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Gender-based analysis plus — Departmental Results Report 2020-21

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Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus Capacity

a. Governance

The Department’s governance structure consists of a Gender-based analysis plus (GBA Plus) Champion, a GBA Plus Responsibility Centre, and a GBA Plus Community of Practice. In 2020-21, the GBA Plus Responsibility Centre supported GBA Plus analysis in Departmental Cabinet and Budget submissions as the Department sought to deliver emergency and recovery funding to its stakeholders, to accelerate work on Reconciliation and to promote equity, diversity and inclusion, including in key legislation such as Bill C-10 An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

The GBA Plus Responsibility Centre has supported the Community of Practice, which consists of representation from every branch, region, and corporate service area, for the past six fiscal years and for which GBA Plus training is a membership requirement. Members of the Community of Practice play an advisory role in their respective branches. Due to the imposition of the Departmental Business Continuity Plan and further disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community of Practice did not meet in 2020–21, although members were active in supporting several GBA Plus-related responsibilities throughout the year.

b. Resourcing levels

To support these and other activities, the Department had the following human resources dedicated to supporting GBA Plus objectives in 2020–21:

c. Major initiative(s) undertaken in advancing GBA Plus departmental capacity

The Department undertook several complementary and intersecting initiatives in 2020–21 to further enhance GBA Plus capacity, especially work to improve research methodologies and data collection as well as to raise awareness, improve resources, and provide further training to Canadian Heritage employees. Examples include:

  1. Research methodologies and data collection:
    • Research funded through Budget 2019’s investment of $1 million over two years to better integrate gender and diversity considerations in funding allocations for arts and culture programs continued to be carried out in 2020–21. Due to the pause in research activities at the peak of COVID-19 due to the imposition of the Department’s Business Continuity Plan, some of the project results were delayed but are expected in the autumn of 2021. The research projects include the following:
      • The Canada Music Fund launched a project to strengthen the program’s capacity to research challenges faced by artists and entrepreneurs of different gender groups and ethnic backgrounds and to report on the demographics of applicants;
      • A partnership to develop a Smartphone App, led by Statistics Canada, to capture GBA Plus data in the field has been developed and will be launched in 2021-22. The goal is to provide an innovative way of capturing participant data during cultural events, festivals, museum visits, and similar activities;
      • Data harvesting continued to be carried out, in collaboration with Statistics Canada, to explore how national data and surveys could complement Canadian Heritage recipient data, for GBA Plus purposes;
      • Internal research on implementation of results obtained from Statistics Canada research continues;
      • A research initiative with the Arts and Heritage Accessibility Survey to assess the GBA Plus demographic data of survey participants; and,
      • A literature review on advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts, culture, heritage and sport sectors.
    • Ongoing work continues to be carried out by the Policy Research Group to further enhance departmental capacity for evidence-based GBA Plus, particularly with a grounding in intersectional research. Notable initiatives include:
      • The Diversity and Inclusion scan and portal were soft-launched on GCpedia, which maximizes the use of available data on diversity and inclusion in Canada and makes it available to researchers and federal employees across Canada;
      • Collaboration with internal and external partners regarding the continuous need for more disaggregated data, especially as relates to the culture statistics, equity, diversity and inclusion, and social impact measurement;
      • Literature reviews on GBA Plus related topics and providing support on an as-requested basis to Canadian Heritage program areas;
      • Infographic projects and consultations on accessible documents, including numerous focused on GBA Plus criteria;
      • Creation of an evergreen presentation tracking the impact of COVID-19 on equity-seeking groups;
      • LGBTQ2 Action Plan survey conducted and analyzed with an emphasis on data disaggregation;
      • Support to advisory committees’ activities (e.g., Advisory Committee on [Dis]ability, Committee on Racialized Communities); and
      • Social impact research and development of qualitative methods and research ethics.
  2. Awareness, resources, and training
    • GBA Plus Awareness Week was held from November 2 to 6, 2020, and virtual activities included disseminating GBA Plus resources across the Department.
    • Some branches have provided additional support to advance employees’ competencies and knowledge in performing GBA Plus. Some examples are included below:
      • The Chief Information Officer Branch has been working with programs to ensure they have the data, platforms, and tools necessary to undertake GBA Plus analysis to support policy and program objectives.
      • The Official Languages Branch continues to update its generic GBA Plus resource annually. The generic GBA Plus resource presents the analysis of differentiated data on various topics relevant to the field of official languages (e.g., the demography of linguistic communities, the socio-economic performance of linguistic communities and the number of student enrollments in schools).
      • Sport Canada’s Gender Equity Secretariat, launched through Budget 2018, continued to ensure that GBA Plus and considerations on diverse populations of Canadians are integrated into decision-making processes, including Cabinet and Budget submissions. The branch also established an internal working-level group dedicated to GBA Plus, which is tasked with reviewing all Cabinet documents and policies with a gender lens. Finally, all staff are required to complete GBA Plus training.
  3. Stakeholder engagement

