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Table 8: Details on Transfer Payment Programs (TPPs)



1) Name of Transfer Payment Program: Western Diversification Program

2) Start Date: 1987-1988

3) End Date: Terms and Conditions expire July 14, 2008; however, payments against G&C agreements approved prior to this date may be made until March 31, 2010. WD will be seeking approval to renew terms and conditions.

4) Description: This program was designed to promote economic development and diversification in Western Canada and advance the interests of Western Canada in national policy, program and project development and implementation.

5) Strategic Outcomes: Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Community Economic Development and Policy, Advocacy and Coordination

6) Results Achieved: A competitive and expanded business sector in Western Canada and a strengthened western Canadian innovation system. Economically viability communities in Western Canada with a high quality of life. Policies and programs that support the development of Western Canada.




  

7) Actual
Spending 2004–2005

8) Actual Spending
2005–2006

9) Planned Spending 2006–2007

10) Total Authorities
2006–2007

11) Actual Spending
2006–2007

12) Variance Between 9) and 11) 

13) Business Development and Entrepreneurship

           

   14a) Total Grants*

0

0

29,000

32,000

32,000

-3,000

   14b) Total Contributions

20,126

20,536

31,400

12,503

11,898

19,502

   14c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

15) Total Business Development and Entrepreneurship

20,126

20,536

60,400

44,503

43,898

16,502

16) Innovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

   17a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

   17b) Total Contributions

47,762

35,216

34,400

51,560

51,560

-17,160

   17c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

18) Total Innovation

47,762

35,216

34,400

51,560

51,560

-17,160

19) Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

   20a) Total Grants

0

0

0

15,000

15,000

-15,000

20b) Total Contributions**

23,617

32,734

84,900

81,769

71,144

13,756

   20c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

21) Total Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment

23,617

32,734

84,900

96,769

86,144

-1,244

22) Collaboration and Coordination

 

 

 

 

 

 

23a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

23b) Total Contributions

0

35

100

73

73

27

   23c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

24) Total Collaboration and Coordination

0

35

100

73

73

27

25) Advocacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

   26a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

   26b) Total Contributions

0

0

100

0

0

100

   26c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

27) Total Advocacy

0

0

100

0

0

100

28) Research and Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

   29a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

   29b) Total Contributions

0

527

600

472

472

128

   29c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

30) Total Research and Analysis

0

527

600

472

472

128

31) Total Western Economic Diversification Program

91,505

89,048

180,500

193,377

182,147

-1,647

32) Comment(s) on Variance(s):  Actual spending is greater than planned spending as new funding was received through the Supplementary Estimates process (total of $21.4 million).

33) Significant Audit and Evaluation Findings and URL (s) to Last Audit and/or Evaluation:  http://www.wd.gc.ca/rpts/audit/wdp/default_e.asp


*Note:  Planned spending of a $29M grant for the Prince Rupert Port Authority was reported as a separate program in the 2006-2007 RPP.
**Note:  Actual spending is lower than Total Authorities, primarily due to the transfer of contractual commitments under the Alberta / Saskatchewan Centenaries Initiative to future years.



1) Name of Transfer Payment Program:  Community Futures Program

2) Start Date: October 3, 2005.

3) End Date:  October 2, 2010.

4) Description:  This program was designed to provide funding for a network of Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) across Canada with WD as the delivery department for the West. CFDCs are volunteer-led, non-profit organizations that lead strategic economic planning, and provide advice and commercial loans to local entrepreneurs, in order to foster economic development.

5) Strategic Outcomes:  Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Community Economic Development.

6) Results Achieved: Business services, access to capital, and strategic community planning.

  

7) Actual Spending 2004-2005

8) Actual Spending
2005–2006

9) Planned Spending 2006–2007

10) Total Authorities
2006–2007

11) Actual Spending
2006–2007

12) Variance Between 9) and 11) 

13) Business Development and Entrepreneurship

           

14a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

14b) Total Contributions

15,612

14,555

13,600

13,600

13,442

158

14c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

15) Total Business Development and Entrepreneurship

15,612

14,555

13,600

13,600

13,442

158

16) Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

17a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

17b) Total Contributions

8,677

10,963

13,600

13,600

12,950

650

   17c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

18) Total Community Economic Planning, Development and Adjustment

8,677

10,963

13,600

13,600

12,950

650

19) Total Community Futures Program

24,289

25,518

27,200

27,200

26,392

808

19) Comment(s) on Variance(s): N/A

20) Significant Audit and Evaluation Findings and URL (s) to Last Audit and/or Evaluation:  http://www.wd.gc.ca/rpts/audit/cfdc2003/default_e.asp
http://www.wd.gc.ca/rpts/audit/cfdc/default_e.asp




1) Name of Transfer Payment Program:  Infrastructure Canada Program

2) Start Date: October 10, 2000

3) End Date:  March 31, 2008

4) Description:  This program was designed to improve urban and rural community infrastructure in Canada.

5) Strategic Outcomes:  Community Economic Development.

6) Results Achieved: Improve Canadian’s quality of life through investments that enhance the quality of the environment, support long-term economic growth, and improve community infrastructure. Build 21st century infrastructure through the use of technologies, new approaches, and best practices.

  

7) Actual Spending 2004–2005

8) Actual Spending
2005–2006

9) Planned Spending 2006–2007

10) Total Authorities
2006–2007

11) Actual Spending
2006–2007

12) VarianceBetween 9) and 11)

13) Infrastructure

           

   14a) Total Grants

0

0

0

0

0

0

   14b) Total Contributions

       130,639

137,515

89,700

99,488

80,429

9,271

   14c) Total Other Types of TPs

0

0

0

0

0

0

15) Total Infrastructure

130,639

137,515

89,700

99,488

80,429

9,271

16) Comment(s) on Variance(s): Actual spending is lower than planned due to the transfer of contractual commitments to future years.

17) Significant Audit and Evaluation Findings and URL(s) to Last Audit and/or Evaluation:
http://www.wd.gc.ca/rpts/audit/infr_cp_2006/default_e.asp