Office of the Auditor General of Canada’s 2023–24 Departmental Results Report: At a glance

Key priorities

In the 2023–24 fiscal year, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) advanced an array of initiatives in support of our core responsibility, legislative auditing, with a particular focus on the following priorities:

• Transformation. During 2023–24, we continued our transformation initiative, focusing on 3 streams—audit transformation, service transformation, and information technology (IT) modernization (for details, see the “Priority 1” list in the “Our current results: 2022–24 Strategic Plan” section of the full departmental results report):
  • Audit transformation is focused on enhancing the OAG’s mandate and relevance by strengthening the ways we conduct audits and by adopting new tools and products to carry them out.
  • Service transformation aims to modernize internal service delivery and technology and streamline business processes.
  • IT modernization is focused on reducing risks connected to IT, improving our cybersecurity posture, and supporting the other 2 transformation streams with digital solutions.
• Engagement with our partners and interested parties. During 2023–24, we led consultations with parliamentarians, territorial legislature members, and other interested parties, such as chairs of audit committees of Crown corporations, chief audit executives of federal organizations, and parliamentary analysts. The purpose of these engagements was to better understand the needs of our partners and interested parties, to identify opportunities to strengthen the relationships, and to enhance the relevance and value of our work.
• Skilled, inclusive, diverse, and engaged workforce. During 2023–24, we advanced key initiatives that focused on further improving the equity, diversity, and inclusion of our workplace. We also focused on securing a highly skilled workforce with optimized skills and knowledge related to leadership and to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility to better meet the demands of our ever-changing operating environment.
• Values and ethics. During 2023–24, we initiated conversations on values and ethics by launching a culture compass initiative on the OAG’s values; finalized an initial review and revision of the OAG’s Code of Values, Ethics, and Professional Conduct; and developed mandatory training on this important topic.
• OAG FLEX—Optimization of the hybrid work environment. In 2023–24, we transitioned to a hybrid working model in temporary, modernized workplaces in our Ottawa office while our permanent workspace is being renovated. Project approval for our permanent workspaces was obtained, and planning began for redesigning the workspaces to Government of Canada standards, which will optimize collaboration, productivity, and wellness for employees.

In Budget 2023, the government committed to reducing spending by $14.1 billion over the next 5 years, starting in 2023–24, and by $4.1 billion annually after that. While not officially part of this spending-reduction exercise, the OAG reduced spending on travel by 20% of planned spending, which exceeded our target of 15%. We will endeavour to limit travel where possible in 2024–25.

Highlights

In 2023–24, total actual spending for the OAG was $134.9 million and total full-time-equivalent staff was 780. For complete information on the OAG’s total spending and human resources, read the “Spending and human resources” section of the full report.

The following provides a summary of the OAG’s achievements in 2023–24 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.