Office of the Auditor General of Canada 2020–21 Departmental Results Report
Supplementary Information Table—Gender-based analysis plus
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Capacity
In 2020–2021, an executive-level employee was selected to act as Executive Sponsor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Champion of Sustainable Development Goals and Gender-Based Analysis plus. The Executive Sponsor ensures that the Sustainable Development Goals and Gender-Based Analysis Plus are factored into the work of the Office of the Auditor General of CanadaOAG and acts as a liaison to the Executive Committee on matters related to diversity and to inclusion.
Specifically, the office is committed to ensuring that gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) considerations are integrated into our financial and performance audit work, so that we can provide elected officials and all Canadians objective information on the government's progress on its equity, diversity and inclusion priority. This work is supported by a refined audit methodology and increased awareness and knowledge of our audit professionals. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and what we do, across the office.
Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program
Core responsibility: Legislative auditing
Our audit reports benefit Canadians of all backgrounds. A number of our performance audit reports have directly and indirectly examined government activities that touch various identity factors that intersect to make us who we are, such as age, gender identity, sexual orientation, origin, ethnicity, social status, economic status, family status, health characteristics, et ceteraetc. The recommendations from those reports can lead to better outcomes for Canadian women, men and gender-diverse people of all demographics.
Program name: Legislative audit
Target Population: All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits:
| First group | Second group | Third group | Fourth group | Fifth group | |||
| By gender | Men | ◉ | Women | ||||
| By income level | Low | ◉ | High |
| First group | Second group | Third group | |||
| By age group | Youth | ◉ | Senior |
Key Impacts: No statistics to report
Other: In 2020–21, the curriculum for training courses for our employees was modified to incorporate elements on diversity, employment equity, gender-based analysis plus, Indigenous issues, creating a respectful workplace, understanding and overcoming unconscious bias, and workplace accommodations.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan: Nothing to report for 2020–21
Section 3: Program Links to Gender Results Framework
Core responsibility: Legislative auditing
| Program name | Education and Skills Development | Economic Participation and Prosperity | Leadership and Democratic Participation | Gender-based Violence and Access to Justice | Poverty Reduction, Health and Well-Being | Gender Equality around the World |
| Legislative Auditing | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ |
Section 4: Program Links to Quality of Life Framework
Core Responsibility: Legislative Auditing
| Prosperity | Health | Environment | Society | Good Governance | |
| Legislative Auditing | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ | ☒ |
Definitions
Target Population: See Finance Canada definition of Target Group in the following document: User Instructions for the GBA Plus Departmental Summary – Budget 2020 - Canada.ca
Gender Scale:
- First group: Predominantly men (for example, 80% or more men)
- Second group: 60% to 79% men
- Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
- Forth group: 60% to 79% women
- Fifth group: Predominantly women (for example, 80% or more women)
Income Level Scale:
- First group: Strongly benefits low income individuals (Strongly progressive)
- Second group: Somewhat benefits low income individuals (Somewhat progressive)
- Third group: No significant distributional impacts
- Forth group: Somewhat benefits high income individuals (Somewhat regressive)
- Fifth group: Strongly benefits high income individuals (Strongly regressive)
Age Group Scale:
- First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
- Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
- Third group: Primarily benefits seniors or the baby boom generation
Gender Results Framework Pillars: see definitions at the following page: Gender Results Framework - Women and Gender Equality Canada
Quality of Life Domains: See definitions in Annex-5-eng.pdf (budget.gc.ca)