Significant outreach and engagement with stakeholders in the arts, culture, heritage, and sport sectors took place in 2020–21 to better understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a diversity of communities and organizations and enhance the Department’s ability to understand and address barriers to access during a critical period. While these efforts were undertaken in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the approaches taken and lessons learned will continue to enhance the Department’s GBA plus capacity overall.

Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program

The year 2020–21 has been a year like no other for GBA Plus, with social justice issues in the public eye. COVID-19 brought pre-existing inequities in institutional systems and their impacts into sharp relief. People in Canada and across the world witnessed the deadly effects of racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism and have demanded equitable treatment in society, without discrimination. This became a catalyst for all levels of government to reckon with systemic racism. It further emphasized the importance of GBA Plus as a necessary tool to ensure that all Canadian Heritage policies and programs advance equitable outcomes. Many initiatives to respond to this situation necessitated a whole of department effort and represented significant achievements in terms of advancing gender and diversity impacts.

Core Responsibility 1: Creativity, arts and culture

a. Program Name: Arts

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Income Level Scale:
    • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Not available.
Other
Recognizing the uniqueness and value of Indigenous cultural expression, and the richness that cultural diversity brings to the quality of life, the Canada Arts Presentation Fund has expanded the eligibility criteria for its Development Component to include unincorporated organizations, as well as ad hoc groups from racialized and Indigenous communities. From September 2019 to December 2020, six unincorporated groups applied to the program for funding. In that same spirit, the program incentivized applications from equity-deserving organizations by launching an alternative to the regular written applications and began to accept oral applications. As of February 2021, all 22 projects submitted by oral applications were funded. All projects directly serve Indigenous Peoples, racialized communities, Canadians with disabilities and/or 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Arts Branch continued to review existing statistical information related to GBA Plus considerations and to extend GBA Plus data collection. In 2020–21, Arts Branch led the 2021 edition of the Arts and Heritage Access and Availability Survey alongside the departmental research group and the Canada Council for the Arts. For the first time in 2020–21, the survey reached out to Canadians through an online platform, which included additional demographic questions to capture more disaggregated GBA Plus data. These more nuanced disaggregated data will advance the program’s understanding of the arts and heritage participation of equity deserving groups.

b. Program Name: Cultural marketplace framework

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Income Level Scale:
    • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Not available.
Other

Overall, there is limited research on the differential impacts of online disinformation in Canada. To address this, the Digital Citizen Initiative is currently funding research on the origins, spread and impact of online disinformation in Canada. This research will help inform future program and policy-making in order to better target potentially vulnerable groups.

The Digital Citizen Initiative has funded several projects in 2020–21 that support minorities and other communities, particularly as one of the regular call priorities focused on “projects that aim to help better understand the impact of disinformation and related harms on diverse and marginalized communities in Canada, with a GBA Plus lens.” As well, the Digital Citizen Contribution Program launched a targeted call in March 2020, “Countering Disinformation Relating to COVID-19,” which funded projects that would address disinformation relating to COVID-19, including discrimination against vulnerable groups.

The activities of the Creative Export Strategy include GBA Plus considerations in design and delivery. The Creative Export Canada program encourages projects that implement gender or diversity considerations for staffing, leadership, and decision-making roles. This criterion is met when the applicant outlines respect for gender or diversity in their application but is enhanced when a policy is already in place in terms of human resources, such as gender parity policies, LGBTQ2 inclusionary policies and Indigenous, Black, Asian, and racialized inclusionary policies. In addition, the guiding principles of the Frankfurt Book Fair Initiative (Innovation in the Creative Industries, Promotion of Women and Youth, and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples) have ensured that the delegation of authors and illustrators, chosen by industry, is representative of Canadian diversity. In terms of cultural programming, every effort was made to select artists from diverse communities.

