Horizontal initiative: Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013-18

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Support to minority-language education

$265,024,040

$53,004,808

Offer of provincial and territorial education programs and activities in the language of Official Languages Minority Communities (OLMCs).

Percentage of OLMC members living within 25 km of an elementary or secondary minority-language school.

95% or more of OLMC members live within 25 km of an elementary or secondary minority-language school.

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Support for second-language learning

$175,024,040

$35,004,808

Offer of provincial and territorial programs and activities related to learning English and French as second official languages, at all levels of learning.

Percentage of Canadians who have a working knowledge of the second official language.

15% or more of Canadians have a working knowledge of the second official language.

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Summer language bursaries

$36,604,830

$7,320,966

Offer of summer language bursaries

Number and trend of enrolments in bursary and language assistant programs

7,200 bursaries (Destination Clic and Explore)

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Official language monitors

$18,604,825

$3,720,965

Offer of official-language monitor positions

Number and trend of enrolments in language assistant programs.

300 monitor positions (Odyssey)

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Attachment to Canada

Exchanges Canada

$11,250,000

$2,250,000

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).

Percentage of participants who report enhanced knowledge and understanding of Canada

Percentage of participants who report having created new ties with other young Canadians as a result of the exchange

Percentage of participants who report having a better understanding of what Canadians have in common

75% of participants would report enhanced knowledge and understanding of Canada

75% of participants would report having created new ties with other young Canadians

75% of participants would report having a better understanding of what Canadians have in common

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Health Canada

A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians

OLMC Development

Training, networks and access to health services (education component)

$106,500,000

$21,300,000

Increased access to bilingual health professionals and intake staff in official language minority communities

The number of additional graduates in 2017-18 from French-language health programs in colleges and universities outside Quebec. The number of health care personnel enrolled in language training programs in 2017-18 to better serve English-speaking communities in Quebec

860 additional graduates in Francophone heath related programs and 1500 enrolments in French and English training

A health system responsive to the needs of Canadians

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Justice Canada

Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework

Networks, training and access to justice services (education component)

$18,936,200

$3,770,919

Canadians have access to criminal justice system in official language of their choice

Percentage of provinces and territories where justice system stakeholders (prosecutors, court clerks, judges, etc.) have access to specialized language training to facilitate access to justice in the official language of choice.

100%

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Diversity is Canadian strength

Security and Opportunity

Justice Canada

Internal Services

Networks, training and access to justice services (education component)

$63,800

$11,781

N/A

N/A

N/A

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Diversity is Canadian strength

Security and Opportunity

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

Terminology Standardization Program

Language Portal of Canada

$16,000,000

$3,250,000

Develop new content (quizzes, articles, blog posts, social media content) to help Canadians communicate better in both official languages, and further enhance the content related to Indigenous languages.

Publish blog posts written by Canadian contributors, including posts from official language minority communities (OLMC).

Conduct promotional activities by various means, including Portal ambassadors and social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn).

Complete the migration of the Portal content to the Canada.ca website and complete the total revamping of the Portal.

Number of page views in the Language Portal of Canada

Number of linguistic contents (quizzes, articles, blog posts, social media content) in the Language Portal of Canada

Number of updates (quizzes, articles, blog posts, social media content) to the Language Portal of Canada

Number of articles written by external contributors

Number of ambassadors contributing to the Portal’s promotion

800 updates to the Portal (quizzes, articles, blog posts, social media content)

20 blog posts written by contributors

350 ambassadors contributing to the promotion of the Portal

One advertising campaign and 50 other promotional initiatives carried out 4 200 000 page views in the Portal, including the Writing Tools

Strategic objective: to help the Government of Canada conduct its business and communicate with Canadians in both official languages and in other languages, as needed.

Department’s objective of delivering high-quality central programs and services.

Diversity is Canadian strength

National Research Council

Technology Development and Advancement Information and Communication Technologies

Strengthening the language industry and technologies

$10,000,000

$2,000,000

PORTAGE translation software commercialization (in the private sector).

