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Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority

Program code
BTQ00 (WDBA)
In Departmental Plans
Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2018-19 – 2024-25

What it does

Under the terms of its Letters Patent and of the Crossing Agreement, the WDBA is responsible for carrying out the obligations of the Crossing Authority as a party to the Crossing Agreement and to construct, and / or operate the Detroit River International Crossing.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2018-19: $331MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2019-20: $571MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2020-21: $441MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2021-22: $481MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2022-23: $793MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2023-24: $1.29BWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2024-25: $944MWindsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Windsor-Detroit Bridge AuthorityThis program2018-19 – 2024-25$4.85B

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Spending $571M, against $331M in 2018-19 (+73%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Spending $793M, against $481M in 2021-22 (+65%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $1.29B, against $793M in 2022-23 (+63%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Spending $944M, against $1.29B in 2023-24 (−27%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $331M2018-192019-20: $571M2019-202020-21: $441M2020-212021-22: $481M2021-222022-23: $793M2022-232023-24: $1.29B2023-242024-25: $944M2024-25
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19—$331M
2019-20—$571M
2020-21—$441M
2021-22—$481M
2022-23—$793M
2023-24—$1.29B
2024-25—$944M

Employees (FTEs)

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
Actual

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.