Supplementary Information Sources

The following studies shed some light on the impact of disinformation on various groups, including students, women, visible minorities, and immigrants:

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
As part of the Creative Export Strategy’s Measurement and Results Strategy, the Department has developed a data entry system, which tracks all the Strategy’s beneficiaries. Data collected includes information on the beneficiary, such as their cultural sector, headquarters location, and target market, and the type of support which they were provided. Moving forward the Department intends to collect information on the gender and diversity of the creative businesses’ ownership and leadership and information on whether the company’s initiatives supported by the Strategy have an impact on gender and diversity. This database will allow the Department to better track and report on the overall impacts of the Strategy on gender and diverse communities in the future

c. Program Name: Cultural industries support and development

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Income Level Scale:
    • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Canada Media Fund -Broadcasters are required to direct at least thirty-five (35%) of their respective Performance Envelope Allocation dollars to Eligible Projects where, of all the cumulative Producer, Director and Writer positions on an Eligible Project, forty percent (40%) of the total number of positions are held by women.

In 2019–20, 93% of broadcasters exceeded the minimum requirement of spending 35% and 72% exceeded the target of 50% of their performance envelopes on women-led projects.

Note: results for 2020–21 will be available in Canada Media Fund annual reporting, which is expected by Fall 2021.

 Canada Media Fund Annual Reporting In 2021–22, broadcasters will be required to direct at least fifty percent (50%) of their respective Performance Envelope Allocation dollars on women-led projects.
For the Local Journalism Initiative - Journalists providing coverage for Indigenous, ethnocultural and Official Language Minority communities
  • Journalists covering Indigenous communities: 49
  • Journalists covering ethnocultural communities: 59
  • Journalists covering Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs): 82
 Final reports from third party Administrator Organizations N/A
Other

One overarching objective for the Local Journalism Initiative is to promote employment and news coverage that reflects Canadian diversity, in a manner that preserves editorial and journalistic independence. This objective was achieved by requiring, in contribution agreements, that Administrator Organizations have mechanisms and practices in place to promote diversity in hiring and coverage (e.g., by identifying barriers to diverse hiring, planning outreach activities for news outlets serving specific communities, etc.). Diversity in this context includes representation of ethnic, linguistic and regional diversity as well as striving for gender parity and identifying resources to support employees with disabilities. Based on the operational results reviews, all of the Administrator Organizations implemented policies and measures to support diversity and as a result, over 50% of funding went to serving groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the media.

In 2020–21, the Canada Media Fund undertook an active and ongoing engagement with other underrepresented communities in the sector, including Indigenous, Black, Asian, and racialized communities. Informed by these consultations, the Canada Media Fund distributed over $1 million in project funding among 19 organizations owned and controlled by Black People and People of Colour, and created a Data Collection working group with Indigenous, Black, Asian, and racialized communities and other media funding organizations, to develop common standards and a mechanism to track, share and compare data related to racialized communities and Indigenous Peoples. In addition, of the $120 million distributed by the Canada Media Fund as part of the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations, approximately $20 million was set aside to support underrepresented communities, including a distribution of $6.6 million for companies owned and controlled by in majority Black People and People of Colour. Finally, in 2020–21, the Canada Media Fund was in the process of developing a three-year Equity and Inclusion Strategy, in consultation with these communities, to help guide its efforts to make deep, long-term structural changes.

The Canada Media Fund contribution to the cultural industries may result in indirect benefits to men as research has shown that women face unique career limitations in the audiovisual sector not encountered by men. In response to this trend, the Canada Media Fund has implemented gender parity initiatives since 2017, which have resulted in a more equitable distribution of benefits.

The Canadian periodical industry provides news, information, and cultural content for several demographic groups, including LGBTQ2, Official Language Minority Communities, Indigenous Peoples and ethnocultural communities. The Canada Periodical Fund has measures in place to address current inequalities and to support diversity in the periodical ecosystem. For example, magazines and community newspapers catering to Indigenous, ethnocultural, Official Language Minority Community and LGBTQ2 audiences are currently afforded enhanced funding and special eligibility criteria to improve their access to the Canada Periodical Fund. These measures deal with matters such as the number of paid copies and the prices of magazines and newspapers, and the financial verification requirements for all types of publications.

Support for diversity and inclusion is embedded in the Canada Music Fund’s core programming. Through supporting a wide variety of musical genres, the Fund contributes to both supporting Canadian artists from diverse racialized communities as well as having Canadian music reaching out to a diversity of music fans in Canada and around the world.

