Planned evaluation coverage over the next five fiscal years
Upcoming evaluations over the next five fiscal years
Note: The following table is draft and only provides an estimate of the forecasted evaluation schedule. NRCan’s five-year plan will be final once approved by the department’s Deputy Minister, at which time this supplementary table will be updated.
| Program | Last Evaluation | Evaluations planned in the next 5 years | Fiscal year of approval | 2018–19 Program spending covered by the planned evaluation | 2018–19 Program spending covered by all planned evaluations | 2018–19 Total program spending | Rationale for not evaluating Program or spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Geodetic Survey: Spatially Enabling Canada | Evaluation of Essential Geographic Information, 2017-18 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 5,822,255 | The activities related to the unevaluated program are of low risk and low materiality, as confirmed by the evaluation of Essential Geographic Information in 2017-18. |
| Geological Knowledge for Canada’s Onshore and Offshore Land | Evaluation of the Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals Program, 2012-13 | Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals | 2018-19 | 35,028,007 | 35,529,795 | 35,529,795 | |
| Horizontal Evaluation of Canada’s Extended Continental Shelf Footnote 1 | 2018-19 | 501,788 | |||||
| Core Geospatial Data | Evaluation of the Essential Geographic Information Program, 2017-18 | Core Geospatial Data/Innovative Geospatial Solutions Footnote 2 | 2022-23 | 14,046,011 | 14,046,011 | 14,046,011 | |
| Canada-US International Boundary Treaty | Evaluation of Canada's Legal Boundaries, 2014-15 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 1,748,796 | The activities related to the unevaluated program are of low risk and low materiality. |
| Canada Lands Survey System | Evaluation of Canada's Legal Boundaries, 2014-15 | Canada Lands Survey System | 2019-20 | 9,560,082 | 9,560,082 | 9,560,082 | |
| Pest Risk Management | Evaluation of the Forest Disturbances Sciences and Applications Program, 2017-18 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | $21,754,028 | The activities related to the unevaluated program involve long-term research programs, and are of low risk and were evaluated in 2017-18. |
| Geoscience for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources | Evaluation of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative - Phase 4, 2014 | Targeted Geoscience Initiative, Phase 5Footnote 3 | 2019-20 | 11,087,543 | 11,087,543 | 25,078,210 | Other elements of this program are being considered for inclusion in the final 2018-19 to 2022-23 five-year Departmental Evaluation Plan. This item will be updated to reflect the final plan as approved by the Deputy Minister. |
| Forest Climate Change | Evaluation of Forest Disturbances Science and Application, 2017-18 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 5,928,499 | The activities related to the unevaluated program are of low risk and low materiality, as confirmed by the 2017-18 Evaluation of the Forest Disturbances Science and Applications program. |
| Climate Change Adaptation | Horizontal Evaluation of the Clean Air Adaptation Theme | Climate Change AdaptationFootnote 4 | 2020-21 | 6,948,598 | 6,948,598 | 6,948,598 | |
| Horizontal Evaluation of Climate Change and Clean Growth Adaptation ThemeFootnote 5 | 2021-22 | ||||||
| Explosives Safety and Security | Evaluation of the Explosives Safety and Security Branch (ESSB) of the Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS), 2010-11 | Horizontal Evaluation of the Single Window InitiativeFootnote 6 | 2018-19 | 1,532,812 | 4,238,427 | 4,238,427 | |
| Explosives Safety and Security | 2022-23 | 2,705,615 | |||||
| Geoscience to Keep Canada Safe | Evaluation of the Geohazards and Public Safety Program (Sub-Activity 3.1.5) 2014-15 | Canadian Hazards Information Systems (CHIS) | 2019-20 | 14,126,747 | 17,550,730 | 17,630,883 | |
| Targeted Geoscience Initiative, Phase Five | 2019-20 | 115,495 | |||||
| Climate Change Adaptation | 2020-21 | 3,308,488 | |||||
| Horizontal Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Theme | 2021-22 | ||||||
| Wildfire Risk Management | Evaluation of the Forest Disturbances Science and Applications Sub-program, 2017-18 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 7,248,881 | The activities related to the unevaluated program are of low risk and low materiality, as confirmed by the 2017-18 Evaluation of the Forest Disturbances Science and Applications program. |
| Polar Continental Shelf Program | Evaluation of the Polar Continental Shelf Program, 2012-13 | Evaluation of the Polar Continental Shelf Program | 2019-20 | 6,924,566 | 6,924,566 | 6,924,566 | |
| Clean Energy Technology Policy, Research and Engagement | Synthesis of the Clean Energy Science and Technology Sub-program, 2015-16 | Horizontal Evaluation of the World Class Tanker Safety System (Phase II)Footnote 7 - Led by TC (IETS) | 2018-19 | 3,855,094 | 7,035,602 | 10,813,870 | Other elements of this program are being considered for inclusion in the final 2018-19 to 2022-23 five-year Departmental Evaluation Plan. This item will be updated to reflect the final plan as approved by the Deputy Minister. |
| Clean Growth in Natural Resource Sectors Footnote 8 | 2019-20 | 3,180,508 | |||||
| Clean Growth in Natural Resource Sectors | Synthesis of the Clean Energy Science and Technology Sub-program, 2015-16 | Clean Growth in Natural Resource Sectors | 2019-20 | 82,486,581 | 82,486,581 | 82,486,581 | |
