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Program directory · Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Human Resources Management Services

Program code
ISS04 (TBC)
Core responsibility
Internal Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Human resources management services include activities related to supporting human resources (HR) planning and reporting; reviewing, assessing and developing organizational design; reviewing and assessing job descriptions and classifications; supporting staffing processes; collecting and processing employee information related to compensation, leave and transfers; identifying and coordinating organization-wide training and learning requirements; promoting values, ethics and employment equity; managing employee recognition and awards programs; addressing workplace management and labour relations; and developing and maintaining HR information systems within the organization.

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).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Human Resources Management Services 2017-18: $11.9MHuman Resources Management Services 2018-19: $10.3MHuman Resources Management Services 2019-20: $12.5MHuman Resources Management Services 2020-21: $12.4MHuman Resources Management Services 2021-22: $12.3MHuman Resources Management Services 2022-23: $14.5MHuman Resources Management Services 2023-24: $17MHuman Resources Management Services 2024-25: $14.5MHuman Resources Management Services 2025-26: $14.4MHuman Resources Management Services 2026-27: $14MHuman Resources Management Services 2027-28: $13.6MHuman Resources Management Services 2028-29: $12.7MHuman Resources Management ServicesHuman Resources Management…Human Resources Management Services
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Human Resources Management ServicesThis program2017-18 – 2028-29$105M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Renamed from “Human Resources Management Services - Treasury Board Secretariat” to “Human Resources Management Services”.GC InfoBase program names by year

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2017-18: $11.9M2017-182018-19: $7.9M2018-19: $10.3M2018-192019-20: $10.6M2019-20: $12.5M2019-202020-21: $10.9M2020-21: $12.4M2020-212021-22: $12.1M2021-22: $12.3M2021-222022-23: $12.5M2022-23: $14.5M2022-232023-24: $12.4M2023-24: $17M2023-242024-25: $13.3M2024-25: $14.5M2024-252025-26: $14.4M2025-262026-27: $14M2026-272027-28: $13.6M2027-282028-29: $12.7M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18—$11.9M
2018-19$7.9M$10.3M
2019-20$10.6M$12.5M
2020-21$10.9M$12.4M
2021-22$12.1M$12.3M
2022-23$12.5M$14.5M
2023-24$12.4M$17M
2024-25$13.3M$14.5M
2025-26$14.4M—
2026-27$14M—
2027-28$13.6M*—
2028-29$12.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2017-18: 1112017-18: 1202017-182018-19: 1072018-19: 1052018-192019-20: 1182019-20: 1202019-202020-21: 1172020-21: 1182020-212021-22: 1142021-22: 1172021-222022-23: 1142022-23: 1322022-232023-24: 1142023-24: 1302023-242024-25: 1132024-25: 1192024-252025-26: 1132025-262026-27: 1212026-272027-28: 1242027-282028-29: 1122028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18111120
2018-19107105
2019-20118120
2020-21117118
2021-22114117
2022-23114132
2023-24114130
2024-25113119
2025-26113—
2026-27121—
2027-28124*—
2028-29112*—

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.