Program directory · Transport Canada
Marine Safety Oversight
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW08 (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 Oversight Program works to ensure the safety of Canada’s marine transportation system through the oversight and certification of the marine industry. This includes: the inspection and certification of domestic and foreign commercial vessels, and pleasure craft; the certification of Canadian seafarers, pleasure craft operators and marine pilots; the oversight of Canada’s navigation safety program and compulsory marine pilotage areas; and the enforcement of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, and other acts and regulations.
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 Oversight | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $256M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 413, against 172 in 2019-20 (+140%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Efficient and timely certification and authorization services to the transportation industry | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $46.1M, against $21.5M in 2020-21 (+114%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Compliance rate for domestic vessels inspected for safety | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Compliance rate for domestic vessel monitoring inspections; Efficient and timely certification and authorization services to the transportation industry; Percentage of planned risk-based oversight activities of the domestic certificated fleet completed | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $53.4M, against $41.9M in 2022-23 (+27%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | TBD | 2023 | 58.87 | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 67% | 2024 | 51.6% In 2023-24, risk-based inspections were predominant as the flag state program targeted more vessels (both in SIRS and SVTB) with potential deficiencies for inspection. Data sharing with DFO of potential vessels with deficiencies have facilitated this work. Consequently the compliance rate is lower than initially targeted as more deficiencies were found during inspections. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 67% | 2025 | 47% The compliance rate for domestic vessels inspected for safety has been below target for several years which suggests that the current target is not accurate. We believe that this is in part due to improved data quality which provides a more accurate result, and will seek to revise the target. This indicator is meant to measure industry compliance with regulatory requirements, but not the explicit… | Not 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 is the compliance rate trend for this reporting period. We are in the process of analyzing data to provide a more accurate target. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 50% | 2021 | 45.2% The actual is the percentage of all monitoring inspections conducted by Transport Canada in Fiscal Year 2020-2021 that found no deficiencies. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 50% | 2022 | 56.3% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 113% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 80% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 99% Within the National Oversight Plan, targets are set for all risk-based activities based on risk and available resources. The domestic certificated fleet includes those certificated by Transport Canada and by Recognized Organizations on Transport Canada's behalf. This indicator also captures risk-based cargo/Transportation of Dangerous Goods inspections. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 95% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 95% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 60% | 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 | $10.5M | $22.8M |
| 2019-20 | $21.4M | $21.3M |
| 2020-21 | $23.6M | $21.5M |
| 2021-22 | $46.3M | $46.1M |
| 2022-23 | $45.5M | $41.9M |
| 2023-24 | $44.7M | $53.4M |
| 2024-25 | $49.6M | $48.9M |
| 2025-26 | $52.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $49.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $47.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $45.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 97 | 164 |
| 2019-20 | 178 | 172 |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 413 |
| 2021-22 | 405 | 406 |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 376 |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 414 |
| 2024-25 | 443 | 402 |
| 2025-26 | 423 | — |
| 2026-27 | 408 | — |
| 2027-28 | 397* | — |
| 2028-29 | 381* | — |
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 | $10,463,210 | $10,442,391 | $10,442,391 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $21,449,447 | $21,686,772 | $21,773,785 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $23,616,320 | $23,685,765 | $20,921,409 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $46,285,250 | $44,755,722 | $44,536,842 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $45,528,762 | $45,331,504 | $45,288,717 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $44,723,900 | $43,614,893 | $43,501,525 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $49,561,475 | $46,827,695 | $46,726,707 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $52,295,093 | $52,513,853 | $51,992,496 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $49,268,913 | $47,871,730 | $45,302,237 | ||||||||
| Actual | $22,807,504 | $21,344,014 | $21,546,350 | $46,079,087 | $41,942,878 | $53,417,141 | $48,919,562 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
