2023-24 Departmental Plan: Horizontal Initiatives

Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP)

Lead department

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) with support from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Federal partner organization(s)

Indigenous Services Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Border Services Agency, Correctional Service Canada, Defence Construction Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Health Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, Marine Atlantic Inc., National Capital Commission, National Defence, National Research Council of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Transport Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, VIA Rail Canada

Start date of the horizontal initiative

The FCSAP was approved in 2005, as a 15-year program. It followed after the two-year Federal Contaminated Sites Accelerated Action Plan program which began in 2003.

End date of the horizontal initiative

FCSAP has been extended to March 31, 2035

Description of the horizontal initiative

The FCSAP provides a long-term mechanism to address the highest priority federal contaminated sites. Although responsibility for the management and remediation of federal contaminated sites rests with responsible custodial departments, the FCSAP program is administered by ECCC with support from the TBS.

Governance structures

The Federal Contaminated Sites Assistant Deputy Ministers Oversight Board is supported by the Director Generals Advisory Committee and the ECCC’s FCSAP Secretariat, which provides overall program coordination.

Total federal funding allocated from start to end date (dollars)

$6,228,062,532 from April 1, 2003, to March 31, 2025 (Phase I, II, III and IV)

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)

Not Applicable

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)

$5,033,315,924 from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2022

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative

The FCSAP Horizontal Initiative was renewed in 2019 until March 31, 2035

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal and source of funding (dollars)

$1,405,292,641

• $1,353,191,618 Budget 2019
• $50,866,795 additional funding received after the last renewal (Budget 2015)
• $1,234,228 Cost share adjustment ISC, ISED & NRCC.

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars)

Not Applicable

Total planned spending since the last renewal

$503,312,225

Total actual spending since the last renewal

$446,882,958

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

Evaluation lead by Environment and Climate Change Canada to be concluded in 2024–25.

Planning highlights

Shared outcome of federal partners: Reduce risks to human health and the environment from federal contaminated sites and decrease associated environmental liability in the Public Accounts of Canada

Performance Indicator: Percentage of FCSAP eligible sites (based on the FCSI, as of March 31st 2020) closed or in long-term monitoring (Highest Step Completed (HSC≥9)

Target: 60%

Date to achieve target: March 31, 2025

Performance Indicator: Reduction of total environmental liability (in dollars) by implementing remediation at FCSAP funded sites that have existing risk reduction plans (HSC≥7)

Target: $554 million

Date to achieve target: March 31, 2025

Theme 1 outcome: More efficient spending leads to a more timely program delivery

Performance Indicator: Percentage increase in average allocated annual assessment, remediation, and expert support funding that is spent in Phase IV is higher than in Phase III

Target: 5%

Date to achieve target: March 31, 2025

Theme 2 outcome: Whole-of-government collaborative solutions lead to improved spending

Performance Indicator: Percentage decrease in average annual funding surpluses in Phase IV compared to Phase III

Target: 4%

Date to achieve target: March 31st, 2025

Contact information

FCSAP Secretariat
Contaminated Sites Division
17th floor, Place Vincent Massey
351 St. Joseph Blvd
Gatineau, QC, K1A 0H3
FCSAP.PASCF@ec.gc.ca

Horizontal initiative framework: departmental funding by theme (dollars)

Horizontal initiative: Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP)

Shared outcomes: 1) Reduce risks to human health and the environment from federal contaminated sites. 2) Reduction in environmental liability due to implementation of risk reduction plans at FCSAP funded sites during Phase IV

Name of theme	Theme 1 Risk Reduction	Theme 2 Collaborative Governance	Internal Services*
Theme outcome(s)	More efficient spending leads to a more timely program delivery	Whole-of-government collaborative solutions lead to improved spending	Not applicable
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	4,781,725	337,020	0
Canada Border Services Agency	1,239,275	0	0
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada	181,812,194	2,447,376	0
Indigenous Services Canada	221,292,835	13,548,485	366,520
Correctional Service Canada	1,653,117	721,783	0
Defence Construction Canada	N/A	0	0
National Defence	346,238,646	10,063,106	0
Environment and Climate Change Canada	156,407,805	13,862,919	2,187,135
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	118,426,974	4,374,380	0
Health Canada	12,504,662	0	1,599,860
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	1,545,221	606,870	0
Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated	49,309,467	0	0
National Capital Commission	19,381,548	488,790	0
National Research Council of Canada	3,675,300	0	0
Natural Resources Canada	2,511,107	0	26,441
Parks Canada	28,013,650	2,542,478	787,805
Public Services and Procurement Canada	86,533,929	3,667,109	0
Transport Canada	102,026,190	7,627,124	609,508
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	N/A	2,786,469	246,000
VIA Rail Canada	4,865,087	0	0
*The Internal Services figure is included in the total allocation amounts for each theme.

Planning information

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan	1,405,292,641	318,342,840	Reduce risks to human health and the environment from federal contaminated sites	Percentage of FCSAP eligible sites (based on the FCSI, as of March 31st 2020) closed or in long-term monitoring (Highest Step Completed (HSC≥9)	60%	March 31st, 2025
			Reduction in environmental liability due to implementation of risk reduction plans at FCSAP funded sites during Phase IV	Reduction of total environmental liability (in dollars) by implementing remediation at FCSAP funded sites that have existing risk reduction plans (HSC≥7)	$554 million	March 31st, 2025
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal.

Theme 1 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Risk Reduction	1,342,218,732	305,734,892	More efficient spending leads to a more timely program delivery	Percentage increase in average allocated annual assessment, remediation, and expert support funding that is spent in Phase IV is higher than in Phase III	5%	March 31st, 2025
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal.

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to the department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)Table 4 note 1	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity targetTable 4 note 2
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	Internal Services	Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	4,781,725	85,000	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	5 sites	March 31st, 2025
Canada Border Services Agency	Corporate Management and Direction	Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	1,239,275	156,199	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	2 sites	March 31st, 2025
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affaires	Northern Contaminated Sites	Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	181,812,194	58,654,318	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	3 sites	March 31st, 2025
Indigenous Services Canada	Land, Natural Resources and Environmental Management	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	8,039,509	1,120,417	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	4 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	213,253,326	40,821,580	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	33 sites	March 31st, 2025
Correctional Service Canada	Accommodation Services	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	316,553	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	1,336,564	167,609	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	4 sites	March 31st, 2025
National Defence	Environmental Sustainability and Protection	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	12,669,751	2,326,222	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	10 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	333,568,895	71,306,173	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	17 sites	March 31st, 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada	Substances and Waste Management	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	4,131,292	1,773,079	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	5 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	137,351,597	38,858,532	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	3 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Review FCSAP site classification documents for project prioritization, review site specific scientific and technical documents to promote national consistency with respect to management of federal contaminated site activities (e.g. site assessment, site remediation, risk management), and provide advice to inform risk-based decision making as per FCSAP policy.	14,924,916	2,984,983	Science-based Expert Support Departments (SESDs) service standards are met when reviewing FCSAP site classification documents and/or FCSAP site specific scientific and technical documents	Percentage of times the review of site classification and the review of site-specific scientific and technical documents are completed within established service standards	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Real Property and Environmental Management	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	1,734,954	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	106,353,315	21,352,740	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	47 sites	March 31st, 2025
	Fish and Fish Habitat Protection	Review FCSAP site classification documents for project prioritization, review site specific scientific and technical documents to promote national consistency with respect to management of federal contaminated site activities (e.g. site assessment, site remediation, risk management), and provide advice to inform risk-based decision making as per FCSAP policy.	10,338,705	2,067,741	Science-based Expert Support Departments (SESDs) service standards are met when reviewing FCSAP site classification documents and/or FCSAP site specific scientific and technical documents	Percentage of times the review of site classification and the review of site-specific scientific and technical documents are completed within established service standards	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals	Review FCSAP site classification documents for project prioritization, review site specific scientific and technical documents to promote national consistency with respect to management of federal contaminated site activities (e.g. site assessment, site remediation, risk management), and provide advice to inform risk-based decision making as per FCSAP policy.	12,504,662	2,500,933	Science-based Expert Support Departments (SESDs) service standards are met when reviewing FCSAP site classification documents and/or FCSAP site specific scientific and technical documents	Percentage of times the review of site classification and the review of site-specific scientific and technical documents are completed within established service standards	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	Spectrum and Telecommunications	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	605,221	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	2 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	940,000	180,000	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	3,994,077	386,955	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	1 site	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	45,315,390	2,235,000	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
National Capital Commission	National Capital Commission	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	1,999,381	430,000	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	2 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	17,382,167	3,021,234	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	10 sites	March 31st, 2025
National Research Council of Canada	Internal Services	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	50,000	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	3,625,300	670,000	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
Natural Resources Canada	Internal Services	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	0	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	2,511,107	263,261	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
Parks Canada	Heritage Places Conservation	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	1,111,140	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	26,902,510	7,664,882	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	16 sites	March 31st, 2025
Public Services and Procurement Canada	Property and Infrastructure – Federal Accommodation and Infrastructure Assets	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	4,542,180	267,280	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	81,991,749	12,027,903	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	17 sites	March 31st, 2025
Transport Canada	Environmental Stewardship of Transportation	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	419,386	150,000	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	101,606,804	34,262,851	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	6 sites	March 31st, 2025
VIA Rail Canada	VIA Rail Canada Inc.	Identify risks and priorities for remediation by completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)	125,000	0	Completion of site assessment activities allows for the evaluation of risks	Percentage of planned site assessments that are completed in Phase IV	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
		Design and Implement remedial action plans at highest priority eligible contaminated sites to reduce risk	4,740,087	0	Reduced level of risks to human health and the environment as more contaminates sites are remediated	Percentage of FCSAP-funded sites during Phase IV that have completed remediation/risk management work (HSC≥8)	0 sites	March 31st, 2025
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Table 4 Notes Table 4 Note 1 For Theme 1, the targets presented under this heading represent the targets for fiscal year 2023-24 only. Return to table 4 note 1 referrer Table 4 Note 2 For Theme 1, the date under this heading represents the date by which the program-wide targets are set to be achieved. Return to table 1 note 2 referrer

Theme 2 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Collaborative Governance	63,073,909	12,607,948	Whole-of-government collaborative solutions lead to improved spending	Percentage decrease in average annual funding surpluses in Phase IV compared to Phase III	4%	March 31st, 2025
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal.

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to the department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	Internal Services	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	337,020	67,404	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Canada Border Services Agency	Corporate Management and Direction	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affaires	Northern Contaminated Sites	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	2,447,376	489,475	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Indigenous Services Canada	Land, Natural Resources and Environmental Management	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	13,548,485	2,709,697	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Correctional Service Canada	Accommodation Services	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	721,783	144,357	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Defence Construction Canada	Defence Construction Canada	Implement procurement approaches for DND that meet DCC service standards	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
National Defence	Environmental Sustainability and Protection	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	10,063,106	2,029,711	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Environment and Climate Change Canada	Substances and Waste Management	Provide enhanced oversight, administration and coordination to program partners	11,763,166	2,352,601	Senior governance committee meetings are conducted according to the governance schedule	Percentage of senior governance meetings that are held on time each fiscal year	80%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
					Senior governance committees are supported by implementation of action items and decisions related to enhanced oversight, administration and coordination of the FCSAP program	% of action items and decisions with in year completion dates made at the senior governance meetings that are completed by their deadline	100%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
		Provide oversight and coordination to expert support departments			Coordinated ESD activities provides improved guidance, training or documentation for program partners	% of pre-identified information gaps are addressed	80%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
		Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	2,099,753	419,950	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Real Property and Environmental Management	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	4,374,380	874,876	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada	Spectrum and Telecommunications	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	606,870	121,374	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
National Capital Commission	National Capital Commission	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	488,790	97,758	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
National Research Council Canada	Internal Services	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Natural Resources Canada	Internal Services	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Parks Canada	Heritage Places Conservation	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	2,542,478	484,607	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Public Services and Procurement Canada	Property and Infrastructure – Federal Accommodation and Infrastructure Assets	Communicate program demand forecasts to industry service providers.	2,708,699	541,740	Private sector is informed of the federal demand for services	Annual FCSAP federal demand forecasts are developed based on regional workplans and are shared with the private sector	Federal demand forecasts for private sector support are shared on time both online and through outreach to each of the 6 regions	By June 15th of each year
		Implement procurement approaches for federal custodians that meet PSPC service standards	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
		Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	958,410	191,682	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Transport Canada	Environmental Stewardship of Transportation	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	7,627,124	1,525,422	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	Acquired Services and Assets Policies and Initiatives	Provide enhanced oversight, administration and coordination to program partners	2,786,469	557,294	Senior governance committee meetings are conducted according to the governance schedule	Percentage of senior governance meetings that are held on time each fiscal year	80%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
					Senior governance committees are supported by implementation of action items and decisions related to enhanced oversight, administration and coordination of the FCSAP program	Percentage of action items and decisions with in year completion dates made at the senior governance meetings that are completed by their deadline	100%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
VIA Rail Canada	VIA Rail Canada Inc.	Implement procurement approaches that meet service standards of custodial departments	0	0	Contracts issued via standard procurement tools or solicited via Buy and Sell respect service standards	Percentage of custodian contracts via procurement tools or via competitive procurement processes that are issued within the appropriate custodial departmental service standards of receiving the finalized requirement and required funding. *only procurement done through O&M funding should be reported on.	90%	March 31st of each year starting in 2022
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal.

