Canadian Space Agency
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Current this library's internal records: Canadian Space Agency's 2026–27 Departmental Plan (2029)
Completeness
- Document shelf: 28 rows (28 archived · 0 staged · 0 pending · 0 missing)
- Backgrounder: on file
- Strategy-evolution brief: not written yet
- Custody audit: 18 of 28 row(s) audited, all clean
- Last verified: 2026-08-06 · this org has had a full discovery-verification pass (our discovery-verification log)
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- FOI / access requests: checked — none found
Document shelf (28 rows)
| Year | Type | Title | Archive status | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2026-27 Departmental Plan | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-07-30; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-07-31; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2026 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2025-26 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2025 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2024-25 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2025 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2024-25 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2024 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2023-24 Departmental Plan | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2024 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2023-24 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2023 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2022-23 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2023 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2022-23 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2022 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2021-22 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2022 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2021-22 Departmental Results Report | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2021 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2020-21 Departmental Plan | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2021 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2020-21 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2020 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2019-20 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2020 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2019-20 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2019 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2018-19 Departmental Plan | archived | |
| 2019 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2018-19 Departmental Results Report | archived | |
| 2018 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2017-18 Departmental Plan | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2018 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2017-18 Departmental Results Report | archived | ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-01; ⚠️ still being checked — the fetch failed on 2026-08-02 |
| 2017 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2016-17 Report on Plans and Priorities | archived | new-row 2026-08-06: GOV-ATLAS-COMPLETENESS-SWEEP-d1 batch 1, P9-grounded this review |
| 2017 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2016-17 Departmental Results Report | archived | new-row 2026-08-06: GOV-ATLAS-COMPLETENESS-SWEEP-d1 batch 1, P9-grounded this review |
| 2016 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2015-16 Departmental Performance Report | archived | new-row 2026-08-06: GOV-ATLAS-COMPLETENESS-SWEEP-d1 batch 1, P9-grounded this review |
| 2015 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency 2014-15 Departmental Performance Report | archived | new-row 2026-08-06: GOV-ATLAS-COMPLETENESS-SWEEP-d1 batch 1, P9-grounded this review |
| 2013 | Departmental plan | Canadian Space Agency 2012-2013 Estimates - Report on Plans and Priorities | archived | new-row 2026-08-06: GOV-ATLAS-COMPLETENESS-SWEEP-d1 batch 1, P9-grounded this review |
| 2006 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency Performance Report, for the period ending March 31, 2006 | archived | ⚠️ Still being checked: publications.gc.ca-referer-required (raw fetch 307-redirects to an archived-web interstitial for bots; a Referer header from a publications.gc.ca page bypasses it and returns the real PDF, content-confirmed) |
| 2001 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency Performance Report, for the period ending March 31, 2001 | archived | ⚠️ Still being checked: publications.gc.ca-referer-required (raw fetch 307-redirects to an archived-web interstitial for bots; a Referer header from a publications.gc.ca page bypasses it and returns the real PDF, content-confirmed) |
| 2000 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency Performance Report, for the period ending March 31, 2000 | archived | ⚠️ Still being checked: publications.gc.ca-referer-required (raw fetch 307-redirects to an archived-web interstitial for bots; a Referer header from a publications.gc.ca page bypasses it and returns the real PDF, content-confirmed) |
| 1998 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency Performance Report, for the period ending March 31, 1998 | archived | ⚠️ Still being checked: publications.gc.ca-referer-required (raw fetch 307-redirects to an archived-web interstitial for bots; a Referer header from a publications.gc.ca page bypasses it and returns the real PDF, content-confirmed) |
| 1997 | Departmental results report | Canadian Space Agency Performance Report, for the period ending March 31, 1997 | archived | ⚠️ Still being checked: publications.gc.ca-referer-required (raw fetch 307-redirects to an archived-web interstitial for bots; a Referer header from a publications.gc.ca page bypasses it and returns the real PDF, content-confirmed) |
Backgrounder
Source: this library's internal records — a mechanical research draft, not independently reviewed for publication; reproduced as-is.
Canadian Space Agency - backgrounder
Backgrounder / GOV-Q10-WAVE1-d1 / 2026-08-04 / registry row: fed-canadian-space-agency (this library's government-document registry) / lens file for this org's series briefs
Mandate & statutory basis
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is a federal government agency operating under the Canadian Space Agency Act, S.C. 1990, c. 13 (Canadian Space Agency, 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, "Statutory Basis," https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publications/drr-2024-2025.asp, fetched this review). Its stated mission is: "We promote the peaceful use and development of space, advance the knowledge of space through science, and ensure that space science and technology provide social and economic benefits for Canadians" (https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/, fetched this review).
Roles, responsibilities & scope
CSA delivers Canada's federal space program, spanning Earth observation, space exploration and science, and satellite communications, and it maintains Canadian contributions to international programs such as the Canadarm (https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/, fetched this review). Departmental reporting is organized under two core responsibilities, "Canada in Space" and "Internal Services" (Canadian Space Agency, 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, "Financial Summary," same URL). Its most recent forward-looking plan is the 2026-27 Departmental Plan (Canadian Space Agency's 2026-27 Departmental Plan, https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publications/dp-2026-2027.asp).
Governance & reporting line
CSA reports to Parliament through the Minister of Industry and is led by a President who serves as the Agency's chief executive; it is headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec (https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/, fetched this review; Canadian Space Agency, 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publications/drr-2024-2025.asp).
Budget scale
CSA reported total spending authorities available for use of $741,978,670 in fiscal 2024-25, against actual spending of $634,726,541 - comprising $549,195,233 for "Canada in Space" and $85,531,308 for "Internal Services" - supported by 986.7 full-time equivalents (Canadian Space Agency, 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, "Spending Authorities & Actual Expenditures," https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/publications/drr-2024-2025.asp, fetched this review). The Agency noted it "reprofiled $107.2M in 2024-25," with 94% of that amount related to capital-project funding carried forward to future years as "an inherent part of project management within the Canadian Space Program" (same source).
Institutional history
The Canadian Space Agency's own site dates its establishment to March 1989, operating under the Canadian Space Agency Act, S.C. 1990, c. 13 (Canadian Space Agency, 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, "Statutory Basis," same URL as above; https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/, fetched this review, which references "the history of Canada in space" including the Canadarm program). ⚠️ still being checked - the precise date the founding Act received royal assent, versus the Agency's administrative establishment in March 1989, was not fully reconciled this review (the Act's citation year is 1990 while operational establishment is dated to March 1989 on the Agency's own site).
Strategy evolution brief
No strategy evolution brief written for this org yet.