[Department name]'s [insert fiscal year] Departmental results report
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At a glance
A departmental results report details [department’s name]’s actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and expected results outlined in its [fiscal year] Departmental Plan [hyperlink to associated Departmental Plan].
- Vision, mission, raison d’être and operating context [hyperlink each page, as applicable]
Key priorities
[Department name] identified the following key priorities for [insert fiscal year]:
- [insert bulleted list item 1]
- [insert bulleted list item 2]
- [insert bulleted list item 3]
Highlights for [department name] in [fiscal year]
[Insert text from the Highlights section]
Summary of Results
The following provides a summary of the results the department achieved in [fiscal year] under its main areas of activity, called “core responsibilities.”
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Core responsibility 1: [insert name of core responsibility 1]
- Actual spending: $[Insert amount]
- Actual full-time equivalent staff: [Insert number]
[insert summary of results achieved under this core responsibility]
For more information on [department name]’s [name of core responsibility] [hyperlink to full plan, core responsibility 1, progress on results section] read the "Results - what we achieved” section of its departmental results report.
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Core responsibility 2: [insert name of core responsibility 2]
- Actual spending: $[Insert amount]
- Actual full-time equivalent staff: [Insert number]
[insert summary of results achieved under this core responsibility]
For more information on [department name]’s [name of core responsibility] [hyperlink to full plan, core responsibility 2, progress on results section] read the "Results - what we achieved” section of its departmental results report.
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Core responsibility 3: [insert name of core responsibility 3]
- Actual spending: $[Insert amount]
- Actual full-time equivalent staff: [Insert number]
[insert summary of results achieved under this core responsibility]
For more information on [department name]’s [name of core responsibility] [hyperlink to full plan, core responsibility 3, progress on results section] read the "Results - what we achieved” section of its departmental results report.
From the Minister
[Message from the Minister; don’t include a signature in the web version]
![Headshot of [Name of Minister]](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gc-proto/experimental/master/departmental-plans-ministeriels/portrait.png)
From the Institutional Head (*optional)
[Message from the Institutional head, don't include a signature in the web version]
Results – what we achieved
Core responsibilities and internal services
Core responsibility 1: [insert core responsibility name]
In this section
[Repeat these sections for each core responsibility]
Description
[Insert description of core responsibility 1]
Quality of life impacts
[Insert the text from the Quality of life section for core responsibility 1]
Progress on results
This section details the department’s performance against its targets for each departmental result under Core responsibility [insert number]: [insert name of core responsibility].
Table [#]: [insert name of core responsibility departmental result 1]
Table [#]shows the target, the date to achieve the target and the actual results for each indicator under [insert name of core responsibility departmental result 1] in the last three fiscal years.
| Departmental Result Indicators | Target | Date to achieve target | Actual Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert indicator] | [Insert the target] | [Insert the date] |
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| [Insert indicator] | [Insert the target] | [Insert the date] |
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Table [#]: [insert name of departmental result 2]
Table [#] shows the target, the date to achieve the target and the actual results for each indicator under [insert name of departmental result 2] in the last three fiscal years.
| Departmental Result Indicators | Target | Date to achieve target | Actual Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert indicator] | [Insert the target] | [Insert the date] |
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| [Insert indicator] | [Insert the target] | [Insert the date] |
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[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Details on results
The following section decribes the results for [insert name of core responsibility] in [insert fiscal year] compared with the planned results set out in [Department acronym]'s departmental plan for the year.
[Name of result 1]
Results achieved:
[Insert description of result 1]
- [Insert bulleted list item 1]
- [Insert bulleted list item 2]
- [Insert bulleted list item 3]
[Name of result 2]
Results achieved:
[Insert description of result 2]
- [Insert bulleted list item 1]
- [Insert bulleted list item 2]
- [Insert bulleted list item 3]
[Repeat for each result associated with core responsibility 1]
Key risks
[Insert content from risks section]
Resources required to achieve results
Table [#] Snapshot of resources required for [insert name of core responsibility]
Table [#] provides a summary of the planned and actual spending and full-time equivalents required to achieve results.
