Horizontal Initiatives

Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence

General information

Name of horizontal initiative

Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV)

Lead department

Public Safety Canada

Federal partner departments^{Footnote 1}

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Start date

September 28, 2018

End date

March 31, 2028 ^{Footnote 2}

Description

These activities deliver on a Budget 2016 Government commitment to take action against gun and gang violence by removing handguns and assault-style firearms from our streets, and for the Minister of Public Safety to work with provincial, territorial and municipal counterparts to develop a strategy on how the federal government can best support communities and law enforcement in their ongoing efforts to make it harder for criminals to obtain and use firearms, and to reduce gun and gang violence.

The ITAAGGV helps to support a variety of strategies to reduce gun crime and criminal gang activities, and is centered around three themes:

Investing in communities through a grants and contributions program;
Enhancing federal enforcement capacity within the RCMP and CBSA; and
Enhancing federal leadership by Public Safety Canada to promote improved data collection, research and information sharing.

The RCMP is expanding and enhancing existing services by:

Bolstering investigative firearms support nationwide;
Leveraging increased capacity to conduct physical firearms inspections;
Supporting strategic intelligence analysis related to street gangs;
Prioritizing the use of the Canadian Integrated Ballistics Identification Network for gang-related cases;
Providing anonymous online capability to investigate firearm trafficking and smuggling;
Enhancing analytical capacity to develop and produce actionable intelligence; and
Establishing the Criminal Firearms Strategic and Operational Support Services team to coordinate efforts and support initiative partners with tools, strategic analysis, and research related to criminal gun usage and gang violence.

The CBSA is investing in new technologies and specialized training to better interdict illicit trafficking across the border by:

Procuring detection technology for international postal processing facilities and major international airport facilities to streamline the inspection of mail and air cargo;
Constructing facilities and investing in training to increase CBSA's detector dog team capacity to identify drugs and firearms at ports of entry through less invasive means;
Investing in IT capabilities to effectively leverage Interpol information to interdict high risk travellers at the earliest point in the continuum; and
Developing and deploying national training to enhance the CBSA's effectiveness to identify, detect, and interdict illicit trafficking.

Public Safety Canada is providing funding to provinces and territories (PTs) through the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) to combat the issue of gun and gang violence in communities across Canada. PTs are responsible for further distributing funding to eligible recipients in their jurisdictions, in order to advance efforts in the priority areas of prevention; intervention; gang exit; outreach and awareness programming; strategy development; training; and enhancing intelligence sharing and law enforcement capacity to combat gun and gang violence. Supplemental funding to the Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) is directed toward Indigenous recipients.

Additionally, Public Safety Canada enhances federal leadership by developing an integrated, results-based approach to reducing gun and gang violence across Canada, including by developing expertise on guns and gangs including linkages to other illicit markets; creating a national strategy; as well as improving the collection of national data related to gun and criminal activity in a coordinated approach with partners and the sharing of information and best practices to avoid duplication of efforts.

Governance structure

Public Safety Canada established and chairs an Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) level committee with participation from CBSA and RCMP as the Oversight Committee for the Initiative. The Committee intends to meet twice a year, corresponding with the planning and reporting cycle. Its role is to review the status of the various initiatives and progress made in meeting results targets; direct adjustments if necessary; and provide overall direction to the implementation of the horizontal initiative.

A working group comprising PS, RCMP and CBSA have been working together in the development of the ITAAGGV, including the results measurement strategy. Going forward, partners will ensure that the membership of this group reflects the necessary areas within each organization to speak to programming and results and financial planning and reporting. This group will meet to ensure that systems are in place to support effective horizontal planning and reporting and will support the ADM level Oversight Committee, ensuring that any issues that may affect the performance of the initiative are flagged to ADMs as they arise.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars)

$806,748,797

Strategic Outcomes and Funding

Planning highlights

Public Safety Canada (PS)

Public Safety Canada will continue to provide funding to provinces and territories (PTs) through the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) to combat the issue of gun and gang violence in communities across Canada. PTs are responsible for further distributing funding to eligible recipients in their jurisdictions, in order to advance efforts in the priority areas of prevention, intervention, gang exit, outreach and awareness programming, strategy development, training, and enhancing intelligence sharing and law enforcement capacity to combat gun and gang violence. In addition, funding is allocated under the Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) and directed towards Indigenous recipients. A call for proposals under the National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS), which includes the YGPF, was held in autumn 2024. Applications have been assessed.

