Program directory · Transport Canada
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Technical Support
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTW22 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Safe and Secure Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Program serves as a technical center of expertise regarding the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, and associated safety standards to internal and external stakeholders. It identifies and promotes best practices for the transportation of dangerous goods, supports evidence-based decision-making through applied research and risk evaluation, and facilitates the interpretation of requirements while promoting national oversight.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation of Dangerous Goods Technical Support | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $41.2M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Indicators added: Number of reportable dangerous goods accidents per year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Rate of reportable releases of dangerous goods per year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Rate of reportable releases of dangerous goods per year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Number of reportable dangerous goods accidents per year | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 0 – 183.8 | 2019 | 465 This represents an increase from previous 2017-18 fiscal year since companies now report both a release and anticipated release to the minister within 30 days of the initial report made to CANUTEC. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | 0 – 184 | 2020 | 202.64 A reportable release means either: • An actual spill has occurred where the amount of dangerous goods released meets the minimum threshold specified by regulation considered to cause harm to the environment; or • A release of dangerous goods is expected to occur. Canadian regulations have been updated to include “anticipated releases” as reportable as of December 1, 2016 (SOR/2016-95 May 13, 2016… | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 0 – 198.6 | 2022 | 186.7 The rate of reportable releases of dangerous goods per year (the number of reportable releases divided by the nominal Canadian Gross Domestic Product for the year) is 186.7 which is a 20% increase compared to last year (that was historically low due to the COVID-19 slowdown). Due to some follow-up activities undertaken with a few companies, the number of reportable releases has slightly increased. | Met |
| 2022-23 | 1% reduction in the rate for current year as compared to the average of the previous year | 2023 | 170.1 The reduction rate is -9% as compared to the average rate of reportable releases of the previous year. 2022-23 continued to see the impact of COVID-19 on the economic activity in Canada. Continuing from 2021-22, the economy had not come back to pre-pandemic challenges and the supply chains of goods, including dangerous goods, were still affected by the global slowdown. This impacted the number of… | Met |
| 2023-24 | 1% reduction in the rate for current year as compared to the average of the previous year | 2024 | 147.6 The rate for the previous FY 2022-23 was 170.1. Therefore, there was a 13% reduction in the rate for the current year 2023-24 as compared to the rate for the previous year 2022-23. Continuing from 2022-23, the Canadian economy has not come back to pre-pandemic levels of activity, and the supply chains of goods, including dangerous goods, are still affected by the global slowdown. This impacted th… | Met |
| 2024-25 | 1% reduction in the rate for current year as compared to the average of the previous year | 2025 | 11% reduction in the rate for current year as compared to the average of the previous year. TDG introduced the Client Identification Database online platform to facilitate compliance with the registration requirement. TDG also continued working with the provinces and territories to better identify the level of national compliance of the TDG using provincial and territorial compliance data for road shipments. Transport Canada’s Canadian Transport Emergency Centre (CANUTEC) continued to p… | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 0 – 184 | 2021 | 202.64 This indicator is under review due to recent legislative changes that prevent direct comparison with previous years. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 1% reduction in the rate for current year as compared to the average of the previous year. | 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 | $7.4M | $5.6M |
| 2019-20 | $3.6M | $6.3M |
| 2020-21 | $7.8M | $6.8M |
| 2021-22 | $7.9M | $6.1M |
| 2022-23 | $8M | $5.6M |
| 2023-24 | $3.8M | $7M |
| 2024-25 | $7.8M | $3.8M |
| 2025-26 | $5.1M | — |
| 2026-27 | $6.4M | — |
| 2027-28 | $6.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $6.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 56 | 51 |
| 2019-20 | 30 | 55 |
| 2020-21 | 64 | 54 |
| 2021-22 | 65 | 54 |
| 2022-23 | 65 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | 32 | 51 |
| 2024-25 | 67 | 29 |
| 2025-26 | 41 | — |
| 2026-27 | 44 | — |
| 2027-28 | 43* | — |
| 2028-29 | 43* | — |
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 | $7,421,625 | $283,747 | $283,747 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $3,600,204 | $3,580,891 | $3,596,461 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $7,759,090 | $7,824,163 | $7,834,238 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $7,895,787 | $8,031,692 | $3,942,565 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $8,037,253 | $3,883,900 | $3,906,399 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $3,846,909 | $3,879,353 | $3,873,436 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $7,802,602 | $7,741,876 | $4,084,088 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $5,077,727 | $2,354,634 | $4,177,307 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $6,401,515 | $6,356,337 | $6,269,546 | ||||||||
| Actual | $5,596,785 | $6,341,503 | $6,752,199 | $6,106,375 | $5,628,013 | $6,976,073 | $3,838,817 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
