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Local Area Network

Program code
BWE01 (SHARE)
Core responsibility
Telecommunications
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

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 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Local Area Network 2018-19: $141MLocal Area Network 2019-20: $129MLocal Area Network 2020-21: $85.4MLocal Area Network 2021-22: $66.7MNetworks 2020-21: $341MNetworks 2021-22: $281MNetworks 2022-23: $277MLocal Area NetworkNetworks
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
Local Area NetworkThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$270M
NetworksLater program (name match, low confidence)2020-21 – 2022-23$341M

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
2020-21Planned employees (FTEs) 260, against 573 in 2019-20 (−55%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Appears to be replaced by NetworksCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2020-21Planned spending $85.4M, against $129M in 2019-20 (−34%).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

Customer satisfaction with telecommunication services
Expected result: Partners and clients have reliable access to services and applications via the Local Area Network Infrastructure
3.492018-19✗ not met3.462019-20✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-193.6 – 520193.49
The target was not met based on several issues regarding Mobile device infrastructure, Video Conferencing and Wi-Fi.
Not met
2019-203.6 – 520203.46
The target was not met based on several issues regarding network bandwidth and quality of service, lack of capacity for implementation of new WIFI solutions and videoconferencing support model.
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

2018-19: $70.4M2018-19: $141M2018-192019-20: $93M2019-20: $129M2019-202020-21: $85.4M2020-212021-22: $66.7M2021-22
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$70.4M$141M
2019-20$93M$129M
2020-21$85.4M*—
2021-22$66.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 662018-19: 5032018-192019-20: 5872019-20: 5732019-202020-21: 2602020-212021-22: 2602021-22
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
2018-1966503
2019-20587573
2020-21260*—
2021-22260*—

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

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$70,357,986$46,308,460$46,345,737
2019-20 plan$92,951,430$85,443,454$66,657,951
Actual$140,986,074$128,673,832

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