Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Public Service Accessibility

Department

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Program code

BXB11 (TBC)

Core responsibility

Administrative Leadership

In Departmental Plans

2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Office of Public Service Accessibility (OPSA) was created in August 2018 to support the Government of Canada in meeting the requirements of the Accessible Canada Act. OPSA is charged with developing an overarching strategy and implementation plan to help the federal public service be ready to meet the requirements of the Act and establishing a Centralized Enabling Workplace Fund (the Fund) to invest in new tools, research and projects to improve workplace accommodation practices and eliminate barriers that contribute to the need for individual accommodation. With the Fund sunsetting on March 31, 2024, OPSA continues to work on improving Government of Canada-wide workplace accommodation practices through advice on horizontal accommodation issues, and advancing the implementation of the GC Workplace Accessibility Passport.

OPSA is a hub – a source of strategic advice regarding accessibility issues related to employment, the built environment, information and communications technologies, the procurement of goods and services, program and service delivery, workplace accommodation and the development of a disability inclusive culture for all Government of Canada departments and agencies. It leverages, through extensive and targeted engagement, the expertise of partners in other levels of government and both the private and non-profit sectors according to the principle of nothing without us, to establish the public service of Canada as the gold standard of an accessible and inclusive workplace.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.