Additionally, Public Safety Canada will enhance federal leadership by finalizing the development of a national strategy, developing expertise on guns and gangs, as well as improving the collection of national data related to gun and criminal activity in a coordinated approach with partners and sharing of information and best practices to avoid duplication of efforts. The Department will publish a "What We Heard" report from the third annual ITAAGGV Stakeholder Survey in Summer 2026 to provide details on feedback received from stakeholders working to address gun and gang violence, including PTs, portfolio partners, municipalities, Indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations and academia. This direct consultation allows Public Safety Canada to remain aware of and be responsive to stakeholders' needs across gun and gang program delivery.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

The 2026-27 planning highlights are as follows:

In August 2024, the Science and Engineering (S&E) Division sought Governance Approval for a technology pivot from Pallet Computed Tomography (CT) towards small-scale CT. This pivot presents a paradigm shift for the Agency as it would allow for the ability to examine consolidated loads increasing exam capacity and focusing more intrusive efforts on the highest-risk loads. This technology also opens the door to more advanced algorithms for automated detection and would allow the Agency to align with the overall future border vision / state of AI assisted tools. The cost and space savings of this new tool means that the Agency will be able to expand its detection technology in air mode across significantly more locations than initially planned.
The Agency will continue to develop an X-ray technology solution for the interdiction of firearms in the air cargo mode with the deployment planned in 2026-27.
CBSA will continue to monitor and maintain the Detector Dog Service firearms teams, the Advanced Vehicles Concealment (AVC) training course and detection technology deployed in air mode and postal stream.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

In 2026-27, the RCMP will advance a range of initiatives across multiple programs to strengthen its response to street gangs. RCMP Federal Policing will work with national firearms intelligence analysts to develop intelligence products and share with RCMP units that focus on firearms enforcement.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) will:

Create a national strategy on street gangs to replicate the National Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs) Strategy;
Inform bi-weekly operational targeting decisions on street gangs;
Publish quarterly updates on street gang activity, with public reports available on the CISC website and an annual street gang assessment for public consumption; and
Ensure street gangs remain a priority in the National Threat Assessment on Organized Crime and the public are informed of the threat through the Public Report on Organized Crime.

Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) will continue to provide critical by:

Leveraging available data for the development of strategic analysis products to provide an overview of the current national firearms landscape;
Collaborating with the Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre to advance critical work to enhance tracing services to law enforcement, including the development and maintenance of database and reporting tools for firearm trace requests;
Working with the Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre to produce reports and statistics on firearms traced by the centre and partners, that contribute to identifying the source of crime guns in Canada; and
Supporting partners through the provision of available datasets and statistics for internal and external law enforcement partners

In addition:

The CFPs National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST) will continue to support intelligence and information-sharing networks to enhance enforcement efforts to combat illicit firearms activity. NWEST will continue efforts to combat domestic and international firearms trafficking by supporting various Joint Force Operations. It will also provide subject matter expertise, training and resources to support law enforcement agencies on various aspects of firearm investigations and prosecutions;
The CFP's Firearms Internet Investigation Support Unit (FIISU) will continue to support law enforcement by performing open-source internet investigations regarding the criminal use of firearms and to support the firearms regulatory framework; and
The CFP's Specialized Firearms Support Services (SFSS) section will continue to provide technical expertise for identifying and classifying firearms and related devices, conducting inspections, delivering technical training on firearm trends and technology, and updating the Firearms Reference Table.

