Program directory · Shared Services Canada
Cloud
- Department
- Shared Services Canada
- Program code
- BWD09 (SHARE)
- Core responsibility
- Data Centres
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Cloud Program enables digital government through the delivery of the Cloud Brokering Service (CBS). The Partners can review, purchase and access the combination of commercially available public cloud services and on-premises cloud offerings that best suits their unique business needs.
As the Government of Canada (GC) adopts “Cloud-first” as the preferred approach for delivering information technology (IT) services, Cloud program offers centralized, reliable and agile services to enable and support Partners in their journey to the Cloud.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $37.7M |
| Cloud | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2021-22 – 2027-28 | $73M |
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 | Employees (FTEs) 65, against 157 in 2018-19 (−59%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $12.8M, against $6.9M in 2018-19 (+85%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Renamed from “Cloud Brokering” to “Cloud”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Spending $18M, against $12.8M in 2019-20 (+41%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Planned employees (FTEs) 163, against 83 in 2020-21 (+96%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Appears to be replaced by Cloud | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2021-22 | Planned spending $2.7M, against $18M in 2020-21 (−85%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 90% | 2019 | 98.2% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 90.1% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 88.8% This target was not met due to the significant increase in demand for cloud brokering requests that impacted SSCs ability to fulfill requests within established service level standards. Additional dedicated resources have been assigned to this function to meet the growing demand. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $1.1M | $6.9M |
| 2019-20 | $15.4M | $12.8M |
| 2020-21 | $13.7M | $18M |
| 2021-22 | $2.7M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $2.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 11 | 157 |
| 2019-20 | 161 | 65 |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 83 |
| 2021-22 | 163* | — |
| 2022-23 | 163* | — |
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 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $1,051,917 | $1,038,742 | $1,045,659 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $15,401,309 | $11,963,560 | $987,235 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $13,702,402 | $2,677,540 | $2,706,078 | ||
| Actual | $6,914,442 | $12,786,306 | $17,969,410 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
