special operating agency

A special operating agency (SOA) is a designation given to a government organization within a department or agency of the Government of Canada, or a provincial government, that has some management flexibility, independence, and separate accountability. Federal SOAs function, without legislation, within a framework agreement approved by their given department's deputy minister, the minister responsible for the agency, and the Treasury Board. They are considered part of the host department and not separate legal entities.{{Cite web|last=Secretariat|first=Treasury Board of Canada|date=2012-09-28|title=Overview of federal organizations and interests|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/reporting-government-spending/inventory-government-organizations/overview-institutional-forms-definitions.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=aem}}

Special operating agencies also exist among some provincial governments in Canada."[https://www.gov.mb.ca/asset_library/en/abc/2022/fin/securities_commission.pdf Manitoba Securities Commission]." Manitoba Finance. 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

Federal special operating agencies

class="wikitable"

|+Current

!Agency{{Cite web|title=Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests|url=https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ems-sgd/edb-bdd/index-eng.html#igoc/inst_form|access-date=2021-05-19|website=GC InfoBase|language=en}}

!Parent department

Canadian Coast Guard

|Fisheries and Oceans

Canadian Conservation Institute

|Canadian Heritage

Canadian Forces Housing Agency

|National Defence

Canadian Heritage Information Network

|Canadian Heritage

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

|Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency

|Agriculture and Agri-Food

CORCAN{{Cite web|first=|date=2013-01-15|title=Overview CORCAN|url=https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/corcan/002005-0001-eng.shtml|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Correctional Service of Canada}}

|Correctional Services (Public Safety)

Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC){{Cite web|first=|date=2008-11-03|title=Indian Oil and Gas Canada|url=https://www.pgic-iogc.gc.ca/eng/1100110010002/1100110010005|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada}}

|Indigenous Services Canada

Industrial Technologies Office (ITO){{Cite web |first= |title=About Industrial Technologies Office (ITO) |url=https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ito-oti.nsf/eng/h_00002.html |url-status= |access-date=2021-05-19 |website=Innovation Canada|date=11 May 2016 }}

|Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Measurement Canada

|Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Translation Bureau

|Public Services and Procurement

= Former =

Consulting and Audit Canada Revolving Fund (Public Services and Procurement)
Passport Canada (Global Affairs)
Physical Resources Bureau (Global Affairs){{Cite web|title=Physical Resources Bureau|url=https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ems-sgd/edb-bdd/index-eng.html#orgs/dept/268/infograph/intro|access-date=2021-05-19|website=GC InfoBase|language=en}}
Defence Research and Development Canada{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-11-05 |title=Defence Research and Development Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/defence-research-development.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.canada.ca}}

Provincial special operating agencies

Special operating agencies also exist among some provincial governments in Canada.

= Manitoba =

class="wikitable"

!Agency

!Parent department

!Notes

Entrepreneurship Manitoba

|Consumer Protection and Government Services{{Cite web |title=Consumer Protection and Government Services |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/central/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Province of Manitoba - Consumer Protection and Government Services |language=en}}

Materials Distribution Agency

|Consumer Protection and Government Services

|The mail and materials management services agency for the provincial government and government-funded organizations{{Cite web |title=MDA {{!}} Home |url=https://mda.gov.mb.ca/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=mda.gov.mb.ca}}

Manitoba Education, Research and Learning Information Networks (MERLIN)

|Consumer Protection and Government Services

|Coordinates the delivery of technology services to the education community in Manitoba

Public Guardian and Trustee

|Consumer Protection and Government Services

|Manages and protects the affairs of those who are "unable to do so themselves and have no one else willing or able to act," including mentally incompetent and vulnerable adults, deceased estates, and children

Vehicle and Equipment Management Agency

|Consumer Protection and Government Services

|Fleet management organizations for public-sector organizations operating in Manitoba

Industrial Technology Centre (former){{cite web |title=Winnipeg business takes over provincial agency as province privatizes Industrial Technology Centre |date=2021-12-02 |website=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417193806/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/industrial-technology-centre-privatization-1.6271641 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/industrial-technology-centre-privatization-1.6271641}}

|Manitoba Economic Development and Jobs

Office of the Fire Commissioner{{Cite web |title=Archives of Manitoba {{!}} Keystone Archives Descriptive Database |url=http://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PAM_AUTHORITY/AUTH_DESC_DET_REP/SISN%202555?sessionsearch |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=pam.minisisinc.com |language=en}}

Manitoba Financial Services Agency{{Cite web |title=Finance {{!}} Province of Manitoba |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Province of Manitoba - Finance |language=en}}

|Manitoba Finance

Food Development Centre

|Manitoba Agriculture

|Fee-for-service agency created to "assist Manitoba's agrifood industry in the development and commercialization of food products."{{Cite web |title=Agriculture |url=http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Province of Manitoba |language=en}}

Green Manitoba{{Cite web |date=2012-09-11 |title=Manitoba |url=https://canadaconserves.ca/leadership/manitoba/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Canada Conserves |language=en-US}}

|Manitoba Conservation and Climate

References

Category:Federal departments and agencies of Canada

Category:Manitoba government departments and agencies