Total spending, all themes

Theme	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Total federal planned spending (dollars)
Theme 1 – Risk Reduction	1,342,218,732	305,734,892
Theme 2 – Collaborative Governance	63,073,909	12,607,948
Total, all themes	1,405,292,641	318,342,840
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal.

Nature Legacy for Canada

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Nature Legacy for Canada

Lead department(s)

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Federal partner organization(s)

Parks Canada (PC); Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO); Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Start date of the horizontal initiative

2018-19

End date of the horizontal initiative

2023-24

Description of the horizontal initiative

Natural spaces will be protected by establishing and expanding protected areas, managing them to high standards, and linking them onto a well-connected network of protected lands, inland water and coastal and marine areas. Species will be conserved by developing and implementing, in collaboration with partners, protection and recovery measures for priority species, in priority areas, and to address risks; and the rights and responsibilities of Indigenous peoples in conserving species and spaces will be respected and supported.

Governance structures

A senior management committee (Senior Oversight Committee), chaired by ECCC, was established at the ADM level with representation from ECCC, PC, DFO and NRCan to guide the initiative, address any issues, and overcome any roadblocks that become apparent.

The Committee meets at least once a year to consider a status report on the implementation of the Nature Legacy for Canada.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars)

$1,168,087,505 from June 2018 to March 2024

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)

$786,631,235

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)

$774,304,079

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative

Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal and source of funding (dollars)

Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars)

$46,500,000 (Offcycle funding decision providing Southern Mountain Caribou (SMC).

Total planned spending since the last renewal

No applicable

Total actual spending since the last renewal

Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

2023-24

Planning highlights

The Speech from the Throne committed Canada to conserve 25% of our country’s land and 25% of our country’s oceans by 2025 and work toward 30% of each by 2030. We will continue to develop an ambitious plan to achieve these targets. Recognizing that the loss of nature is a global issue requiring global action, Canada will also advocate that countries around the world set a “high ambition” 30% conservation goal for 2030, as advocated by the Prime Minister in September 2020. As the majority of Nature Legacy for Canada sunset last year, a limited amount of funding continues work on species at risk into 2023-24.

The Pan-Canadian Approach to Transforming Species at Risk Conservation in Canada (Pan-Canadian Approach) reflects a shift to more focused, multi-species and ecosystem-based conservation approaches. It embraces a more targeted, collaborative and coordinated federal, provincial and territorial, and Indigenous partnership approach focussed on conservation planning and action on shared priority places, species, and sectors.

ECCC will continue to advance species at risk policies and programs to continually improve the conservation and recovery of terrestrial species at risk, including the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Approach. The Pan-Canadian Approach will continue to promote and facilitate the recovery and conservation of six identified shared priority species (Barren-ground Caribou (including the Dolphin and Union population), Boreal Caribou, Greater Sage-grouse, Peary Caribou, Southern Mountain Caribou, and Wood Bison) and other species of federal interest, notably through investments from partners and ongoing collaborative conservation planning arrangements.

PC, DFO and NRCan did not receive funding for 2023-24 for Nature Legacy. PC and DFO, in partnership with Infrastructure Canada and ECCC, continue to build on and extend elements of the 2018 Nature Legacy initiative through the Enhanced Nature Legacy initiative, further details can be found in the Enhanced Nature Legacy Horizontal Initiative Table.

Contact information

Nature Legacy Secretariat
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
315 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Gatineau QC J8Y 3Z5
ec.secretariatdupatrimoinenaturel-naturelegacysecretariat.ec@canada.ca

Horizontal initiative framework: departmental funding by theme (dollars)

Horizontal initiative: Nature Legacy for Canada

Shared outcomes: Canada’s species at risk are recovered and Canada’s ecosystems, landscape and biodiversity are protected

Name of theme	Species at Risk	Spaces (Protected Areas)	Internal Services
Theme outcome(s)	Protection and recovery action for 230 species at risk is enhanced	Canada’s network of protected areas, OECMs and IPCAs is expanded and strengthened	Not applicable
Environment and Climate Change Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a
Parks Canada	$58,667,050 including IS ($3,891,941)	$162,010,390 including IS ($11,237,574)	$15,129,515
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a
Natural Resources Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a

2023-24 Planning information

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Nature Legacy for Canada	$1,168,087,505	$1,447,500	Canada’s species at risk are recovered	Percentage of species at risk for which changes in populations are consistent with recovery and management objectives	60%	May 2025
			Canada’s ecosystems, landscape and biodiversity are protected	Percentage of total i) terrestrial territory (land and inland water); and ii) coastal and marine areas that are conserved through networks of protected areas, other effective conservation measure (OECMs) and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs)	i) 17% of total land is conserved ii) 10% of total coastal and marine areas are conserved	2020

Theme 1 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Species at risk	$553,444,762	$1,447,500	Protection and recovery action for 230 species at risk is enhanced	Percentage of 230 species at risk for which protection or recovery actions are being implemented through action for priority places, species, and threats	100%	2023

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to the department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Species at risk	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through science, action planning, stewardship actions, regulations, enforcement, and reporting	$117,444,701	$0	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Percent of species whose critical habitat has been identified on federal land for which habitat, wholly or in part, is protected	100%	2025
		Enabling the stewardship actions of partners with contributions funding through the Canada Nature Fund	$167,475,500	$1,447,500	Collaboration with partners for species at risk is enhanced through the Canada Nature Fund	Total land area (in hectares) that has been (i) secured; (ii) protected (new); or (iii) protected (renewed) for species at risk	3 year rolling average (i) 7,000 (ii) 10,000 (iii) 100,000	2023
						Percentage of Indigenous peoples engaged with ECCC who indicate that the engagement was meaningful	61%	Ongoing
		Renewing capacity for assessment, listing, and recovery planning	$46,253,795	$0	Core capacity to implement the Species at Risk Act is renewed	Percentage of legally listed species at risk with a recovery strategy or management plan available on the Species at Risk public registry where a recovery document is due.	75%	2023
PCA	Heritage Places Conservation Program	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through science, implementation of on-the ground recovery actions, enforcement, and reporting	$41,968,610	$0	Heritages places are managed responsibly	Percentage of actions identified in Parks Canada led Species at Risk Act action plans that are implemented	50%	2023
		Renewing capacity for assessment, listing, and recovery planning	$16,698,440	$0		Number of species at risk action plans for Parks Canada places with 3 or more species at risk that are completed	24	2020
DFO	Species at Risk	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through science, action planning, stewardship actions, regulation, enforcement, and reporting	$58,831,716	$0	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Percentage of listed aquatic species that, when reassessed, have trends consistent with the population and distribution objectives laid out in the recovery strategies or management plans	75%	2023
		Enabling the stewardship actions of partners with contributions funding through the Canada Nature Fund	$59,352,000	$0	Collaboration with partners for species at risk is enhanced through the Canada Nature Fund	Number of stakeholders actively involved in species at risk protection and recovery activities	50	2023
		Renewing capacity for assessment, listing, and recovery planning	$41,000,000	$0	Core capacity to implement the Species at Risk Act is renewed	Percentage of aquatic species/populations at risk listed under the Species at Risk Act for which a recovery strategy/management plan is completed	75%	2023
NRCan	Cumulative Effects	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through science	$4,420,000	$0	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Trends in the use of tools, products and approaches by key decision makers to enhance information, decisions and responses regarding management of disturbance in ecosystems	Minimum of 5 tools, products and approaches used by key decision makers	2023

Theme 2 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Protected areas	$614,642,743	$0	Canada’s network of protected areas, OECMs and IPCAs is expanded and strengthened	Number of protected areas, OECMs and IPCAs with demonstrable progress toward establishment or expansion	15 protected areas by 2023	2023
					20 Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) by 2023	2023
					10 Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)	2023
				Percent of existing ECCC and PCprotected areas where overall ecological condition or management effectiveness is maintained or improved	78%	2023

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to the department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023-24 Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Habitat Conservation and Protection	Protection of wildlife habitat as National Wildlife Areas, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, and Conservation Areas through regulation, management, and evaluation	$90,590,629	$0	ECCC network of protected areas is expanded	Total area of habitat protected as ECCC National Wildlife Areas, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, and Conservation Areas	136,816 km2 terrestrial	2023
			$323,768,488	$0	ECCC network of protected areas is effectively managed	Effective management of the ECCC protected areas network (average performance of all sites)	75%	2023
		Enabling the participation of Indigenous peoples in the establishment, management, and monitoring of protected areas, other effective conservation measures, and Indigenous conserved and protected areas with contribution funding	$38,273,236	$0	Indigenous peoples are engaged in conservation	Percentage of Indigenous peoples engaged with ECCC who indicate that the engagement was meaningful	61%	Ongoing
PC	Heritage Places Establishment Program	Complete negotiations to establish Protected Areas	$7,000,000	$0	Indigenous peoples actively participate and contribute to the stewardship and establishment of heritage places	Number of negotiated agreements signed (Nahanni)	1	September 2022
			$32,373,564	$0		Number of agreements under negotiation	1	Completed 2020
	Heritage Places Conservation Program	Effective Management of National Parks and National Marine Conservation Areas	$118,231,830	$0	Canada’s natural heritage is protected for future generations	Percentage of National Park ecosystems where ecological integrity is maintained or improved	92%	2023
					National marine conservation areas are ecologically sustainable	Percentage of ecological sustainability measures for which data is collected and assessed	65%	2021 This target is in the past and will be reported on in the 2021-22 report.
		Support new National Advisory Committee on Nature for planning, consensus-building, coordination, and Indigenous engagement	$4,404,996	$0	Indigenous peoples actively participate in and contribute to the stewardship and conservation of heritage places	Percentage of Conservation and Restoration (CoRe) projects that incorporate Indigenous Knowledge	35%	2021 This target is in the past and will be reported on in the 2021-22 report.

Total spending, all themes

Theme	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal* (dollars)	2023-24 Total federal planned spending (dollars)
Theme 1 – Species at Risk	$553,444,762	$1,447,500
Theme 2 – Protected Areas	$614,642,743	$0
Total, all themes	$1,168,087,505	$1,447,500

Enhanced Nature Legacy for Canada

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Enhanced Nature Legacy for Canada

Lead department

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Federal partner organization(s)

Parks Canada Agency (PC), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

Start date

2022-23

End date

2025-26

Description

The objectives of the Enhanced Nature Legacy initiative are that: 1) Canada’s species at risk are recovered and 2) Canada’s ecosystems, landscapes and biodiversity are protected.

