Program directory · Prairies Economic Development Canada
Business Growth
- Department
- Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Program code
- BYM02 (WDO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic development in the Prairies
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Business Growth Program has two domains which support Prairie businesses, industry and research organizations to enhance their productivity, participation in global markets, and competitiveness. The Trade, Investment and Market Access domain increases the Prairies's participation in global markets, increasing awareness of the Prairies's technology capabilities abroad and attracting foreign investment to the region. The Business Productivity domain supports Prairie businesses, not for profit organizations and industry in initiatives to enhance productivity, competitiveness and the growth of Prairie businesses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Growth | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $311M |
| Business Services | Earlier program (name match, low confidence) | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $431M |
| Business Growth | This program | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Appears to combine earlier programs: Business Growth; Business Services | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Clean technology exports from Business Growth projects; Number of SMEs assisted through Business Growth projects | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Export sales growth.; Number of jobs created. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $72.7M, against $116M in 2022-23 (−37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $93.6M, against $60.5M in 2025-26 (+55%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $52.2M, against $93.1M in 2027-28 (−44%). | 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 | ≥ $17M | 2024 | $6.2M The variance for this indicator, clean technology exports from Business Growth projects, is attributed to several multi-year projects for which results were reported earlier or later than anticipated. Additionally, a few projects were negatively affected by supply chain issues and contributed fewer results than expected. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ $20.5M | 2025 | $11.8M The variance for this indicator is attributed to several multi-year projects for which results are expected to be achieved outside the current reporting period. Additionally, a few projects were negatively affected by supply chain issues and contributed fewer results than expected. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 9,748 | 2024 | 3,760 The variance for this indicator, number of SMEs assisted through Business Growth projects, is attributed to several multi-year projects for which results were reported earlier than anticipated. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 1,704 | 2025 | 3,586 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ $195M | 2023 | $359M | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 2,129 | 2023 | 11,055 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $17M | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 3,500 | 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 | $79.1M | $116M |
| 2023-24 | $34.5M | $72.7M |
| 2024-25 | $61.1M | $59.4M |
| 2025-26 | $60.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $93.6M | — |
| 2027-28 | $93.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $52.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 69 | 62 |
| 2023-24 | 49 | 53 |
| 2024-25 | 46 | 48 |
| 2025-26 | 62 | — |
| 2026-27 | 48 | — |
| 2027-28 | 48* | — |
| 2028-29 | 48* | — |
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 | $79,127,900 | $55,307,980 | $38,833,383 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $34,458,514 | $30,882,938 | $28,582,691 | ||||
| 2024-25 plan | $61,096,219 | $54,424,203 | $45,840,237 | ||||
| 2025-26 plan | $60,492,879 | $45,866,172 | $45,928,854 | ||||
| 2026-27 plan | $93,649,239 | $93,081,234 | $52,180,418 | ||||
| Actual | $115,805,561 | $72,661,942 | $59,390,333 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
