Horizontal initiative - Roadmap for Canada’s official languages 2013-18
General information
- Name of horizontal initiative
- Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013-18
- Name of lead department(s)
- Canadian Heritage
- Federal partner organization(s)
- Health Canada, Justice Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, National Research Council, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Employment and Social Development Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Western Economic Diversification Canada, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (this document uses the names of federal institutions currently in effect).
- Non-federal and non-governmental partner(s)
- Not applicable
- Start date of the horizontal initiative
- April 1, 2013
- End date of the horizontal initiative
- March 31, 2018
- Total federal funding allocated (start to end date)
- $1,124.04 million
- Funding contributed by non-federal and non-governmental partners
- Not applicable
- Description of the horizontal initiative
- The Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013-18 (Roadmap 2013-18), with a budget of $1,124.04 million over five years, is a continuation of efforts deployed in the preceding Roadmap for Canada’s Linguistic Duality 2008 13: Acting for the Future and continues to advance obligations and commitments that stem from Part VII of the Official Languages Act.
The Roadmap 2013-18 is a Government of Canada policy statement. It includes 28 initiatives to be implemented by 14 federal institutions and that are intended to strengthen and promote linguistic duality. The initiatives are grouped according to three pillars: education, immigration and community support. Within the framework of the Roadmap 2013-18, the Government of Canada will continue to strive for tangible results for Canadians, greater efficiency in the use of public funds and more efficient program delivery.
Web Site: http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1456932837796/1456932898448 - Shared outcome(s)
-
The Roadmap 2013-2018 is structured according to its own Program Alignment Architecture model. Its strategic outcome is: “Canadians live and thrive in both official languages and recognize the importance of French and English for Canada’s national identity, development and prosperity”.
The Roadmap 2013-18's strategic outcome is aligned with federal obligations and commitments under Part VII of the Official Languages Act and is presented in three pillars that contribute to the achievement of the following objectives:- Education: Canadians benefit from education and training opportunities in their first official language, from opportunities for learning the country’s other official language, and from access to technological tools, and they take advantage of the many of the resulting social, economic, cultural and identity benefits.
- Immigration: Newcomers’ skills in one or both official languages are reinforced, allowing them to more fully contribute to Canada’s economic, social and cultural development. An increasing number of French-speaking immigrants settle in official-language minority communities (OLMCs).
- Communities: The vitality of both official languages and of the OLMCs that embody them is increased, enabling them to contribute fully to Canadian society, and to Canada’s history, national identity, development and prosperity.
- Governance structures
-
The Minister of Canadian Heritage is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Roadmap 2013-18. The Official Languages Branch (OLB) of Canadian Heritage supports the Minister of Canadian Heritage in this implementation and is responsible for coordinating the reporting and accountability activities for the Roadmap 2013-18. The OLB collects financial and non-financial information from partners in order to report on the planning and performance of the Roadmap 2013-2018 initiatives.
The OLB also supports the overall governance of official languages through various mechanisms and committees:- The Committee of Assistant Deputy Ministers on Official Languages (CADMOL) meets in plenary session annually in the fall to approve the planning and strategic direction for official Languages.
- The Executive Committee of Assistant Deputy Ministers on Official Languages (CADMOL-EX) meets on a quarterly basis to discuss and support strategic activities regarding official languages, including the implementation of the Roadmap 2013-18.
- The committee of Directors General (DG Forum) of the Roadmap 2013-18 partner organizations and departments responsible for official languages coordination meets regularly to discuss strategic policy issues and government-wide strategies related specifically to the Roadmap 2013-18.
- Performance highlights
-
The 2015-16 year is the third year of the implementation of the Roadmap 2013-18. Initiatives are already underway in priority areas of actions on official languages, such as, education, immigration, health, youth, arts and culture, justice or economic development.
The different committees responsible for the governance of this horizontal initiative implement strategies to monitor, measure, achieve and measure the results.
Many of these initiatives aim, among other things, to provide grants and contributions to beneficiaries, to develop information strategies for Canadian citizens and newcomers, to increase the supply of bilingual services in different priority areas for Canadians, or to implement agreements between the government of Canada and provincial and territorial governments. - Results to be achieved by non-federal and non governmental partners
- Not applicable.
