Details on Transfer Payment Programs of $5 Million or More
Name of Transfer Payment Program |
Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program (Voted) |
Start Date |
2010-11 |
End Date |
2019-20 |
Fiscal Year for Terms and Conditions |
2015-16 |
Strategic Outcome |
A safe and resilient Canada |
Link to the organization’s program(s) |
1.3 Countering Crime |
Description |
This program provides contributions to the governments of Ontario and Quebec, which operate forensic laboratories that undertake biological casework analysis for the purpose of criminal identification, and which provide crime scene DNA profiles to the National DNA Data Bank (NDDB). |
Results Achieved |
Operational capacity was provided to the Ontario and Quebec forensic laboratories and profiles were submitted by each province to the Crime Scene Index of the NDDB. |
Comments on Variances |
N/A |
Audits Completed or Planned |
Planned for 2016-2017 to be completed by March 31, 2017. |
Evaluations Completed or Planned |
No evaluation was completed during the reporting year. |
Engagement of Applicants and Recipients |
Cooperative participation of Ontario and Quebec with the population of the Crime Scene Index of the NDDB was enhanced. Public Safety Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) engaged Ontario and Quebec through the process. |
Type of Transfer Payment |
2013–14 Actual |
2014–15 Actual |
2015–16 Planned |
2015–16 |
2015–16 |
Variance (2015-16 actual minus 2015-16 planned) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Grants |
- |
- | - | - | -- | |
Total Contributions |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 | - | 6,900,000 | 6,900,000 | 6,900,000 |
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Program |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 |
6,900,000 |
Name of Transfer Payment Program |
Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) (Voted) |
Start Date |
1970 |
End Date |
Ongoing |
Fiscal Year for Terms and Conditions |
Terms and conditions were last amended in 2014-15. |
Strategic Outcome |
A safe and resilient Canada |
Link to the organization’s program(s) |
1.4 Emergency Management 1.4.4 Emergency Recovery |
Description |
The DFAA provides federal financial assistance to provinces and territories (P/Ts) affected by large natural disasters such as floods and storms. The DFAA program was established in 1970, to provide the Government with consistent and equitable mechanisms to cost share P/Ts response and recovery expenditures when such costs place a significant burden on the affected P/T economy, and exceed an amount that these jurisdictions might reasonably be expected to bear on their own. Following a natural disaster, an affected province or territory may make a request for federal financial assistance to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. If an Order in Council declaring the event to be of concern to the federal government and authorizing the Minister to provide financial assistance to the jurisdiction is approved, the Minister will inform the affected province or territory that federal financial assistance will be provided in accordance with the program's established guidelines. These guidelines include an established cost-sharing formula. This is not a program with repayable contributions. |
Results Achieved |
In 2015-16, the DFAA issued 17 payments providing over $228M to P/Ts for disaster response and recovery (includes deferred payments from previous years). |
Comments on Variances |
The $709.0M variance between actual and planned spending in 2015-16 can be attributed to reprofiled funding from 2015-16 to future fiscal years for the DFAA contribution program. Late in 2015-16, Public Safety Canada received revised estimates from several provinces and territories (PTs) that indicated a significant decrease in the payments that would be requested in that fiscal year. A reprofile of funds was required to ensure that funds would be available for future payments that are anticipated for various DFAA events. The reprofiled funds are mainly attributable to Alberta Flood of June 2013, multiple events affecting the province of Saskatchewan, and to the 2013 December Ice Storm in Ontario. As per the 2015-16 Public Accounts, the actual lapse for DFAA is $709.0M and is represented by the difference between Total Authorities Available for Use and Actual Spending |
Audits Completed or Planned |
N/A (All DFAA payments are subject to federal audit) |
Evaluations Completed or Planned |
N/A |
Engagement of Applicants and Recipients |
The Department regularly engages with recipients as part of the management of the DFAA and during the review of their submissions. |
Type of Transfer Payment |
2013–14 Actual |
2014–15 Actual |
2015–16 Planned |
2015–16 |
2015–16 |
Variance (2015-16 actual minus 2015-16 planned) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Grants |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Contributions |
1,018,988,056 | 305,271,755 | 848,385,000 | 848,385,000 | 139,348,326 | (709,036,674) |
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Program |
1,018,988,056 | 305,271,755 | 848,385,000 | 848,385,000 | 139,348,326 | (709,036,674) |
Name of Transfer Payment Program |
First Nations Policing Program (FNPP) (Voted) |
|
Start Date |
1991-92 |
|
End Date |
Ongoing (extended until March 31, 2018) |
|
Fiscal Year for Terms and Conditions |
2015-16 |
|
Strategic Outcome |
A safe and resilient Canada |
|
Link to the organization’s program(s) |
1.3 Countering Crime |
|
Description |
The First Nations Policing Program (FNPP) provides contribution funding with provinces and territories to support policing services that are professional, dedicated and responsive to the First Nation and Inuit communities they serve. The Program is delivered through tripartite policing agreements that are negotiated among the federal government, provincial or territorial governments, and First Nations or Inuit communities. In addition, the Program provides broad policy advice on Aboriginal policing and justice issues including Aboriginal self-government. The Program also conducts relevant research and performance measurement to ensure that credible performance data is being collected to support effective program monitoring and evaluation activities; engages stakeholders in developing policy options for improving public safety in First Nation and Inuit communities, and works collaboratively with other federal partners in addressing diverse challenges in First Nation and Inuit communities. | |