Work to meet these objectives will be conducted in ways that a) also advance reconciliation through support for Indigenous leadership and engagement in nature conservation, wildlife management and sustainable resource practices; and b) enhance the well-being of Canadians through employment, natural infrastructure and increased access to nature.

Governance structure

Continuing the model from the 2018 Nature Legacy, ECCC will convene a Horizontal Initiative Oversight Committee, chaired by the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), and including the Vice-President of Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation at PC, the ADM of Aquatic Ecosystems at DFO, and the ADM of Policy and Results, INFC. The Oversight Committee developed for Nature Legacy will be combined with Enhanced Nature Legacy to ensure consistency between initiatives. The Oversight Committee will be responsible for ensuring that the initiative is properly managed. To that end, it will meet at least yearly during the life of the initiative—on an ad hoc basis when useful—and will guide effective and efficient implementation of the initiative, ensure coordination, and support timely and accurate reporting on results. It will also be responsible for resolving any disputes related to implementation of the Enhanced Nature Legacy.

A Director General-level Steering Committee chaired by ECCC and involving PC, DFO and INFC, will support the Oversight Committee. It will maintain flexibility to use existing and/or establish new horizontal working groups, including to facilitate regional coordination, as required. These working groups, established at the Director or senior advisor level, will operate under terms of reference approved by the Oversight Committee.

Total federal funding allocated from start to end date (dollars)

$2,326,679,234

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)

$257,959,638

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)

N/A

Date of last renewal of initiative

Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at last renewal and source of funding (dollars)

Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after last renewal (dollars)

Not applicable

Total planned spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Total actual spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

Not applicable

Planning highlights

The Enhanced Nature Legacy Initiative builds on and extends selected element of the 2018 Nature Legacy initiative, and deliver on the Governments nature agenda as set out in the 2020 and 2021 Speech from the Throne. The Speech from the Throne in 2021 committed Canada to conserve 25% of our country’s land and 25% of our country’s oceans by 2025 and work toward 30% of each by 2030. We will continue to develop an ambitious plan to achieve these targets. Recognizing that the loss of nature is a global issue requiring global action, Canada will also advocate that countries around the world set a “high ambition” 30% conservation goal for 2030, as advocated by the Prime Minister in September 2020. This plan also supports the creation of new protected areas, such as national parks, national wildlife areas and freshwater national marine conservation areas, the recognition of areas that are currently achieving the conservation of biodiversity and the effective management of existing and new areas to achieve biodiversity objectives. Parks Canada will continue to work towards the establishment of up to ten new national parks and up to four freshwater national marine conservation areas. In 2023-24, Parks Canada will advance four new feasibility assessments for new candidate national park and national park reserve locations across Canada. Parks Canada will also continue to effectively manage existing national parks to maintain and improve their ecological integrity, which will contribute to halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

Work under this horizontal initiative to support the recovery of Canada’s species at risk, the conservation of migratory birds and the protection of Canada’s ecosystems, landscapes and biodiversity continues to be a priority for ECCC. A key tool to advance progress will be the negotiation of Nature Agreements with provinces and territories, led by ECCC. The nature agreements will advance shared interests in a more integrated approach to conserving nature, establish more protected areas, protect and recover species at risk and their habitat, while at the same time advancing Indigenous reconciliation. The agreements will also help ensure the coordinated delivery of nature-based solutions to climate change.

ECCC will continue to advance partnerships with Indigenous peoples to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leadership as a means to advance reconciliation, and to support conservation planning and action led by Indigenous peoples’ that reflects their unique priorities, needs, and rights related to lands and wildlife. Parks Canada will continue to work with Indigenous partners to strengthen cooperative and collaborative management of protected areas. This work will be measured by the overall number of Indigenous led projects.

For species at risk, under the Enhanced Nature Legacy initiative, the objective is to improve outcomes. This is measured by the number of species where changes in population status are consistent with recovery strategy, action plan and management plan population and distribution objectives. Building on Nature Legacy 2018, this initiative enables participating departments to increase the total number of species at risk that should benefit from conservation and recovery efforts.

ECCC will continue to advance conservation outcomes for the six federal-provincial-territorial priority species through enhanced collaboration with partners, governance, action, as well as increased investment and ambition. This includes continued work by PCA to support the recovery of Southern Mountain Woodland Caribou in Jasper National Park. ECCC will also explore opportunities to identify new terrestrial priority species with partners, including Indigenous peoples. ECCC will continue to advance collaboration, governance, conservation action planning, and action implementation in existing federal-provincial-territorial priority places through increased investments, as well as explore opportunities to expand the boundaries of existing priority places and establish new ones, ECCC will also continue to advance implementation of Community-Nominated Priority Places for species at risk and continue to implement the multi-year workplan for the priority places initiative.

Enhanced Nature Legacy allows DFO to use the momentum of Nature Legacy funding to further support in-the-water, multi-species approaches to protect and recover aquatic species at risk.

DFO will continue to use the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk to aim to build relationships with Indigenous Peoples, provinces and territories, industry and other partners for aquatic SAR by supporting and encouraging stewardship actions through the implementation of multi-species, threat, and place-based approaches to recovery and protection.

Federal departments will also continue to invest in nature conservation and natural infrastructure where the majority of Canadians live through supporting the creation of national urban parks, ecological corridors and natural infrastructure. Parks Canada with input from partners and key stakeholders will develop a new national urban parks policy to support the creation of a network of national urban parks across Canada that will protect nature, connect Canadians to nature and foster reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. In parallel, Parks Canada will continue to work in collaboration with municipalities, provinces, Indigenous partners, and key stakeholders to plan, consult and negotiate the necessary agreements to designate up to six new national urban parks by 2025. Work is under way in the Victoria region, Edmonton region, Saskatoon region, Winnipeg, Windsor, Montreal and Halifax. Additionally, Parks Canada will advance the ecological corridors program by developing evidence-based criteria and maps to identify and support priority ecological corridors by engaging with experts, Indigenous partners, provinces and stakeholders.

Contact information

Nature Legacy Secretariat
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
315 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Gatineau QC J8Y 3Z5
ec.secretariatdupatrimoinenaturel-naturelegacysecretariat.ec@canada.ca

Horizontal initiative framework: departmental funding by theme (dollars)

Horizontal initiative: Enhanced Nature Legacy for Canada

Shared outcomes: 1) Canada’s species at risk are recovered and 2) Canada’s ecosystems, landscapes and biodiversity are protected.

Name of theme	Species at Risk	Protected and Conserved Areas	Indigenous led Conservation and Stewardship	Canadians and Nature	Internal Services
Theme outcome(s)	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced.	Canada’s terrestrial lands and inland waters are protected.	Indigenous People are engaged in conservation.	Increased co-benefits to Canadians and nature	Not applicable
Environment and Climate Change Canada	$450,380,320 including IS ($11,876,029)	$602,855,349 Including IS (21,210,361)	$342,906,428 Including IS ($4,889,194)	n/a	$37,975,584
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	$121,629,639 (includes ISS of $21,117, 421)	n/a	$51,361,569 (includes ISS of $8,384,813)	n/a	$29,502,234
Parks Canada	$23,979,706 including IS ($1,385,267)	$280,341,289 including IS ($15,139,065)	$61, 685, 938 including IS ($3,573,510)	$191,539,176 including IS ($8,154,204)	$28,252,046
Infrastructure Canada	n/a	n/a	n/a	$200,000,000 Including IS ($7,800,000)	$7,800,000

Planning information

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Enhanced Nature Legacy	$2,326,679,234	$618,934,343	Canada’s species at risk are recovered.	Percentage of species at risk for which changes in populations are consistent with recovery and management objectives	60%	May 2025
			Canada’s ecosystems, landscapes and biodiversity are protected.	Percentage of total i) terrestrial territory (land and inland water) and ii) coastal and marine areas that are conserved through networks of protected areas and Other Effective Conservation Measures (OECMs)	i) 25% of total land and inland water is conserved ii) 25% of total coastal and marine areas are conserved	i) December 2025 ii) December 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 1 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2022–23 federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Species at risk	$595,989,665	$136,549,064	Protection and recovery for species at risk is enhanced.	Number of species at risk for which protection or recovery actions are being implemented through action for priority places, species and threats	350	March 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Species at Risk	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through science, action planning, stewardship actions, regulation, enforcement, and reporting	$108,259,729	$28,279,897	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Percent of species whose critical habitat has been identified on federal land for which that habitat is protected	51%	March 2025
		Enabling the stewardship actions of partners with contributions funding	$342,120,591	$80,500,279	SAR Habitat Stewarded by partners under the Canada Nature Fund	Total area of habitat that has been stewarded for conservation	TBD by end of March 2023-24.	March 2025
Fisheries and Ocean Canada	Fisheries Management	Enabling action to address the threat of abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)	$10,000,000	0	Fish harvester participation in retrieval of ALDFG is expanded.	Number of recipients with signed contribution agreements participating in gear retrieval efforts.	8	March 31, 2022
						Number of eligible Indigenous groups represented in agreements.	3	March 31, 2022
						Number of fish harvesters and fishing vessels adopting innovative technology under the Gear Acquisition and Modernization pillar of the Sustainable Fisheries Solutions and Retrieval Support Contribution Program.	20	March 31, 2022
						Number of opportunities provided to fish harvesters to dispose of end-of-life fishing gear in Atlantic Canada	4 opportunities	March 31, 2022
		Enabling action to encourage fish harvesters to adopt whale safe fishing gear	$21,395,604	0	Fish harvester’s adoption of whale safe fishing gear is enhanced	Numbers of groups that have used this fund to help fish harvesters adopt whale safe fishing gear	50	March 31, 2023
	Aquatic Ecosystem Science	Advancing science to detect North Atlantic Right whales (NARW)	$8,883,223	0	Monitoring and surveillance of NARW is increased	Number of flying hours surveying NARW in Canadian waters	Year 1 (2021-22): 825 hours Year 2 (2022-23): 825 hours	March 31, 2023
					Scientific information on the near real-time presence of NARW in Canadian waters is available to help inform management measures aimed at reducing the risk of entanglements and vessel strikes	Number of acoustic detection systems capable of detecting the presence of NARW in near real-time are operationalized	Total of 3 near real-time acoustic detections systems for NARW in place (includes existing system on fixed buoys)	March 31, 2023
		Advancing science to determine abundance of Arctic aquatic species at risk	$5,672,409	0	Population abundance and distribution of key at-risk marine mammal species in the Arctic is better understood	Number of key at-risk Arctic marine mammal species for which the use of satellite imagery is tested to determine population abundance and to better understand their distribution in the Arctic	2	March 31, 2023
	Species at Risk, Conservation and Protection, Fisheries Economics and Statistics, and Fisheries Management programs	Protection and recovery of species and their critical habitat through assessment, listing, stewardship actions, enforcement, and reporting.	$36,421,354	$6,694,961	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Percentage of measures in action plans and management plans that are underway or completed to support priority species, priority places and or address priority threats to aquatic species at risk	10% of measures in action plans and management plans are underway or completed	March 31, 2026
	Species at Risk program	Enabling the stewardship actions of partners with contributions funding through the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk (CNFASAR)	$39,257,049	$7,791,023	Protection and recovery action for species at risk is enhanced	Number of COSEWIC assessed aquatic species at risk and the # of SARA-listed aquatic species that benefit from CNFASAR funding	30 COSEWIC assessed or SARA-listed aquatic species	March 31, 2026
PC	Heritage Places Conservation	Priority Species (Southern Mountain Caribou)	$23,979,706	$13,282,904	Natural and cultural resources in heritage places are maintained or improved	Number of Southern Mountain Woodland Caribou in the wild Tonquin herd in Jasper National Park.	At least 200	2032