| Resource | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Spending | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Full-time equivalents | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Related government priorities
[Insert details of government-wide priorities]
Gender-based Analysis Plus (*Optional)
[Insert description]
United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals
[Insert description]
Innovation (*Optional)
[Insert description]
Program inventory
[Insert name of core responsibility 1] is supported by the following programs:
- [Insert bulleted list item 1]
- [Insert bulleted list item 2]
- [Insert bulleted list item 3]
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Internal services
In this section
- Description
- Progress on results
- Resources required to achieve results
- [PLACEHOLDER for any additional government priorities]
Description
Internal services refer to the activities and resources that support a department in its work to meet its corporate obligations and deliver its programs. There are 10 categories of internal services:
- Management and Oversight services
- Communications Services
- Legal Services
- Human Resources Management
- Financial Management
- Information Management
- Information Technology
- Real Property
- Materiel
- Acquisition
Progress on results
This section presents details on how the department performed to achieve results and meet targets for internal services.
[insert text for progress on results section]
Resources required to achieve results
Table [#]: Resources required to achieve results for internal services this year
Table [#] provides a summary of the planned and actual spending and full-time equivalents required to achieve results.
| Resource | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Spending | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Full-time equivalents | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Spending and human resources
In this section
Spending
This section presents an overview of the department's actual and planned expenditures from [insert fiscal year] to [insert fiscal year].
Graph [#] presents how much the department spent in [insert fiscal year] to carry out core responsibilities and internal services.
![[alt text]. Text version below:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gc-proto/experimental/master/departmental-plans-ministeriels/pie-chart-en.png)
Text version of graph [#]
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [fiscal year] planned spending |
|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert amount] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert amount] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 3] | [Insert amount] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 4] | [Insert amount] |
| Internal services | [Insert amount] |
Analysis of actual spending by core responsibility
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
Refocusing Government Spending (*Optional)
[Insert narrative for the Refocusing Government Spending]
Budgetary performance summary
Table [#]: Actual three-year spending on core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)
Table [#] shows the money that [Department name] in each of the past three years on its core responsibilities and on internal services.
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [Fiscal year] Main Estimates | [Fiscal year] total authorities available for use | Actual spending over three years (authorities used) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
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| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
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| Subtotal | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] |
| Internal services | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
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| Total | [Insert total] | [Insert total] | [Insert total] |
Analysis of past three years of spending
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Table [#]: Planned three-year spending on core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)
Table [#] shows [Department name]’s planned spending for each of the next three years on its core responsibilities and for internal services.
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [Fiscal year] planned spending | [Fiscal year] planned spending | [Fiscal year] planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Subtotal | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] |
| Internal services | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total | [Insert total] | [Insert total] | [Insert total] |
Analysis of the next three years of spending
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Table [#]: Budgetary actual gross spending summary (dollars)(*optional)
Table [#] reconciles gross planned spending with net spending for [insert fiscal year].
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [Fiscal year] actual gross spending | [Fiscal year] actual revenues netted against expenditures | [Fiscal year] actual net spending (authorities used) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Subtotal | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] |
| Internal services | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total | [Insert total] | [Insert total] | [Insert total] |
Analysis of budgetary actual gross spending summary
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Funding
This section provides an overview of the department's voted and statutory funding for its core responsibilities and for internal services. Consult the Government of Canada budgets and expenditures for further information on funding authorities.
Graph [#] summarizes the department's approved voted and statutory funding from [insert fiscal year] to [insert fiscal year].
![[alt text]. Text version below:](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gc-proto/experimental/blob/master/results-resultats/placeholder-graph.png)
Text version of graph [#]
| Fiscal year | Statutory | Voted | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| [Fiscal year] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
Analysis of statutory and voted spending over a six-year period
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
Consult the Public Accounts of Canada for further information on [Department name]'s departmental voted and statutory expenditures.
Financial statement highlights
[Department’s name]’s Financial Statements (unaudited or audited) for the year ended [insert date] [link to department’s financial statement].
