Program directory · Transport Canada

Multi-Modal and Road Safety Oversight

Department

Transport Canada

Program code

BTW17 (TC)

Core responsibility

Safe and Secure Transportation System

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Road transportation is an integral part of the daily lives of most Canadians. In order to help prevent road-related deaths and injuries, Multi-modal and Road Safety Programs serves drivers, passengers and other road users by overseeing the safety compliance of vehicles and equipment used on Canada’s roads. Our work covers the types of motor vehicles defined in regulation (e.g., cars, trucks, motorcycles, trailers, etc.), as well as equipment defined in legislation (e.g., tires and child car seats). We assess compliance with the associated safety requirements contained in the legislation and regulations through: inspections and audits of companies; destructive and non-destructive testing of vehicles and equipment; investigations of alleged safety-related defects in the design, construction or functioning of vehicles and equipment; monitoring recalls of vehicles and equipment; and, if necessary, enforcement action, when companies or persons are not compliant with any applicable Acts or regulations.

Furthermore, we create frameworks that improve the quality and consistency of our department’s oversight activities and serve as the lead for the identification, design, development, delivery, and evaluation of modal specific and multimodal technical oversight training across all modes in Safety and Security.

Multi-modal and Road Safety Programs also provides operational services to TC inspectorate, operations, and external clients through the delivery of inspector and delegated officer credentials, clothing, Personal Protective Equipment, and specialized equipment, as well as providing a service to external TC clients (pilots, seafarers) through the production of Personnel Licensing products.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.