Program directory · Transport Canada
Aviation Safety Certification
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW03 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Safe and Secure Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2020-21 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
Our Program is guided by the standards and regulatory requirements contained within the Canadian Aviation Regulations. We are responsible for: licensing personnel (i.e. pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers and air traffic controllers); administering medical assessments of licensed aviation personnel; providing operating certificates to organizations (i.e. airlines, other air operators and aircraft maintenance organizations); certifying aeronautical products, thereby enabling Canada’s aerospace manufacturing sector to sell their products globally (e.g., aircraft, landing gear, etc.); verifying the safety of aerodromes; and producing and distributing safety-related publications (e.g., airworthiness directives) and education material to aviation industry stakeholders and the general public to maintain and reinforce safety standards.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation Safety Certification | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $149M |
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 | Spending $52.4M, against $41M in 2018-19 (+28%). | Actual spending (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
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Not applicable | 2019 | 66,686 certification authorization activities completed. | Met |
| 2019-20 | Unable to establish a target as these activities are industry driven and based on demand. | 2020 | 70,026 Unable to establish a target as these activities are industry driven and based on demand. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | Unable to establish a target as these activities are industry driven and based on demand. | 2021 | 57703 Slightly lower demand this year due to decreased activity in the aviation sector as a result of COVID-19. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85% | 2019 | 85% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 89% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2021 | — N/A. The industry is not required to comply with service standards, but TC is when delivering service to industry. Data is collected and reported as a Departmental Result indicator in the DRR: Percentage of aviation client requests for safety or security authorizations that meet Transport Canada's service standards). | No result reported |
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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $42.5M | $41M |
| 2019-20 | $40.7M | $52.4M |
| 2020-21 | $43.1M | $55.5M |
| 2021-22 | $43.4M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $39.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 437 | 389 |
| 2019-20 | 419 | 465 |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 486 |
| 2021-22 | 440* | — |
| 2022-23 | 412* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $42,522,070 | $42,492,906 | $42,603,877 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $40,699,633 | $41,374,325 | $41,886,687 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $43,096,477 | $43,356,021 | $39,191,150 | ||
| Actual | $41,006,604 | $52,449,541 | $55,527,585 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
