Details on transfer payment programs
Open Government Partnership
Time frame of the transfer payment program
- Start date:
- End date: Ongoing
- Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2016–17
Funding details
- Name of program terms and conditions: Open Government Partnership
- Type of transfer payment: Contribution
- Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates
Purpose and objectives
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The annual contribution to the Open Government Partnership advances Canada’s openness and transparency efforts. It does this by:
- leveraging international expertise, dialogue and lessons learned
- helping foster ambitious open government commitments
- facilitating access to international expertise and peer review
- supporting rigorous annual assessments of progress
Recipients
General targeted recipient groups: One recipient — Open Government Partnership, an international organization
Departmental Results Framework
Link to departmental result(s): Administrative leadership
Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Digital government program
Expected results: Canada’s membership in the Open Government Partnership offers important benefits, such as:
- accessing international expertise, including that of other governments and of civil society
- showcasing Canada’s open government accomplishments and innovations
- influencing the direction of the partnership
- offering Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat officials opportunities to participate at different levels of the partnership (for example, serving on councils or working groups, and attending meetings)
- promoting best practices in a specific field of expertise
- contributing to a central source of information and guidance related to that field
- performing rigorous, independent progress reviews of Canada’s plan
Evaluation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2025–26 forecast spending | 2026–27 planned spending | 2027–28 planned spending | 2028–29 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 381,340 | 281,690 | 281,690 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total program | 381,340 | 281,690 | 281,690 | 0 |
Forecast spending and planned spending explanation
The Open Government Partnership program is scheduled to conclude in 2027–28.
Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance Program Office
Time frame of the transfer payment program
- Start date:
- End date: Ongoing
- Fiscal year for terms and conditions: The President of Treasury Board renewed the terms and conditions indefinitely in .
Funding details
- Name of program terms and conditions: Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance Program
- Type of transfer payment: Contribution
- Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates
Purpose and objectives
- Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Research and Policy Initiatives Assistance Program supports initiatives led by third-party organizations that contribute to the effectiveness of public service management practices. This includes the improvement, advancement and promotion of public sector policy research, innovation and engagement.
Recipients
General targeted recipient groups:
- individuals
- not-for-profit organizations
- universities, colleges, cooperatives
- provincial, territorial and municipal government agencies
- provincial and territorial Crown corporations
- international organizations
- non-governmental organizations
- Indigenous communities
Departmental Results Framework
Link to departmental result(s): Eligible projects led by third-party recipients can support any Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) result.
Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Eligible projects led by third-party recipients can support any program in TBS’s Program Inventory.
Expected results:
Immediate outcomes:
- increase innovative approaches to public policy
- promote engagement with experts, stakeholders and the general public
- offer access to expanded knowledge related to public sector or public policy issues
Intermediate outcome:
- increase contribution to knowledge in emerging public sector or public service policy issues
Final outcome:
- contribute to improving, advancing and promoting public sector policy research and public sector management
Evaluation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2025–26 forecast spending | 2026–27 planned spending | 2027–28 planned spending | 2028–29 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 149,967 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total program | 149,967 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forecast spending and planned spending explanation
Spending varies from year to year depending on the number of contribution agreements signed. Forecast spending represents the commitments made through signed contribution agreements at the time the 2026–27 TBS Departmental Plan was prepared. For information on signed agreements, visit the Open Government website for Proactive Disclosure of Grants and Contributions.
Payments, in the nature of Workers’ Compensation, in accordance with the Public Service Income Benefit Plan for Survivors of Employees Slain on Duty
Time frame of the transfer payment program
- Start date: 1981
- End date: Ongoing
- Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable
Funding details
- Name of program terms and conditions: Funding agreement
- Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
- Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates
Purpose and objectives
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The self-insured Public Service Income Benefit Plan for Survivors of Employees Slain on Duty provides an income guarantee to the spouses and children of employees whose death was caused by an unlawful act of violence committed by a third party that occurred during the course of or arising from the employees’ performance of their duties.
Recipients
General targeted recipient groups: The spouses and children of employees whose death was caused by an unlawful act of violence committed by a third party that occurred during the course of or arising from the employees’ performance of their duties.
Departmental Results Framework
Link to departmental result(s): Employer
Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Public service employer payments
Expected results: The plan supplements the income receivable under the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan, the Government Employees Compensation Act and the Pension Act to an amount equal to 100% of the net pay or pension that would otherwise be paid to the employee.
Evaluation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2025–26 forecast spending | 2026–27 planned spending | 2027–28 planned spending | 2028–29 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 495,000 | 495,000 | 495,000 | 495,000 |
| Total program | 495,000 | 495,000 | 495,000 | 495,000 |
Special Indemnity Plan for Spouses of Canadian Forces Attachés
Time frame of the transfer payment program
- Start date: 1976
- End date: Ongoing
- Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable
Funding details
- Name of program terms and conditions: Funding agreement
- Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
- Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates
Purpose and objectives
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Special Indemnity Plan for Spouses of Canadian Forces Attachés is a compensation program that provides coverage for injury or death sustained by spouses while accompanying an attaché on an operational trip.
Recipients
General targeted recipient groups: Spouses of Canadian Forces attachés
Departmental Results Framework
Link to departmental result(s): Employer
Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Public service employer payments
Expected results: The indemnity payable under the Special Indemnity Plan for Spouses of Canadian Forces Attachés is equal to the pension amount that would have been awarded under the Pension Act if the spouse were a Canadian Forces member for the purpose of the Pension Act and the disability or death were directly connected to military service in peacetime.
Evaluation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2025–26 forecast spending | 2026–27 planned spending | 2027–28 planned spending | 2028–29 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Total program | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Statutory transfer payments under the Public Service Pension Adjustment Act (R.S.C., 1970, c. P-33)
Time frame of the transfer payment program
- Start date: 1970
- End date: Ongoing
- Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Not applicable
Funding details
- Name of program terms and conditions: Funding agreement
- Type of transfer payment: Other transfer payment
- Type of appropriation: Statutory authority — Public Service Pension Adjustment Act (R.S.C. 1970, c. P-33)
Purpose and objectives
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: To provide pensions to former government employees not entitled under current superannuation acts.
Recipients
General targeted recipient groups: Former government employees not entitled under the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
Departmental Results Framework
Link to departmental result(s): Employer
Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Public service employer payments
Expected results: Pension payments to former government employees that are not authorized under the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
Evaluation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: Not applicable
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2025–26 forecast spending | 2026–27 planned spending | 2027–28 planned spending | 2028–29 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total program | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forecast spending and planned spending explanation
Payments vary from year to year. They are made if a member of a defined benefit registered pension plan is credited with new or improved benefits for previous years of service that occurred after 1989. Because these payments cannot be anticipated, no spending is forecast or planned. Expenditure authority is provided through the Public Service Pension Adjustment Act.