PORTAGE translation technology transfer (within government)

Improving Canada’s security by deploying other natural language processing technologies, The Arctic Maritime Awareness for Safety and Security (AMASS) project.

Number of new or improved tools, technologies, processes, etc. (target = 1)

4 licences with external clients (target = 4)

Rollout of PORTAGE II 3.0 to the production environment of the Courts Administration Service (CAS)

Rollout of PORTAGE II 3.0 to Statistics Canada

Implementation of incremental adaptation in Portage

Completion of the AMASS project.

Canadian businesses prosper from innovative technologies.

Open and Transparent Government

Security and opportunity

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Newcomers Settlement and Integration

Language training for economic immigrants

$120,000,000

$24,000,000

In 2017-18, IRCC will continue to foster the acquisition of language skills of economic immigrants in both official languages through the standardization of tools and greater consistency, and effective use of technology

In 2017-18 IRCC will continue to track the number and percentage of economic immigrants enrolled in language training in all provinces and territories outside Quebec

The annual percentage is 15% or higher for language training clients, who are economic immigrants and who increased at least one level in English or French for at least three out of four skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing)

Organizational priority 3 – Diverse and Inclusive: Connecting Canadians through Language and Culture

Strategic Outcome 2: Canadian share, express and appreciate their Canadian Identity

Program 2.2: Official Languages

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Newcomers Settlement and Integration

Immigration to OLMCs (including Support to Francophone immigration in New Brunswick)

$29,398,470*

$5,911,638

In 2017-18, IRCC will continue to conduct promotion and recruitment activities in Canada and abroad, primarily through an expansion of frequency and locations of current targeted promotion and recruitment events; providing settlement services to French-speaking clients; coordinate and consult with key stakeholders; conduct strategic data development as well as research and develop knowledge sharing projects for immigration to both FMCs and English-speaking communities in Quebec (ESCQ).

In addition, IRCC will invest $1M to support the integration of French-speaking immigrants in New Brunswick in 2017-18. As IRCC is moving toward a more standardized approach at the national level, ongoing investment will aim for a more consistent approach to foster immigration to FMC’s across the country

Number of French-speaking unique clients who received at least one settlement service in a specific fiscal year, in Canada, outside of Quebec.

Number of French-speaking unique clients who received at least one settlement service in a specific fiscal year, in NB supported by the $1M Roadmap 2013-2018 funding.

Number of French-speaking unique clients who received at least one settlement services in 2015-2016 in Canada

Number of French-speaking unique clients who received at least one settlement service in 2015-16 in NB with the $1M Roadmap.

Organizational priority 3 – Diverse and Inclusive: Connecting Canadians through Language and Culture

Strategic Outcome 2: Canadian share, express and appreciate their Canadian Identity

Program 2.2: Official Languages

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Support for OLMCs

$22,262,275

$4,452,455

Offer of activities and services designed for OLMCs by community organizations.

Percentage of OLMC members who live within 25 km of a local or regional community development organization.

85% or more of OLMC members live within 25 km of a local or regional community development organization offering minority-language services.

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Intergovern-mental cooperation

$22,262,275

$4,452,455

Offer of minority-language services by provincial and territorial governments, in areas other than education.

Direct services offered in the minority language, according to priorities of provincial and territorial governments.

Maintain 13 federal-provincial/ territorial agreements on minority-language services.

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Official Languages

Community Cultural Action Fund

$10,000,000

$2,500,000

Offer of activities and services designed to strengthen and ensure the visibility of OLMCs’ action in the areas of arts, culture and heritage

Number of participants in funded activities

30 projects or more are supported.

Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Cultural Industries, Canada Music Fund

Music Showcases Program for Artists from OLMCs

$5,750,000

$1,150,000

It is expected that about 400 music showcases will be implemented, offering the opportunity for more than 200 OLMCs artists to perform on stage in their language and for the communities to have access to music showcasing in their respective language. Where possible, music showcases will be promoted digitally during events and tours.