- Contact information
-
Jean-Pierre C. Gauthier
jean-pierrec.gauthier@canada.ca
Director General
Official Languages Branch
15 Eddy, Gatineau,
(819) 994-0943
Federal organizations | Link to department’s program alignment architectures | Contributing programs and activities | Total allocation (from start date to end date) | 2015-16 (dollars) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Planned spending | Actual spending | Expected results | Actual results against targets | ||||
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Support for minority language education | $265,024,040 | $53,004,808 |
$53,004,808 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of provincial and territorial programs and activities to provide education in the language of OLMCs at all levels of education |
The Department manages 13 bilateral agreements on education with provincial and territorial governments to support education in the language of the OLMCs. These agreements have helped almost 240,000 young Canadians in minority communities study in their language in more than 900 schools across Canada and supported the work of 40 minority-language school boards and 39 minority-language post-secondary institutions in all regions of Canada. |
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Support for minority language education | $175,024,040 | $35,004,808 |
$35,004,808 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of provincial and territorial programs and activities related to learning English and French as second official languages | Canadian Heritage’s investments support provincial and territorial governments offer programs and activities that have helped 2.4 million young Canadians to learn French or English as a second language in majority schools, including more than 356,000 young English-speaking Canadians learning French in immersion programs. |
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Summer language bursaries | $36,604,830 | $7,320,966 |
$7,320,966 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of summer language bursaries |
The Destination Clic program enabled 140 young Francophones from OLMCs to improve their first official language while discovering other French-speaking communities in Canada. The Explore program enabled 7,057 young Canadians to take part in a summer program to learn their second official-language or perfect their skills. |
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Official- language monitors | $18,604,825 | $3,720,965 |
$3,720,965 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of official-language monitor positions | The Odyssey program enabled 301 young Canadians to work as second-language assistants in schools across Canada, or to work as French-language assistants in minority-language schools. |
Canadian Heritage | Attachment to Canada | Exchanges Canada | $11,250,000 | $2,250,000 |
$2,250,000 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Exchanges Canada will continue to provide funding to youth-serving organizations, many of whom provide Canadian youth with experiences in their second official language. A portion of Exchanges Canada program resources will be dedicated to organizations who deliver bilingual youth forums and exchanges, such as the Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada (SEVEC). |
In 2014-15 (most recent participant data available*), the Exchanges Canada Program offered opportunities for over 12,600 Canadian youth to participate in exchange and forum activities, many of which gave the youth a chance to practice and improve their second official language while connecting with other young people from different parts of the country. For example, Experiences Canada (formerly known as the SEVEC) delivered close to 2,500 bilingual youth exchanges, where groups of Canadian youth who spoke primarily one official language were twinned with another group who spoke primarily the other official language. Additionally, SEVEC delivered 246 OLMC exchanges, where one or both groups of youth from an OLMC were twinned together in an exchange in their first official language (for example, an Anglophone group from British Columbia and an Anglophone group from Quebec were twinned together for an English language exchange). *Results from the final reports for a specific fiscal year are only made available the following fiscal year - the statistics provided here reflect the most recent results available, but 2015-2016 results will not be available until December 2016. |
Health Canada |
A healthcare system that responds to the needs of Canadians OLMCs’ Development |
Training, networks and access to health services (education component) | $106,500,000 | $21,733,333 | $21,733,333 |
Increased access to bilingual health professionals and intake staff in OLMCs. |
Contribution agreements were maintained with 13 postsecondary institutions that have been designated to train additional French-speaking health professionals outside Quebec and to provide language training and retention opportunities to health personnel in Quebec to better serve English-speaking minority communities. |
Justice Canada | Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework | Networks, training and access to justice services (education component) | $ 18 936 200 | $3,770,819 | $3,765,313 | Canadians have access to a criminal justice system in the official language of their choice | Justice system stakeholders (prosecutors, court clerks, judges, etc.) have access to specialized language training in order to facilitate access to justice for individuals in the official language of their choice in 100% of provinces and territories. |
