Program directory · Transport Canada
National Trade Corridors
- Department
- Transport Canada
- Program code
- BTY04 (TC)
- Core responsibility
- Efficient Transportation System
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Our Program supports efficient market access for products through investment in Canada's trade corridors. Through the management of infrastructure funds, and the use of policy based measures, the Program is responsible for providing funding to help infrastructure owners and users invest in strategic projects.
Projects funded under our Program: serve to increase and diversify the flow of Canadian trade around the world and the interconnectivity between trade infrastructure; support the flow of goods and passengers by reducing bottlenecks, and address capacity issues; help the transportation system withstand the effects of climate change and ensure it is able to support new technologies and innovation; address the unique transportation needs in Canada's territorial North to improve safety and foster economic and social development; and build on investments made by a variety of public and private sector partners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Trade Corridors | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.89B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of transportation projects completed (with target being 100% of projects announced by 2028) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Number of transportation projects completed | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $102M, against $54.9M in 2018-19 (+86%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $193M, against $102M in 2019-20 (+89%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Percentage of transportation projects completed on budget; Percentage of transportation projects completed on time | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Capacity added to the transportation system measured at the project level as a percentage increase from existing capacity; Dollar value of federal funding invested; Number of transportation projects completed (with target being 100% of projects announced by 2028) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $261M, against $193M in 2020-21 (+35%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Employees (FTEs) 111, against 67 in 2021-22 (+66%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Percentage of funding committed from the funding envelope to meritorious projects; Value of funding leveraged, as a percentage, from each departmental dollar invested | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of transportation projects completed on budget; Percentage of transportation projects completed on time | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $484M, against $240M in 2022-23 (+102%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 40, against 88 in 2024-25 (−55%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $833M, against $556M in 2024-25 (+50%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 121, against 40 in 2025-26 (+203%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $1.49B, against $833M in 2025-26 (+79%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $2.03B, against $1.49B in 2026-27 (+37%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $1.32B, against $2.03B in 2027-28 (−35%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 | ≥ 25% | 2022 | 80% $3,683,395,339 of formal commitments and expenditures over a total budget of $4,599,036,898 is 80%. The result is significantly higher than the target, as the program did not receive additional contribution funding through Budget 2023. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 50% | 2024 | 98.9% 98.9% of NTCF funding has been committed to meritorious projects. | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 75% | 2025 | 98.5% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 102% The terms and conditions of the program do not allow for the result to be below 100%, with the exception of projects in the Arctic and North. As such, this result excludes the Arctic and North projects, as they target a result of at least 25%. The result when including the Arctic and North projects for the 2022-23 FY is 63%. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 259% NTCF investments of $4.1B have resulted in total investments of $10.6B, or 259% from each departmental dollar invested. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 157% Target met. Note: the year-end result for 23-24 was overstated at 259% as it included federal investments; the correct value is 159%. Understanding this, the difference between 23-24 and 24-25 is 2%, a reasonable year to year variation. | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 94% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 75% – 75% | 2022 | 31% In the FY 2021-22, five of the 16 projects (31%) were completed on time. Of the 11 projects not completed on time: - Eight projects (73%) cited COVID-19-related challenges (restrictions, impacts on labour force and supply chains). - Six projects (55%) cited non-COVID-19 reasons, such as unfavourable weather, additional cleanup work, unanticipated asbestos. - Five projects (45%) were completed wit… | Not met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | The target and the date to achieve the target are currently under development | 2019 | — No actual result available | No result reported |
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — In 2019-20, 4 projects were completed. However, since the projects were of different nature (e.g., air vs. road) it is not possible to report one number as a measure of improvement. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | The target and the date to achieve the target are currently under development | 2021 | — There are no results to report for 2020-21 as the indicator is under review and will be replaced by an indicator that is more practical and measurable. The original indicator was meant to measure the increase in the capacity of a given trade corridor on a project by project basis. However, out of 105 projects approved under the NTCF to date, approximately 60 are underway and only 9 are completed,… | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ $100 | 2019 | $35 The program spent $24.6 M in grants and contributions in 2018-19; this represents 35% of the $71.2 M forecasted in grants and contributions for this fiscal year. The target was not met due to a number of factors, namely: • Delays in signing the contribution agreements with recipients; • Delays in the projects due to factors such as weather conditions, contractor and/or material availability, and… | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ $100 | 2020 | $97 The goal is to invest the full amount of Treasury Board's annual allocations by 2028. In 2019-20 we committed $1.75 billion of the available $1.8 billion resulting in a 97% target acheivement | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ $50M | 2021 | $163M Over the course of fiscal year 2020-21, $163M in grants and contribution funding was committed to projects under the NTCF program. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 75% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 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 | $198M | $54.9M |
| 2019-20 | $339M | $102M |
| 2020-21 | $495M | $193M |
| 2021-22 | $422M | $261M |
| 2022-23 | $1.12B | $240M |
| 2023-24 | $922M | $484M |
| 2024-25 | $890M | $556M |
| 2025-26 | $833M | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.49B | — |
| 2027-28 | $2.03B* | — |
| 2028-29 | $1.32B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 35 | 37 |
| 2019-20 | 45 | 44 |
| 2020-21 | 48 | 50 |
| 2021-22 | 55 | 67 |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 111 |
| 2023-24 | 123 | 109 |
| 2024-25 | 108 | 88 |
| 2025-26 | 40 | — |
| 2026-27 | 121 | — |
| 2027-28 | 119* | — |
| 2028-29 | 107* | — |
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 | $197,620,166 | $162,496,110 | $166,465,511 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $339,271,325 | $466,392,052 | $386,525,018 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $495,302,612 | $384,512,426 | $363,905,002 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $421,619,100 | $423,705,521 | $353,988,093 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $1,116,070,827 | $1,163,980,897 | $781,268,758 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $921,597,743 | $782,733,447 | $92,109,463 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $889,666,868 | $902,510,429 | $573,090,318 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $832,540,221 | $919,053,683 | $558,904,281 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $1,489,002,678 | $2,034,746,824 | $1,317,508,824 | ||||||||
| Actual | $54,867,987 | $102,058,405 | $193,096,131 | $261,006,733 | $240,061,893 | $484,493,859 | $555,568,854 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
