Program directory · Prairies Economic Development Canada
Innovation
- Department
- Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Program code
- BYM01 (WDO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic development in the Prairies
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Introducing innovative new products, technologies or improvements to existing processes enhances business growth and competitiveness in the global marketplace. PrairiesCan's Innovation programming makes strategic investments with Prairies businesses, industry organizations and post-secondary institutions to enhance business innovation through research and development, and technology commercialization.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2022-23. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $379M |
| Innovation | This program | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $370M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Appears to replace Innovation | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Clean technology exports from Innovation projects; Value of incremental private sector investment attracted | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Business sales growth resulting from commercialization.; Number of highly qualified personnel (HQP) (including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)) jobs created. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $91M, against $124M in 2027-28 (−27%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ $25.5M | 2024 | $53.9M | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ $15M | 2025 | $30.8M | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ $49.5M | 2024 | $237M | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ $76.5M | 2025 | $863M | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ $24.7M | 2023 | $57.3M | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 1,310 | 2023 | 1,159 The variance for this indicator is attributed to several multi-year projects for which results were realised or reported earlier than anticipated. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $10.2M | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $299M | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | $109M | $117M |
| 2023-24 | $137M | $124M |
| 2024-25 | $118M | $129M |
| 2025-26 | $122M | — |
| 2026-27 | $127M | — |
| 2027-28 | $124M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $91M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 102 | 108 |
| 2023-24 | 96 | 96 |
| 2024-25 | 93 | 86 |
| 2025-26 | 88 | — |
| 2026-27 | 94 | — |
| 2027-28 | 94* | — |
| 2028-29 | 94* | — |
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 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 plan | $108,590,334 | $73,864,097 | $62,627,370 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $137,309,108 | $126,608,918 | $100,152,463 | ||||
| 2024-25 plan | $117,559,977 | $101,295,325 | $57,028,944 | ||||
| 2025-26 plan | $121,647,402 | $67,480,806 | $59,360,776 | ||||
| 2026-27 plan | $127,058,041 | $123,907,120 | $91,004,430 | ||||
| Actual | $117,256,800 | $123,761,796 | $129,210,870 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