Justice Canada | Internal Services | Networks, training and access to justice services (education component) | $63,800 |
$11,781 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
$11,780 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
N/A | N/A |
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) | Terminology Standardization Program | Language Portal of Canada | $16,000,000 | $3,200,000 | $2,915,673 |
Update, expand and promote the Language Portal of Canada Develop new content (quizzes, articles, headlines) to help Canadians communicate better in both official languages. |
4.9 million page views for the Language Portal of Canada
Update the linguistic content of 4 Writing tools (2 French and 2 in English), representing a total of nearly 5,000 Web pages. The 2016 Portal Evaluation Report showed that the Portal is well managed and is meeting its objectives and reaching its targeted audience. |
National Research Council (NRC) |
Technology Development and Advancement Information and Communications Technologies |
Strengthening the language industry and technologies | $10,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
PORTAGE translation software commercialization: - A substantially improved version of the Portage machine translation technology will be released: PORTAGE II-3.0. At a minimum. This will be licensed to the current three commercial clients (CLS Lexi-tech, Traductions Serge Belair, and Silex Créations) via our reseller, Terminotix Inc. |
Natural Language Processing (NLP) Accomplishments at NRC Government use of the Portage MT Software
NRC carried out a feasibility study on building a machine translation (MT) system for translating from an African language to English. Language Technologies for improving healthcare |
Federal organizations | Link to department’s program alignment architectures | Contributing programs and activities | Total allocation (from start date to end date) | 2015-16 (dollars) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Planned spending | Actual spending | Expected results | Actual results against targets | ||||
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) | Newcomers Settlement and Integration | Language training for economic immigrants | $120,000,000 | $24,000,000 |
$24,000,000 (This reflects only a small portion of IRCC’s investment for the Language training for economic immigrants.) |
Enhance the French services offered to French-speaking immigrants as part of the Settlement Program, including language training | For 2015-16, in provinces and territories outside of Quebec, preliminary data indicate that 44,607 economic immigrants (unique clients) were enrolled in Language Training and they represented 42% of clients who used Language Training. (Source: IRCC, Settlement Service, April 2016 data). |
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) | Newcomers Settlement and Integration | Immigration to OLMCs (including Support to Francophone immigration in New Brunswick) | $29,398,470 * | $6,000,000 |
$6,037,726 (This reflects only a small portion of IRCC’s investment for the Immigration to OLMCs) |
Continue to: |
Settlement : |
Federal organizations | Link to department’s program alignment architectures | Contributing programs and activities | Total allocation (from start date to end date) | 2015-16 (dollars) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Planned spending | Actual spending | Expected results | Actual results against targets | ||||
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Support for OLMCs | $22,262,275 | $4,452,455 |
$4,452,455 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of activities and services designed for OLMCs by community organizations |
The department financially supported more than 350 national, provincial and local community organizations working directly on the development and vitality of OLMCs received funding from Canadian Heritage. This support has rendered it possible to:
|
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Intergovernmental cooperation | $22,262,275 | $4,452,455 |
$4,452,455 (This amount represents only a portion of the Canadian Heritage’s investment) |
Offer of minority-language services by provincial and territorial governments, in areas other than education |
Thirteen bilateral agreements with provincial and territorial governments aiming to provide direct services to the minority-language population in areas other than education, especially in justice, health, culture, economic development and municipal services. Funding from Canadian Heritage supports the delivery of services offered by provincial and territorial governments, including measures taken to implement the laws, regulations or policies on French-language services outside Quebec and English-language services in Quebec. |
Canadian Heritage | Official Languages | Community Cultural Action Fund | $10,000,000 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | Offer of activities and services designed to strengthen and ensure the visibility of OLMCs’ action in the areas of arts, culture and heritage |
The Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) is used to support and strengthen cultural activities, arts and heritage of official-language minority communities and ensure the sharing of the richness and diversity of the cultural and artistic expressions of communities. In 2015-2016, the Department has invested more than 2.7 million of dollars in the CCAF which allowed Canadian non-profit organizations and provincial and territorial governments to implement many initiatives for the development of Francophone and Anglophone minority communities in all regions of the country. The Voice of English-Speaking Quebec for “Once upon a Memory” is an intergenerational funded project that enables 300 young English-speaking of Quebec to learn interview and data collection skills towards creating a history book on their community in Quebec with the participation of fifty seniors. |