Contact information

Frédéric Chartrand
Director, Program Development and Coordination
Public Safety Canada
frederic.chartrand@ps-sp.gc.ca

Planning information (in dollars)

Horizontal initiative overview
Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding^{Footnote *} (dollars)	2026-27 Planned spending (dollars)	Horizontal initiative shared outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target
Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV)	$531,909,851	$102,744,833	Gun and gang violence is reduced	Number of firearm-related homicides	< 297 (Reduction from 2021 levels)	March 2024, then annually
	$531,909,851	$102,744,833	Gun and gang violence is reduced	Number of gang-related homicides	< 184 (Reduction from 2021 levels)	March 2024, then annually
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Return to footnote * referrer

Shared Outcomes
Name of theme	Investing in Communities	Enhancing Federal Capacity	Enhancing Federal Leadership	Internal Services
Theme outcome(s)	Informed initiatives to prevent and respond to gun and gang violence are implemented across Canada	Enhanced operational responses through intervention, interdiction and enforcement	Stakeholder decision-making is supported by solid data and information on best practices	N/A
Public Safety Canada	$403,992,664	N/A	$6,160,644	$2,090,453
Royal Canadian Mounted Police	N/A	$33,696,410	N/A	$4,670,495
Canada Border Services Agency	N/A	$88,060,133	N/A	$4,796,042

Theme horizontal initiative activities

Total spending, all themes
Theme	Total federal funding, including legacy funding, allocated since the last renewal^{Footnote *} (dollars)	2026-27 total federal planned spending (dollars)
Theme 1: Investing in Communities	$403,992,664	$80,121,881
Theme 2: Enhancing Federal Capacity	$121,756,543	$22,622,952
Theme 3: Enhancing Federal Leadership	$6,160,644	$0
Sub-total	$531,909,851	$102,744,833
Internal Services	$11,556,990	$1,550,429
Total	$543,466,841	$104,295,262
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Return to footnote * referrer

Theme 1 Details
Name of theme	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)		Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Investing in Communities	Informed initiatives to respond to gun and gang violence are implemented across Canada	Degree to which PT stakeholders report that Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund funding has enabled them to better respond to gun and gang violence in their jurisdictions (in %)	100%		Annually
Investing in Communities		Percentage of recipients and project partners who have integrated knowledge from funded initiatives into their practice or decision-making	≥ 50% at project completion		March 2028^{Footnote 3}

Theme 1 Activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal^{Footnote *} (dollars)	Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Public Safety Canada	Crime Prevention	Administer Grants and Contributions under the Youth Gang Prevention Fund and the Gun and Gang Violence Fund	$403,992,664	Communities have capacity to respond to gun and gang violence	New resources dedicated to guns and gangs within law enforcement	> 163 resources (FY 2021 to 2022)	March 2024, then annually
Public Safety Canada	Crime Prevention		$403,992,664		Additional initiatives (e.g., law enforcement, prevention, intervention, action research) dedicated to responding to gun and gang violence are implemented	≥ 212	March 2024, then annually
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Theme 2 Details
Name of theme	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Enhancing Federal Capacity	Enhanced operational responses through intervention, interdiction and enforcement	Number of firearms or firearms parts seized	Create benchmark in FY 2023-24 based on a random sampling; and continue to maintain or exceed targets	March 31, 2028
Enhancing Federal Capacity		Number of intelligence products developed by Firearms Intelligence Analysts that identified or contributed to identifying possible criminal entities related to firearms, including smuggling	288	March 2028

