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Administration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada

Program code
BRH02 (SCC)
Core responsibility
The administration of Canada's final court of appeal
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Process salaries, annuities and allowances for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, as provided by the Judges Act. Provide the Judges timely and easily accessible information on these matters.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Administration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2018-19: $8.4MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2019-20: $8.8MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2020-21: $8.1MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2021-22: $8.7MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2022-23: $9.4MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2023-24: $9.7MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2024-25: $10.6MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2025-26: $10.4MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2026-27: $10.6MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2027-28: $10.9MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada 2028-29: $11.7MAdministration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada
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
Administration of the Judges Act for the Judges of the Supreme Court of CanadaThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$63.6M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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

Percent errors on payments
Expected result: Timely and accurate payments to Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada pursuant to the Judges Act
0%2018-19✓ met0%2019-20✓ met0.7%2020-21✓ met0%2021-22✓ met0%2022-23✓ met0%2023-24✓ met0%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 2%20190%Met
2019-20≤ 2%20200%Met
2020-21≤ 2%20210.7%Met
2021-22≤ 2%20220%Met
2022-23≤ 2%20230%Met
2023-24≤ 2%20240%Met
2024-25≤ 2%20250%Met
Percent of payments processed within service standard of 5 business days for the reimbursement of claims payable under the allowances provided by the Judges Act
Expected result: Timely and accurate payments to Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada pursuant to the Judges Act
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 95%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 95%2020100%Met
2020-21≥ 95%2021100%Met
2021-22≥ 95%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 95%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 95%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 95%2025100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percent errors on payments
Expected result: Timely and accurate payments to Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada pursuant to the Judges Act
2%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≤ 2%2027—Planned
Percent of payments processed within service standard of 5 business days for the reimbursement of claims payable under the allowances provided by the Judges Act
Expected result: Timely and accurate payments to Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada pursuant to the Judges Act
95%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
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

2018-19: $8.2M2018-19: $8.4M2018-192019-20: $8.2M2019-20: $8.8M2019-202020-21: $8.6M2020-21: $8.1M2020-212021-22: $9.2M2021-22: $8.7M2021-222022-23: $9.5M2022-23: $9.4M2022-232023-24: $9.9M2023-24: $9.7M2023-242024-25: $10.5M2024-25: $10.6M2024-252025-26: $10.4M2025-262026-27: $10.6M2026-272027-28: $10.9M2027-282028-29: $11.7M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$8.2M$8.4M
2019-20$8.2M$8.8M
2020-21$8.6M$8.1M
2021-22$9.2M$8.7M
2022-23$9.5M$9.4M
2023-24$9.9M$9.7M
2024-25$10.5M$10.6M
2025-26$10.4M—
2026-27$10.6M—
2027-28$10.9M*—
2028-29$11.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 02018-19: 02018-192019-20: 02019-20: 02019-202020-21: 02020-21: 02020-212021-22: 02021-22: 02021-222022-23: 02022-23: 02022-232023-24: 02023-24: 02023-242024-25: 02024-25: 02024-252025-26: 02025-262026-27: 02026-272027-28: 02027-282028-29: 02028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-1900
2019-2000
2020-2100
2021-2200
2022-2300
2023-2400
2024-2500
2025-260—
2026-270—
2027-280*—
2028-290*—

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.