expected result: Increased awareness to Indigenous communities through cultural competent approaches
0%2021-22✗ not met0%2022-23✗ not met0%2023-24✗ not met0%2024-25✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 80%20220%
There is no survey mechanism to collect this data nor can we accurately state that services improved simply from members taking an online awareness course. There are too many other variables at play here.
Not met
2022-23≥ 80%20230%
Not available. There is currently no survey mechanism to collect this data. This indicator will be updated for the 2026-27 fiscal year when the Departmental Results Framework amendment process is reopened.
Not met
2023-24≥ 80%20240%
There is currently no survey mechanism to collect this data. This indicator will be updated for the 2026-27 fiscal year when the Departmental Results Framework amendment process is reopened.
Not met
2024-25≥ 80%20250%
There is currently no survey mechanism to collect this data. This indicator will be updated for the 2026-27 fiscal year when the Departmental Results Framework amendment process is reopened.
Not met
Percentage (%) of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural competency and trauma-informed GBV training has improved the services provided by the RCMP
Expected result: Increased awareness to Indigenous communities through cultural competent approaches
80%2019-20– no result0%2020-21✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≥ 80%2020—
Not Available The Cultural awareness and Humility course was only recently deemed mandatory. Planning and organization of the launch is ongoing. As such, responses to this indicator will only be available after the training has been widely completed. Sexual Assault Review Team (SART) has developed Using a Trauma Informed Approach Course which was deemed mandatory in Feb 2020. This course aims to…
No result reported
2020-21≥ 80%20210%
Not applicable. This indicator as originally written is no longer valid and will be replaced with an updated version. The Cultural Awareness and Humility (CAH) and Using a Trauma-Informed Approach (UTIA) courses are no longer evaluated under a single indicator. The team responsible for the UTIA is not able to respond on this indicator because no mechanism exists to measure "the percentage of Indi…
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Number of outreach and engagement activities with Indigenous Peoples annually
Expected result: The RCMP develops trust-based relationships with Indigenous communities
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27Target will be set once baseline is established in 2026-27.2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2019-20: $15.6M2019-20: $82.1M2019-202020-21: $10.9M2020-21: $64.8M2020-212021-22: $8.5M2021-22: $90.4M2021-222022-23: $19.5M2022-23: $110M2022-232023-24: $17.4M2023-24: $91.1M2023-242024-25: $32.1M2024-25: $103M2024-252025-26: $32.5M2025-262026-27: $40.2M2026-272027-28: $43.1M2027-282028-29: $44.7M2028-29
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
2019-20$15.6M$82.1M
2020-21$10.9M$64.8M
2021-22$8.5M$90.4M
2022-23$19.5M$110M
2023-24$17.4M$91.1M
2024-25$32.1M$103M
2025-26$32.5M—
2026-27$40.2M—
2027-28$43.1M*—
2028-29$44.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2019-20: 4582019-20: 4732019-202020-21: 4752020-21: 4832020-212021-22: 5062021-22: 4812021-222022-23: 5232022-23: 4892022-232023-24: 6392023-24: 4852023-242024-25: 6762024-25: 4942024-252025-26: 6762025-262026-27: 7092026-272027-28: 7092027-282028-29: 7092028-29
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
2019-20458473
2020-21475483
2021-22506481
2022-23523489
2023-24639485
2024-25676494
2025-26676—
2026-27709—
2027-28709*—
2028-29709*—

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

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