Program directory · Veterans Affairs Canada
Caregiver Recognition Benefit
- Department
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BWI10 (VAC)
- Core responsibility
- Benefits, Services and Support
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Caregiver Recognition Benefit formally recognizes the contribution caregivers make to the health and well-being of Veterans who require continuous care and supervision due to their service-related physical and/or mental health condition(s). This benefit is paid directly to Veterans’ caregivers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver Recognition Benefit | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $123M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Spending $25.1M, against $18.5M in 2022-23 (+36%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $45M, against $30.5M in 2024-25 (+48%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $31.2M, against $41.9M in 2026-27 (−26%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 70% | 2021 | — An updated result is unavailable due to the 3-year cycle of the survey. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 70% | 2024 | 84% | 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 |
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 | $8.3M | $8.7M |
| 2019-20 | $9.2M | $11.6M |
| 2020-21 | $15.4M | $13M |
| 2021-22 | $16.6M | $15.5M |
| 2022-23 | $19.4M | $18.5M |
| 2023-24 | $24.9M | $25.1M |
| 2024-25 | $31.4M | $30.5M |
| 2025-26 | $45M | — |
| 2026-27 | $41.9M | — |
| 2027-28 | $31.2M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $31.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 18 | 18 |
| 2019-20 | 21 | 21 |
| 2020-21 | 19 | 23 |
| 2021-22 | 24 | 25 |
| 2022-23 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | 19 | 19 |
| 2025-26 | 18 | — |
| 2026-27 | 18 | — |
| 2027-28 | 18* | — |
| 2028-29 | 18* | — |
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 | $8,311,856 | $9,412,976 | $10,011,687 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $9,210,808 | $9,511,281 | $9,911,125 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $15,382,572 | $15,767,541 | $15,768,566 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $16,649,093 | $19,001,201 | $10,028,124 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $19,435,894 | $9,912,566 | $9,912,490 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $24,871,193 | $30,966,188 | $30,878,402 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $31,443,714 | $40,502,104 | $31,238,964 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $44,961,982 | $31,323,138 | $31,148,375 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $41,934,985 | $31,181,825 | $31,177,891 | ||||||||
| Actual | $8,731,346 | $11,608,971 | $12,996,746 | $15,535,864 | $18,459,778 | $25,060,391 | $30,470,342 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
