Spending and human resources

Planned spending

Departmental spending trend graph

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

Notes:

1. Due to rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.
2. The increase in 2017-18 and future years compared to 2015-16 and 2016-17 is mainly due to an increase in capital and operating funding related to the Strong, Secured, Engaged: Canada’s defence policy, as well as an increase in funding related to military pay and recently signed collective agreements of the federal public administration.

Departmental Planned Spending for 2018-19 by Core Responsibility (dollars)

Planned human resources

The Regular Force strength is currently 1,200 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.

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

Note: The actual numbers for fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17 and the forecast for fiscal year 2017-18 cannot be reported as the reporting mechanism changed from the Program Alignment Architecture to the Departmental Results Framework in fiscal year 2018-19.

Total planned human resources – Reserve Force personnel

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

• Primary Reserve;
• Cadet Organization Administration and Training Service; and
• Canadian Rangers.

The Primary Reserve is currently below the Government of Canada authorized strength due to unscheduled attrition and challenges in meeting recruiting quotas. A review of the Primary Reserve has been completed and areas for growth 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 Army (CA) conducted an initial review of the Canadian Rangers and identified a plan for potential growth over the next five years starting in fiscal year 2018-19. The Canadian Rangers are integral to northern surveillance and regularly provide support to ground search and rescue. They are Canada’s eyes and ears 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 Canadian territory. This will include continuous review of the force structure of the Canadian Rangers as well as other capability enhancements.

The following table provides our total planned human resources for Reserve Force Personnel for the next three fiscal years, 2018-21.

Estimates by vote

For information on Defence’s organizational appropriations, consult the 2018–19 Main Estimates ^liv.

Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations

The Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations provides a general overview of the Department of National Defence’s 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.

Because the Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations is prepared on an accrual accounting basis, and the forecast and planned spending amounts presented in other sections of the Departmental Plan are prepared on an expenditure basis, 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’s website ^lv.

Future-Oriented Condensed Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2019 (dollars)

Note: The overall planned results for 2018–19 were derived from the Draft Main Estimates only and do not include additional supplementary funding where the department has the ability to access funds for military operations (up to $520 million) and the Operating Budget Carry Forward (up to $392 million).