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¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ’s 2025-26 Departmental plan: At a glance

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A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans, and associated costs for the upcoming three fiscal years.

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Key priorities

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ’s top priorities for 2025-26 are as follows:

While ¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will pursue these priorities broadly with partners across Canada’s mission network and at home, Canada’s G7 presidency and relationship with the United States will be key focus areas of Canadian international engagement in 2025-26.

Highlights

In 2025-26, total planned spending (including internal services) for ¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ is $8,437,090,075 and total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 13,235. For complete information on ¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ’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 2025-26 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: International Advocacy and Diplomacy

Planned spending: $1,167,720,957

Planned human resources: 2,806

Departmental results:

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will work to redefine Canada’s relationship with the US and strengthen collaboration with reliable partners and allies around the world. The department will contribute to effectively promoting and protecting the interests of Canada by engaging with its partners to address issues such as global and regional security, foreign interference, human rights, health and the environment, threats to economic security, cybersecurity and emerging technologies

More information about International Advocacy and Diplomacy can be found in the full plan.

Core responsibility 2: Trade and Investment

Planned spending: $375,424,770

Planned human resources: 2,064

Departmental results:

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will support Canadian interests through the facilitation of trade diversification, strengthening the rules-based trading system, and continuing Canada’s clean energy and digital transitions. Canada will engage in multilateral forums, especially through the G7 presidency, to foster strong, fair and climate-aware global economic growth.

More information about Trade and Investment can be found in the full plan.

Core responsibility 3: Development, Peace and Security Programming

Planned spending: $4,979,923,384

Planned human resources: 1,201

Departmental results:

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will continue to support poverty reduction in developing countries through health, education, economic growth, gender equality and food security initiatives and will contribute to international efforts to address other global challenges such as declining democracy and human rights, and climate change. The department will also support efforts to address violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, international conflict and security threats, irregular migration, and issues impacting stability and development in fragile states.

More information about Development, Peace and Security Programming can be found in the full plan.

Core responsibility 4: Help for Canadians Abroad

Planned spending: $91,259,259

Planned human resources: 489

Departmental results:

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will work to strengthen consular and emergency management support as well as communication in times of crisis and growing consular demand, to bolster the safety of Canadians abroad.

More information about Help for Canadians Abroad can be found in the full plan.

Core responsibility 5: Support for Canada’s Presence Abroad

Planned spending: $1,401,936,266

Planned human resources: 4,719

Departmental results:

¶¶ÒùÊÓÆµ will protect the security and prosperity of Canadians abroad with plans to improve global infrastructure and services, to demonstrate sustainable results in greening international operations, and to ensure access to health care and other support for Canadian public servants and locally engaged staff working abroad.

More information about Support for Canada’s Presence Abroad can be found in the full plan.

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