Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Canadian Digital Service
- Department
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Program code
- BXB09 (TBC)
- Core responsibility
- Administrative Leadership
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2023-24 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Canadian Digital Service works with partner organizations to improve government services for the people that use them; builds capacity across government for human-centred service design and iterative development; and provides advice to inform government decisions about digital investments.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Digital Service | This program | 2019-20 – 2025-26 | $62.2M |
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 42, against 127 in 2022-23 (−67%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage increase in number of services using platform products; Percentage of partner departments satisfied with the advice, support and/or resources provided by CDS | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Average number of times each CDS product is updated per month | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $4.8M, against $19M in 2022-23 (−74%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Planned employees (FTEs) 108, against 42 in 2023-24 (+157%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Planned spending $19.5M, against $4.8M in 2023-24 (+303%). | 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
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | At least 20% increase | 2024 | Actual result not reported Responsibility for this indicator transferred to Employment and Social Development Canada on July 26, 2023 (Order in Council 20230784). | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | — Responsibility for this indicator transferred to Employment and Social Development Canada on July 26, 2023 (Order in Council 20230784). | No result reported |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Year-over-year increase | 2020 | 39 | Met |
| 2020-21 | 20 | 2021 | 48 | Met |
| 2021-22 | 20 | 2022 | 40 | Met |
| 2022-23 | 20 | 2023 | 7.75 The Canadian Digital Service has two products in its product suite: GC Notify; and GC Forms. In 2022-23, GC Notify and GC Forms were updated on average 12 times per month and 3.5 times per month, respectively, for an overall average of 7.75 times per month. This year’s results indicate that fewer request for updates were submitted; digital services met the needs of users. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $9.6M | $9.6M |
| 2020-21 | $0 | $12.9M |
| 2021-22 | $21.2M | $15.9M |
| 2022-23 | $19.5M | $19M |
| 2023-24 | $19.5M | $4.8M |
| 2024-25 | $19.5M* | — |
| 2025-26 | $19.5M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 68 | 67 |
| 2020-21 | 0 | 87 |
| 2021-22 | 127 | 106 |
| 2022-23 | 108 | 127 |
| 2023-24 | 108 | 42 |
| 2024-25 | 108* | — |
| 2025-26 | 108* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $9,560,704 | $0 | $0 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $21,153,038 | $90,241 | $90,241 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $19,542,717 | $19,505,717 | $19,505,717 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $19,533,539 | $19,533,537 | $19,533,537 | ||||
| Actual | $9,596,893 | $12,939,837 | $15,887,561 | $18,952,368 | $4,843,230 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
