Program Codes List As Per The Government-wide Chart Of Accounts

As of fiscal year 2019 to 2020 and under the new Treasury Board Secretariat Policy on Results (https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=31300), all departments have implemented the new Departmental Results Framework. This framework, which replaces the Program Alignment Architecture (PAA), consists of departmental core responsibilities and their related program inventory. These codes are used to reflect the resources allocated to the achievement of government objectives. The format of these codes is composed of a 5 digit field: 3 alpha (capital letter) and 2 numeric digit codes.
Example:
ZZZ00 - represents a core responsibility. The first three digits are capital letters and the last two digits are zeros.
ZZZ01 - this five digits alphanumeric code represents an individual program from the program inventory. The first 3 digits identify the core responsibility to which the program corresponds and the last two numbers is a combination between 01 and 99.

Additional details can be found at official website of the Government-wide Chart of Accounts.

Organization: Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada

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