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From the Institutional Head (*optional)
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Results – what we achieved
Core responsibilities and internal services
Core responsibility 1: [insert core responsibility name]
[Repeat these sections for each core responsibility]
Description
[Insert description of core responsibility 1]
Progress on results
This section presents details on how the Department performed to achieve results and meet targets for [insert name of core responsibility]. Details are presented by departmental result.
Table [#]: Targets and results for [insert name of core responsibility]
Table [#] provides a summary of the target and actual results for each indicator associated with the results under [insert name of core responsibility].
Departmental Result Indicators |
Target |
Date to achieve target |
Actual results |
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[Insert indicator] |
[Insert the target] |
[Insert the date] |
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Departmental Result Indicators |
Target |
Date to achieve target |
Actual results |
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[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]
[Insert description of result 1]
Results achieved:
- [Insert bulleted list item 1]
- [Insert bulleted list item 2]
- [Insert bulleted list item 3]
[Name of result 2]
[Insert description of result 2]
Results achieved:
- [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]
Results – what we achieved
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 |
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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
[Insert description]
United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals
[Insert description]
Innovation
[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
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In this section
- Description
- Progress on results
- Results – what we achieved
- [PLACEHOLDER for any additional government priorities]
Description
Internal services are the services that are provided within a department so that it can 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 services
- financial management services
- information management services
- information technology services
- real property management services
- materiel management services
- acquisition management services
Progress on results
[Insert description of the progress on results]
Results – what we achieved
Table [#]: Snapshot of resources this year for internal services
Table [#] provides a summary of the planned and actual spending and full-time equivalents required to achieve results.
Resource |
Planned |
Actual |
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Spending |
[Insert amount] |
[Insert amount] |
Full-time equivalents |
[Insert number] |
[Insert number] |
[Hyperlink to the related information on GC Infobase]
Spending and human resources
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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.
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Text description of graph [#]
Core responsibilities and internal services |
[fiscal year] planned spending |
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[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]
Budgetary performance summary
Table [#]: Actual three-year spending on core responsibilities and internal services (dollars)
Table [#] presents how much money [Department acronym] spent over the past three years to carry out core responsibilities and for 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) |
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[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 [#] presents how much money [Department acronym] plans to spend over the next three years to carry out its core responsibilities and for internal services.
Core responsibilities and internal services |
[Fiscal year] planned spending |
[Fiscal year] planned spending |
[Fiscal year] planned spending |
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[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 and net planned 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) |
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[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 and net planned 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. For further information on funding authorities, consult the Government of Canada budgets and expenditures.
Graph [#] summarizes the department's approved voted and statutory funding from [insert fiscal year] to [insert fiscal year].
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Text description of graph [#]
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Total |
Voted |
Statutory |
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[Insert amount] |
[Insert amount] |
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[Fiscal year] |
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[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]
For further information on [Department acronym]'s organizational voted and statutory expenditures, consult the Public Accounts of Canada.
Financial statement highlights
[Department’s acronym]’s complete financial statements [link to department’s financial statement] (unaudited or audited) for the year ended [insert date] are available online.
Table [#]: Condensed Statement of Operations (unaudited or audited) for the year ended [insert date] (dollars)
Financial information |
[Fiscal year] actual results |
[Fiscal year] planned results |
Difference (actual results minus planned) |
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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] |
The [insert fiscal year] planned results information is provided in [Department acronym]'s Future-Oriented Statement of Operations and Notes [fiscal year] [link to Department's FOSO].
Financial information |
[Fiscal year] actual results |
[Fiscal year] planned results |
Difference (actual results minus planned) |
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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] |
Table [#] Condensed Statement of Financial Position (unaudited or audited) as of [insert date] (dollars)
Table [#] provides a brief snapshot of the department’s liabilities (what it owes) and assets (what the department owns), 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]) |
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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] |
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 of human resources, in full-time equivalents, for [Department acronym]'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 |
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[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 over 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 information on human resources, in full-time equivalents, for each of [Department acronym]'s core responsibilities and for its internal services planned 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 |
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[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.]
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)]
Supplementary information tables
The following supplementary information tables are available on [Department’s name]’s website:
- Details on transfer payment programs
- Gender-based analysis plus
- Response to Parliamentary committees and external audits
- Horizontal initiatives
- Up-front multi-year funding
- United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
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.
