Program directory · Transport Canada
Navigation Protection Program
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTX06 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Green and Innovative Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2021-22 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Our Program is tasked with administering and enforcing the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, including: authorizing ‘works’ (i.e., any human-made structure, device or thing) on Canada’s navigable waterways; and managing obstructions and enforcing prohibitions (i.e., depositing, throwing and dewatering (the removal of water). We also have responsibilities under the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act. The Act reduces the negative impacts of vessels of concern on Canada’s coastal and shoreline communities by increasing owner accountability for their vessels, and enabling the Government of Canada to take proactive actions in cases where a dilapidated vessel has been identified.
Clients include: Canada’s industrial (e.g., mining), tourism and recreation sectors; the general public, including private property owners; and provincial, territorial and municipal governments and other federal government departments and agencies.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2021-22. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation Protection Program | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2022-23 | $31M |
| Navigation Protection Program | This program | 2021-22 – 2028-29 | $46M |
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 | Appears to replace Navigation Protection Program | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: The percentage of works (e.g. dams and bridges) for which a decision has been taken within 90 working days, excluding time for Environmental Assessments, and Indigenous Consultations, external review and proponent actions | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: The percentage of works (e.g. dams and bridges) for which a decision has been taken within the established service standards, excluding time for Environmental Assessments and Aboriginal Consultations. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: The number of wrecked, abandoned and hazardous vessels addressed | 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 | 80% In 2022-23, 80% of decisions for works have taken 90 days or less (excluding time for parallel processes). The numerator (or number of decisions made in 90 working days) is 594. The total number of decisions made was 736. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 79.4% 481 (79.37%) out of 606 approvals were issued in 90 days or less. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 82% Total # of apps completed in 90 working days = 482 Total # of apps in which a decision was rendered = 586 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 275 | 2022 | 427 A total of 427 vessels were addressed by the NPP using powers under the Wrecked Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act between the coming into force of WAHVA and the end of fiscal 2021-22.The key target for the Vessels of Concern initiative is addressing at least 275 vessels by 2022 and the key performance indicator is the number of vessels of concern removed, remediated or disposed of). The exceedan… | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 275 | 2023 | 575 A total of 575 vessels were addressed by the NPP using powers under the Wrecked Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act between the coming into force of WAHVA and the end of fiscal 2022-23, with 148 additional vessels being addressed in 2022-23. The key target for the Vessels of Concern initiative is addressing at least 275 vessels by 2022 and the key performance indicator is the number of vessels of… | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 72% A change to the methodology was introduced in December 2020, allowing the officers to enter "pause" states within a submission when the revision is within the hands of the Indigenous Relations Unit or the Environmental Review team. As this new feature was introduced just prior to 2021, some regions may have taken some time to adjust to the functionality and delays that are not within the hands of… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $12.3M | $10.6M |
| 2022-23 | $13.6M | $11.4M |
| 2023-24 | $4.9M | $12.1M |
| 2024-25 | $14M | $11.9M |
| 2025-26 | $14.8M | — |
| 2026-27 | $14.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $13.9M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $12.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 78 | 89 |
| 2022-23 | 96 | 89 |
| 2023-24 | 36 | 87 |
| 2024-25 | 97 | 83 |
| 2025-26 | 96 | — |
| 2026-27 | 91 | — |
| 2027-28 | 87* | — |
| 2028-29 | 82* | — |
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 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 plan | $12,267,272 | $13,657,494 | $4,390,470 | |||||
| 2022-23 plan | $13,552,292 | $4,631,022 | $4,611,550 | |||||
| 2023-24 plan | $4,883,265 | $4,885,192 | $4,872,908 | |||||
| 2024-25 plan | $13,983,859 | $13,837,452 | $5,733,213 | |||||
| 2025-26 plan | $14,799,012 | $6,710,862 | $6,416,503 | |||||
| 2026-27 plan | $14,800,625 | $13,854,170 | $12,808,774 | |||||
| Actual | $10,644,522 | $11,385,040 | $12,139,115 | $11,879,748 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
