Program directory · Prairies Economic Development Canada
Business Services
- Department
- Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Program code
- BNW03 (WDO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic development in western Canada
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2021-22 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Business Services program consists of six Western Canada Business Service Network (WCBSN) members, which are independent organizations that receive financial support from WD to provide services to prospective and current entrepreneurs to help start, grow or expand small businesses across western Canada. This network offers its services to western Canadians in over 100 locations. WCBSN members include: Community Futures; Women's Enterprise Initiative; Indigenous Business Development Services; Francophone Economic Development Organizations; Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program; and Canada Business Network
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $431M |
| Business Services | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $96.9M |
| Business Growth | Later program (name match, low confidence) | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $248M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $286M, against $45.5M in 2019-20 (+530%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $52.2M, against $286M in 2020-21 (−82%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Appears to be split across: Business Services; Business Growth | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 7.5% | 2019 | 8.5% Community Futures organizations only | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 7.8% | 2020 | 6.8% The variance for this indicator, employment growth of WD supported firms, is attributed to weaker than expected performance of Community Futures Program clients. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 7.5% | 2021 | 7.5% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 6.5% | 2022 | 7% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ $74M | 2019 | $81M Aggregate of Community Futures and Women's Enterprise Initiative business loans data | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ $80M | 2020 | $78.5M The variance for this indicator, value of loans disbursed, is attributed to slightly below average performance of Community Futures Program clients. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ $80M | 2021 | $210M Actual results includes the RRRF component under the Community Futures program. | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ $77M | 2022 | $103M | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
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 | $44.9M | $46.8M |
| 2019-20 | $45.4M | $45.5M |
| 2020-21 | $43.2M | $286M |
| 2021-22 | $42.8M | $52.2M |
| 2022-23 | $42.4M* | — |
| 2023-24 | $42M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 41 | 41 |
| 2019-20 | 40 | 44 |
| 2020-21 | 42 | 49 |
| 2021-22 | 40 | 47 |
| 2022-23 | 38* | — |
| 2023-24 | 38* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $44,875,386 | $44,923,887 | $44,890,249 | |||
| 2019-20 plan | $45,372,190 | $44,279,621 | $43,981,916 | |||
| 2020-21 plan | $43,230,275 | $42,162,709 | $42,046,768 | |||
| 2021-22 plan | $42,834,338 | $42,350,661 | $42,028,388 | |||
| Actual | $46,777,736 | $45,506,704 | $286,490,269 | $52,247,824 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