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 performed by a department. The intentions of the department with respect to a core responsibility are reflected in one or more related departmental results that the department seeks to contribute to or influence.
- Departmental Plan (plan ministériel)
- A report on the plans and expected performance of an appropriated department over a 3 year period. Departmental Plans are usually tabled in Parliament each spring.
- departmental priority (priorité)
- A plan or project that a department has chosen to focus and report on during the planning period. Priorities represent the things that are most important or what must be done first to support the achievement of the desired departmental results.
- departmental result (résultat ministériel)
- A consequence or outcome that a department seeks to achieve. A departmental result is often outside departments’ immediate control, but it should be influenced by program-level outcomes.
- departmental result indicator (indicateur de résultat ministériel)
- A quantitative measure of progress on a departmental result.
- departmental results framework (cadre ministériel des résultats)
- A framework that consists of the department’s core responsibilities, departmental results and departmental result indicators.
- Departmental Results Report (rapport sur les résultats ministériels)
- A report on a department’s actual accomplishments against the plans, priorities and expected results set out in the corresponding Departmental Plan.
- fulltime equivalent (équivalent temps plein)
- A measure of the extent to which an employee represents a full person year charge against a departmental budget. For a particular position, the fulltime equivalent figure is the ratio of number of hours the person actually works divided by the standard number of hours set out in the person’s collective agreement.
- gender-based analysis plus (GBA Plus) (analyse comparative entre les sexes plus [ACS Plus])
- An analytical tool used to assess support the development of responsive and inclusive how different groups of women, men and gender-diverse people experience policies, programs and policies, programs, and other initiatives. GBA Plus is a process for understanding who is impacted by the issue or opportunity being addressed by the initiative; identifying how the initiative could be tailored to meet diverse needs of the people most impacted; and anticipating and mitigating any barriers to accessing or benefitting from the initiative. GBA Plus is an intersectional analysis that 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-wide priorities (priorités pangouvernementales)
- For the purpose of the Departmental Results Report, government-wide priorities are the high-level themes outlining the government’s agenda in the [Month, day, year]: Speech from the throne [insert hyperlink to the speech] building a healthier today and tomorrow; growing a more resilient economy; bolder climate action; fighting harder for safer communities; standing up for diversity and inclusion; moving faster on the path to reconciliation; and fighting for a secure, just and equitable world.
- horizontal initiative (initiative horizontale)
- An initiative where two or more federal departments are given funding to pursue a shared outcome, often linked to a government priority.
- 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 an organization did with its resources to achieve its results, how well those results compare to what the organization intended to achieve, and how well lessons learned have been identified.
- performance indicator (indicateur de rendement)
- A qualitative or quantitative means of measuring an output or outcome, with the intention of gauging the performance of an department, program, policy or initiative respecting expected results.
- 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.
A department is expected to be aware of the authorities that it has sought and received. The determination of planned spending is a departmental responsibility, and departments must be able to defend the expenditure and accrual numbers presented in their Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports.
- program (programme)
- Individual or groups of services, activities or combinations thereof that are managed together within the department and focus on a specific set of outputs, outcomes or service levels.
- program inventory (répertoire des programmes)
- Identifies all the department’s programs and describes how resources are organized to contribute to the department’s core responsibilities and results.
- result (résultat)
- A consequence attributed, in part, to an department, policy, program or initiative. Results are not within the control of a single department, policy, program or initiative; instead they are within the area of the department’s influence.
- Indigenous business (enterprise autochtones)
- For the purpose of the Directive on the Management of Procurement Appendix E: Mandatory Procedures for Contracts Awarded to Indigenous Businesses and the Government of Canada’s commitment that a mandatory minimum target of 5% of the total value of contracts is awarded to Indigenous businesses, an organization that meets the definition and Arequirements as defined by the Indigenous Business Directory.
- statutory expenditures (dépenses législatives)
- Expenditures that Parliament has approved through legislation other than appropriation acts. The legislation sets out the purpose of the expenditures and the terms and conditions under which they may be made.
- target (cible)
- A measurable performance or success level that an organization, program or initiative plans to achieve within a specified time period. Targets can be either quantitative or qualitative.
- voted expenditures (dépenses votées)
- Expenditures that Parliament approves annually through an appropriation act. The vote wording becomes the governing conditions under which these expenditures may be made.
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