Spending and human resources

Planned spending

Departmental spending trend graph

Budgetary planning summary for Core Responsibilities and Internal Services (dollars)

Planned Human Resources

The Regular Force strength is currently 547* personnel below the authorized 68,000 strength. Through recruiting efforts and a retention strategy, the CAF will continue to grow to its authorized strength. The 3,500 Regular Forces personnel increase announced in SSE will be attributed to specific Core Responsibilities at a later date ensuring a gradual and manageable growth of the workforce.  

In order to meet the high ambition set out in SSE, we will hire an additional 1,150 defence civilians to strengthen our capabilities in the areas of intelligence, logistics, procurement and maintenance. These full-time equivalents will be attributed to specific Core Responsibilities at a later date.

*Note: The number 547 is as of 30 November 2018.

Human resources planning summary for Core Responsibilities and Internal Services (full-time equivalents)

Total planned human resources – Reserve Force personnel

The Reserve Force is a unique and valued component of the CAF. It is divided into four distinct sub-components:

• Primary Reserve;
• Cadet Organization Administration and Training Service;
• Canadian Rangers; and
• Supplementary Reserve (Strategic reserve).

The Primary Reserve is currently below the Government of Canada authorized strength due to higher than forecasted attrition and challenges in meeting recruiting quotas. A review of the full-time Primary Reserve has been completed and areas for growth have been identified to increase its effective strength to 30,000 by 2024.

The Cadet Organization Administration and Training Service completed an organizational restructure and will be maintained at the current approved target of 8,000 personnel.

The Canadian Rangers are integral to Northern surveillance and regularly provide support to ground search and rescue. They are Canada’s eyes and ears across the country, particularly in the sparsely settled Northern, coastal and isolated areas of Canada. In response to the Minister’s mandate letter, the CAF will continue to focus on surveillance and control of the Canadian territory. This will include continuous review of the force structure of the Canadian Rangers as well as other capability enhancements to enhance and expand their training and effectiveness in order to improve their functional capabilities within the CAF. For FY 2019-20, the Canadian Army will continue the five year Canadian Rangers growth plan, which started in FY 2018-19, by adding additional patrols where feasible.

The following table provides our total planned human resources for Reserve Force Personnel for the next three FY, 2019-22.

Estimates by vote

For information on Defence’s organizational appropriations, consult the 2019–20 Main Estimates^{Footnote lx}.

Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations

The Future‑Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations provides a general overview of the Department of National Defence’s and the Canadian Armed Forces operations. The forecast of financial information on expenses and revenues is prepared on an accrual accounting basis to strengthen accountability and to improve transparency and financial management. The forecast and planned spending amounts presented in other sections of the Departmental Plan are prepared on an expenditure basis; as a result, amounts may differ.

A more detailed Future‑Oriented Statement of Operations and associated notes, including a reconciliation of the net cost of operations to the requested authorities, are available on the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces website^{Footnote lxi}.

Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2020 (dollars)