Program directory · Veterans Affairs Canada
Long Term Care
- Department
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BWI08 (VAC)
- Core responsibility
- Benefits, Services and Support
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program supports eligible Veterans who require nursing home type care to meet their needs by providing financial support towards the cost of their accommodation and meals for long term care. The program works in cooperation with provincial agencies and long term care facilities to support eligible Veterans in an appropriate long term care setting. It also provides financial support to some establishments for an increased level of services and benefits.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Term Care | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.4B |
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.
No significant changes detected.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 96% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 95% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 95% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 92% Typically, an unfavorable decision on a Long Term Care application stems from a Veteran not meeting the service or condition requirements for approval. As such, the outcomes of this indicator are not entirely within the control of the Department. Monitoring and analysis is occurring to determine whether this result is part of a broader trend or an isolated outlier. Historically, results for this… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $258M | $241M |
| 2019-20 | $253M | $232M |
| 2020-21 | $230M | $208M |
| 2021-22 | $221M | $201M |
| 2022-23 | $198M | $177M |
| 2023-24 | $173M | $170M |
| 2024-25 | $163M | $172M |
| 2025-26 | $166M | — |
| 2026-27 | $173M | — |
| 2027-28 | $164M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $164M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 103 | 110 |
| 2019-20 | 119 | 120 |
| 2020-21 | 107 | 131 |
| 2021-22 | 138 | 141 |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 134 |
| 2023-24 | 109 | 108 |
| 2024-25 | 109 | 110 |
| 2025-26 | 104 | — |
| 2026-27 | 103 | — |
| 2027-28 | 103* | — |
| 2028-29 | 103* | — |
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 | $257,659,566 | $251,859,175 | $248,985,333 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $252,728,356 | $247,525,784 | $247,832,638 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $230,187,395 | $229,984,845 | $229,978,020 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $220,632,943 | $210,066,439 | $248,430,969 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $197,687,939 | $246,942,272 | $246,739,760 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $173,365,013 | $162,362,680 | $161,851,474 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $162,786,037 | $158,368,119 | $163,821,667 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $166,448,801 | $164,368,854 | $163,334,049 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $172,580,479 | $163,548,487 | $163,512,748 | ||||||||
| Actual | $241,200,561 | $232,055,002 | $207,804,387 | $200,708,210 | $176,922,069 | $169,596,481 | $171,706,092 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