| Energy Innovation Program | Synthesis of the Clean Energy Science and Technology Sub-program | Evaluation of the Energy Innovation Program Footnote 9 | 2018-19 | 52,481,682 | 107,734,826 | 107,734,826 | |
| Deployment of Electric Vehicles and Alternative Transportation Fuels Footnote 10 | 2020-21 | 10,876,444 | |||||
| Smart GridsFootnote 11 | 2021-22 | 14,036,755 | |||||
| Evaluation of the Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Demonstration Program Footnote 12 | 2021-22 | 22,344,000 | |||||
| Clean Energy for Rural and Remote CommunitiesFootnote 13 | 2022-23 | 3,957,720 | |||||
| Energy Efficient BuildingsFootnote 14 | 2022-23 | 4,038,225 | |||||
| Green Mining Innovation | Evaluation of the Mining Innovation Program, 2017-18 | Evaluation of the Green Mining Innovation Program | 2022-23 | 15,632,312 | 15,632,312 | 15,632,312 | |
| Fibre Solutions | Evaluation of Forest Sector Innovation Sub-Program, 2014-15 | Forest Sector InnovationFootnote 15 | 2018-19 | 3,442,733 | 3,442,733 | 3,442,733 | |
| Cumulative Effects | Evaluation of Forest Ecosystems Science and Application Program Sub Activity, 2013-14 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 4,015,407 | The activities related to this program are associated with with long-term research and science programs. They are deemed low risk and low materiality. |
| Sustainable Forest Management | Evaluation of Forest Ecosystems Science and Application Program Sub Activity, 2013-14 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 9,408,838 | The activities related to this program are associated with with long-term research and science programs. They are deemed low risk and low materiality. |
| Electricity Resources | Evaluation Report: Renewable Energy Deployment Sub-program (RED), 2015-16 | Renewable Energy Deployment | 2020-21 | 108,852,705 | 149,391,455 | 159,596,124 | This cycle of planning does not include Contributions in Support of the Clean-up of the Gunnar and Loredo facilities of $9,335,000. It also will exclude funding of $ 868,669 for Marine Conservation Targets which will sunset in the following year. |
| Smart Grid | 2021-22 | 10,869,837 | |||||
| Emerging Renewables | 2022-23 | 24,939,778 | |||||
| Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities | 2022-23 | 4,729,135 | |||||
| Energy Efficiency | Evaluation Report: Evaluation of the Office of Energy Efficiency, 2014-15 | Energy Efficiency ProgramFootnote 16 | 2018-19 | 26,324,633 | 41,781,003 | 41,781,003 | |
| Green Infrastructure: Energy Efficient Buildings | 2022-23 | 15,456,370 | |||||
| Energy and Climate Change Policy | Evaluation of the Clean Air Agenda’s International Actions Theme (led by ECCC) | Energy Policy CapacityFootnote 17 | 2018-19 | 4,439,349 | 4,439,349 | 4,439,349 | |
| Lower Carbon Transportation | Evaluation Report: EcoENERGY for Alternative Fuels Program , 2015-16 | Energy Efficiency Program | 2018-19 | 33,742,826 | 52,734,933 | 53,125,858 | Other elements of this program are being considered for inclusion in the final 2018-19 to 2022-23 five-year Departmental Evaluation Plan. This item will be updated to reflect the final plan as approved by the Deputy Minister. |
| Deployment of Electric Vehicles and Alternative Transportation Fuels | 2020-21 | 18,992,107 | |||||
| Innovative Geospatial Solutions | Evaluation of the Essential Geographic Information Program, 2017-18 | Core Geospatial Data/Innovative Geospatial Solutions | 2022-23 | 14,046,011 | 14,046,011 | 14,046,011 | |
| Forest Sector Competitiveness | Evaluation of the Expanding Market Opportunities Program, 2016-17 | Joint audit and evaluation project of the Forest Sector Competitiveness Program | 2018-19 | 95,063,251Footnote 18 | 95,063,251 | 95,063,251 | |
| Evaluation of the Forest Sector Innovation Program | 2019-20 | 56,549,379 | |||||
| Expanding Market Opportunities | 2019-20 | 20,902,662 | |||||
| Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities | 2022-23 | 10,573,324 | |||||
| Provision of Federal Leadership in the Minerals and Metals Sector | Not Applicable | Formative Evaluation of the LMS Policy Capacity | 2018-19 | 5,637,789 | 15,706,084 | 15,706,084 | |
| Extractive Sector Transparency (ESTMA)Footnote 19 | 2019-20 | 10,068,295 | |||||
| Energy Safety and Security and Petroleum Resources | Not Applicable | Energy Policy Capacity | 2018-19 | 8,632,068 | 8,632,068 | 8,632,068 | |
| International Energy Engagement | Not Applicable | Energy Policy Capacity | 2018-19 | 3,812,847 | 3,812,847 | 3,812,847 | |
| Horizontal Evaluation of Clean Growth and Climate Change - International Cooperation ThemeFootnote 20 | 2020-21 | 3,146,731 | |||||
| Indigenous Partnerships Office – West | Not Applicable | Indigenous Partnerships Office – West | 2018-19 | 21,025,177 | 21,025,177 | 21,025,177 | |
| Major Projects Management Office Initiative | Evaluation of the Major Projects Management Office Initiative, 2011-12 | Horizontal Evaluation of the Major Projects Management Office InitiativeFootnote 21 | 2018-19 | 6,652,071 | 6,652,071 | 6,652,071 | |
| Youth Employment Strategy | Summative Evaluation of the Youth Employment Strategy, 2014-15 | Horizontal Evaluation of the Youth Employment Strategy (Horizontal)Footnote 22 | 2019-20 | 8,828,214 | 8,828,214 | 8,828,214 | |
| Total Program Spending (excluding statutory payments) | 744,330,269 | 828,701,655 | |||||
| Statutory Offshore Payments | 521,471,910 | Legislated payments are excluded from evaluation | |||||
| NRCan Total Program Spending | 744,330,269 | 1,350,173,564 |
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