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 2 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Protected and Conserved Areas	$883,196,638	$242,679,104	Canada’s network of protected areas, OECMs and IPCAs is expanded and strengthened.	Number of protected areas, OECMs and IPCAs with demonstrable progress toward establishment or expansion	ECCC and PC: 16 IPCAs: 21 OECMS: 11	December 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Habitat Conservation and Protection	Protection of wildlife habitat as National Wildlife Areas, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, and conservation areas in through regulation, management, and evaluation	$183,613,359	$52,488,688	ECCC’s network of protected areas is expanded	Total area of habitat protected as ECCC National Wildlife Areas, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, and Conservation Areas	136,848 km2 terrestrial and 31,187 km2 marine (Total 168,035 km2)	December 2025
					Habitats and wildlife in ECCC protected areas network are managed, maintained or stabilized	Effective management of the ECCC Protected Areas network (average percentage performance of all sites), as assessed by the application of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool	78%	December 2025
		Supporting the actions of partners to create and manage protected areas, recognize other effective conservation measures, and establish Indigenous protected and conserved areas with contribution funding.	$419,241,990	$110,424,177	Collaboration with partners for protected areas, OECMs, and IPCAs is enhanced	Total area of habitat secured by partners	114,500 km2	March 2024
PC	Heritage Places Conservation	Effective Management of Protected Areas	$87,671,036	$28,947,987	Canada’s natural heritage is protected for present and future generations.	Percentage of National Park ecosystems where ecological integrity is maintained or improved.	92%	December 2025
	Heritage Places Establishment	National Parks and Freshwater National Marine Conservation Areas	$192,670,253	$50,818,252	Heritage places are established	Number of National Parks and freshwater National Marine Conservation Areas with demonstrable progress toward establishment.	8	December 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 3 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Indigenous Conservation	$455,953,755	$113,458,054	Increased Indigenous leadership and participation in conservation efforts	Percentage enhanced nature legacy contribution agreements that are Indigenous-led	TBD once baseline is established by March 2023	2025-26

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 3 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Habitat Conservation Program	Enabling the participation of Indigenous peoples in the establishment, management, and monitoring of protected areas, other effective conservation measures, and Indigenous conserved and protected areas and the recovery of species at risk with contribution funding	$342,906,248	$86,678,015	Indigenous people are engaged in conservation	Percentage of Indigenous people engaged with ECCC who indicate that the engagement was meaningful	61%	ongoing
DFO	Aboriginal Programs and Treaties and the Species at Risk Program	Enabling the participation of Indigenous peoples in the protection and recovery of aquatic species at risk.	$51,361,569	$10,587,926	Projects are inclusive of Indigenous groups and Indigenous knowledge	Number of Indigenous groups involved as project leads or partners that participate in DFO-supported stewardship activities that support the recovery and protection of aquatic species at risk.	30	March 31, 2026
					Projects are inclusive of Indigenous groups and Indigenous knowledge	Number of Indigenous groups involved as project leads or partners that are funded as part of the Aboriginal Fishery Guardian for Aquatic Species at Risk Program.	25	March 31, 2026
PC	Heritage Places Conservation	Indigenous Guardians	$61,685,938	$16,192,113	Indigenous peoples actively participate in and contribute to the stewardship and conservation of heritage places	Number of Indigenous Guardians Programs operating in Parks Canada administered places.	30	December 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 4 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2022–23 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Canadians and Nature	$391,539,176	$126,248,121	Increased co-benefits to Canadians and nature	Access to nature indicator placeholder. Indicator to be developed within the next 18 months, based on QOL indicator guidance	TBD by 2022-23	TBD by 2023-24
				Number of direct jobs created	2,000	December 2025

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Theme 4 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
PC	Heritage Places Conservation	Ecological Corridors	$60,639,709	$17,446,971	Heritage places are established	Number of Ecological Corridors are identified and supported	3	December 2025
	Heritage Places Establishment	Urban Parks	$130,899,467	$33,801,543	Heritage places are established	Number of National Urban Parks designated	4	December 2025
INFC	Allocation and direct-delivery funding oversight	Natural Infrastructure Fund	$200,000,000	$74,999,607	Achieve human well-being co-benefits through natural Infrastructure	Number of projects enhancing access to nature	TBD by 2023-24	TBD by 2023-24
					Increased awareness of natural infrastructure	Percentage of applicants seeking to undertake their first known natural infrastructure project	Percentage to be determined by the end of the program	TBD by 2023-2024

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Total spending, all themes

Theme	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023-24 total federal planned spending (dollars)
Theme 1	$595,989,665	$136,549,064
Theme 2	$883,196,638	$242,679,104
Theme 3	$455,953,755	$113,458,054
Theme 4	$391,539,176	$126,248,121
Total, all themes	$2,326,679,234	$618,934,343

[*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy for Canada

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy for Canada

Lead department

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Federal partner organization(s)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Health Canada (HC), National Research Council Canada (NRC), Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC).

Start date

April 1, 2019 for Plastic 1, and April 1, 2022 for Plastic 2

End date

March 31, 2027

Description

The Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy Initiative seeks to advance Canada’s long-term goal of keeping plastics in the economy and out of the environment. It is widely acknowledged that plastic pollution has a negative impact on the environment, and there are mounting concerns about impacts on human health. Furthermore, landfilling of recoverable plastics is a significant economic loss to the Canadian economy. To address these challenges, seven federal departments will undertake a range of activities in five priority areas: (1) expanding knowledge on plastics in the environment and the economy; (2) developing and implementing management measures; (3) supporting innovation and market transformation; (4) preventing and reducing plastic pollution; and, (5) reducing waste from federal operations.

Governance structure

Oversight for the implementation of this initiative will be led by Environment and Climate Change Canada through a 3-tier executive committee structure: interdepartmental Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Director General (DG) and Director-level committees.

The ADM Committee meets quarterly, and

• Provides overall strategic direction and linkages with other GOC priorities;
• Identifies cross-departmental and whole-of-government issues that impact progress; and
• Improves policy coherence for the federal zero plastic waste agenda.

The DG committee meets quarterly and

• Receives updates on the five priorities (science, regulations, industry sectors, ghost gear and federal operations); and
• Addresses cross-departmental policy coherence and issues.

The Director committee meets quarterly and

• Provides updates, tracks progress and exchanges on activity-level work within the horizontal initiative.

A secretariat, run by ECCC, provides support to the three committees. It updates progress trackers and dashboards on the horizontal initiative’s activities and performance indicators.

Total federal funding allocated from start to end date (dollars)

$68,180,154 (Plastic 1: $59,101,686 (new funding); $9,078,468 (existing funding)

$210,871,915 (Plastic 2: $202,302,040 (new funding); $8,569,875 (existing funding)

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)

$68,180,154 (Plastic 1: $59,101,686 (new funding); $9,078,468 (existing funding)

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)

$48,797,499 (plastic 1) (new funding)

Date of last renewal of initiative

April 1, 2022

Total federal funding allocated at last renewal and source of funding (dollars)

$202,302,040 (new funding)

Additional federal funding received after last renewal (dollars)

Not applicable

Total planned spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Total actual spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

2026-27

Planning highlights

The Government of Canada will implement a range of activities in five priority areas through the Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy horizontal initiative.

Priority 1: Expand knowledge on plastics in the economy and the environment.

Aim: Develop a greater body of publicly accessible knowledge from which evidence-based policy decisions are made.

In 2023-24:

• Assess and report on the impact of policy measures (ECCC): Renew and enhance the ECCC plastic waste and pollution prevention website, and develop a first Progress Report on zero plastic waste in Canada.
• Develop tools and methods to assess plastic pollution (ECCC): Continue to develop standardized methods, protocols and techniques for measurement of microplastics and nanoplastics in wildlife tissues and soil media. Develop a G&C program to support standardization of quantification methods for microplastics in wastewater and biosolids in collaboration with government and academic researchers.
• Conduct research and monitoring to detect and characterize plastics in the environment (ECCC): Continue to assess and characterize plastic pollution in seabirds over time and space, as well as microplastics and nanoplastics loadings and targeted effects on aquatic biota. Standardize methods to investigate microplastics in air. Initiate planning for a second Canadian Science Symposium, and two associated expert roundtables. Begin a scientific review of recent literature on the potential effects of microplastics on the environment and human health.
• Develop a Decision Support System (DSS) on microplastics and nanoplastics in Canada’s waterways (NRC): Continue to develop advanced fate and transport predictive tools, characterization methods and technologies. Continue development of zebrafish larvae models to determine the toxicity of plastics and associated pollutants on wildlife, and evaluate the results of the initial measurements.
• Research potential impacts of microplastics on human health (HC): Support selected projects through contribution agreements provided by the newly established Environmental Health Research Contribution Program. Conduct HC research projects and report on progress made including data generation, analysis and interpretation.
• Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution (HC, ECCC): Continue the literature review of the human health and environmental impacts of microplastic pollution.
• Produce an annual Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material (PFAPM) (StatCan): Publish the annual reference year in the PFAPM.
• Research and monitoring on plastic pollution in Canada’s North (CIRNAC): Continue to build on baselines for long-term monitoring of plastic pollution in 10 environmental compartments in the North and Arctic: freshwater fish, sea-run Arctic Char, seabirds, air, snow, ice, fresh water, sea water, sediments and mammals. Establish a plastics science advisory committee under the Northern Contaminants Program. Initiate planning for the development of an assessment report on plastic pollution in the North and Arctic.

Priority 2: Develop, implement, and update management measures.

Aim: Introduce regulatory and other management measures under CEPA that aim to protect human health and the environment, while promoting greater circularity for plastics.

In 2023-24:

• Implement regulations to ban select single-use plastics (ECCC): Continue compliance promotion activities to ensure regulated parties understand and comply with the regulatory requirements.
• Develop measures for additional priority single-use plastics (ECCC): Finalize analysis and communicate next steps to address other priority single-use plastics.

Publish draft regulations and work toward final regulations that will establish:

• Recycled content requirements for plastic products and packaging (ECCC)
• Rules to prohibit misleading recyclability labelling (ECCC) focused on plastic packaging and single-use items
  Performance requirements for compostable plastic products (ECCC)
• Establish a public Federal Plastics Registry (ECCC): Publish draft instrument in late 2023 (with reporting to begin in 2025); Begin developing an IT solution to enable producers to report on the amount and type of plastics put on the market.
• Support regulatory actions (ECCC): Continue to manage grant funding to support effective plastics regulation in Canada.
• Develop mandatory food chemical safety program for food packaging (HC): Continue to develop options for the introduction of a mandatory food chemical safety program for food packaging materials.
• Identify and prioritize existing chemical additives in plastics (HC, ECCC): Begin consultations with stakeholders (e.g., other governments, academics and industry) on the list of identified chemical additives, and develop a plan of action.

Priority 3: Support innovation and market transformation.

Aim: Work in partnership with industry sectors and other external stakeholders to support their efforts to reduce plastic waste.

In 2023-24:

• Reduce plastic waste in key sectors (ECCC): Continue to develop and manage contribution agreements to advance knowledge and support innovative solutions to achieving plastic pollution and waste reductions in key sectors (e.g., textiles, plastic beverage bottes, reuse).
• Develop and implement a risk management instrument(s) for plastic beverage containers (ECCC): Continue to explore the development of an instrument to improve the collection of plastic beverage containers for recycling in Canada, engaging with key stakeholders on the proposed approach.
• Develop a roadmap on reuse and repair of products containing plastic (ECCC): Begin consulting with key sectors to determine how best to incorporate reuse/repair approaches into their respective operations.

Priority 4: Prevent and reduce plastic pollution.

Aim: Continue to address plastic pollution from fishing activities by preventing plastics from entering marine water systems and through some remediation/removal of historical fishing gear.

In 2023-24:

• Modernize Canada’s domestic fisheries (DFO):
  • Initiate research contracts to collect data and information to address knowledge gaps on ghost gear in Canada and identify and assess sustainable gear innovations to reduce gear loss and impacts.
  • Make improvements to functions in the new Fishing Gear Reporting System (FGRS), offer training to increase use by harvesters, and assess data gathered to gain a fulsome understanding of hotspots for ghost gear.
  • Initiate a regulatory review to address impediments to ghost gear retrieval and strengthen prevention measures.
• Fill knowledge gaps on marine transportation pathways to plastic marine litter (TC): Undertake a Waste Delivery Gap Study.

