Program directory · Transport Canada
Marine Safety Regulatory Framework
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW07 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Safe and Secure Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Marine Safety Regulatory Framework contributes to protecting the public interest by developing, regulations, standards and policies that establish minimum requirements for safety and environmental protection and promote safe marine practices. This contributes to a safe marine transportation system.
The scope of the program includes, vessels, their equipment, cargoes and the people onboard. The objectives include the protection of the physical safety of people onboard commercial and recreational vessels, marine-related property, our Canadian waterways and the marine environment. Our external partners include foreign governments, the International Maritime Organization, the Paris and Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control, and the marine industry. Internal partners also other government departments, such as Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Safety Regulatory Framework | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $91.2M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Compliance rate trend for domestic vessel inspections | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of international safety provisions that have been incorporated in Canadian regulations | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: The dollar amount of administrative burden remaining on the ‘One-for-One Rule’ regulatory balance at the end of the fiscal year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage of planned engagement and consultation activities with marine stakeholders regarding safety legislation, regulations and policies that took place | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of international safety provisions that have been incorporated in Canadian regulations | 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 | ≥ 60% | 2024 | — The program planned and carried out a variety of engagement activities with marine stakeholders including two multi-day Canadian Marine Advisory Council meetings and several consultations via the Let's Talk Transportation website. However, as the indicator is new, we cannot provide an accurate results percentage given that the complete baseline of all planned engagements was not set. This will be… | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 60% | 2025 | 65.5% | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Target to be established by FY 2022-23 (following International Maritime Organization 2021-/22 Audit) | 2023 | Not available Unknown It should be noted that TC’s Office of Regulatory Policy and Innovation (ORPI) has undertaken a new project where they are analyzing and identifying the Incorporation By References (IBRs) in TC’s regulations, with the objective of creating a digitized inventory of all documents referenced in TC regulations. No timelines for the completion of the project has been provided. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 1 | 2020 | 3,731 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 1 | 2021 | 33,019 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 1 | 2022 | 460,625 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 50% | 2019 | 51% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 50% | 2020 | — 0.2 describes the rate trend and the indicator is being analyzed and replaced. Target will be revised | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 50% | 2021 | -0.5% The actual is the percentage change in periodic inspections that found no deficiencies between 2020-2021 (46.40%) and 2019-2020 (46.62%) taken as a percentage of the periodic inspections that found no deficiencies in 2019-2020 (-0.22 / 46.62 x 100 = -0.47%). This decrease in periodic inspections without deficiencies may be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $8.3M | $11.1M |
| 2019-20 | $10M | $11.2M |
| 2020-21 | $10.4M | $11.7M |
| 2021-22 | $10.7M | $13.4M |
| 2022-23 | $10.9M | $13.5M |
| 2023-24 | $10.9M | $16.2M |
| 2024-25 | $11.1M | $14.1M |
| 2025-26 | $11.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $11.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $11.6M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $11.1M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 71 | 91 |
| 2019-20 | 83 | 94 |
| 2020-21 | 100 | 94 |
| 2021-22 | 100 | 106 |
| 2022-23 | 100 | 98 |
| 2023-24 | 102 | 110 |
| 2024-25 | 103 | 111 |
| 2025-26 | 105 | — |
| 2026-27 | 99 | — |
| 2027-28 | 97* | — |
| 2028-29 | 94* | — |
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 | $8,327,700 | $8,394,950 | $8,394,949 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $9,967,410 | $9,913,526 | $9,956,531 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $10,409,608 | $10,419,437 | $10,438,726 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $10,743,567 | $10,922,140 | $10,906,871 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $10,907,384 | $10,912,016 | $10,885,095 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $10,891,177 | $10,899,382 | $10,878,857 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $11,124,866 | $11,322,588 | $11,649,516 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $11,207,765 | $11,426,741 | $11,376,379 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $11,814,641 | $11,555,466 | $11,065,069 | ||||||||
| Actual | $11,055,017 | $11,174,492 | $11,717,417 | $13,404,735 | $13,542,782 | $16,161,225 | $14,128,157 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
