Public Safety Canada's 2025 to 2026 Departmental Plan: At a glance
A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans, and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.
Read the full Departmental Plan
Key Priorities
Public Safety Canada’s top priorities for 2025 to 2026 are as follows:
- continue joint efforts with the United States and domestic partners to ensure border security and integrity;
- compensate business and individual firearm owners for the permanent deactivation or destruction of their eligible assault-style firearms;
- improve awareness, understanding, and the ability of the Government of Canada to detect and respond to threats posed by foreign interference; and,
- advance initiatives focused on prevention and mitigation of emergencies in collaboration with federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal partners and other stakeholders.
Highlights
In 2025 to 2026, total planned spending (including internal services) for Public Safety Canada is $2,162,988,694 and total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 1,762. For complete information on Public Safety Canada’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full Plan.
The following provides a summary of the department’s planned achievements for 2025 to 2026 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
Core responsibility 1: National Security
Departmental Result
- National security threats are understood and reduced while maintaining public trust.
Planned spending: $40,607,853
Planned human resources: 226
Public Safety Canada will undertake initiatives to ensure that all members of Canadian society are equipped with the awareness, knowledge, and tools to respond to threats when they happen, and ensure that the right national mechanisms are in place to prevent and address these threats by:
- leveraging legislation, and domestic and international partnerships, to develop national strategies in response to the evolving national security threat landscape;
- providing support to target foreign interference, counter terrorism and violent extremism; and
- protecting and ensuring a coordinated Government of Canada response to threats against critical cyber and physical infrastructure.
More information about National Security can be found in the full plan.
Core responsibility 2: Community Safety
Departmental Results
- Canadian Communities are safe.
- Community safety practices are strengthened.
- Crime is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at-risk.
Planned spending: $1,288,586,498
Planned human resources: 589
Public Safety Canada will undertake initiatives to improve community safety, ensure community practices are strengthened and that public safety institutions can deliver effective and accountable services to all Canadians, including those in vulnerable and at-risk populations by:
- developing strategic frameworks, leading policy development and providing funding support to law enforcement agencies to improve collaboration, communication, and modernize their service delivery, governance, and capacity;
- supporting community organizations to increase their security capabilities and providing programming that addresses the root causes of crime and provides supports for victims; and
- leading and supporting the advancement of key legislation, and leveraging existing legislation, to support and enhance community safety.
More information about Community Safety can be found in the full plan.
Core responsibility 3: Emergency Management
Departmental Result
- Canada can effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events.
Planned spending: $744,631,575
Planned human resources: 364
Public Safety Canada will undertake initiatives to ensure that Canada is well-positioned to effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all-hazards events by:
- ensuring that Canadians, partners and stakeholders, have access to accurate and timely information about hazard risk to help them make informed decisions and promote resilience;
- providing leadership and support to ensure coordinated, holistic, and fulsome approach to emergency management; and
- coordinating federal response and post-event monitoring and ensuring a renewed Disaster Financial Assistance Agreements program is in place to promote recovery and resilience.
More information about Emergency Management can be found in the full plan.
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