Priority 5: Reduce plastic waste in federal operations.

Aim: Continue work to align federal government operations with the goal of diverting at least 75% of non-hazardous operational waste from landfills, and diverting 75% of plastic waste from landfills by 2030.

In 2023-24:

• Improve solid waste and plastics management (DFO): Complete the gap analyses for the targeted Small Craft Harbour, Real Property, and Canadian Coast Guard sites selected for improved solid waste management efforts.

Contact information

Susan Young
Building Place Vincent Massey
351, boul. Saint-Joseph
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3
Tel: 819-639-2728
susan.young@ec.gc.ca

Horizontal initiative framework: departmental funding by priority (dollars)

Horizontal initiative: Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy for Canada

Shared outcomes: Plastic waste is kept out of the environment / Plastic waste is kept out of landfills and incinerators

Name of priority	Expand knowledge on plastics in the economy and environment	Develop, implement, and update management measures	Support innovation and market transformation	Prevent and reduce plastic pollution	Reduce plastic waste in federal operations	Internal Services
Priority outcome(s)	Government policy-makers make evidence-based decisions on plastics Knowledge on plastics and the zero plastic waste agenda is accessed by users	Problematic, hard-to-recycle single-use plastics are no longer in circulation in Canada Resins commonly used in packaging are safely recycled Plastic waste (in tonnes) going to landfill from recycling facilities is reduced	Targeted industry sectors to reduce their plastic waste	Marine pollution from ghost gear is reduced	Plastic waste is reduced in DFO/CCG operations	Not applicable
Environment and Climate Change Canada	$43,205,353	$60,370,739	$12,893,275	NA	NA	$12,069,550
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	NA	NA	NA	$34,997,600	$6,103,000	$3,756,104
National Research Council	$12,669,699	NA	NA	NA	NA	$253,715
Health Canada	$8,902,366	$5,327,998	NA	NA	NA	$1,024,542
Statistics Canada	$7,099,965	NA	NA	NA	NA	$273,284
Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada	$5,237,378	NA	NA	NA	NA	$108,220
Transport Canada	NA	NA	NA	$5,494,667	NA	$998,050

Planning information

Horizontal initiative overview

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy for Canada	$202,302,040	$40,463,263	Plastic waste is kept out of the environment	Amount (in tonnes) of plastics entering into Canada’s natural environment, from both terrestrial and aquatic based sources	Reduction from baseline to be identified in 2024	2030
			Plastic waste is kept out of landfills and incinerators	Amount (annual, in tonnes) of plastic waste disposed of at landfill and incineration (both with and without energy recovery) sites across Canada	Declining trend from 2018 baseline (4.0Mt)	2030

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 1 details

Name of priority	Total federal priority funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 federal priority planned spending (dollars)	Priority outcome(s)	Priority performance indicator(s)	Priority target(s)	Date to achieve priority target
Expand knowledge on plastics in the economy and the environment	$77,114,761	$15,463,301	Government policy-makers make evidence-based decisions on plastics	Degree to which socio-economic and environmental research on plastics enable policy-makers to continue to make evidence-based decisions	A “good” rating, based on a scale of very poor, poor, acceptable, good, very good	March 2027
			Knowledge on plastics and the zero plastic waste agenda is accessed by users	Number of visits and citations of representative federal scientific and policy reports combined	At least 1,000 website visits	March 2027
					At least 100 citations	March 2027

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 1 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Environment Climate Change Canada	Substances & Waste Management	Assess and report on the impact of policy measures in reducing plastic waste and pollution (new)	$11,734,725	$2,643,437	The impacts of policy interventions, measures and trends on the plastics economy and plastic pollution are available to policy makers and Canadians	Number of visits to the federal plastic waste and pollution reduction website pages combined	10,000 website visits	March 2027
		Develop tools and methods to detect and characterize plastics in the environment (renewed)	$7,241,959	$2,232,284	Federally developed or enhanced tools or methods are considered by the science community to support consistent data and informed decision-making	Number of peer reviewed papers citing federally-led contributions to detect and characterize plastics in environmental compartments (e.g., air, water, biota) combined	At least 5 papers	March 2027
		Conduct research and monitoring to detect and characterize plastics in the environment and assess exposure and potential effects of plastic pollution (renewed)	$22,410,878	$2,561,188	Federal regulatory, non-regulatory, and voluntary measures to reduce plastic pollution are informed by ECCC-supported research and monitoring	Percentage of federal policies and measures informed by ECCC-supported research and monitoring results	95%	March 2027
National Research Council	Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ocean Program	Generate knowledge and deploy a Decision Support System (DSS) on micro- and nanoplastics in Canada’s water ways (new)	$12,669,699	$2,877,310	Knowledge is generated and disseminated on micro and nanoplastics pollution in Canadian aquatic systems and remediation solutions	Number of peer-reviewed articles published	20 peer-reviewed articles published	March 2027
						Citation score (field-weighted citation impact measured relative to world average – three-year average)	1.2
						Number of project partners participating in data sharing (including academia, Science-based departments and agencies, Canadian SMEs, and Indigenous organizations)	Data sharing agreements with 10 project partners
					A Decision Support System is deployed and used to support policy and regulatory development	Percentage of users reporting that the DSS is an effective tool in supporting policy and management decisions to reduce the potential risks of plastics to the environment, wildlife and human health	90% of users	March 2027
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals	Conduct and fund research on potential impacts of microplastics on human health (new)	$5,753,510 ($5,538,135 Program Costs; $215,375 Internal Services)	$1,284,779 ($1,215,343 Program Costs; $69,436 Internal Services)	Research results are available to inform decision-making on the potential human health impacts of microplastics	Percentage of implicated federal decision-makers who indicate that they have more information available for consideration in evidence-based decision making related to impacts to human health or the environment from plastic pollution including microplastics	70%	March 2027
						Percentage of implicated federal decision-makers who indicate that they have more information available for consideration in evidence-based decision making related to impacts to human health or the environment from plastic pollution including microplastics (contribution program research)	70%	March 2027
		Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution: Review recent information on the effects of microplastics (with ECCC, new for HC)	HC: $3,148,856 ($2,838,353 Program Costs; $310,503 Internal Services) ECCC: $1,817,791	HC: $883,380 ($788,358 Program Costs; $95,022 Internal Services) ECCC: $541,202	The latest available science on microplastics is summarized in a report to support government policy makers in making evidence-based decisions to protect human health or the environment	Percentage of federal decision-makers who indicate that the report would support federal decision-making on microplastics	70%	March 2027
Statistics Canada	Economic and Environmental Statistics	Produce annual Physical Flow Account for Plastic Material (PFAPM) and update PFAPM methodology and metadata documents (renewed)	$7,099,965	$1,397,782	Canada’s plastics economy statistical information is available and relevant to Canadians	Total number of website visits to StatCan PFAPM related pages and data tables	10,000 website visits	March 2027
						Percentage of key plastics stakeholders citing PFAPM as a data source	100% of key plastics stakeholders citing the PFAPM as a data source	March 2027
Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada	Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability	Conduct research and monitoring of impacts of plastic pollution in Canada’s North (renewed)	$5,237,378	$1,041,939	Information on the geographic and ecological distribution of plastic pollution in the North (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut) is available	Percentage of datasets established as baselines for the long-term monitoring of the geographic and ecological distribution of plastic pollution in the terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems in the North that are maintained	80%	March 2027
						Percentage of data/information collected that contributes to broader, relevant observation systems and assessments	80%	March 2027

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 2 details

Name of priority	Total federal priority funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 Federal priority planned spending (dollars)	Priority outcome(s)	Priority performance indicator(s)	Priority target(s)	Date to achieve priority target
Develop, implement, and update management measures	$65,698,737	$14,765,033	Problematic, hard-to-recycle single-use plastics are no longer in circulation in Canada	Percentage of regulatees in compliance with regulatory requirements	100% industry compliance with SUPPR once prohibitions come into force	2030
			Resins commonly used in packaging are safely recycled	Percentage of resins commonly used in packaging that are recycled (PET, LDPE, HDPE and PP)	Increase from 2018 baseline recycling rates, disaggregated by resin (PET 8.4%, LDPE 9.9%, HDPE 10.4%, and PP 3.4%)	2030
			Plastic waste by weight (tonnes) going to landfill from recycling facilities is reduced	Tonnes of plastic waste collected for recycling that are rejected (where numerator is the amount of plastic waste rejected by recycler and denominator is the total amount of plastic waste collected for recycling)	Reduction in the proportion of plastic waste collected for recycling that goes to landfill compared to 2018 baseline level (964,502 tonnes)	2030

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 2 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Environment and Climate Change Canada	Substances & Waste Management	Implement regulations to ban select single-use plastics (SUP) (renewed)	$12,956,717	$3,300,625	Regulatees comply with the Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR)	Percentage of regulatees in compliance with regulatory requirements	100% industry compliance with SUPPR once prohibitions come into force	March 2026
		Apply measures for additional priority single-use plastics (new)	$7,628,666	$1,707,939	New measures (regulatory and non-regulatory) come into force for additional single-use plastics	Number of single-use plastics addressed in new regulatory and non-regulatory measures	The 31 priority single-use and disposable plastic (SUDP) items identified in the CCME SUDP Roadmap	March 2027
		Develop and implement recycled content regulatory requirements for plastic products and packaging (renewed)	$10,327,714	$2,082,005	Regulatees comply with recycled content regulations	Percentage of regulatees in compliance with recycled content regulations	100% compliance with recycled content regulations	December 2030
		Develop rules to prohibit misleading recyclability labelling (new)	$6,702,300	$1,255,690	Regulatees comply with requirements concerning the labelling of plastic products as recyclable	Percentage of regulatees in compliance with regulatory requirements on recyclability labeling	100% compliance with labelling rules	March 2027
		Develop performance requirements for compostable plastic products (new)	$5,273,244	$1,089,648	Producers comply with performance requirements for compostable plastic products (including labelling)	Percentage of producers in compliance with performance requirements for compostable plastic products	100% compliance with performance requirements	March 2027
		Establish a public federal plastics registry (new)	$15,397,020	$3,803,074	Regulatees register and comply with reporting requirement, with the first roll-up report released to the public in 2025	Percentage of regulatees in compliance with regulatory requirement to report	100% annual reporting by producers of plastic manufactured items across a range of sectors	March 2027
		Implement contributions in support of regulatory actions (new)	$2,085,078	$341,355	Federal government, stakeholders and the public have access to knowledge that supports regulatory actions	Percentage of contribution project results that are publicly accessible	100% of project results are available	March 2027
						Usefulness of generated knowledge in regulatory development and implementation	Rating of “very useful” in survey of federal policy makers	March 2027
Health Canada	Health Impacts of Chemicals	Strengthen food chemical safety oversight of food packaging materials (new)	$3,583,109 ($3,240,582 Program Costs; $342,527 Internal Services)	$752,614 ($600,885 Program Costs; $151,729 Internal Services)	Information is analysed, and targeted consultations held and are used to inform a final recommendation for the introduction of a mandatory food chemical safety program for food packaging materials	Number of program design elements produced by Health Canada to inform the final program recommendation	6 (policy intent, required regulatory amendments, international equivalency, pre-market data requirements, administrative mechanisms)	March 2027
					Guidelines on acceptability and use of recycled plastics in food packaging applications are updated and made publicly available: manufacturers of recycled plastic materials have the best available guidance to determine the acceptability of such material for food contact use and in preparing submissions to HC for evaluation of these products.	Percentage of applicants requesting a letter of no objection on recycled plastic use in food packaging applications who have used the guidance in preparing their submission	90% of applicants	2024
						Percentage of applicants who indicate they found the guidance to be useful	90% of applicants	2024
						Percentage increase in visits to website following publication(s) of updated guidance	Increase of 50% by April 2024	March/April 2023
		Identify chemical additives in plastics and establish a plan of action for prioritized activities (with ECCC) (new)	$1,744,889 ($1,588,752 Program Costs; $156,137 Internal Services)	$432,083 ($392,117 Program Costs; $39,966 Internal Services)	Appropriate action is taken for identified priority chemical additives	Percentage of identified priorities for which a plan of action has been Director General approved	100%	March 2025

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.]

