Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Public Service Employer Payments
- Department
- Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Program code
- BXC04 (TBC)
- Core responsibility
- Employer
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat holds funds centrally to supplement appropriations, from which allocations are made on behalf of other federal organizations. Payments and receipts can also be made on behalf of these organizations. These funds provide payments for the employer’s share of health, income maintenance and life insurance premiums; payments to or in respect of provincial health insurance plans, payroll taxes and provincial taxes; the reimbursement of employment insurance premium rebates; and payments of administration costs. In addition, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat makes payments to Public Services and Procurement Canada for the employer contributions to the public service pension plan, based on employer contribution rates approved by the President of the Treasury Board.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Employer Payments | This program | 2017-18 – 2028-29 | $43.9B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Spending $5.85B, against $3.51B in 2017-18 (+67%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $2.63B, against $5.85B in 2018-19 (−55%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $10.7B, against $2.89B in 2020-21 (+272%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $3.76B, against $10.7B in 2021-22 (−65%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $10.7B, against $3.85B in 2023-24 (+177%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $3.95B, against $10.7B in 2024-25 (−63%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $5.03B, against $3.95B in 2025-26 (+27%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 2019 | 100% 100% of allocations and payments were made as required, the same as the previous year. | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | 100% – 100% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 100% | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | — | $3.51B |
| 2018-19 | $2.74B | $5.85B |
| 2019-20 | $2.66B | $2.63B |
| 2020-21 | $2.17B | $2.89B |
| 2021-22 | $3.05B | $10.7B |
| 2022-23 | $3.2B | $3.76B |
| 2023-24 | $3.41B | $3.85B |
| 2024-25 | $3.84B | $10.7B |
| 2025-26 | $3.95B | — |
| 2026-27 | $5.03B | — |
| 2027-28 | $5.03B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $5.04B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | 0 | — |
| 2026-27 | 0 | — |
| 2027-28 | 0* | — |
| 2028-29 | 0* | — |
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 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $2,738,905,397 | $2,736,661,397 | $2,736,661,397 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $2,656,910,100 | $2,155,272,724 | $2,155,272,724 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $2,171,215,724 | $2,170,399,724 | $2,170,754,724 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $3,048,606,955 | $3,194,056,318 | $3,355,814,980 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $3,196,350,787 | $3,355,826,325 | $3,525,791,869 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,406,569,231 | $3,578,430,981 | $3,580,519,756 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,837,755,494 | $3,949,212,021 | $4,132,924,127 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $3,949,212,021 | $4,132,924,127 | $4,328,559,091 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $5,034,221,080 | $5,034,036,551 | $5,036,131,102 | ||||||||
| Actual | $5,846,647,079 | $2,633,550,368 | $2,886,120,515 | $10,725,403,559 | $3,756,369,127 | $3,849,639,782 | $10,653,709,488 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