Number of music showcases funded
Number of music showcases with digital promotion funding
Number of artists who perform at funded showcases

400 music showcases presented

200 OLMC artists perform at music showcases

Improved access to cultural expressions of both linguistic groups:
Music showcases are organized and presented
Artists from OLMCs perform at funded showcases

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Canadian Heritage

Cultural Industries, Canada Book Fund

National Translation Program for Book Publishing

$4,000,000

$800,000

Canadian publishers translate Canadian-authored books from one official language to the other.

Number of publishers receiving grants

35 Canadian publishers receive grants to translate Canadian-authored books from one official-language to the other.

Improved access to cultural expressions of both linguistic groups:
More Canadian-authored books are translated from one official language to the other

Diversity is Canada’s strength

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

$750,000

Expand national and international market access to high quality market-ready OLMC arts;

Contribute to the development of new national and international markets for OLMC arts; and

Strengthen the ability of OLMC artists, groups and/or arts organizations to succeed outside their local markets.

Total value of grants awarded

Total value of grants awarded: $690,000*

* Represents $750,000 less 8% in administrative costs.

Excellent, vibrant and diverse art that engages Canadians, enriches their communities, and reaches markets around the world

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Health Canada

A Health System Responsive to the Needs of Canadians
OLMC Development

Training, networks and access to health services (communities component)

$67,800,000

$13,560,000

Increased access to bilingual health professionals and intake staff in official language minority communities

The number of effective strategies implemented by health networks in 2017-18 to meet the health needs of English and French-speaking minority communities in the following areas: language training and cultural adaptation; enhancing knowledge of the health communities; health promotion; and adaptation of health services for English and French-speaking communities

One or more effective strategies supported and implemented by each of the following: Société, Santé en français and its 16 provincial and territorial health networks, Community Health and Social Services Networks and its 20 regional health networks

A health system responsive to the needs of Canadians

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Justice Canada

Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework

Contraventions Act Fund

$49,335,985

$9,823,455

Canadian in designated areas who have received a federal contravention have access to legal information in the official language of choice

Number of complaints with respect to judicial and extra-judicial services in the official language of choice.

No complaints

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Security and opportunity

Justice Canada

Internal Services

Contraventions Act Fund

$275,650

$52,505

N/A

N/A

N/A

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Security and opportunity

Justice Canada

Stewardship of the Canadian Legal Framework

Training, networks and access to justice services (communities component)

$20,767,355

$4,090,214

Canadians have access to legal information regarding their rights and responsibilities in the official language of choice through a hub providing Canadians with legal information on-line, through a telephone helpline, or in person.

Percentage of province and territories for which official language minority communities have access to legal information through an information hub that provides Canadians with legal information through a telephone helpline, online or in person

100%

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Diversity is Canada’s strength
Security and opportunity

Justice Canada

Internal Services

Training, networks and access to justice services (communities component)

$427,640

$81,730

N/A

N/A

N/A

A fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Skills and Employment

Enabling Fund for OLMCs

$69,000,000

$13,740,000

The Official Languages Minority Communities (OLMCs) are better informed, skilled, resourced and serves.
Enabling Fund recipient organizations support the coalescence of resources and efforts and enable community-wide participatory approaches. It is expected that together they will leverage additional funding to support community economic and human resources development.
OLMCs make use of this increased capacity to strengthen their communities by shaping their economic and human resources development.

Labour market information made available to OLMCs.
Leverage effect (Amount invested by partners not funded by the Enabling Fund for each dollar invested by the Enabling Fund).
Changes in communities.

OLMCs have access to community-specific labour market information, develop intelligence, and deliver initiatives that respond to identified priorities.
The Enabling Fund, via the funded organizations, will leverage $2 (amount invested by partners not funded by the Enabling Fund for each dollar invested by the Enabling Fund).
Progress made in OLMCs in areas identified as economic and human resource development priorities by communities, such as promoting of entrepreneurship and creation, consolidation and development of SMEs; encouraging investment in the development of regional assets; supporting innovation, technical skills development and essential skills development; supporting job seekers facing barriers to full participation in the labour market, including youth and newcomers; and supporting the creation of wealth and quality jobs.

A skilled, adaptable, inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

A clean Environment and a Strong Economy
Growth for the Middle Class

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

The Adult Learning Literacy and Essential Skills Program

OLMCs Workplace Essential Skills Initiative

$7,500,000

$604,654

The Official Languages Minority Communities (OLMC) Workplace Essential Skills (WES) Initiative will support the improvement of Literacy and Essential Skills (LES) in OLMCs through:
Increased awareness of the benefits and opportunities for adults learning, literacy and essential skills among partners, stakeholders and employers;
Improved capacity of partners, stakeholders and employers; and
Improved dissemination, transfer and application of knowledge and information among partners, stakeholders and employers.

Increase awareness and improve capacity of partners to support the improvement of literacy and essential skills.
Dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned broadly.

Ongoing collaboration with the various stakeholders working for francophone adults outside Quebec and Anglophones in Quebec with emphasis on the dissemination, transfer and application of knowledge and information among partners, stakeholders and employers.

The department’s strategic outcomes: A skilled, adaptable, inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market.

Growth for the Middle class

A clean Environment and a Strong Economy

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Social Development Partnerships Program

Social Development Initiative in OLMCs

$4,000,000

$2,077,856

The two projects for the Social Partnership Initiative are each comprised of distinct planned results for 2017-18. These planned results might be modified or adjusted in the coming months depending on the progress of each project at the end of the 2016-17 fiscal year.

Quebec Community Group Network’s (QCGN) planned results for 2017-18 include:
Establishing governance working groups to disburse funds, to develop the evaluation framework and to put in place knowledge sharing tools
Establishing a transparent and open process to receive project applications at the community level
Establishing an evaluation outline for the community projects funded

Funding and conducting several community-based projects
Implementing a knowledge sharing tool
Developing a tool to measure shared outcomes to share across Canada
Fédération des aînées et aînés francophones du Canada’s (FAAFC) planned results for 2017-18 include:

Ensuring that Francophone and Acadian communities are better equipped financially to deal with important social development issues.
Collaborating with private sector organizations and promoting social entrepreneurship to develop and support projects that create significant income for associations.

Better equipping and engaging communities to undertake social development projects in language minority settings.
Providing suitable services to people in a language minority setting through the new projects.
Engaging a greater number and wider variety of partners involved in various social development projects.

Improving the capacity of Francophone and Acadian associations and developing greater community collaboration to address important social development and innovation issues in a concrete and effective way.

Not-for-profit sector and partners have improved capacity to respond to existing and emerging social issues related to children and families.
Percentage of Social Development Partnerships program – Children and Families component projects that leverage funds from non-federal partners
Amount invested by non-federal partners for every dollar invested through Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families component

Two intermediary organizations currently receive funding under this Initiative. They will finance or continue to finance projects under the following themes:
Youth in transition (creating opportunities to retain youth in their communities); changing demographics (seniors' needs);
vulnerable populations including families.
The Initiative will also encourage official language minority communities to find new revenue sources to develop community-based activities that address the social and economic issues that affect them, as well as creating partnerships and sharing knowledge amongst communities.

Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities

Growth for the Middle Class

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Community economic development

Economic Development Initiative (Regional operations)

$1,600,000

$380,000

Better understanding of OLMC economic issues:

3 face to face mettings to consult with Anglophone and Francophone follow-up committees held to discuss issues or related progress in OLMC
6 studies funded and/ or undertaken in collaboration with Anglophone and
Francophone OLMCS, regional development agencies and other government departments in order to deepen understanding of issues related to specific areas (tourism, entrepreneurship, coop development, etc.)

Number and type of research and analytical reports prepared (research, analysis and consultations)

6 studies or analysis

Canadian businesses and communities are competitive

A clean Environment and a Strong Economy

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Community economic development

Economic Development Initiative

$4,450,000

$1,090,000

Businesses and organizations targeted in Northern Ontario attract investors

Businesses and organizations targeted in Northern Ontario create or maintain jobs

Dollar of investment leverage per program dollar distributed
Number of jobs created and maintained in Northern Ontario through EDI programming investments

Laverage: A laverage ratio of 1:1 (Dollar of investment leveraged per program dollar disbursed)
Jobs: 50 jobs created and maintained in Northern Ontario through EDI programming investments

Canadian businesses and communities are competitive

A clean Environment and a Strong Economy

Economic Development Agency of Canada (CED) for Regions of Quebec

Quebec Economic Development Program/ Focus
Targeted and Temporary Support

Economic Development Initiative

$10,200,000

$2,370,000

Final Expected Result (P1.3 Strengthening Community Economies): The communities of
Quebec have a strong economy

Intermediary Expected Result (P1.3.3 Targeted and/ or Temporary support): The communities stabilize or strengthen their economy.

Number of communities supported receiving targeted and temporary support

Target Final Result: $8 726 051 of investment generated in the communities for targeted and/ or temporary support projects (EDI contribution to the target).
Target Intermediary Result: 13 communities will benefit from targeted and/ or temporary support (EDI contribution to the target).

Quebec’s regions have a growing economy

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Community Development

Economic Development Initiative

$6,200,000

$1,330,000

Promotion of the Economic Development Initiative of the Roadmap will continue in OLMC in the Atlantic region through financial support of projects and establishment of partnerships

Number of contribution agreements administered; Contribution amounts; Number of partnerships established; Dollar value leveraged through funding partners and leverage effect (ratio)

12 projects
16 partnerships and leveraging of 40% (ACOA 60%, Partners 40%)

A competitive Atlantic Canada

Growth for the middle class
A clean Environment and a Strong Economy
Diversity is Canada’s strength

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario)

Community Economic Development -
OLMCs

Economic Development Initiative

$4,450,000

1,074,050

Through various projects under its Economic Development Initiative, FedDev Ontario will continue to consult OLMC in 2017-18 to identify new and emerging challenges faced by Francophone communities. Existing regional projects with various stakeholders will ensure entrepreneurs have access to the required training an mentoring in French, the necessary access to capital to assist in the launch of their ventures, and provide youth with opportunities to develop practical experience through internship in Francophone organizations and businesses.

Number of businesses and organizations supported
Number of partnerships established
Funds leveraged against FedDev Ontario contributions

Number of businesses and organizations supported : 700 (By December 31, 2017)
Number of partnerships established: 45 (By December 31, 2017)
Funds leveraged against FedDev Ontario contributions: $2,000,000 (By December 31, 2017)

Business Excellence-Delivering our Programs and services

Diversity is Canada’s strength

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED)

Business Development and Innovation
Community Economic Growth

Economic Development Initiative

$3,200,000

$740,000

Strengthen innovation, entrepreneurships, and diversification in OLMCs across the West

Business Development and Innovation with the number of businesses created, maintained, or expanded through business services; and the number of skilled workers hired as a result of training, skills certification, or foreign worker recruitment
Community Economic Growth with the number of communities benefiting from CEG projects; the number of partnerships; the number of local and regionally-based community strategic plan(s) developed and/or updated; the value ( in dollars) and type of community-based projects and the leverage ($) from community-based projects

Number of communities benefiting from CEG projects (based upon new projects anticipated in 2017-18): 4
Value ($) of community-based projects (total project costs in 2017-18): $1,400,000
Leverage ($) from community-based projects (funds from other sources in 2017-18): $700,000

A growing and diversified Western Canadian Economy

A clean Environment and a Strong Economy

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)

Economic Development
Business Development

Economic Development Initiative

$400,000

$80,000

The association Franco-yukonaise received CanNor EDI funding for a three year project ending in 2017-18. Project results should support identifying intervention parameters to better attract and retain bilingual Francophones in Canada’s North and fill gaps in sectors with workers shortfall.

Use common indicators

CanNor EDI 2017-18 allocation is committed

Developed and diversified territorial economies that support prosperity for all Northerners

Diversity is Canada’s strength