Priority 3 details

Name of priority	Total federal priority funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 federal priority planned spending (dollars)	Priority outcome(s)	Priority performance indicator(s)	Priority target(s)	Date to achieve priority target
Support innovation and market transformation	$12,893,275	$2,992,353	Targeted industry sectors reduce their plastic waste	Amount of plastic waste (in tonnes) sent to landfill or incinerated or recovered for energy by each supported industry sector	Declining trend for each supported industry sector from 2018 baseline (340,741 tonnes)	March 2030

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 3 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Environment Climate Change Canada	Substances & Waste Management	Implement measures or provide support to reduce plastic waste in targeted sectors, beginning with textiles (renewed)	$9,295,574	$2,261,366	Textile waste is diverted from landfill, incineration, energy recovery, and the environment	Volume of textile waste (tonnes) going to landfill or incinerated or recovered for energy has decreased from the 2018 baseline (340,741 tonnes)	Declining trend for textile waste	2030
		Implement a risk management instrument for plastic beverage containers (renewed)	$2,317,423	$476,561	Plastic beverage containers are diverted from landfill, incineration, energy recovery, and the environment	Percentage of plastic beverage containers sold in Canada that are collected for recycling	90% of plastic beverage containers sold in Canada are collected for recycling	2030
		Develop a roadmap to encourage reuse and repair of products containing plastic (renewed)	$1,280,278	$254,426	Industry and the general public are aware of the significant environmental and socioeconomic benefits derived from increasing the reuse and repair of products containing plastic	Percentage increase in awareness of the roadmap by industry and the public	70% of the relevant industry stakeholders are aware of the roadmap	March 2027
							2% of the public are aware of the roadmap

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 4 details

Name of priority	Total federal priority funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 federal priority planned spending (dollars)	Priority outcome(s)	Priority performance indicator(s)	Priority target(s)	Date to achieve priority target
Prevent and reduce plastic pollution	$40,492,267	$6,021,976	Marine pollution from ghost gear is prevented and reduced	Percentage change in reported net gear loss (in units of gear)	10% reduction from 2025 baseline year (to be calculated by March 2025)	March 2030

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 4 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Fisheries and Oceans	Fisheries Management	Manage the Ghost Gear Contribution Program (renewed for 2022-23 only)	$10,000,000	$0	Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear is removed from Canadian waters	Amount (in tonnes) of ghost gear removed from Canadian waters	300 tonnes removed	March 2023
					Locations are provided to securely store retrieved marked gear while owners are identified for gear return	Number of locations available to collect and store retrieved gear from funded projects	38 locations cumulative	March 2023
					Technologies to identify, retrieve or reduce the frequency and/or impact of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear are acquired or piloted	Number of proponents acquiring or piloting retrieval and fishing gear technologies in Canada	23 proponents	March 2023
		Modernize Canada’s domestic fisheries operations and regulatory regime (renewed)	$24,997,600 Breakdown: $21,167,307 Program $2,729,628 Internal Services $680,451 PSPC 13% $420,217 SSC 4%	$4,999,400 Breakdown: $4,245,533 Program $534,004 Internal Services $135,884 PSPC 13% $83,980 SSC 4%	Collection and quality of lost and retrieved fishing gear data are improved	Percentage of loss events reported by commercial harvesters through the Fishing Gear Retrieval System (FGRS) (rather than PDF reports)	Target to be established by March 2023	March 2027
					Canada’s commercial fisheries are managed such that the risk of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is reduced	Percentage of wild capture commercial fisheries whose licences are revised for ALDFG (“ghost gear”) best practices based on gear type.	20% of wild capture commercial fisheries with revised licences	March 2026
					Canada pilots new approaches in commercial fisheries to reduce or mitigate impacts of ghost gear	Number of commercial fisheries in which in-season ghost gear retrieval and alternatives to plastic gear tags are piloted	3 commercial fisheries for each	March 2025
Transport Canada	Protecting Oceans and Waterways	Fill knowledge gaps on the contribution of specific marine transportation pathways to plastic marine litter, its associated socioeconomic impacts, and best practices and opportunities for pollution reduction (new)	$5,494,667	$1,022,576	Evidence-based policy framework aimed at reducing the marine transportation sector’s contribution to marine plastic litter and mitigating its impacts on the environment and communities is socialized with key marine transportation industry stakeholders	Percentage of marine transportation industry stakeholders that are informed of the policy framework	90% of marine transportation stakeholders are informed of the policy framework	Fall 2027

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Priority 5 details

Name of priority	Total federal priority funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 federal priority planned spending (dollars)	Priority outcome(s)	Priority performance indicator(s)	Priority target(s)	Date to achieve priority target
Reduce plastic waste in federal operations	$6,103,000	$1,220,600	Plastic waste is reduced in DFO and CCG operations	Rate of plastic waste diverted from targeted DFO/CCG operations	At least 75% (by weight) of targeted sites’ plastic waste is diverted from landfill starting in 2027	2030

Priority 5 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Fisheries and Oceans	Real Property (Internal Services)	Improve solid waste and plastics management at DFO Small Craft Harbours, Real Property and Canadian Coast Guard sites (new)	$6,103,000 Breakdown: $5,140,385 Program $748,327 Internal Services $104,991 PSPC 13% $109,295 SSC 4%	$1,220,600 Breakdown: $1,014,008 Program $159,720 Internal Services $22,760 PSPC 13% $24,112 SSC 4%	Plastic waste is reduced in DFO and CCG operations	Rate of plastic waste diverted from targeted DFO/CCG operations	At least 75% (by weight) of targeted sites’ plastic waste is diverted from landfill starting in 2027	2030

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Total spending, all priorities

Priority	Total federal funding allocated since last renewal* (dollars)	2023–24 total federal planned spending (dollars)
Priority 1	$77,114,761	$15,463,301
Priority 2	$65,698,737	$14,765,033
Priority 3	$12,893,275	$2,992,353
Priority 4	$40,492,267	$6,021,976
Priority 5	$6,103,000	$1,220,600
Total, all priorities	$202,302,040	$40,463,263

*This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Where the initiative is new (with no renewal), insert the initial total allocation approved.

Horizontal Results Framework for Climate Change Mitigation

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Horizontal Results Framework (HRF) for Climate Change Mitigation (CCM)

Lead department

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

Federal partner organization(s)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC/Environmental Protection Branch, Climate Change Branch), Finance Canada (FIN), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), Infrastructure Canada (INFC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS).

Start date

2022 start of reporting in this framework; some activities started in 2016

End date

2032

Description

Addressing climate change and meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets is a key federal priority. As of July 2021, Canada’s GHG emission reduction target was established to be 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030.

Climate action is a shared endeavor across the federal government along with provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous governments, communities and peoples, as well as the private sector, civil society and individuals.

Federal climate action has been reported as a horizontal initiative since 2016-17 through the Clean Growth and Climate Change horizontal initiative, which tracked the climate investments linked to the Pan-Canadian Framework for Clean Growth and Climate Change. Many of those activities have concluded by this fiscal year.

In December 2020, the federal government released Canada’s strengthened climate plan, “A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy.” In April 2022, the first Emissions Reduction Plan was published pursuant to the requirements of the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act.

To ensure that horizontal reporting reflects the current scope and scale of activities as described in these plans, this horizontal initiative, Climate Change Mitigation, will replace the Clean Growth and Climate Change horizontal initiative, which will publish a last report on fiscal year 2022-23 activities. Some activities that are renewed or ongoing from the Clean Growth and Climate Change horizontal initiative will be reported in the Climate Change Mitigation horizontal initiative, as well as many new activities as presented in the 2020 and 2022 climate plans.

Governance structure

The Deputy Minister Committee on Climate Plan Implementation (DMCPI) provides oversight of this horizontal initiative. All departments reporting in this initiative are members of the DMCPI, co-chaired by the Deputy Minister of ECCC and the Deputy Minister of NRCan. The mandate of the DMCPI is to provide strategic oversight of, and direction on, the development and implementation of federal policies, programs, regulations and services related to clean growth and climate change. The DMCPI is supported by the Assistant Deputy Minister Committee on Climate Plan Implementation, serving as the Steering Committee, and the Director General Committee on Climate Plan Implementation, serving as a Working Group, for multi-level and escalating oversight of implementation of the climate plan.

Total federal funding allocated from start to end date (dollars)

$31,561,383,810

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)

$5,644,767,316

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)

Not applicable

Date of last renewal of initiative

Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at last renewal and source of funding (dollars)

Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after last renewal (dollars)

Not applicable

Total planned spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Total actual spending since last renewal

Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

TBC

Planning highlights

This framework organizes the activities of the federal government to addresses climate change by transitioning to a low-carbon economy by economic sector. Progress toward achieving the shared outcome and the thematic outcomes is primarily measured with reference to publicly available data and reporting external to this framework. Progress toward achieving activity outcomes is provided by responsible departments. As climate action activities are actively being developed and deployed, activities will be added each year as they are ready to report results. The framework is designed to provide reporting on a significant and substantial set of key activities making direct impacts on transitioning to a low-carbon economy; however, there are other activities that have indirect or enabling impacts that are not included in this table, for ease of review.

Contact information

Danielle Lafontaine
Climate Change Branch
Environment and Climate Change Canada
200 blvd Sacré-Coeur, Fontaine
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3
Tel: 613-298-7435
Danielle.Lafontaine@ec.gc.ca

Horizontal initiative framework: departmental funding by theme (dollars)

Horizontal initiative: Horizontal Results Framework for Climate Change Mitigation

Shared outcomes: Canada addresses climate change by transitioning to a low-carbon economy

Name of theme	T1. Buildings	T2. Electricity	T3. Industry	T4. Oil and Gas	T5. Transportation	T6. Agriculture and Waste	T7. Economy-wide	Internal Services
Theme outcome(s)	TO1. Canada’s energy use in the building sector is transformed (through energy efficiency and fuel switching)	TO2. Canada’s production and supply of non-emitting electricity is increased	TO3. Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sectors are reduced	TO4. Greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector are reduced	TO5. Canada’s emissions from the transportation sector are reduced (through increased efficiency, use of clean fuels, and low- and zero-emission vehicles)	TO6. Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and waste sectors are reduced	TO7. Canada’s emissions are reduced across multiple sectors	Not applicable
AAFC	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$495,666,287	n/a	$8,685,718
CIRNAC	n/a	$100,354,247	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$1,788,638
ECCC	n/a	$27,900,000	$90,242,473	$19,144,720	$96,753,395	$33,851,564	$4,147,658,351	$48,416,478
FIN	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
INFC	$1,564,000,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	$5,941,489,341	n/a	n/a	n/a
ISC	n/a	$36,000,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$222,660
ISED	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$8,080,377,707	$19,142,855
NRCan	$2,980,034,372	$1,222,089,560	$2,014,795,868	$749,999,998	$680,000,000	n/a	$52,900,000	$64,871,948
PSPC	n/a	$92,745,358	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
TBS	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$227,900,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
TC	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$2,907,480,569	n/a	n/a	$7,426,845

Planning information (in dollars)

Horizontal initiative overview

Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Horizontal Results Framework for Climate Change Mitigation	$31,561,383,810	$5,644,767,316	Canada addresses climate change by transitioning to a low carbon economy	Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions (Mt CO2 eq) – historic data	40% to 45% below 2005 levels in 2030	2030 (Results will be available with the publication of the 2030 National Inventory Report in 2032).
				Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions (Mt CO2 eq)Footnote 1  - projections	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 732 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Decreased GHG emissions per unit of GDP demonstrating Canada’s emissions intensity is decoupled from its economic growth	Annual downward trend compared to 2005 base year 0.44 (Mt/$B GDP)	2030 (Results will be available in 2032)
				Decreased GHG emissions per capita, demonstrating Canada’s emissions intensity is decoupled from its population growth	Annual downward trend compared to 2005 base year of 22.7 Mt CO2 eq per capita	2030 (Results will be available in 2032)

