Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Pension and Benefits Management
- Department
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Program code
- BXC02 (TBC)
- Core responsibility
- Employer
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Pension and Benefits Management program manages the public service pension and group insurance benefit plans, including disability insurance and the public service health care and dental care plans and supports the funding and financing of the public sector pension and benefit plans.
The program fulfills its responsibilities by undertaking policy analysis; conducting studies; reviewing plan provisions; monitoring the financial status of pensions and benefits plans; leveraging technologies; streamlining administrative processes; and aligning plans and services more effectively with the Government of Canada’s priorities and industry best practices.
The program also negotiates with bargaining agents and key stakeholders on changes to benefit plans through various boards and committees to ensure that terms and conditions of employment are comparable and sustainable.
In addition, the program manages stakeholder relations with respect to the plans, and provides information to members on plan benefits and plan changes.
NOTE: Pension and Benefits Management was merged with Employment Conditions and Labour Relations to become Employee Relations and Total Compensation for 2022-23.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2017-18. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pension and Benefits Management | This program | 2017-18 – 2024-25 | $44.5M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Percentage rate of utilization of individual benefit plans – Public Service Health Care Plan and Public Service Dental Care Plan | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Decrease (%) in the length of time off work on long-term disability due to mental health issues | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 67, against 100 in 2019-20 (−33%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Employees (FTEs) 97, against 67 in 2020-21 (+45%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 0, against 97 in 2021-22 (−100%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Planned employees (FTEs) 70, against 0 in 2022-23 (—). | FTEs (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 87% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | 88% 74% (dental care/PSDP) The decline in the percentage rate of utilization of the Public Service Dental Care Plan is attributable to the fact that fewer plan members were going to the dentist because of the pandemic. | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 75% | 2022 | 84% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | — | $9.3M |
| 2018-19 | $9.2M | $8.1M |
| 2019-20 | $8.5M | $8.9M |
| 2020-21 | $8.8M | $9.3M |
| 2021-22 | $3.3M | $8.9M |
| 2022-23 | $4.2M | — |
| 2023-24 | $4.1M* | — |
| 2024-25 | $3.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 98 | 99 |
| 2018-19 | 96 | 90 |
| 2019-20 | 98 | 100 |
| 2020-21 | 97 | 67 |
| 2021-22 | 51 | 97 |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 70* | — |
| 2024-25 | 70* | — |
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 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $9,182,736 | $8,810,208 | $7,959,399 | ||||
| 2019-20 plan | $8,455,226 | $7,474,041 | $6,393,398 | ||||
| 2020-21 plan | $8,755,587 | $7,000,097 | $7,032,035 | ||||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,279,667 | $3,288,175 | $3,504,175 | ||||
| 2022-23 plan | $4,221,417 | $4,147,093 | $3,931,093 | ||||
| Actual | $8,050,944 | $8,899,528 | $9,346,247 | $8,911,202 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
