Program directory · Prairies Economic Development Canada
Business Services
- Department
- Prairies Economic Development Canada
- Program code
- BYM03 (WDO)
- Core responsibility
- Economic development in the Prairies
- In Departmental Plans
- 2022-23 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Prairies Business Service Network (PBSN) is a network of independent organizations that receive financial support from PrairiesCan to provide business advisory support and services to prospective and current entrepreneurs to help start, grow or expand their small businesses across the Prairies. It is a network of over 70 organizations which include Community Futures; Women's Enterprise Initiative; Indigenous Business Development Services; Francophone Economic Development Organizations; and Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program.
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, low confidence) | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $311M |
| Business Services | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2018-19 – 2023-24 | $431M |
| Business Services | This program | 2022-23 – 2028-29 | $96.9M |
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: Number of under-represented clients served | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 4.5% | 2023 | 7% This is the most recent data available. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 4.5% | 2024 | -1.4% The variance between the actual result and the target is due to StatsCan using a new methodology to calculate growth rate as well as negative impacts from the COVID pandemic since the years studied compare performance in 2016 to 2021. For this indicator, there is a data lag of three years, and the data for the 2016 to 2021 period represents the most recent data available. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 3.5% | 2025 | — The result for the indicator is listed as “not applicable” due to a recent change to the indicator’s underlying calculation, making measurement against the target inconsistent. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 14,500 | 2024 | 17,127 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 14,000 | 2025 | 15,905 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ $39M | 2023 | $39M | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ $39M | 2024 | $39M | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ $37M | 2025 | $33M This result for the indicator fell short of the target likely due to increasing small business debt levels following the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with higher borrowing costs, and ongoing economic uncertainty impacting lending activity. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Not Available (NA) | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 15,000 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ $34M | 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 | $30.1M | $32.1M |
| 2023-24 | $29.3M | $32.4M |
| 2024-25 | $31.6M | $32.3M |
| 2025-26 | $31.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $31.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $31.8M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $31.8M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 42 | 43 |
| 2023-24 | 37 | 49 |
| 2024-25 | 42 | 40 |
| 2025-26 | 42 | — |
| 2026-27 | 42 | — |
| 2027-28 | 42* | — |
| 2028-29 | 42* | — |
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 | $30,147,952 | $33,651,021 | $33,150,675 | ||||
| 2023-24 plan | $29,291,609 | $29,291,609 | $29,291,609 | ||||
| 2024-25 plan | $31,645,333 | $31,645,333 | $31,645,333 | ||||
| 2025-26 plan | $31,341,294 | $31,337,706 | $31,338,389 | ||||
| 2026-27 plan | $31,839,416 | $31,839,416 | $31,839,416 | ||||
| Actual | $32,143,558 | $32,433,409 | $32,291,775 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