Theme 2 Activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal^{Footnote *} (dollars)	Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Canada Border Services Agency	Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance	Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network	$4,395,265 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $779,944/year	Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities	Percentage of packages being screened by the detection technology to be assessed whether they were high risk items, requiring an in depth examination	33% of mail items are being assessed for risk using detection technology	March 31, 2021
	Field Technology Support	Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network	$1,177,080 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $118,837/year	Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities	Percentage of packages being screened by the detection technology to be assessed whether they were high risk items, requiring an in depth examination	33% of mail items are being assessed for risk using detection technology	March 31, 2021
	Force Generation	Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network	$1,246,728 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $34,139/year	Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities	Percentage of packages being screened by the detection technology to be assessed whether they were high risk items, requiring an in depth examination	33% of mail items are being assessed for risk using detection technology	March 31, 2021
	Intelligence Collection & Analysis	Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network	$2,370,709 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $102,083/year	Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities	Percentage of international postal shipments screened using Fixed Postal Small Scale Imaging (SSI) technology which resulted in a referral/examination leading to a seizure^{Footnote 4}	5% increase with potential steady state in target to be adjusted accordingly	March 2022
	Building and Equipment	Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network	$349,331 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $64,763/year	Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities	Percentage of international postal shipments screened using Fixed Postal Small Scale Imaging (SSI) technology which resulted in a referral/examination leading to a seizure	5% increase with potential steady state in target to be adjusted accordingly	March 2022
	Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance	Detecting Firearms – Detector Dogs	$3,067,662 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $664,123/year	Increased capacity to detect and interdict entry of illicit firearms into the country	Percentage of examinations utilizing Detector Dogs that resulted in a seizure of illicit firearms^{Footnote 5}	Increase examinations by 155 in Year 2 and continue to maintain or exceed (using baseline information from CBSA data for FY 2017 to 2018)	March 31, 2020
	Force Generation	Detecting Firearms – Detector Dogs	$1,380,249 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $62,929/year	Increased capacity to detect and interdict entry of illicit firearms into the country	Percentage of examinations utilizing Detector Dogs that resulted in a seizure of illicit firearms^{Footnote 6}	Increase examinations by 155 in Year 2 and continue to maintain or exceed (using baseline information from CBSA data for FY 2017 to 2018)	March 31, 2020
	Building and Equipment	Detecting Firearms – Detector Dogs	$275,059 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $66,016/year	Increased capacity to detect and interdict entry of illicit firearms into the country	Percentage of examinations utilizing Detector Dogs that resulted in a seizure of illicit firearms^{Footnote 7}	Increase examinations by 155 in Year 2 and continue to maintain or exceed (using baseline information from CBSA data for FY 2017 to 2018)	March 31, 2020
	Building and Equipment	Construction and maintenance of an All-Weather Facility Detector Dogs Training Facility	$11,904,469 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $336,940/year	Increase CBSA capacity to accommodate detector dog training and kenneling needs, year round, while at the training facility resulting in a reduction in costs	Value of costs avoided for kenneling and accommodations at a separate facility by the Detector Dog Program	The construction of an All Weather Facility will provide cost avoidance and training efficiencies with an anticipated value of $77 000 per year for the CBSA Revamped capacities are TBD	March 31, 2024^{Footnote 8}
	Targeting	Transnational Organized Crime Threat Identification – Interpol Interface	$5,596,821 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $713,364/year	Enhance the CBSA's thread identification capability in the public safety and national security threat sectors	Develop a pilot in conjunction with the RCMP that will test the efficacy of automating Interpol query for all inbound air travelers at screening and to bolster CBSA's inbound air traveller risk assessment activities as they relate to the identification of members of transnational organized crime members^{Footnote 9}	N/A^{Footnote 10}	N/A^{Footnote 11}
