Program directory · Shared Services Canada
Telecommunications
- Department
- Shared Services Canada
- Program code
- BWE09 (SHARE)
- Core responsibility
- Telecommunications
- In Departmental Plans
- 2020-21 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Telecommunications program enables local and long-distance communications between internal stakeholders (Government of Canada employees) and external stakeholders (the general public and the private sector). The program includes the provisioning and management of the Voice Services including telephony devices (fixed line and mobile), the Video, Audio and Web Conferencing Services, the Contact Centres (call centres) Infrastructure, and the Toll Free Service.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2020-21. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telecommunications | This program | 2020-21 – 2022-23 | $266M |
| Telecommunications | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2021-22 – 2028-29 | $1.34B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Planned employees (FTEs) 812, against 481 in 2020-21 (+69%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Appears to be replaced by Telecommunications | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 99.8% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 99.9% | 2021 | — Information not available due to contract limitations. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% This outage was caused by high call volumes due to the pandemic which led to the target not being met. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | $256M | $266M |
| 2021-22 | $238M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $262M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 823 | 481 |
| 2021-22 | 812* | — |
| 2022-23 | 812* | — |
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 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 plan | $255,616,030 | $237,837,220 | $261,979,092 |
| Actual | $265,914,664 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