FACTOR and Musicaction are making continuous efforts to solicit applications from a broad range of Canadian artists and music entrepreneurs from all regions of Canada, and from official language minority groups and Indigenous peoples. Furthermore, they are as proactive as possible to solicit applications from Canadian artists and music entrepreneurs from other underrepresented groups including female and other minority genders, racialized persons, persons with a disability and the LGBTQ2 communities. Their programs’ application guidelines are released and posted on their respective websites and other communication platforms such as newsletters and social media. Both organizations are actively promoting artists and entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups.

The TV5 Program does not have specific performance measures for gender equality outcomes. However, it does have specific requirements for the collection of performance data from the two recipients in relation to the achievement of their strategic directions. Gender equality is one of the core values of TV5 recipients.

Supplementary Information Sources
The Women in View (On Screen Report) includes an analysis of scripted English-language television series funded by the Canada Media Fund. Some of the report’s analysis is focused on women’s employment for TV series funded by the Canada Media Fund.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

The Local Journalism Initiative will be working with internal Canadian Heritage partners Policy Research Group and the Centre of Expertise on Grants and Contributions to explore ways to expand on its collection of diversity and impact data. This process is beginning in June 2021 with a target date to implement new initiatives in June 2022.

In March 2017, the Canada Media Fund Corporation introduced a series of tangible measures put in place to increase the number of women in key decision-making positions. Data collection is done by the Canada Media Fund, a third-party delivery program, as part of its regular data collection activities. As such, the Department of Canadian Heritage has access to aggregated data available in their annual reporting, but not to detailed breakdowns below this aggregated level. Since its creation in 2010, the Canada Media Fund has demonstrated its reliability in collecting data and reporting to the Department.

The Canada Periodical Fund collects disaggregated administrative data by type of periodical (e.g., ethnocultural, Indigenous, LGBTQ2, religious) and geography (by province and territory) through the application process.

The Creative Marketplace Lab on Data, Skills and Technology undertook exploratory research on the creative marketplace which proactively included diverse and equity-deserving communities in research on the economics of podcasting in Canada, and the Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey.

In 2020–21, the Canada Music Fund has refined its demographic data collection strategy. For 2021-22, applicants to the Canada Music Fund will continue to be encouraged to provide their demographic information (gender: Female gender; Gender other than Female or Male; Indigenous: First Nations, Métis or Inuit; Racialized person; person with disability; member of the LGBTQ2 community). Through this data collection, the Canada Music Fund will be provided with aggregated data on the number of applications received and funding amounts requested, number of recipients and funding amounts awarded to artists and entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups. This data will permit in-depth analyses to fully assess whether there are limitations to access Canada Music Fund funding. If there are such limitations, this data will serve to identify program areas that need to be addressed/changed in the short-, medium, and long-term to alleviate possible limitations faced by underrepresented groups.

Under the Canada Music Fund, funded not-for-profit industry organizations are required to adopt gender equality, diversity and inclusion policies for executive positions and boards of directors, and to report on the measures taken to that end on a yearly basis. Through this requirement, yearly, the Program collects information from these organizations to assess the level of adoption of this measure as well as identifying best practices. In particular, for the funding cycle 2020–21, the Canada Music Fund is currently seeking information on the representation of underrepresented groups among the boards of directors and senior management teams of Canada Music Fund-supported organizations, both not-for-profit and for-profit. This exercise will provide a single snapshot in time of the level of representation of underrepresented groups. This will situate the level of adhesion to the principle of diversity and inclusion on boards of directors and senior management teams as well as provide guidance as to the development of the Canada Music Fund’s orientation in its goal to furthering the full inclusion of underrepresented groups in the Canadian music industry.

Core Responsibility 2: Heritage and celebration

a. Program Name: National celebrations, commemorations, and symbols

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
Insufficient data to assess the distribution of benefits.
Key Impacts
Not available.
Other
Not available
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

The Celebration and Commemoration Program largely distributes small grants to community organizations, not individuals or larger arts and cultural institutions, where tracking may be more institutionalized and where the reporting capacity is higher. While funding recipients are required to report on the number of participants reached by a project or initiative, they are not obliged to track the intersectional identity factors of participants and the final activity reports do not generally capture disaggregated data. In addition, as part of a larger government initiative to enhance the accessibility of funding programs, Celebrate Canada implemented a Fast Track system for grants under $5,000 (representing approximately 75% of all approved projects), which requires less information from clients and simplifies the application process.