	Force Generation	Transnational Organized Crime Threat Identification – Interpol Interface	$471,750 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $11,389/year	Enhance the CBSA's thread identification capability in the public safety and national security threat sectors	Develop a pilot in conjunction with the RCMP that will test the efficacy of automating Interpol query for all inbound air travelers at screening and to bolster CBSA's inbound air traveller risk assessment activities as they relate to the identification of members of transnational organized crime members	N/A^{Footnote 12}	N/A^{Footnote 13}
	Building and Equipment	Transnational Organized Crime Threat Identification – Interpol Interface	$26,144 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $4,815/year	Enhance the CBSA's thread identification capability in the public safety and national security threat sectors	Develop a pilot in conjunction with the RCMP that will test the efficacy of automating Interpol query for all inbound air travelers at screening and to bolster CBSA's inbound air traveller risk assessment activities as they relate to the identification of members of transnational organized crime members	N/A^{Footnote 14}	N/A^{Footnote 15}
	Force Generation	Advanced Vehicles Concealment Techniques Course	$529,363 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $79,622/year	Ability to identify, detect and interdict crime guns, weapons, narcotics and illicit proceeds of crime	Number of CBSA officers identified for training who have successfully completed training^{Footnote 16}	Post development: 2% of identified officers to be trained per year^{Footnote 17}	March 2024^{Footnote 18}
	Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance	Enhance Air cargo security Pallet Imaging, Handheld devices, Contraband tool outfitted mobile examination trucks (COMETs) and Trace Detection tools	$40,652,887 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $1,469,541/year	Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode	Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed	Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology^{Footnote 19}	March 2025
	Force Generation	Enhance Air cargo security Pallet imaging, handheld devices, Contraband tool outfitted mobile examination trucks (COMETs) and trace detection tools	$2,134,907 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $30,507/year	Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode	Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed	Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology^{Footnote 20}	March 2025
	Field Technology Support	Enhance Air cargo security Pallet imaging, handheld devices, Contraband tool outfitted mobile examination trucks (COMETs) and trace detection tools	$11,601,930 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $2,210,731/year	Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode	Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed	Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology^{Footnote 21}	March 2025
	Targeting	Pallet imaging, handheld devices, Contraband tool outfitted mobile examination trucks (COMETs) and trace detection tools	$345,044	Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode	Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed	Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology ^{Footnote 22}	March 31, 2025
	Building and Equipment	Enhance Air cargo security Pallet imaging, handheld devices, Contraband tool outfitted mobile examination trucks (COMETs) and trace detection tools	$534,735 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $133,927/year	Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode	Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed	Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology^{Footnote 23}	March 2025
	Internal Services	N/A	$4,796,042 (over 7 years) and ongoing of $616,330/year	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royal Canadian Mounted Police	Federal Policing National Intelligence	Produce intelligence products	$4,198,160	Increased operational collaboration	Number of occurrences worked on by Firearms Intelligence Analysts that contributed to identifying possible criminal entities related to firearms smuggling	288	March 2028
	Criminal Intelligence Service Canada	Produce intelligence products	$1,235,285	Increased operational collaboration	Number of intelligence reports produced by CISC that address guns and gangs	20	March 2028
	Canadian Firearms Investigative and Enforcement Services	Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach	$4,566,845	Increased operational collaboration	Number of open source intelligence reports created by the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) and shared with partners	225	March 2028
		Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach	$4,566,845	Increased operational collaboration	Number of Firearm investigations that were initiated by intelligence products developed by the CFP	50^{Footnote 24}	March 2028
		Build capacity to prevent and intercept illegal firearms in Canada	$21,670,520	Enhanced capability to respond to gun and gang violence	The number of individuals that have received training from National Weapons Enforcement Support Teams (NWEST)	4500^{Footnote 25}	March 2028
	Canadian Law Enforcement Services - National Forensic Laboratory Services	Provide tools, equipment and training to prevent entry of illegal commodities	$2,025,600	Enhanced capability to respond to gun and gang violence	Percentage of cartridge cases and bullets from Gun and Gang files uploaded to the Canadian Integrated Ballistics Identification Network (CIBIN) within 90 days	75%^{Footnote 26}	March 31, 2026
	Internal Services	N/A	$4,670,495	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Return to footnote * referrer