Table [#]: Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited or audited) for the year ended [insert date] (dollars)
Table [#] summarizes the expenses and revenues for [fiscal year] which net to the cost of operations before government funding and transfers.
| Financial information | [Fiscal year] actual results | [Fiscal year] planned results | Difference (actual results minus planned) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total revenues | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
Analysis of expenses and revenues for [fiscal year]
[Insert text with link to department’s Future-Oriented Statement of Operations and Notes for fiscal year]
The [fiscal year] planned results information is provided in [department name]’s Future-Oriented Statement of Operations and Notes [fiscal year]. [link to department’s FOSO]
Table [#]: Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited or audited) for [insert fiscal year] and [insert fiscal year] (dollars)
Table [#] summarizes actual expenses and revenues and shows the net cost of operations before government funding and transfers.
| Financial information | [Fiscal year] actual results | [Fiscal year] actual results | Difference ([actual fiscal year] minus [actual fiscal year]) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total revenues | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
Analysis of differences in expenses and revenues between [fiscal year] and [fiscal year]
[Insert narrative on differences in expenses and revenues]
Table [#] Condensed Statement of Financial Position (unaudited or audited) as at [insert date] (dollars)
Table [#] provides a brief snapshot of the amounts the department owes or must spend (liabilities) and its available resources (assets), which helps to indicate its ability to carry out programs and services.
| Financial information | Actual fiscal year [fiscal year] | Previous fiscal year [fiscal year] | Difference ([actual fiscal year] minus [previous fiscal year]) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total net liabilities | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total net financial assets | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Departmental net debt | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Total non-financial assets | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
| Departmental net financial position | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] | [Insert amount] |
Analysis of department’s liabilities and assets since last fiscal year
[Insert narrative on the liabilities and assets since last fiscal year]
Human resources
This section presents an overview of the department's actual and planned human resources from [insert fiscal year] to [insert fiscal year].
Table [#]: Actual human resources for core responsibilities and internal services
Table [#] shows a summary in full-time equivalents of human resources for [Department name]'s core responsibilities and for its internal services for the previous three fiscal years.
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [Fiscal year] actual full-time equivalents | [Fiscal year] actual full-time equivalents | [Fiscal year] actual full-time equivalents |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
| Subtotal | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] |
| Internal services | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
| Total | [Insert total] | [Insert total] | [Insert total] |
Analysis of human resources for the last three years
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes]
Table [#]: Human resources planning summary for core responsibilities and internal services
Table [#] shows the planned full-time equivalents for each of [Department names]'s core responsibilities and for its internal services for the next three years. Human resources for the current fiscal year are forecasted based on year to date.
| Core responsibilities and internal services | [Fiscal year] planned full-time equivalents | [Fiscal year] planned full-time equivalents | [Fiscal year] planned full-time equivalents |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Insert name of core responsibility 1] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | Insert number] |
| [Insert name of core responsibility 2] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
| Subtotal | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] | [Insert subtotal] |
| Internal services | [Insert number] | [Insert number] | [Insert number] |
| Total | [Insert total] | [Insert total] | [Insert total] |
Analysis of human resources for the next three years
[Insert narrative that explains significant trends. Include any footnotes.]
Supplementary information tables
The following supplementary information tables are available on [Department’s name]’s website:
- Details on transfer payment programs
- Up-front multi-year funding
- Gender-based Analysis Plus
- Horizontal initiatives
- Response to Parliamentary committees and external audits
- Regulatory and Permitting Efficiency for Clean Growth Projects
[Placeholder for optional section]
Federal tax expenditures
The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs as well as evaluations and GBA Plus of tax expenditures.
Corporate information
Departmental profile
Appropriate minister(s):
[insert name(s)]
Institutional head:
[insert name(s)]
Ministerial portfolio:
[insert information]
Enabling instrument(s):
[insert title(s) of legislation with hyperlinks]
Year of incorporation / commencement:
[insert year(s)]
Other:
[insert other information]
Departmental contact information
Mailing address:
[insert address]
Telephone:
[insert number(s)]
TTY:
[insert number(s)]
Fax:
[insert number(s), if applicable]
Email:
[insert address(es)]
Website(s):
[insert URL(s)]
Definitions
List of terms
- appropriation (crédit)
- Any authority of Parliament to pay money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- budgetary expenditures (dépenses budgétaires)
- Operating and capital expenditures; transfer payments to other levels of government, organizations or individuals; and payments to Crown corporations.