Theme 1 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Buildings	$4,544,034,372	$1,299,728,709	Canada’s energy use in the building sector is transformed (through energy efficiency and fuel switching)	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the buildings sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 85 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical terajoules (TJ) of household end-use energy demand per household	Annual downward trend in terajoules per household compared to 2009 base year of 0.109 TJ	2030
				Projected and historical terajoules (TJ) of energy end-use by sector - residential	Annual downward trend in residential energy end-use (terajoules) compared to 2005 base year of 1.413 million TJ	2030
				Projected and historical terajoules (TJ) of energy end-use by sector - commercial	Annual downward trend in commercial, institutional and public administration energy end-use (terajoules) compared to 2005 base year of 1.208 million TJ	2030
				Projected and historical % of residential building space heating energy use supplied by electricity	Annual upward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 23.4%	2030
				Projected and historical % of commercial and institutional space heating energy use supplied by electricity	Annual upward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 7.8%	2030

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
INFC	Allocation-based and Direct Funding Stewardship	Green and Inclusive Community Buildings	$1,564,000,000	$437,756,364	Retrofits to improve energy efficiency and new net-zero buildings in and for high needs communities	Percentage of GHG emission reductions from buildings in the program (disaggregated by national and PT levels) – Retrofits only	Minimum 20% GHG reduction overall from buildings in the program – Retrofits only	2026
						Rate of adherence to net-zero building standards – New Builds only	90% minimum rate of adherence to net-zero or net-zero ready building standards among new build projects (disaggregated by net-zero (60% minimum) and net-zero ready (90% minimum)	2026
						Percentage of projects approved for funding in communities defined as high needs	Over 60% of approved projects are providing benefits to high-needs communities	2026
						Estimated number of jobs generated from projects	At least 6,000 employment opportunities projected from annual projects funded, based on modeling	2026
NRCan	Pl 2.10 Energy Efficiency Program	Canada Greener Homes Grant	$2,625,459,471	$828,750,165	Improved energy efficiency in Canada’s homes resulting from the Canada Greener Homes Grant initiative	Total annual energy saved (in petajoules)Footnote 2  resulting from the Canada Greener Homes Grant initiative	16.1 PJ of total annual energy savings	2027
NRCan	Pl 2.10 Energy Efficiency Program	Code Acceleration Fund	$119,032,023	$14,539,250	Improved energy efficiency in Canada’s homes and buildings through the Code Acceleration Fund	Energy saved (PJ) through the Code Acceleration Fund	Estimated 11.0 PJ of total annual energy savings	2030
NRCan	Pl 2.10 Energy Efficiency Program	Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative	$200,000,000	$10,229,122	Improved energy efficiency in target sectors (Buildings) through the Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative	Energy saved (PJ) through the Deep Retrofit Accelerator Initiative	Greater than or equal to 2.5 PJ of total annual energy savings	2030
NRCan	Energy Innovation and Clean Technology	Greener Neighbour-hoods Pilot program	$35,542,878	$8,453,808	Reduction in energy use intensity and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from retrofitted demonstration units	For pre- and post-retrofit: Annual energy use Annual GHG emissions (energy x local GHG factors for energy mix)	Average of 50% reduction in energy use intensity in retrofitted units from baselineFootnote 3 Average of 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in retrofitted units from baseline 3.0 Kilo tonnes CO2 eq reduction per year	2028

Theme 2 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Electricity	$1,479,089,165	$408,330,084	Canada’s production and supply of non-emitting electricity is increased.	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the electricity sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 118 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Percentage of electricity that is non-emitting	90% of electricity from non-emitting sources by 2030	2030
			The Government of Canada provides a streamlined approach to transitioning Indigenous and remote communities to clean energy.	Increased number of Indigenous communities benefit from sustainable and clean energy projects	150 clean energy projects launched	2024
					Number of communities benefiting from clean energy projects
					Number of training and employment opportunities created for Indigenous individuals

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
CIRNAC	Climate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy	Hydro Planning and Feasibility-North Stream (Northern REACHE)	$40,354,247	$18,769,682	Renewable energy projects are planned	Number of hydroelectricity and grid inter-connection projects that gain access to federal funds to complete planning and feasibility studies	8	2024
	Climate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy	Northern Responsible Energy Approach for Community Heat and Electricity (REACHE) program	$60,000,000 (plus $4.9M ongoing)	$12,000,000 (plus $4.9M ongoing)	Operational renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Northern communities are reducing diesel fuel use for electricity and heating	Litres of diesel avoided annually with clean energy	7M Litres	2030
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Reduction of CO2 Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations	$27,900,000	$2,750,000	Canadian greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant emissions are reduced	Percentage of Coal-Fired electricity generation units meeting their regulated GHG emissions intensity performance requirements	100%	Annually
ISC	Economic Development Capacity and Readiness	Strategic Partnerships Initiative – Indigenous Clean Energy Program (SPI-CEI)	$36,000,000	$12,000,000	Building Regional initiatives in Clean Energy to support local capacity and develop sustainable clean energy projects in First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities	Number of regional initiatives related to clean energy established	5	2024
					Support economic development and clean energy opportunities in First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities	Number of communities benefiting from clean energy projects	35 number of communities	2024
						Number of training / employment opportunities for Indigenous individuals	100 number of training / employment opportunities
NRCan	Electricity Resource Branch	Off-diesel remote and Indigenous communities	$233,132,855	$47,133,999	Indigenous, remote, and rural communities have access to clean energy	Litres of diesel fuel avoided annually with clean energy	35M Litres	2030
		Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways (SREPs) Program	$963,956,705	$306,096,668	Increased renewable energy added to the Canadian grid	Megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy directly supported by SREPs	1400 MW new electricity capacity supported by SREPs	2025
					Grid modernization is enabled	Total number of projects supported by SREPs	Up to 100 projects supported	2025
					Decreased GHG emissions from Canada’s electricity system	GHG emission reductions directly attributable to SREPs and its supported projects	Trend towards 2.1 Mt of direct GHG emission reductions annually	2025
		Strategic Interties Predevelopment Program	$25,000,000	$5,000,000	Federal, Provincial and Utility information requirements to support financial investment decisions are satisfied	Number of strategic intertie projects seeking regulatory approval with funding or financing support from the federal government, including from the Canada infrastructure Bank	Two projects submitted	2024
					Environmental and community input collected to inform project development	Number of community engagements and environmental reviews enabled by the program satisfying provincial regulatory requirements	Five community engagements completed satisfying provincial regulatory requirements	2024
							Five environmental reviews completed satisfying provincial regulatory requirements
					Provincial economic regulatory processes for connecting electricity grids	Number of economic regulated predevelopment studies, assessments, and reports satisfying provincial regulatory requirements, as determined by Provincial energy legislation	Five studies, assessments, and reports satisfying provincial regulatory requirements	2024
PSPC (with TBS support)	Property and Infrastructure	Federal Clean Electricity Fund	$92,745,358	$4,579,735	The Government of Canada will manage its real property portfolios to minimize GHG emissions	Percentage of electricity GHG emissions that are displaced with the accounting of RECs (via the Federal Clean Electricity Fund), in jurisdictions where no local procurement opportunities are pursued	100% clean electricity	2025

Theme 3 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Industry	$2,105,038,341	$492,920,103	Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sectors are reduced	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2eq) from the industrial sector	Annual downward trend compared to 2005 base year of 89 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical annual emissions of F-gases in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq)	Annual downward trend compared to 2020 base year of 13 Mt CO2 eq	2030

Theme 3 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Clean Fuel Regulations	$90,242,472	$11,946,697	Emission reductions are being achieved under the Clean Fuel Standard building on Renewable Fuels Regulations	Reduction in the carbon intensity of gasoline (gCO2eq/MJ)	14 gCO2eq/MJ (15%) below the baseline reference by 2030	2030
						Reduction in the carbon intensity of and diesel (gCO2eq/MJ)	14 gCO2eq/MJ (15%) below the baseline reference by 2030	2030
NRCan	Energy Innovation and Clean Technology	Energy Innovation Program – Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programmingFootnote 4	$320,548,943	$58,050,723	RD&D projects move emerging CCUS technologies closer to readiness	Number of projects supported related to CCUS technologies	Increasing number of projects supported annually, reaching 65-100 projects in total	2026
					Increased adoption and use of new CCUS technologies, solutions and knowledge	Increased uptake / adoption of knowledge, scientific findings and innovative solutions, processes and/or technologies resulting from RD&D projects (in line with other funding programs)	X% of CCUS technologies, solutions, findings and/or knowledge from CCUS RD&D projects are taken up and used by stakeholders.	2033
	Lower Carbon Transportation	Clean Fuels Fund	$1,500,222,624	$395,260,784	Growth in domestic clean fuel production capacity	Number of biomass hubs approved for funding to be established in Canada	7 biomass hubs	2026
						Number of new or expanded clean fuels production facilities approved	A minimum of 10 hydrogen production facilities Between 6-8 production facilities for other low-carbon fuels	2026
					Gaps in codes / standards and regulations impeding the production, distribution and use of clean fuels addressed	Number of new, revised and/or amended bi-national (where possible) codes and standards that are published for alternative fuels, vehicles and clean fuels infrastructure based on developed workplan / priority list.	8-10 per year	2024
	Pl 2.10 Energy Efficiency Program	Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program	$194,024,301	$27,661,899	Improved energy efficiency in the industrial sector through the Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program	Energy saved (PJ) through the Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program	53 PJ of total annual energy savings	2030

Theme 4 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Oil and Gas	$769,144,718	$5,075,919	Greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector are reduced	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the oil and gas sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 168 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical annual emissions of methane (Mt CO2 eq) in megatonnes of CO2 equivalent from the oil and gas sector	75% reduction relative to 2012 base year of 57.5 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical emissions intensity of overall oil production	Annual down trend compared to the 2005 base year of 72 kg CO2 eq per barrel of oil equivalent	2030

Theme 4 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Methane –Regulatory Measures	$19,144,720 ($1,914,472 ongoing in 2028-29)	$1,914,472	Canadian greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant emissions are reduced	Methane emissions from the oil and gas sector	Annual decrease towards a 40-45% decrease relative to 2012 levels by 2025	2025
NRCan	Lower Carbon Transportation & Energy Innovation and Clean Technology	Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF)	$749,999,998	$3,161,447	Emission Reduction Funding Onshore and Offshore: Support oil and gas companies to invest in green solutions to reduce GHGs and retain jobs in the sector	Amount of resulting GHG emissions reductions from ERF-funded projects in megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2 eq)	Trend towards 5.1 to 8.8 Mt CO2 eq in annual reductions	2025
						Percentage ERF applicants and proponents that share information related to workforce gender and diversity	100% of ERF applicants provide information related to workforce gender and diversity plans as part of their application	2023
						Percentage of applicants and proponents that share additional information related to workforce diversity	10% of ERF applicants voluntarily share additional workforce diversity data	2024

Theme 5 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Transportation	$9,853,623,305	$1,371,759,634	Canada’s emissions from the transportation sector are reduced through increased efficiency, use of clean fuels, and low- and zero-emission vehicles (ZEV).	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the transportation sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 157 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Light-duty vehicle (LDV) ZEV market share (percentage of new LDV sales)	100% of new light duty vehicle sales	2035
				Number of public electric vehicle chargers	Year over year upward trend in the number of chargers	2030

