Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Section 3 – Supplementary Information
3.1 Supplementary Information Tables
The following tables are located on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's website at
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2010-11/index-eng.asp:
• Details on transfer payment programs
• Upcoming evaluations and internal audits (over the next three years)
• Green procurement
• Horizontal initiatives
• Sources of non-respendable revenue
3.2 Other Items of Interest
Information on ACOA's organizational structure is available on the Agency's website at
http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/English/WhoWeAre/OurPeople/Pages/home.aspx.
The following additional information is available on ACOA's website at
http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/English/publications/ParliamentaryReports/Pages/RPP_2010-2011_1.aspx.
• Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs
• Repayable Contributions Portfolio of the Business Development Program
• The Atlantic Canadian Economy in 2009
• Information on program sub-activities of ACOA's Program Activity Architecture
o Innovation
o Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development
o Trade
o Investment
o Financing Continuum
o Community Mobilization
o Community-based Business Development
o Community Investment
o Infrastructure Programming
o Policy
o Advocacy
o Coordination
[1]For descriptions of ACOA's program activities, refer to the publication
2010-2011 Estimates Parts I and II, The Government Expense Plan and The Main Estimates online at
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/est-pre/20102011/p2-eng.asp.
[2]Includes $40.8 million in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, pending Treasury Board approval
of reference level adjustment.
[3]The difference in funding available to ACOA from 2010-2011 to 2012-2013 relates
to the sunsetting of funding for Canada's Economic Action Plan initiatives. For further information, see subsection 1.5
Expenditure Profile.
[4]Types are defined as:
• New (newly committed to for fiscal year 2010-2011)
• Previously committed to (committed to one or two fiscal years earlier, i.e. 2008-2009 or
2009-2010)
• Ongoing (committed to at least three fiscal years earlier, i.e. 2007-2008 or earlier)
[5]Linkage to relevant program activity of ACOA's Program Activity Architecture (PAA).
[6]Forecast spending of $409.8 million for 2009-2010 (as indicated in paragraph 1.3.2
Activity Planning Summary Table) is $77.4 million greater than the $332.4 million indicated in the Main Estimates. This
difference is a result of $63.3 million in new authorities received after the Main Estimates for Canada's Economic Action
Plan initiatives (CAF, RInC and Canada Business), $6.4 million related to Canada's Roadmap to Linguistic Duality, and other
authorities received for collective bargaining, other employer salary obligations, infrastructure program operations, and
operating budget carry forward items.
[7]Includes funding through Canada's Economic Action Plan in the amount of $2.6 million.
The impact of the termination of CEAP initiatives on workload and reallocation of personnel will be determined in the next
planning cycle.
[8]Between 2000 and 2005, 93% of jobs created by firms in Atlantic Canada were attributed
to small businesses. Calculation generated using data from Statistics Canada Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program.
[9]Includes funding through Canada's Economic Action Plan in the
amount of $69.4 million. The impact of the termination of CEAP initiatives on workload and reallocation of
personnel will be determined in the next planning cycle
[10]Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency Community Investment, Community Development Resources, Official Language Minority Communities and Aboriginal Communities
Program Sub-Activities, December 3, 2009; and
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Evaluation of the Community Futures Program in Atlantic Canada, June 2009.
[11]Performance measurement and financial information are being reported under this
program activity (Community Development) and under the program sub-activities of Community Investment and Infrastructure
Programming (see the RPP supplementary document regarding program sub-activities on ACOA's website at
http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/English/publications/ParliamentaryReports/Pages/RPP_2010-2011_1.aspx.
