Program directory · Transport Canada
Marine Safety Certification
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW09 (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 any applicable marine regulations under our jurisdiction. We are responsible for: licensing and certifying seafarers, including screening candidates for Certificates of Competency in accordance with the Marine Personnel Regulations; administering medical assessments of licensed marine personnel; registering vessels; providing operating certificates to organizations (i.e., vessel owners, other marine operators and maritime maintenance organizations); certifying maritime products, thereby enabling Canada’s maritime manufacturing sector to sell their products; reviewing vessel plans and issuing inspection certificates; licensing pleasure craft users; and producing and distributing safety-related publications, and education material to marine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Safety Certification | This program | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $70.8M |
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) 0, against 249 in 2019-20 (−100%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Planned employees (FTEs) 252, against 0 in 2020-21 (—). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Planned spending $19.7M, against $26.4M in 2020-21 (−26%). | 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 | ≥ 50% | 2019 | 51% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 50% | 2020 | 46.6% This measure includes both Transport Canada-certificated and Delegated Statutory Inspection Program (DSIP) vessels. Periodic inspections are used for this indicator because they represent a full vessel inspection whereas, intermediate inspections are typically requested by vessel owners to seek an updated certificate for only parts of the vessel. "46.62% vessel with zero deficiency (periodic insp… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 50% | 2021 | 46.4% The actual is the percentage of periodic inspections conducted by Transport Canada in Fiscal Year 2020-2021 that found no deficiencies. Periodic inspections are used for this indicator because they represent a full vessel inspection whereas, intermediate inspections are typically requested by vessel owners to seek an updated certificate for only parts of the vessel. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 80% | 2019 | 96% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 109% Plan: 70,465; Actual: 76,552; Percentage completed: is above the target | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 104% | Met |
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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $30.8M | $21.5M |
| 2019-20 | $20.5M | $22.9M |
| 2020-21 | $21.6M | $26.4M |
| 2021-22 | $19.7M* | — |
| 2022-23 | $19.7M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 323 | 259 |
| 2019-20 | 256 | 249 |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 252* | — |
| 2022-23 | 252* | — |
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 | $30,840,452 | $30,858,225 | $30,858,225 | ||
| 2019-20 plan | $20,546,418 | $20,339,542 | $17,860,998 | ||
| 2020-21 plan | $21,643,015 | $19,658,653 | $19,713,609 | ||
| Actual | $21,507,579 | $22,901,546 | $26,436,712 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
