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Details of Transfer Payment Programs ($000)
Name of Transfer Payment Program: Contribution in support of the Commercial Heritage Properties Incentive Fund
Start Date: 2003 - 2004
End Date: October 31, 2008
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program: Engage a broad range of businesses in the task of preserving Canada's heritage properties
Expected results: Participation of private sector partners (taxable Canadian corporations) in preserving Canada’s heritage through rehabilitation of historic properties for commercial or rental use.
Expected outcomes: Better preservation and protection of Canada’s historic places and greater public and private sector awareness of the importance of conservation and of the significance of Canada’s historic places. Ensuring that more historic properties are “given a function in the life of communities” through use for commercial or rental purposes.
 
Program Activity: Heritage Resources Conservation Actual
Spending
2006-07
Actual
Spending
2007-08
Planned
Spending
2008-09
Total
Authorities
2008-09
Actual
Spending
2008-09
Variance
Total Contribution 2,315 1,982 10,000 10,595 10,595 595

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Historic Places Initiative Class Contribution Program
Start Date: 2002 - 2003
End Date: March 31, 2011(with renewal every 5 years)
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program: To provide direct support for provinces and territories to participate in the development of the Canadian Register of Historic Places and the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, and to engage municipalities, stakeholders and the general public in the conservation of historic places.
Expected results: Ongoing population and maintenance of the Canadian Register of Historic Places; refinement and dissemination of national Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places; partnership between Parks Canada and provincial and territorial authorities to identify, preserve and protect Canada's historic places; and creation of the basis for further initiatives to encourage preservation and protection of Canada's historic places.
Expected outcomes: Better preservation and protection of Canada's historic places; and greater public awareness of the importance of conservation and of the significance of Canada's historic places.
 
Program Activity: Heritage Resources Conservation Actual
Spending
2006-07
Actual
Spending
2007-08
Planned
Spending
2008-09
Total
Authorities
2008-09
Actual
Spending
2008-09
Variance
Total Contribution 6,320 5,693 7,049 5,870 5,870 ($1,179)

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: Cost Sharing Class Contribution Program
Start Date: 1987
End Date: March 31, 2013
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program: to assist recipients in conducting activities aimed at conserving the commemorative integrity of certain non-federally administered national historic sites.
Expected results: to reduce the threat to National Historic Sites (NHS), to engage the NHS owners and to help NHS owners find and retain more financial partners to help conserve NHS, establish familiarity and broader use of national conservation standards and guidelines.
Expected outcomes: Better preservation and protection of Canada’s NHS coupled with greater public and institutional awareness of heritage conservation.
 
Program Activity: Heritage Resources Conservation Actual
Spending
2006-07
Actual
Spending
2007-08
Planned
Spending
2008-09
Total
Authorities
2008-09
Actual
Spending
2008-09
Variance
Total Contribution   900   100 100 100

 


Name of Transfer Payment Program: General Class Contribution Program (GCCP)
Start Date: 2006-2007
End Date: March 31, 2011 (with renewal every 5 years)
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program: The GCCP is atypical in that it is not a program within itself; rather, it is a funding authority available to Agency managers. From time to time, Agency managers with programming responsibilities may determine that, given their priorities, available resources, other program delivery mechanisms already in place, and the players and environment in which they deliver their programs, use of a contribution agreement is the most effective means of achieving program objectives.
Expected results: More Canadians recognizing, appreciating and being engaged in the values of natural and cultural conservation. Stakeholders being further engaged in terms of interest and involvement of common objectives towards ecological or cultural integrity. Access to a better knowledge base on commercial, ecological or aboriginal issues of mutual interest for informed decision making and dialogue for Parks Canada managers and stakeholders. Heritage assets are protected, secured and researched. Targeted audiences are educated in such areas as ecology, safety and other issues.
Expected outcomes: The expected outcomes mirror the Parks Canada mandate of engaging Canadians in preserving and presenting Canada's rich diversity of cultural and natural heritage.
 
Program Activity Actual
Spending
2006-07
Actual
Spending
2007-08
Planned
Spending
2008-09
Total
Authorities
2008-09
Actual
Spending
2008-09
Variance
Heritage Places Establishment 116 1,027 382 1,250 1,250 868
Heritage Resources Conservation 1,523 1,673 926 1,850 1,850 925
Public Appreciation and Understanding 1,715 674 717 1,001 1,001 284
Visitor Experience 250 577 100 621 621 521
Townsite & Throughway Infrastructure 12 40 37 43 43 6
Total Contribution 3,616 3,991 2,162 4,765 4,765 2,604

Totals may not agree due to rounding