Supplementary table – 2026-27 Departmental Plan

Details on transfer payment programs

Name of the transfer payment program or funding agreement: Contributions Program of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Timeframe of the transfer payment program

• Start date: April 1, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2030
• Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2024-25

Funding Details

• Name of program terms and conditions: Terms and Conditions of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Contributions Program (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
• Type of transfer payment: Contribution
• Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: This program exists under section 24 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This section states – among other things – that the Commissioner is authorized to promote Part I of the Act by any means that they consider appropriate. In accordance with the Program’s Terms and Conditions, the goals and objectives of the Program are to:

1. Capitalize on the existing research capacity of not-for-profit organizations, such as academic institutions and civil society groups, to generate new knowledge and support the development of expertise in selected areas of privacy and data protection.
2. Increase awareness and understanding among individuals and organizations of their privacy rights and obligations.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups: Non-profit organizations including consumer, voluntary and advocacy organizations, educational institutions and industry and trade associations.

Departmental Results Framework

Link to departmental result(s): Canadians are empowered to exercise their privacy rights and; Parliamentarians, and public and private sector organizations are informed and guided to protect Canadian’s privacy rights.

Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Promotion Program

Expected results:

Immediate outcomes: increased and enhanced sharing and dissemination of information, knowledge and best practices.

Intermediate outcomes: increased and enhanced policy development capacity; increased and enhanced public awareness.

Ultimate outcomes: enhanced privacy legislation, regulations, policies and practices. Improved individual (public) capacity to guard against threats to personal information.

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: No evaluation planned.

Financial information (dollars)

Type of transfer payment	2025-26 forecast spending	2026-27 planned spending	2027-28 planned spending	2028-29 planned spending
Total grants	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total contributions	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000
Total other transfer payments	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total program	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000