Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Digital Government Program
- Department
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Program code
- BXB13 (TBC)
- Core responsibility
- Administrative Leadership
- In Departmental Plans
- 2023-24 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Accelerate the shift to simpler and more modern, secure and efficient government services for the Canadian population, the Digital Government program provides all departments with a government-wide vision and tools focused on advancing digital service delivery, cybersecurity, recruitment and privacy.
The program provides support for initiatives in four areas:
1. excellence in technology and operations, which includes a risk-free technical landscape and modern, flexible, people-centric practices
2. simpler, more reliable digital services and programs supported by government-wide data integration and management
3. policies and frameworks designed for a modern, secure and privacy-enabled digital government
4. empowered employees with optimized and enhanced digital talent across the Government of Canada, recognizing that digital talent across Canada is in high demand.
To achieve this goal, the program provides all departments with standardized policies, guidelines, objectives, implementation and performance tools, strategic advice, intergovernmental agreement templates, and support through functional communities and government-wide learning and development events.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2023-24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Comptrollership Program | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2019-20 – 2024-25 | $73.9M |
| Digital Government Program | This program | 2023-24 – 2028-29 | $108M |
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 | Appears to be split across: Digital Comptrollership Program; tbc-bxb12 | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 281, against 391 in 2024-25 (−28%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 350, against 281 in 2025-26 (+25%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of institutions that respond to 90% or more of access to information requests within legislated timelines; Percentage of institutions that respond to 90% or more of personal information requests within legislated timelines; Percentage of new datasets on the Open Government Portal with an openness rating of three or more stars | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 78% In 2023–24, TBS focused on increasing departments’ awareness of the Standard on Enterprise Information Technology Service Common Configurations. This standard requires that departments use Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) to provide websites and web services to citizens securely. TBS also continued to support departments by providing implementation strategies, guidance, and communicatio… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 82% The result continues to be below the target however it represents the highest result to date. To ensure continued success, TBS will continue to support departments by providing implementation strategies, guidance, and communications to help secure government websites and web services as soon as possible. | Not met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | At least 50% of datasets meet 3 or more stars on the 5 Star Open Data scale | 2024 | 49 % As part of the 2022–24 National Action Plan on Open Government, the government is working on setting standards for how to prioritize and release open data, and for how to use the open data portal. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | At least 50% | 2025 | 57.99% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | $39.8M | $52.4M |
| 2024-25 | $49.3M | $55.1M |
| 2025-26 | $59.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $59.6M | — |
| 2027-28 | $57.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $51.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 247 | 435 |
| 2024-25 | 260 | 391 |
| 2025-26 | 281 | — |
| 2026-27 | 350 | — |
| 2027-28 | 334* | — |
| 2028-29 | 326* | — |
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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 plan | $39,788,388 | $37,341,708 | $36,662,876 | |||
| 2024-25 plan | $49,251,538 | $46,632,970 | $46,579,840 | |||
| 2025-26 plan | $59,179,485 | $58,948,585 | $54,888,954 | |||
| 2026-27 plan | $59,563,461 | $57,117,564 | $51,636,080 | |||
| Actual | $52,445,129 | $55,101,539 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