- core responsibility (responsabilité essentielle)
- An enduring function or role of a department. The departmental results listed for a core responsibility reflect that the outcome that the department seeks to influence or achieve.
- Departmental Plan (plan ministériel)
- A report that outlines the anticipated activities and expected performance of an appropriated department over a 3-year period. Departmental Plans are usually tabled in Parliament in spring.
- departmental priority (priorité)
- A plan, project or activity that a department focuses and reports on during a specific planning period. Priorities represent the most important things to be done or those to be addressed first to help achieve the desired departmental results.
- departmental result (résultat ministériel)
- A high-level outcome related to the core responsibilities of a department.
- departmental result indicator (indicateur de résultat ministériel)
- A quantitative or qualitative measure that assesses progress toward a departmental result.
- departmental results framework (cadre ministériel des résultats)
- A framework that connects the department’s core responsibilities to its departmental results and departmental result indicators.
- Departmental Results Report (rapport sur les résultats ministériels)
- A report outlining a department’s accomplishments against the plans, priorities and expected results set out in the corresponding Departmental Plan.
- full-time equivalent (équivalent temps plein)
- Measures the person years in a departmental budget. An employee's scheduled hours per week divided by the employer's hours for a full-time workweek calculates a full-time equivalent. For example, an employee who works 20 hours in a 40-hour standard workweek represents a 0.5 full-time equivalent.
- Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus)(analyse comparative entre les sexes plus [ACS Plus])
- An analytical tool that helps to understand the ways diverse individuals experience policies, programs and policies, programs, and other initiatives. Applying GBA Plus to policies, programs and other initiatives helps to identify the different needs of the people affected, the ways to be more responsive and inclusive, and the methods to anticipate and mitigate potential barriers to accessing or benefitting from the initiative. GBA Plus goes beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences to consider other factors, such as age, disability, education, ethnicity, economic status, geography (including rurality), language, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
- government priorities (priorités pangouvernementales)
- For the purpose of the [fiscal year] Departmental Results Report, government priorities are the high-level themes outlining the government’s agenda as announced in the 2021 Speech from the Throne.
- horizontal initiative (initiative horizontale)
- A program, project or other initiative where two or more federal departments receive funding to work collaboratively on a shared outcome usually linked to a government priority, and where the ministers involved agree to designate it as horizontal. Specific reporting requirements apply, including that the lead department must report on combined expenditures and results.
- Indigenous business (enterprise autochtones)
- For the purposes of a Departmental Result Report, this includes any entity that meets the Indigenous Services Canada’s criteria of being owned and operated by Elders, band and tribal councils, registered in the Indigenous Business Directory or registered on a modern treaty beneficiary business list.
- non‑budgetary expenditures (dépenses non budgétaires)
- Net outlays and receipts related to loans, investments and advances, which change the composition of the financial assets of the Government of Canada.
- performance (rendement)
- What a department did with its resources to achieve its results, how well those results compare to what the department intended to achieve, and how well lessons learned have been identified.
- performance indicator (indicateur de rendement)
- A qualitative or quantitative measure that assesses progress toward a department-level or program-level result, or the expected outputs or outcomes of a program, policy or initiative.
- plan (plan)
- The articulation of strategic choices, which provides information on how an organization intends to achieve its priorities and associated results. Generally, a plan will explain the logic behind the strategies chosen and tend to focus on actions that lead to the expected result.
- planned spending (dépenses prévues)
- For Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports, planned spending refers to those amounts presented in Main Estimates.
- Departments must determine their planned spending and be able to defend the financial numbers presented in their Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports.
- program (programme)
- Individual, group, or combination of services and activities managed together within a department and focused on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.
- program inventory (répertoire des programmes)
- A listing that identifies all the department’s programs and resources that contribute to delivering on the department’s core responsibilities and achieving its results.
- result (résultat)
- An outcome or output related to the activities of a department, policy, program or initiative.
- statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives)
- Spending approved through legislation passed in Parliament, other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose and the terms and conditions of the expenditure.
- target (cible)
- A quantitative or qualitative, measurable goal that a department, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period.
- voted expenditures (dépenses votées)
- Spending approved annually through an appropriation act passed in Parliament. The vote also outlines the conditions that govern the spending.
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