Program directory · Statistics Canada
Censuses
- Department
- Statistics Canada
- Program code
- AQL00 (SC)
- Core responsibility
- Canadians have access to timely, relevant and quality statistical information on Canada's changing economy and society for informed debate, research and decision making on social and economic issues.
- In Departmental Plans
- Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2013-14 – 2017-18
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 2013-14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Censuses | This program | 2013-14 – 2017-18 | $594M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Spending $61.8M, against $45M in 2013-14 (+37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2015-16 | Employees (FTEs) 1,087, against 576 in 2014-15 (+89%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2015-16 | Spending $135M, against $61.8M in 2014-15 (+118%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2016-17 | Employees (FTEs) 1,444, against 1,087 in 2015-16 (+33%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2016-17 | Spending $290M, against $135M in 2015-16 (+114%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2017-18 | Employees (FTEs) 653, against 1,444 in 2016-17 (−55%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2017-18 | Spending $62.2M, against $290M in 2016-17 (−79%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | — | $45M |
| 2014-15 | — | $61.8M |
| 2015-16 | — | $135M |
| 2016-17 | — | $290M |
| 2017-18 | — | $62.2M |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 128 | 512 |
| 2014-15 | 36 | 576 |
| 2015-16 | 959 | 1,087 |
| 2016-17 | 1,788 | 1,444 |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 653 |
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
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| Actual |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