Theme 5 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal[*] (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Light Duty Vehicle Regulations	$51,251,701 ($2,540,000 ongoing in 2028-29)	$7,656,939	Canadian greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant emissions are reduced	Percentage reduction of GHG emissions from light-duty vehicles	Target is under development	NA
		Heavy Duty Vehicle Regulations	$45,501,694 ($1,969,967 ongoing in 2028-29)	$7,190,368	Canadian greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutant emissions are reduced	Percentage reduction of GHG emissions from heavy-duty vehicles - heavy-duty pick-up trucks and vans	Reporting for 2022 Model Year: Percentage improvement in GHG emissions performance for manufacturer model year 2021–2023 reporting relative to the 2018 model year: 2%: heavy-duty pick-up trucks and vans	2024
						Percentage reduction of GHG emissions from heavy-duty vehicles - Combination Tractors	Reporting for 2022 Model Year: Percentage improvement in GHG emissions performance for manufacturer model year 2021–2023 reporting relative to the 2018 model year: 13%: Combination Tractors	2024
						Percentage reduction of GHG emissions from heavy-duty vehicles - Vocational vehicles	Reporting for 2022 Model Year: Percentage improvement in GHG emissions performance for manufacturer model year 2021–2023 reporting relative to the 2018 model year: 8%: Vocational vehicles	2024
INFC	Allocation- and Merit-based Funding Oversight program	Permanent Public Transit Program	$5,941,489,341	$518,156,822	Maintain or increase zero-emission transportation capacity	Number of zero-emission buses purchased	Contributes to the Government of Canada’s commitment to help purchase 5,000 zero emission buses	2028
					Improved capacity of public transit infrastructure	Length (in KMs) of rapid transit tracks and lines built or enhanced	140 KM	2031
						Length (in KMs) of active transportation infrastructure built or enhanced	4000 KM	2031
						Number (by type) of rolling stock purchased	200 railcars 1550 transit and school buses	2031
NRCan & Canada Infrastructure Bank	Lower Carbon Transportation & Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative	Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program	$680,000,000	$181,482,863	Supporting EV chargers and hydrogen refuelling stations	Number of chargers, and hydrogen refueling stations approved	84,500 new chargers 10 new hydrogen stations	2029
TBS	Core Responsibility: Administrative Leadership (DRF) Program: Comptrollership Program (Program Inventory)	Low-Carbon Fuel Procurement Program	$227,900,000	$10,900,000	Fleet and mobility solutions are green and progress toward net-zero emissions	Cumulative volume of low carbon fuel purchased for federal air and marine fleet operations with upward progression monitored annually from 2023-24.	At least 325M litres cumulative low-carbon fuel purchased	2030
					The federal government leads by example through operations that are net-zero emissions, resilient and green	Avoided cumulative emissions from use of clean, low-carbon fuels for government air and marine fleets	Avoided at least 507 kt CO2e in cumulative emissions by FY2030-31	2030
TC	Climate Change and Clean Air	Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles Program (iZEV program)	$2,359,965,812	$549,331,459	Canadians and Canadian businesses increase their purchases of affordable zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), with new registrations of ZEVs continuing to move towards Canada’s ZEV sales targets (at least 20% by model year 2026, at least 60% by model year 2030 and 100% by model year 2035)	# of light-duty ZEVs incented through program	535,000 new ZEVs subsidized	2025
		Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-duty Zero-Emission Vehicles Program (iMHZEV)	$547,514,757	$97,041,183	Canadian organizations (for profit and non-profit), provinces, territories and municipalities increase their purchases of medium-, and heavy-duty ZEVs, with new registrations continuing to move towards Canada’s medium-, and heavy-duty ZEV sales targets (35% by 2030 and 100% by 2040 for a subset of vehicle types based on feasibility)	# of medium-, and heavy-duty ZEVs incented through program	20,000 medium-, and heavy-duty ZEVs over 4 years	March 2026

Theme 6 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Agriculture and Waste	$529,517,851	$126,953,729	Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and waste sectors are reduced	Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the agriculture sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 64Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected annual emissions of domestic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in megatonnes (Mt CO2 eq) from the waste sector	Annual downward trend compared to the 2005 base year of 22 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical annual methane emissions in megatons of CO2 eq (Mt CO2 eq) from the agriculture sector	Annual downward trend compared to 2020 base year of 35 Mt CO2 eq	2030
				Projected and historical annual methane emissions in megatons of CO2 eq (Mt CO2 eq) from the waste sector	45% reduction relative to 2020 base year of 20Mt CO2 eq	2030

Theme 6 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
AAFC	Science and Innovation	Agricultural Clean Technology Program	$495,666,287	$120,452,016	Increased knowledge and capacity to conduct research and advance the development of agricultural clean technologies Increased adoption of clean technologies to address environmental sustainability and reduce GHG emissions Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector reduces GHG emissions and is more environ-mentally sustainable	Number of agricultural clean technologies developed Number of adopted agricultural clean technologies	Target number of agricultural clean technologies developed will be set by September 2023. Target number of adopted agricultural clean technologies is 1200 by March 2028.	2028
						Potential reduction of GHG emissions	Reductions can be estimated as high as 0.8 Mt CO2 eq in annual reductions, by 2028	2028
		Resilient Agriculture Landscapes Program	$0*	$0*	Increased adoption of BMPs that maximize provision of multiple ecological goods & services, in particular implementation of higher public value projects on agricultural lands	Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector reduces GHG emissions	Trend towards 2.7 Mt CO2 eq in annual reductions	2028
		Fertilizer Emission Reduction Target	$0*	$0*	Increased adoption of practices that reduce emissions from fertilizer application	Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector reduces GHG emissions from fertilizer application	Emissions reduced by 30% from 2020 baseline (3.75 Mt CO2 eq)	2028
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Regulations on methane from landfills	$33,851,564	$6,501,713	Methane emissions from Canadian landfills are reduced	Methane mitigated at landfills (Mt CO2 eq)	Trend towards 11.5 Mt CO2 eq in annual reductions	2030

*Please note that funding authorities for the Resilient Agriculture Landscapes Program and the Fertilizer Emission Reduction Target were not yet approved at the time of publishing this Departmental Plan and are thus not reflected in the total federal funding and the 2023-24 planned spending

Theme 7 details

Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Economy-wide	$12,280,936,058	$1,939,999,138	Policies and programs in place incentivize businesses to invest in technologies to reduce their energy use. *Economy-wide measures impact multiple sectors of the economy simultaneously. Therefore emission reductions from these activities are accounted for in the emission projections reported under other themes.	Expenditures of energy related in-house R&D investments by area of technology (in $)	Positive rate of growth	2030
				Percentage of total national gross domestic product attributable to environmental and clean technology products	Positive rate of growth	2030
				Number of jobs in the environmental and clean technology products sector	Positive rate of growth	2030

Theme 7 horizontal initiative activities

Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2023–24 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
ECCC	Clean Growth and Climate Change Mitigation	Carbon Pollution Pricing	$4,864,281	$0	Carbon pollution pricing continues to apply in all 10 provinces and three territories in Canada aligned with the federal benchmark criteria	Number of provinces and territories that have a carbon pollution pricing system, either PT or federal backstop, that align with the federal benchmark criteria	13	Maintain annually (since 2019)
		Proceeds Return – Output Based Pricing System (OBPS)	$53,032,134	$11,206,036	Project implementation reduces GHG emissions	Estimated GHG emissions reductions in 2030 attributable to projects supported by OBPS proceeds	1.3 megatonnes (Mt)Footnote 5	2029
					Long-term decarbonisation of heavy emitting sectors is supported	Percentage of merit-based projects supported by OBPS proceeds that are compatible with long-term net-zero plans	50%	2030
					Carbon pricing proceeds are returned to the jurisdiction of origin	Percentage of collected OBPS proceeds returned to jurisdiction of origin	100%	Annually
		Canada’s GHG Credit Offsets System	TBD	TBD	Greenhouse gas reductions from projects not subject to legal requirements or covered by pollution pricing, primarily in the waste, forestry and agriculture sectors	Number of projects registered	Participation in the federal offset system is voluntary	Ongoing
		Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF)	$1,873,630,545	$318,689,738	Contribution of the LCEF towards the reduction of GHG emissions from Canadian sources	Annual GHG emission reductions in 2030 (Mt CO2 eq)	7.0 Mt CO2 eq	2030
					Change in aggregate energy savings from proposals supported through the LCEF	Annual energy savings in petajoules by 2030 (PJ)	18.0 PJ	2030
					Contribution of the LCEF to job creation	Number of jobs created by 2024	57,600- 115,200	2024
		Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF 2)	$2,216,131,391 ($322,581 ongoing in 2029-30)	$353,008,780	GHG emissions are reduced from projects funded by the LCEF 2	Estimated GHG emissions reductions in 2030 (Mt CO2 eq)	6.0 Mt CO2 eq	2030
					The LCEF 2 generates energy savings	Amount of energy savings in 2030 (PJ)	20.0 PJ
					The LCEF 2 supports clean growth	Number of jobs created by 2030	50,000
					The LCEF 2 supports Indigenous climate leadership	Number of Indigenous-led projects funded	150
FIN	Tax Policy and Legislation	Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for Zero-Emission Automotive Equipment and Vehicles	NA	NA	Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from on road and off-road automotive equipment and vehicles	Amount of eligible investments made	NA	NA
ISED	Business Innovation	Strategic Innovation Fund - Net Zero Accelerator	$8,074,785,912	$1,202,469,052	Fund projects that support industrial decarbonisation, development of clean technology and Canadian batteries ecosystem, and transformation of key industrial sectors to help transform the economy for clean and long term growth	Aggregate of validated forward-looking project estimates for GHG reductions in 2030, [measured on March 31, 2025.]	23.5 Mt CO2	2025
ISED (with NRCan support)	ISED: Clean Technology and Clean Growth Program & NRCan: Clean Energy and Clean Technology Program	Clean Growth Hub	$5,591,795	$1,725,532	The Clean Growth Hub works with clean technology producers and adopters to help find federal programs and services to advance clean tech projects	% new and returning clients that indicate GHG mitigation as primary environmental benefit of their project or technology	A target will be set in 2023-24 as there is currently insufficient baseline data to establish an informed target.	Annually
						% of surveyed Clean Growth Hub clients that acted on the advice or information provided by the hub (e.g. applied to government programs)	70% of surveyed Clean Growth Hub clients that acted on the advice or information provided by the Hub	Annually
						% of new or returning clients that self-identify as led or majority owned by underrepresented groups in clean technology (women, Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons living with disabilities and/or members of the LGBTQ2 community)	A target will be set in 2023-24 as there is currently insufficient baseline data to establish an informed target.	Annually
NRCan	Energy Innovation and Clean Technology	Energy Innovation Program	$52,900,000	$52,900,000	Environmental benefits from technology and/or new policies, codes and standards at sector level	GHG emission reductions (in Mt) from tech-nologies and replications from project demonstrations)Footnote 6	Trend towards 4.25 Mt CO2 eq annually in direct reductions per year Combined total 10-16 Mt CO2 eq direct and indirect reductions per yearFootnote 7	2030
					Economic benefits from clean energy technology RD&D projects	Number of job years of employment generated by project	Increasing number of job years annually, reaching a combined total of 800 direct and indirect job years of employment per year	2030
PSPC	Procurement Program	Building Capacity to Support Green Procurement	NA	NA	Immediate: Environmental considerations are integrated into procurement Intermediate: embodied GHGs in high impact categories are measured and reduced	Percentage of Standing Offers and Supply Arrange-ments (SOSA) that include “green” goods and services	At least 45% (total)	2024

Total spending, all themes

Theme	Total federal funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)	2023–24 total federal planned spending (dollars)
Theme 1	$4,544,034,372	$1,299,728,709
Theme 2	$1,479,089,165	$408,330,084
Theme 3	$2,105,038,341	$492,920,103
Theme 4	$769,144,718	$5,075,919
Theme 5	$9,853,623,305	$1,371,759,634
Theme 6	$529,517,851	$126,953,729
Theme 7	$12,280,936,058	$1,939,999,138
Total, all themes	$31,561,383,810	$5,644,767,316