Program directory · Transport Canada
Intermodal Surface Security Regulatory Framework
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW18 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Safe and Secure Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Intermodal Surface Security Regulatory Framework (ISSRF) Program develops and amends policy and regulatory frameworks, instruments and guidance material for surface transportation security. This includes passenger and freight railways, urban transit and international bridges and tunnels.
The Security Intelligence Assessment Branch (SIAB) provides intelligence and national security support to Transport Canada and its partners, in order to help ensure a safe and secure transportation system in Canada and abroad.
SIAB national security responsibilities include helping ensure Transport Canada compliance with Government of Canada national security and intelligence legislation, policy, transparency and external review requirements.
The ISSRF Program aligns with TC’s core responsibility 1: a safe and secure transportation system and complements TC’s planning and reporting process by tying into result 2: a secure transportation system. The program tags include regulation / legislation, and safety or security program / service. The target groups are transportation industry, provincial & territorial governments, and federal departments and / or agencies. The expected outcomes are stakeholders are aware of the regulatory requirements under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) by Rail Security Regulations and the Passenger Rail Transportation Security 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermodal Surface Security Regulatory Framework | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $26.3M |
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 added: Number of regulatory instruments that are generally aligned nationally / internationally to be published in Canada Gazette | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | 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) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of passenger rail stakeholders who are aware of regulatory requirements under the Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations; Percentage of TDG freight railway stakeholders who are aware of the regulatory requirements under the TDG by Rail Security Regulations | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Number of regulatory instruments that are generally aligned nationally / internationally to be published in Canada Gazette | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 100% 100% of stakeholders under the Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations have provided their rail security coordinator information. Calculation: 21 rail security coordinator forms / 21 passenger companies = 100%. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 100% 100% railway carriers have provided their rail security coordinator information form to Intermodal Surface Security Oversight. Calculation: 38 rail security coordinator forms / 38 railway carriers = 100%. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 1 | 2022 | 1 One set of regulations were amended in 2021-22 - Schedule X of the Contraventions Regulations. The amendments were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II on June 23, 2021. | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 1 | 2019 | 1 TC has met this target. On March 31, 2018 TC had a balance of $5,574,959 (OUT). | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 1 | 2020 | 784 | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 1 | 2021 | 1 In 2020-21, the Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. These regulations are generally aligned with the US regime. | 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
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $5M | $4M |
| 2019-20 | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| 2020-21 | $2.6M | $3.2M |
| 2021-22 | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| 2022-23 | $2.9M | $3.5M |
| 2023-24 | $4.1M | $4.6M |
| 2024-25 | $4.4M | $4.8M |
| 2025-26 | $4.2M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 42 | 25 |
| 2019-20 | 23 | 22 |
| 2020-21 | 23 | 21 |
| 2021-22 | 23 | 20 |
| 2022-23 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023-24 | 31 | 29 |
| 2024-25 | 31 | 32 |
| 2025-26 | 30* | — |
| 2026-27 | 21* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $4,965,082 | $3,900,204 | $3,849,068 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $2,554,828 | $2,539,444 | $2,550,340 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $2,627,118 | $2,630,571 | $2,635,043 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $2,912,809 | $2,936,726 | $2,937,474 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $2,934,721 | $2,933,417 | $2,926,637 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $4,104,096 | $4,337,783 | $4,331,389 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $4,359,849 | $4,245,418 | $2,969,497 | ||||||
| Actual | $4,039,625 | $3,127,644 | $3,170,974 | $3,086,504 | $3,497,435 | $4,649,044 | $4,759,615 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