Theme 3 details
Name of theme	Theme outcome(s)	Theme performance indicator(s)	Theme target(s)	Date to achieve theme target
Enhancing Federal Leadership	Stakeholder decision-making is supported by solid data and information on best practices	Percentage of stakeholders reporting that research and information produced under the ITAAGGV informed their policy and operational decisions	93% in 2024-25 94% in 2025-26 95% in 2026-27 95% in 2027-28^{Footnote 27}	Annual^{Footnote 28}

Theme 3 Activities
Departments	Link to department's Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal^{Footnote *} (dollars)	Horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	Horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	Horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target
Public Safety Canada	Law Enforcement	Promote data collection and conduct research related to gun and gang violence	$6,160,644	Improved understanding of threats, challenges and opportunities	Percentage of police services with criminal organization flag data appearing in the Statistics Canada Juristat report compared to number of police services	> 85% in 2023-24 87% in 2024-25 89% in 2025-26 90% in 2026-27 91% in 2027-28^{Footnote 29}	Annually^{Footnote 30}
					Number of hits on gun and gang violence items on Public Safety Canada website	≥ 7000 views in 2023-24 and increased on an annual basis > 7000 hits in 2023-24 > 7500 hits in 2024-25 > 8000 hits in 2025- 26 > 8500 hits in 2026-27 > 9000 hits in 2027-28^{Footnote 31}	Annually^{Footnote 32}
					Number of requests for download of reports and research published on Public Safety Canada's website	2023-24 result with annual increase > 6103 in 2023-24 > 6500 in 2024-25 > 7000 in 2025-26 > 7500 in 2026-27 > 8000 in 2027-28^{Footnote 33}	Annually^{Footnote 34}
		Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach		Improved awareness and information-sharing among stakeholders	Percentage of surveyed stakeholders that indicate they are aware of the ITAAGGV	> 93% in 2024-25 > 94% in 2025-26 > 95% in 2026-27 > 95% in 2027-28^{Footnote 35}	Annually^{Footnote 36}
		Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach			Percentage of stakeholders that have a positive view on the usefulness of research and information-sharing activities undertaken by Public Safety Canada related to gun and gang violence	85% in 2024-25 87% in 2025-26 89% in 2026-27 90% in 2027-28^{Footnote 37}	Annually^{Footnote 38}
	Internal Services	N/A	$2,090,453	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
* This amount includes any additional funding received after the last renewal. Return to footnote * referrer

Evaluations

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

An evaluation of the Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence is scheduled to be completed in FY 2027-28.

Legacy Data

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative

2023-24

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars)

$450,610,667

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars)

Not applicable

Total planned spending since last renewal (dollars)

$450,610,667

Total actual spending since last renewal (dollars)

$230,259,557

References:

Footnote 1

Other government departments (e.g. the Department of Justice) are supporting this federal initiative. However, they are not captured in these Horizontal Initiative tables as they have not received funding through this initiative.

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Footnote 2

This HI was renewed in FY 2023-24 and its PMF amended the same year.

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Footnote 3

Based on a 5-year renewal of existing Contribution Agreements or a 5-years new agreement starting in 2023-24. PTs may fund new projects and measuring over a new 5-year cycle will enable PS to look at new projects' completion and integration of knowledge.

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Footnote 4

Performance indicator changed from "Percentage of international postal shipments examined using Dual View X-ray technology which resulted in a seizure" as examinations in postal may be the result of one of two types of detection technology, which contribute to the overall success rate.

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Footnote 5

Performance indicator changed from "Increase examinations by 155 in Year 2 and continue to maintain or exceed (using baseline information from CBSA data for 2017-18) as the data from that year was insufficient to accurately measure success". The Baseline target from which every year is measured is 22,712 examinations..

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Footnote 6

The baseline from which every year is measured is 22,712.

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Footnote 7

The baseline from which every year is measured is 22,712.

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Footnote 8

Date to achieve target changed from "March 31, 2023".

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Footnote 9

Performance indicator was changed prior to Treasury Board approval of the pilot project. The CBSA was unable to attain Treasury Board approval to release the frozen Interpol allocation for the proposed pilot before December 31, 2022 and the CBSA will be unable to report on the Interpol Initiative as a result. KPI was changed from "Percentage of all inbound air passengers systematically queried against Interpol databases".

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Footnote 10

The CBSA was not able to obtain the Department of Finance's approval to unlock frozen funding currently held within the CBSA reference levels for the proposed pilot. The CBSA will return the $5.8M currently held in its reference levels back to the Treasury Board as this sub initiative is no longer moving forward. Additionally, $777 000 of ongoing funding remains frozen. The Interpol sub initiative will not keep the ongoing funding (as defined within the Guns and Gangs TB Submission) as The CBSA's Intelligence & Enforcement Branch could not deliver the project in collaboration with the RCMP under the original scope of the initiative.

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Footnote 11

Date to achieve target changed from "March 31, 2025".

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Footnote 13

Date to achieve target changed from "March 31, 2025".

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Footnote 15

Date to achieve target changed from "March 31, 2025".

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Footnote 16

3% increase yearly until full installation.

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Footnote 17

18 instructors in Year 1.

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Footnote 18

Date to achieve target changed from "March 31, 2023".

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Footnote 19