Departmental Plan 2024-2025
Planned Evaluation Coverage Over the Next Five Fiscal Years (2024)
| Program (from 2024-25 Program Inventory) or Thematic Evaluation |
Last Evaluation (of Program as a whole, or in part; or Thematic) and fiscal year approved or Never Evaluated |
Title of Planned Evaluation | Date of planned evaluation approval (fiscal year) | Program spending covered by planned evaluation ($) |
2024-25 Total Planned Program spending ($; based on 2024-25 Departmental Plan amounts) |
Reason for Evaluation or Rationale for Not Evaluating |
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| Targeting | Evaluation of the Canada Border Services Agency Targeting Program, 2015-16 | Targeting | 2027-28 | $82,277,320 | $82,277,320 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Evaluation Study of the Interactive Advance Passenger Information Initiative, 2018-19 |
Interactive Advance Passenger Information | 2028-29 | N/A | N/A | Program spending is included in the planned evaluation of the Targeting program. | |
| Intelligence Collection and Analysis | Intelligence Collection and Analysis, 2021-22 | Evaluation of Intelligence Collection and Analysis |
2029-30 or later | $111,983,907 | $111,983,907 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Horizontal Evaluation of Canada’s Migrant Smuggling Prevention Strategy (MSPS) (lead: Global Affairs Canada), 2022-23 | N/A | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | ||||
| Never Evaluated | Combat Human Trafficking (lead: Public Safety Canada) | 2024-25 | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. As this evaluation is externally led, is not an FAA requirement for the CBSA. | |||
| Guns and Gangs (lead: Public Safety Canada), 2023-24 | Not applicable | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | ||||
| Security Screening | Evaluation of the Immigration National Security Screening Program, 2020-21 |
Security Screening | 2027-28 | $25,387,166 | $25,387,166 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Family Reunification (lead: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), 2023-24 | N/A | Not applicable | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Traveller Facilitation and Compliance | Evaluation of Travellers Processing Through a GBA+ Lens, 2021-22 | Traveller Facilitation and Compliance | 2028-29 | $682,700,938 | $682,700,938 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Never Evaluated | Entry/Exit and Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) | 2024-25 | N/A | |||
| Evaluation of the In-Canada Asylum System Reforms (lead: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), 2016-17 | Asylum Program (lead: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) | 2025-26 | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Evaluation of the Global Skills Strategy (GSS) (lead: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), 2022-23 | N/A | Not applicable | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Never Evaluated | Drug-Impaired Driving (lead: Public Safety Canada) | 2024-25 | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. As this evaluation is externally led, is not an FAA requirement for the CBSA. | |||
| Passenger Protect Program (lead: Public Safety Canada), 2022-23 | N/A | Not applicable | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA’s internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Horizontal Evaluation of the Legalization and Strict Regulation of Cannabis (lead: Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada), 2022-23 | N/A | Not applicable | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA’s internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Study – Primary Inspection Kiosks, 2018-19 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| Study of Specimen Isolation Units (Drugloo), 2023-24 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| Commercial-Trade Facilitation and Compliance | Evaluation of the Commercial Program in the Air Mode, 2016-17 | Joint Audit and Evaluation Study of Rail |
2028-29 | $306,303,748 | $306,303,748 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Never Evaluated | Evaluation of Exporter Programs |
2028-29 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Never Evaluated | Evaluation of Postal | 2029-30 or later | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Evaluation of eManifest, 2023-24 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| Single Window Initiative (Horizontal Evaluation), 2020-21 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| CARM Benefits Study, 2023-24 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| Duties Relief Program/Duty Drawback Program, 2021-22 | Evaluation of CARM | 2027-28 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Evaluation of Detector Dog Service Program, 2022-23 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A | |||
| Anti-Dumping and Countervailing | Evaluation of CBSA Anti-dumping and Countervailing Program, 2016 | Evaluation of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing | 2026-27 | $10,971,640 | $10,971,640 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Trusted Traveller | Study of Trusted Traveller (NEXUS), 2022-23 | Evaluation of Traveller Facilitation and Compliance | 2028-29 | $9,129,372 | $9,129,372 | Trusted Traveller is not on the plan as it was last evaluated in 2022-23. |
| Trusted Trader | Evaluation of the Trusted Trader Programs, 2014-15 | Evaluation of CARM | 2027-28 | $22,483,611 | $22,483,611 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Recourse | Evaluation of the Recourse Program, 2017-18 | Recourse | 2024-25 | $21,473,443 | $21,473,443 | N/A |
| Force Generation | Officer Induction Model, 2018-19 | Force Generation | 2026-27 | $61,925,465 | $61,925,465 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Buildings and Equipment | Evaluation of the Buildings and Equipment Program, 2023-24 | Buildings and Equipment | 2029-30 or later | $272,190,005 | $272,190,005 | N/A |
| Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (lead: Environment and Climate Change Canada), 2018-19 | Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan: Phase IV (lead: Environment and Climate Change Canada) | 2024-25 | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA’s internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Field Technology Support | Field Technology Support, 2019-20 | Field Technology Support | 2025-26 | $105,649,383 | $105,649,383 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Trade Facilitation and Compliance | Evaluation of the Revenue and Trade Management Program (Trade Compliance), 2013-14 | Evaluation of CARM | 2027-28 | $64,027,394 | $64,027,394 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Immigration Investigations | Immigration Investigations, 2015-2016 | Scoping exercise for Intelligence and Enforcement Branch program areas (Removals, Hearings, Immigration Investigations, Detentions) |
2024-25 | $62,632,421 | $62,632,421 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| IRPA Division 9/National Security Inadmissibility, 2019-2020 | IRPA Division 9/National Security Inadmissibility (lead: Public Safety Canada) | 2025-26 | This is an externally-led horizontal and is not part of the CBSA's internal evaluation planning. | |||
| Detentions | Study – Detentions – Alternatives to Detention (ATD), 2020-21 | Scoping exercise for Intelligence and Enforcement Branch program areas (Removals, Hearings, Immigration Investigations, Detentions) |
2024-25 | $132,598,669 | $132,598,669 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Hearings | Evaluation of the CBSA Hearings Program, 2018-19 | Scoping exercise for Intelligence and Enforcement Branch program areas (Removals, Hearings, Immigration Investigations, Detentions) |
2024-25 | $49,552,130 | $49,552,130 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Removals | Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Pilot, 2014-15 | Scoping exercise for Intelligence and Enforcement Branch program areas (Removals, Hearings, Immigration Investigations, Detentions) |
2024-25 | $71,785,465 | $71,785,465 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Criminal Investigations | Evaluation of the Criminal Investigations Program, 2022-23 | Criminal Investigations | 2029-30 or later | $48,793,222 | $48,793,222 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Internal Services | Evaluation Study of Functional Management Model, 2023-24 |
Evaluation Study of Agency Prioritization and Functional Management Model |
2029-30 or later | $507,741,063 | $507,741,063 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
| Never Evaluated | Evaluation Study of Project Lifecycle and Benefits Management |
2026-27 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Never Evaluated | Evaluation Study of Progress Towards Agency Accessibility Plan | 2025-26 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Never Evaluated | Evaluation of the CBSA's International Network |
2028-29 | Estimated coverage for planning purposes. The exact coverage will be determined during the scoping of the evaluation. |
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| Evaluation of Legislative Services (lead: Justice Canada), 2023-24 | N/A | Not applicable | N/A |
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