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Government-Wide Funds

Program code
BXA04 (TBC)
Core responsibility
Spending Oversight
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Secretariat facilitates the functions of government programs through the transfer of resources to other organizations throughout the year. For example, this can include allowing funding continuity for programs and capital projects that span multiple fiscal years. The Government-Wide Funds program represents funds that are held centrally to supplement other appropriations, from which allocations are made to, or payments and receipts are made on behalf of, other federal organizations. These funds are important tools for the Treasury Board, in its role as the general manager and employer of the core federal public administration.

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

History and lineage

First appears in the Departmental Plans 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Government-Wide Funds 2018-19: $10.6BGovernment-Wide Funds 2019-20: $4.08BGovernment-Wide Funds 2020-21: $3.58BGovernment-Wide Funds 2021-22: $3.66BGovernment-Wide Funds 2022-23: $4.3BGovernment-Wide Funds 2023-24: $4.18BGovernment-Wide Funds 2024-25: $4.17BGovernment-Wide FundsGovernment-wide FundsGovernment-Wide Funds
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
Government-Wide FundsThis program2018-19 – 2024-25—

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 “Government-wide Funds” to “Government-Wide Funds”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2019-20Planned spending $4.08B, against $10.6B in 2018-19 (−62%).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

Percentage of allocations and payments made
Expected result: Central funds contribute to timely spending as required
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%Met
2020-21≥ 100%2021100%Met
2021-22100% – 100%2022100%Met
2022-23100% – 100%2023100%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: $10.6B2018-192019-20: $4.08B2019-202020-21: $3.58B2020-212021-22: $3.66B2021-222022-23: $4.3B2022-232023-24: $4.18B2023-242024-25: $4.17B2024-25
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$10.6B—
2019-20$4.08B—
2020-21$3.58B—
2021-22$3.66B—
2022-23$4.3B—
2023-24$4.18B*—
2024-25$4.17B*—

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: 02023-242024-25: 02024-25
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
2018-1900
2019-2000
2020-2100
2021-2200
2022-2300
2023-240*—
2024-250*—

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.

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