Results Achieved |
In 2015-16, 453 First Nations and Inuit communities had access to dedicated and responsive police services through FNPP agreements covering a population of approximately 422,000. | |
Comments on Variances |
The $41.4M variance between actual and planned spending in 2015-16 can mainly be attributed to $41.5M that was transferred through the Supplementary Estimates to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for FNPP, offset by a transfer of $0.1M from the National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) program to FNPP. As per the 2015-16 Public Accounts, the actual lapse for FNPP is $0.07M and is represented by the difference between Total Authorities Available for Use and Actual Spending. | |
Audits Completed or Planned |
In 2015-16, there were 4 FNPP agreement recipient audits conducted. | |
Evaluations Completed or Planned |
The Evaluation and Audit Directorate at Public Safety Canada completed a Treasury Board Secretariat mandated Program Evaluation of the FNPP in 2014-15. The FNPP was not evaluated in 2015-16 | |
Engagement of Applicants and Recipients |
Currently there are no calls for proposals or applications for the FNPP, however, Community Safety Program Managers and staff engage with recipients on an ongoing basis, through community visits, meeting of the FNPP Stakeholder Panel, the FNPP Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group, and participation in stakeholder-led events. | |
Type of Transfer Payment |
2013–14 Actual |
2014–15 Actual |
2015–16 |
2015–16 |
2015–16 |
Variance (2015–16 actual minus 2015–16 planned) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Grants |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Contributions |
85,781,870 | 81,771,968 | 122,721,662 | 81,356,749 | 81,281,859 | (41,439,803) |
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Program |
85,781,870 | 81,771,968 | 122,721,662 | 81,356,749 | 81,281,859 | (41,439,803) |
Name of Transfer Payment Program |
National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) (Voted) |
|
Start Date |
1998-99 |
|
End Date |
Ongoing |
|
Fiscal Year for Terms and Conditions |
The terms and conditions were last approved by Treasury Board in 2008-09 |
|
Strategic Outcome |
A safe and resilient Canada |
|
Link to the organization’s program(s) |
1.3 Countering Crime 1.3.1 Crime Prevention |
|
Description |
Crime prevention is a key component of the Government of Canada's approach to reducing crime. The program's goal is to reduce offending among those most at risk, such as children, youth and Aboriginal Canadians who present various risk factors, and to prevent the commission of specific crimes such as youth violence, drug-related offences, and hate crimes. This program provides national leadership on the development of crime prevention strategies, policies and programs that are evidence-informed, responsive, and appropriate to community and regional needs. The program provides funding through time-limited grants and contributions to community-based organizations, other levels of government, and academia to support the implementation of targeted interventions and the dissemination of knowledge and practical tools. The program fosters increased coordination and integration of crime prevention policy and programs federally, and with the provinces and territories, as well as the identification of emerging priority issues and orientation of funding programs. The program also contributes to safer Canadian communities by fostering collaboration with other countries and supporting Public Safety Canada's international priorities and commitments. |
|
Results Achieved |
The impact of the crime prevention programs funded under the NCPS will be determined through the 2018 assessment of the program evaluation results. This program provides national leadership on the development of crime prevention strategies, policies and programs that are evidence-informed, responsive, and appropriate to community and regional needs. During the reporting period, Public Safety Canada published a total of 8 research reports, to support the dissemination of evidence-based crime prevention programs and provide advice. |
|
Comments on Variances |
The $15.5M variance between actual and planned spending in 2015-16 can be attributed to the actual lapse of $12.6M, and the following transfers to other transfer payment programs: $2.0M to Nation's Capital Extraordinary Policing Costs Program, $0.3M to the program to Combat Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking, $0.3M for the Moncton Memorial for Three Fallen Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officers, $0.2M for Worker's Compensation, $0.1M to the First Nations Policing Program (FNPP), $0.04M to Cyber Security Cooperation Program, $0.03M to the Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program, and $0.02M as Financial Assistance to the Province of Quebec for Response and Recovery Costs from the Explosion Following the Train Derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. As per the 2015-16 Public Accounts, the actual lapse for NCPS is $12.6M and is represented by the difference between Total Authorities Available for Use and Actual Spending. |
|
Audits Completed or Planned |
In 2015-16, six projects were audited. |
|
Evaluations Completed or Planned |
During the reporting period, 3 Evaluation contracts and 6 Process evaluations were finalized. The evaluation projects under the Contribution Agreement (27) are on-going and based on a 5-year funding cycle. Most of these will be completed by 2017. |
|
Engagement of Applicants and Recipients |
There were no calls for proposals or applications for the NCPS in 2015-16, however, Community Safety Program Managers and staff engage with recipients on an ongoing basis. |
|
Type of Transfer Payment |
2012–13 Actual |
2013–14 Actual |
2014–15 Planned |
2014–15 |
2014–15 |
Variance (2014-15 actual minus 2014-15 planned) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Grants |
468,700 |
336,603 |
1,960,000 |
1,701,500 |
191,185 |
(1,768,815) |
Total Contributions |
29,763,087 | 28,262,488 | 39,854,516 | 37,152,097 | 26,093,038 | (13,761,478) |
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Total Program |
30,231,787 | 28,599,091 | 41,814,516 | 38,853,597 | 26,284,223 | (15,530,293) |
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