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Program directory · Shared Services Canada

Human Resources Management Services

Program code
ISS04 (SHARE)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Human resources management services include activities related to supporting human resources (HR) planning and reporting; reviewing, assessing and developing organizational design; reviewing and assessing job descriptions and classifications; supporting staffing processes; collecting and processing employee information related to compensation, leave and transfers; identifying and coordinating organization-wide training and learning requirements; promoting values, ethics and employment equity; managing employee recognition and awards programs; addressing workplace management and labour relations; and developing and maintaining HR information systems within the organization.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Human Resources Management Services 2018-19: $28.6MHuman Resources Management Services 2019-20: $38.8MHuman Resources Management Services 2020-21: $45.4MHuman Resources Management Services 2021-22: $49.4MHuman Resources Management Services 2022-23: $51.7MHuman Resources Management Services 2023-24: $60.3MHuman Resources Management Services 2024-25: $65.2MHuman Resources Management Services 2025-26: $61.4MHuman Resources Management Services 2026-27: $42.1MHuman Resources Management Services 2027-28: $42.1MHuman Resources Management Services 2028-29: $42MHuman Resources Management ServicesHuman Resourc…Human Resources Management Services
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. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Human Resources Management ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$339M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Renamed from “Human Resources Management Services - Shared Services Canada” to “Human Resources Management Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2019-20Spending $38.8M, against $28.6M in 2018-19 (+35%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $42.1M, against $61.4M in 2025-26 (−31%).Latest Departmental Plan

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

2018-19: $26.1M2018-19: $28.6M2018-192019-20: $31.5M2019-20: $38.8M2019-202020-21: $37.7M2020-21: $45.4M2020-212021-22: $37.7M2021-22: $49.4M2021-222022-23: $36.7M2022-23: $51.7M2022-232023-24: $50.3M2023-24: $60.3M2023-242024-25: $57.9M2024-25: $65.2M2024-252025-26: $61.4M2025-262026-27: $42.1M2026-272027-28: $42.1M2027-282028-29: $42M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$26.1M$28.6M
2019-20$31.5M$38.8M
2020-21$37.7M$45.4M
2021-22$37.7M$49.4M
2022-23$36.7M$51.7M
2023-24$50.3M$60.3M
2024-25$57.9M$65.2M
2025-26$61.4M—
2026-27$42.1M—
2027-28$42.1M*—
2028-29$42M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 2132018-19: 2862018-192019-20: 2562019-20: 3002019-202020-21: 2682020-21: 3462020-212021-22: 3142021-22: 3822021-222022-23: 3142022-23: 3962022-232023-24: 3182023-24: 4372023-242024-25: 3582024-25: 4242024-252025-26: 4512025-262026-27: 3842026-272027-28: 3532027-282028-29: 3502028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19213286
2019-20256300
2020-21268346
2021-22314382
2022-23314396
2023-24318437
2024-25358424
2025-26451—
2026-27384—
2027-28353*—
2028-29350*—

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.