Canadian Heritage | Cultural industries |
Music Showcases Program for Artists from OLMCs |
$5,750,000 | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 |
Organizing music showcases offering OLMCs artists opportunities to perform and for the communities to have access to music in their language. Music showcases will be promoted digitally during events and tours that have a digital component. |
In accordance with the contribution agreements, the complete report of accomplishments for 2015-16 will be available in July 2016. |
Canadian Heritage | Cultural industries | National Translation Program for Book Publishing | $4,000,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | Canadian publishers translate Canadian-authored books from one official language to the other |
Funding was allocated to Canadian publishers for eligible translations. The NTPBP funded the translation of 69 Canadian-authored books from one official language to the other. |
Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) | Grants and services to support creation, production and dissemination of arts for individuals and organizations | Market Access Strategy for Artists from OLMCs | $2,750,000 | $500,000 | $498,745 |
Increased participation by OLMC artists and arts organizations in existing market access events and networks |
In 2015-16, 40% of the CCA’s Market Access Strategy support went to projects that reinforce existing markets, 42% to projects that created new markets, 11% to professional development in market access, and 7% to enhance market readiness. Of the total funding 40% supported Anglophone recipients while 60% supported Francophone recipients. |
Health Canada |
A healthcare system that responds to the needs of Canadians OLMCs’ Development |
Training, networks and access to health services (communities component) | $67,800,000 | $15,336,667 | $15,336,667 | Increased provision of services within health institutions for OLMCs |
Partnerships were maintained with 38 health networks and organizations acting as project sponsors aiming to improve access to health care services in official language minority communities, for example:
|
Justice Canada | Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework | Contraventions Act Fund | $47,591,855 | $9,823,455 | $3,888,754 | Canadians in designated areas who have received federal contraventions have access to the justice system using the official language of choice | In 2015-16 the Department advanced work needed to see the implementation of the regime in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Department has had regular communications with its counterparts towards the last element needed before implementation, namely a signed agreement with provisions to guarantee language rights. As well, the Department received confirmation from Alberta that it is interested in implementing the Contraventions regime; discussions with Alberta to this end are expected take place in the new year. |
Justice Canada | Internal Services | Contraventions Act Fund | $2,019,775 |
$52,505 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
$127,530 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
N/A | N/A |
Justice Canada | Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework | Training, networks and access to justice services (communities component) | $20,433,000 | $4,090,215 | $3,641,984 | Canadians have access to legal information regarding their rights and responsibilities in the official language of choice through a hub that will provide Canadians with legal information through a telephone helpline, online or in person |
100 % of Canadians have access to legal information regarding their rights and responsibilities in the official language of their choice through a hub providing Canadians with legal information online, through a telephone helpline, or in person.
|
Justice Canada | Internal Services | Training, networks and access to justice services (communities component) | $762,000 |
$81,730 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
$128,696 (PSPC accommodation charges excluded) |
N/A | N/A |
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) | Skills and Employment | Enabling Fund for OLMCs | $69,000,000 | $13,800,000 | $13,203,946 |
The OLMCs are better informed, skilled, resourced and served |
The EF continued to support the operations and activities of a Canada-wide network of leaders in community economic development (CED) and human resources development (HRD) serving official language minority communities (OLMCs) across Canada. In conjunction with their partners (the business community, federal and provincial departments/ministries, service providers, etc.), organizations supported by the EF carried out projects, implemented services and developed accessible tools for CED and HRD players in OLMCs across the country. |
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) | Skills and Employment | OLMCs Literacy and Essential Skills Initiative | $7,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $1,052,434 | The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) remains committed to help Canadians improve the Literacy and Essential Skills levels they need to succeed in the labour market and contribute fully to a strong, competitive Canadian economy. |
In 2015-16, the five active Roadmap 2013-18 projects achieved the following results.
