Program directory · Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Independence Program
- Department
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BWI09 (VAC)
- Core responsibility
- Benefits, Services and Support
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Veterans Independence Program (VIP) is Veterans Affairs Canada’s national home and community care based program which assists eligible Veterans, and their primary caregivers and survivors, to remain in their homes and communities as long as possible by providing funding towards services which support and promote their independence. Services for Veterans include housekeeping, grounds maintenance, personal care, ambulatory care, access to nutrition, and professional health and support services. When remaining at home is no longer practical, financial support can be provided toward the cost of care in a community facility (nursing home care). Primary caregivers and survivors are eligible for housekeeping and grounds maintenance services only.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Independence Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $2.49B |
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 | — The results for the 2020 VAC National Survey have not yet been determined as all field work for this project (including data collection) was suspended on March 20, 2020 after the decision was reached to temporarily halt all VAC Public Opinion Research projects as a result of COVID-19 Public Health measures. The project’s field work and data collection will resume at a later date (TBD). | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 91% The Department is reviewing what next steps can be taken to determine why the result is not meeting its target and ways to improve. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 94% The result for this indicator was 94%, just under the 95% target. With a weighted total of 1,817 respondents, this difference represents fewer than 20 responses. This is within the expected margin of error for a survey of this size, meaning the result is statistically very close to the target. Satisfaction also increased from 91% in the last survey, showing continued positive movement. Program Ma… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $336M | $333M |
| 2019-20 | $346M | $337M |
| 2020-21 | $352M | $341M |
| 2021-22 | $384M | $351M |
| 2022-23 | $374M | $354M |
| 2023-24 | $366M | $373M |
| 2024-25 | $383M | $405M |
| 2025-26 | $438M | — |
| 2026-27 | $463M | — |
| 2027-28 | $368M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $368M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 230 | 245 |
| 2019-20 | 265 | 267 |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 293 |
| 2021-22 | 308 | 314 |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 299 |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 240 |
| 2024-25 | 242 | 245 |
| 2025-26 | 231 | — |
| 2026-27 | 229 | — |
| 2027-28 | 229* | — |
| 2028-29 | 229* | — |
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 | $336,169,741 | $336,184,208 | $336,165,127 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $346,406,552 | $342,474,789 | $342,172,090 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $352,281,808 | $351,987,522 | $351,989,426 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $383,739,774 | $391,914,689 | $343,732,575 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $374,309,681 | $342,300,521 | $342,416,044 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $365,762,825 | $364,866,476 | $363,738,873 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $383,292,039 | $389,275,209 | $368,256,324 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $437,785,710 | $369,387,709 | $367,127,842 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $462,815,051 | $367,574,791 | $367,512,969 | ||||||||
| Actual | $333,155,009 | $336,626,986 | $341,174,328 | $350,832,245 | $354,236,927 | $373,101,104 | $405,037,047 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
