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Program directory · Transport Canada

Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement

Program code
BTX05 (TC)
Core responsibility
Green and Innovative Transportation System
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Our program is operating as a Centre of Expertise, which provides services to other Transport Canada Programs to advance the Department’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts and working with federal partners to support “whole-of-government” initiatives (i.e., across multiple departments). We assist decision-makers by: Providing advice on best practices for consultation and engagement approaches across a broad range of departmental policy, program, regulatory and legislative initiatives; providing advice for compliance with modern treaty agreements and legal obligations; participating in various negotiation tables (modern treaties, self-government and other agreements, etc.) aimed at advancing Indigenous interests and achieving Indigenous self-governance and self-determination; supporting and helping develop whole of government policies related to Indigenous issues; and maintaining ongoing relationships and partnerships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation organizations and communities.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2018-19: $4MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2019-20: $5.9MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2020-21: $7.2MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2021-22: $7.4MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2022-23: $9MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2023-24: $10.6MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2024-25: $11.6MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2025-26: $14.5MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2026-27: $13.7MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2027-28: $15MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement 2028-29: $13.9MIndigenous Partnerships and Engagement
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Indigenous Partnerships and EngagementThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$55.7M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2021-22Indicators dropped: Number of instances where Transport Canada is found to be in breach of the legal duty to consultDepartmental 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

Proportion of Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board Submissions and Regulatory proposals reviewed for modern treaty implications
Expected result: Transport Canada supports the implementation of modern treaties
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19100% – 100%2019100%Met
2019-20100% – 100%2020100%Met
2020-21100% – 100%2021100%Met
2021-22100% – 100%2022100%Met
2022-23100% – 100%2023100%
The results are 100% for all proposals which were brought to Indigenous Affairs for modern treaty assessments.
Met
2023-24100% – 100%2024100%
39 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) assessments completed -36 modern treaty assessments
Met
2024-25100% – 100%2025100%Met
Number of instances where Transport Canada is found to be in breach of the legal duty to consult
Expected result: Reduction in successful litigation against the department for breach of the legal duty to consult
02018-19✓ met02019-20✓ met02020-21✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-190 – 020190Met
2019-200 – 020200Met
2020-210 – 020210Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Proportion of Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board Submissions and Regulatory proposals reviewed for modern treaty implications
Expected result: Transport Canada supports the implementation of modern treaties
100%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27100% – 100%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $3.5M2018-19: $4M2018-192019-20: $9.2M2019-20: $5.9M2019-202020-21: $10.2M2020-21: $7.2M2020-212021-22: $13.4M2021-22: $7.4M2021-222022-23: $11.1M2022-23: $9M2022-232023-24: $17.3M2023-24: $10.6M2023-242024-25: $12.4M2024-25: $11.6M2024-252025-26: $14.5M2025-262026-27: $13.7M2026-272027-28: $15M2027-282028-29: $13.9M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$3.5M$4M
2019-20$9.2M$5.9M
2020-21$10.2M$7.2M
2021-22$13.4M$7.4M
2022-23$11.1M$9M
2023-24$17.3M$10.6M
2024-25$12.4M$11.6M
2025-26$14.5M—
2026-27$13.7M—
2027-28$15M*—
2028-29$13.9M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 322018-19: 322018-192019-20: 462019-20: 452019-202020-21: 512020-21: 532020-212021-22: 522021-22: 582021-222022-23: 452022-23: 552022-232023-24: 522023-24: 682023-242024-25: 722024-25: 692024-252025-26: 652025-262026-27: 602026-272027-28: 622027-282028-29: 482028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-193232
2019-204645
2020-215153
2021-225258
2022-234555
2023-245268
2024-257269
2025-2665—
2026-2760—
2027-2862*—
2028-2948*—

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.