Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 2025–26 Departmental Plan at a glance
A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
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Key priorities
TBS’s top priorities for 2025–26 are as follows:
- advancing responsible government spending
- improving digital government and the delivery of digital services
- strengthening management excellence across the public service
- improving people management practices and bargaining in good faith
- modernizing the federal regulatory system
Highlights
In 2025–26, total planned spending (including internal services) for TBS is $9,801,539,394 and total planned full‑time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 2,201. For complete information on TBS’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full plan.
The following provides a summary of the department’s planned achievements for 2025–26 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Core responsibility 1: Spending oversight
Planned spending: $5,417,698,599
Planned human resources: 300
Departmental result
- Government organizations measure, evaluate and report on their performance
TBS will continue to provide oversight on government spending by:
- reviewing new and existing spending
- improving results‑based management
More information about the spending oversight core responsibility can be found in the full plan.
Core responsibility 2: Administrative leadership
Planned spending: $142,017,011
Planned human resources: 584
Departmental results
- Government service delivery is digitally enabled and meets the needs of Canadians
- Government has good asset and financial management practices
TBS will continue to promote the sound management of the government by:
- examining public service productivity
- strengthening the management of risk and compliance
- leading digital government transformation
- providing strategic direction for managing assets and finances
- leading the greening of government operations
- supporting effective communications
More information about the administrative leadership core responsibility can be found in the full plan.
Core responsibility 3: Employer
Planned spending: $4,133,525,789
Planned human resources: 600
Departmental results
- The public service has good people management practices
- Terms and conditions of public service employment are negotiated in good faith
TBS will continue to ensure that the government develops and nurtures the diverse talent it needs to deliver programs and services to Canadians efficiently and with integrity while respecting and reflecting the differences in the population it serves by:
- bargaining in good faith
- modernizing the public service pension plan
- strengthening and modernizing people management in the public service
- reinforcing the values and ethics of the public service
- creating a diverse, equitable, accessible and inclusive workforce and workplace
- promoting official languages
- supporting occupational health and safety
More information about the employer core responsibility can be found in the full plan.
Core responsibility 4: Regulatory oversight
Planned spending: $10,525,457
Planned human resources: 59
Departmental results
- The federal regulatory system protects and advances the public interest, including sustainable economic growth
TBS will continue to ensure a modern and effective regulatory framework by:
- reviewing regulations
- encouraging regulatory cooperation and harmonization
- reducing regulatory red tape
More information about the regulatory oversight core responsibility can be found in the full plan.