Actions interculturelles de développement et d’éducation (AIDE): Develop Francophone immigrants’ literacy and essential skills |
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) | Social Development | Social Partnership Initiative in OLMCs | $4,000,000 | $260,000 | $0 |
Partner engagement, leverage plan, community consultation. |
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Fédération des aînées et aînés Francophones du Canada (FAAFC) submitted proposals in Spring 2015 after consultation with their communities on priorities in the area of youth in transition, seniors, and vulnerable populations including families. They further plan to collaboratively share information on processes and learnings. Proposals were favorably assessed and ministerial project approval was received in April 2016. |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) | Community economic development | Economic Development Initiative (EDI) (Regional Operations) | $1,600,000 |
$380,000 Operations and maintenance |
$375,833 Operations and maintenance |
Better understanding of OLMCs economic issues |
ISED funded 12 studies. Through its EDI research component, ISED achieved the following immediate result, Federal partners and stakeholders have a better understanding of the economic issues of official language minority communities and the following intermediate result, Communities implement economic development initiatives. For example, in terms of tourism, The Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité du Canada (RDÉE Canada), the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CEDEC) and the Transat Chair in Tourism of the Science and Management School (ESG) of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) pooled their efforts to set up a Tourism Intelligence Network that provides its members with strategic information on emerging tourism trends and best practices. The main success factor of the Tourism Intelligence Network is their ability to come together to identify immediate issues and explore solutions. These joint planning efforts are needed to determine how to address the next steps involved in developing the tourism offering of OLMCs. This included a two-day working sessions at the ISED Service Lab in Ottawa. The participant organizations have identified a number of key areas of interest for the future, including research, product development and marketing. Strong alliances have been created across the country, and projects such as the development of a national mobile application for the commercialization of tourism products in Canada and a 1st event on innovation and sustainable development in tourism in North America - ECORISMO Canada, are being carried out. |
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor) | Community economic development | Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $4,450,000 | $1,065,000 |
$1,335,400 |
Capacities, new expertise and partnerships developed: 10 projects funded. |
Through the Economic Development Initiative, FedNor achieved the following immediate result, Communities and businesses develop capacity, new expertise and partnerships and the following intermediate result, Entrepreneurs create, maintain and expand enterprises.Investments made in 15 projects completed through EDI during 2015-16 resulted in the creation or maintenance of 55.3 jobs. For every FedNor dollar invested through EDI during 2015-16, $ 0.96 was leveraged from other sources. |
Canada Economic Development (CED) for Quebec Regions |
Quebec Economic Development Program (QEDP) Targeted or temporary support |
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $10,200,000 | $2,360,000 | $1,942,788 |
Value of total investment generated in communities: $5.3 million. Number of communities that receive targeted and temporary support: 10 communities. |
Final outcome: Value of total investment generated in the communities
Intermediate outcome: Percentage of communities supported which received temporary and targeted support
|
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) |
Enterprise Development |
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $6,200,000 | $1,340,000 | $1,227,733 |
12 projects |
For 2015-16 there were 12 projects approved for a total commitment of $722,285. |
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) |
Community Economic Development Official-language minority communities |
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $4,450,000 | $1,074,050 | $1,090,818 |
OLMCs have access to economic opportunities to help build strong communities: |
In 2015-16, FedDev Ontario delivered projects to improve access to business and entrepreneurship services and training, increase access to capital, and support applied research partnerships for new and existing Francophone entrepreneurs. In addition, an internship project supported the employment of Francophone youth, enabling them to gain valuable work experience while providing small and medium enterprises and Francophone community organizations access to educated, skilled workers. As a result of the EDI funding being strategically allocated by FedDev Ontario, the collaboration between the various stakeholders has now been established and makes it possible to have an impact that is more regional than local. |
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED) |
Business Development and Innovation Community Economic Growth |
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $3,200,000 |
$740,000 |
$710,465 |
Number of new projects: 2 |
WD approved six EDI projects in 2015-16. These projects are now starting to show immediate results for 2015-16 and will assist Francophone OLMC vitality by providing enhanced Francophone tourism experiences, expanded skills and training capabilities for Francophones, enriched OLMC organizational and community capacity, and heightened Francophone business community capacity through new efficiencies and collaboration opportunities. |
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) |
Economic Development Community Development |
Economic Development Initiative (EDI) | $400,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 | Based on initial discussion, a pan-territorial project for the recruitment and retention of a bilingual, skilled workforce for the North is expected by CanNor. | The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) received EDI funding of $240,000 over three years for the Workers’ Bilingual Recruitment and Retention project. In partnership with the Conseil de développement économique des Territoires du Nord-Ouest (CDETNO) et Carrefour Nunavut, the project is to identify intervention strategies to better attract and retain bilingual Francophones in Canada’s North to fill gaps in sectors with a shortfall of workers and to implement targeted and effective recruitment campaigns. |
Total | $1,124,037,385 | $228,106,015 | $220,079,744 |
* The Government of Canada, through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, is investing $29.4 million for the initiative "Immigration to OLMCs” as part of the Roadmap 2013-18. There is a variance of $100,000 between the funding amount for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada originally announced in the public document of the Roadmap 2013-18 in March 2013 and the amount listed. This change reflects a budget review and will not affect Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s ability to deliver services to OLMCs, as per the Roadmap 2013-18. Similar results are expected to be achieved.
Page details
- Date modified: