United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals — Departmental Plan 2023-24

Sport Support Program (SSP)

SSP contributes funding to support sport participation, specifically to Provincial and Territorial governments, via bilateral agreements and to Canadian organizations focused on increasing youth participation in sport.

Strong evidence shows that physical inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions, including the world’s major non-communicable diseases. This funding supports programs and initiatives that encourage and enable increased participation in sport and physical activity, particularly for Canadian youth.

The SSP contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 3: Canadians adopt healthy behaviours

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 3: Canadians have healthy and satisfying lives

Global target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program (ILCP)

The ILCP’s Indigenous Languages Component supports the reclamation, revitalization, maintenance, and strengthening of Indigenous languages through community-driven activities, including language instruction and the development of language resources.

Funding is intended to be flexible and responsive to a broad range of Canada’s Indigenous communities’ needs, goals and priorities including lifelong learning.

The ILCP contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 4: Canadians have access to inclusive and quality education throughout their lives.

Global target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations

Sport Canada - Gender Equity in Sport

In October 2022, the Government of Canada announced renewed funding of $25.3 million over three years to help recruit and retain women and girls in sport and support ongoing efforts to move towards gender equity in the Canadian sport system. The funding will help ensure that Canadian sport better reflects Canadian society by:

1. supporting more women in coaching, officiating, and undertaking leadership positions,
2. providing more opportunities for girls and women to participate in sport, and
3. enhancing the collection of data and research necessary for decision-making.

Funding will also be used to support activities that expand efforts to include other demographic groups that are underrepresented in sport.

Sport Canada’s Gender Equity in Sport contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 5: Gender equality in leadership roles and at all levels of decision-making

Global target 5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

Global target 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

Creative Export Strategy

Canada’s creative industries are key drivers of economic growth and employment for the middle class, and they make an important contribution to Canada’s gross domestic product. Through funding for export-ready projects and creating trade opportunities, the Government’s Creative Export Strategy aims to maximize the export potential of Canada’s creative industries.

The Creative Export Strategy contributes to:

Global target 8.1: Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 percent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries

Global target 8.3: Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy (CARS)

The goal of CARS is to foster and promote an inclusive society where everyone is able to fully participate in the economic, cultural, social and political spheres.

Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 10: Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced

Global Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program (ILCP)

The International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) aims to draw attention to the critical loss of Indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote Indigenous languages and to take urgent steps to this end at the national and international level.

The National Action Plan for the Decade, developed in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples includes a pillar focused on supporting Indigenous Peoples in defining, leading and advancing their vision for the Decade.

The Decade’s focus on Indigenous languages will raise the awareness of these languages as being valued and living languages in Canada. It will also support reconciliation.

The ILCP contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 10: Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced

Action Plan for Official Languages

The Action Plan for Official Languages contributes to reducing inequalities by promoting Canada’s two official languages, which are at the heart of Canadian identity and an essential platform for the inclusion of all Canadians.

The Department is also engaged in a process to modernize the Official Languages Act, which includes the development of regulatory measures aimed at substantive equality of French and English.

The Action Plan for Official Languages contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 10: Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced

Global target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

Global target 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard

Sport Support Program - Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC)

The SSDIC is a response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, which identified four key social development needs of Indigenous communities. This initiative supports the use of sport for the purpose of achieving targeted social outcomes under these four key needs, namely improved health, education, and employability; and the reduction of at-risk behaviour.

The SSDIC contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 10: Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced

Global target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

Court Challenges Program (CCP)

The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians and people in Canada to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights. The Program contributes to access to justice, and in doing this, it contributes to creating a more equitable society for Canadians.

The CCP contributes to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 10: Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed, by type.

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF)

The CCSF seeks to improve the physical conditions for arts- and heritage-related creation, collaboration, presentation, preservation and exhibition.

To achieve this objective, the CCSF provides financial assistance in the form of grants and contributions for infrastructure projects for professional, not-for-profit organizations as well as municipal and provincial/territorial governments and agencies with a mandate for arts and heritage or to create and manage creative hubs and equivalent Indigenous peoples’ organizations.

The CCSF contributes to:

Global target 11.4: Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF)

The CCIF supports the Creative Green Tools, which are a comprehensive set of carbon calculation and reporting tools designed specifically for the arts and culture sector and adapted for the Canadian context from resources developed by UK charity, Julie’s Bicycle. The project partners will manage the program, providing training, support, and educational resources so arts and heritage organizations will be able to use these tools to track, understand, and reduce their environmental impact.

The CCIF contributes to:

Global target 12.2: By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources

Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)

The CCI and CHIN participate in the Our Collections Matter initiative, led by the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), which will assist heritage institutions in connecting their collections-based work to sustainable development using the Sustainable Development Goals, thereby demonstrating more effectively their added value to society. With their partners, CCI and CHIN will explore ways to support heritage institutions in playing their fullest part in sustainable development.

The CCI and CHIN contribute to:

Canadian Indicator Framework ambition 17: Canada fosters collaboration and partnerships to advance the SDGs

Global target 17.16: Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.