Events organized by the Major Events, Commemorations and Capital Experience Branch, such as Canada Day, Winterlude, Christmas Lights Across Canada and the Sound and Light show, are free, open to the public, and aim to be accessible to all Canadians, for instance through various broadcast initiatives. The GBA Plus related data collection is limited and done only through public opinion research.

b. Program Name: Community engagement and heritage

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Income Level Scale:
    • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Total amount ($) provided to local groups organizing LGBTQ2 events, per fiscal year

$942,400 in 2019–20Footnote 2

TBD in 2020–21

 Grants and Contribution Information Management System

Note

Measures the contribution that government funding makes to arts and heritage activities at LGBTQ2 festivals (e.g., Prides) throughout Canada.

Through further analysis, this data can inform on how government investments in these types of events enhance diversity, inclusion and equality.

Target

$2 million over two fiscal years, 2019–20 and 2020–21
Other

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program provides funding to diverse local organizations, including marginalized groups, supporting gender equality, and fostering inclusivity. One notable example of how it is working to support diversity and inclusiveness in local communities is through increased funding opportunities for LGBTQ2 communities. Following Budget 2019, over two years (2019–20 and 2020–21), the program sought to provide at least $2 million in funding for LGBTQ2 Pride events through its Local Festivals component. The program is currently working to maintain and increase support to this community by ensuring consistent funding levels to existing recipients and through outreach.

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program engages applicants and recipients through outreach activities, particularly with an eye on underrepresented communities, such as the LGBTQ2 and Indigenous communities. This includes clarifying, on the departmental website, the eligibility of LGBTQ2 Pride festivals and Indigenous cultural celebrations under the Local Festivals component.

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program, in collaboration with the Chief Information Officer Branch, also engages underserved communities (e.g., LGBTQ2 community) through webinars that help stakeholders access funding opportunities and inform on how to use the Canadian Heritage Online System.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Nothing to report for 2020–21.

c. Program Name: Preservation of and access to heritage

Target Population
All Canadians.
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1

A disaggregation of data between gender and age groups was possible only for the Young Canada Works-Heritage Program.

Approximately 75% of youth hired in positions offered through the Young Canada Works-Heritage each year are women.

  • Gender Scale:
    • Forth group: 60 percent - 79 percent women
  • Age Group Scale:
    • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations

Under the Young Canada Works-Heritage funding, of a total of 1,630 youth that completed the Evaluation Questionnaire, 1,187 youth self-identified as women (73% of the respondents). As for the age groups, 476 youth self-declared as being from 16 to 20 years old (29%), 777 from 21 to 25 (48%), 365 from 26 to 30 (22%), and 8 over 30 years old (0.5%).

Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Number/portion of funded organizations serving or located in OLMC

Young Canada Works: 963 organizations (50% of positions funded) have been identified as serving or representing an OLMC

Museums Assistance Program: 152 organizations located in OLMC funded under the regular program

Emergency Support Fund (ESF): 115 organizations located in OLMC funded under the ESF.

 Programs Administrative Systems (Young Canada Works website and Grants and Contribution Information Management System) Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN): 8 organizations identified as OLMCs received conservation services and training offered by the Canadian Conservation Institute. 80 organizations self-identified as OLMC are contributors to Artefacts Canada.
Number/portion of funded organizations located in remote or rural areas Museums Assistance Program: Of all the projects/applications funded under Museums Assistance Program and ESF, 39 (3%) were located in remote areas and 720 (53%) were located in rural areas. Programs Administrative Systems (Grants and Contribution Information Management System) N/A
Number of projects/activities funded targeting/serving Indigenous or ethno-cultural communities

Museums Assistance Program: Of the total of projects completed:

  • 32 under the regular Museums Assistance Program and 45 under ESF self-identified as serving or targeting Indigenous communities; and
  • 33 under the regular Museums Assistance Program and 57 under ESF self-identified as serving, targeting or belonging to ethno-cultural communities.
 Programs Administrative Systems (Grants and Contribution Information Management System)

Museums Assistance Program Indigenous Heritage component supports the preservation, presentation, and management of Indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. It also promotes public awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. Projects can support the repatriation of Indigenous cultural property as part of an exhibition or research type project.

Movable Cultural Property grants facilitates the acquisition of heritage objects, which can include the repatriating of Indigenous cultural property.
Number of organizations self-identified as Indigenous or ethno-cultural communities that received services CCI-CHIN: 35 organizations self-identified Indigenous or as being part of an ethno-cultural community received 44 services from CCI-CHIN Programs Administrative Systems (Preservation Information Management System)

CCI conducts conservation interventions on heritage objects and collections, including Indigenous objects and collections, to be preserved for future generations.

Through Artefacts Canada, museums have the opportunity to share information on their Indigenous objects and collections.
Number of learning/training opportunities provided to youth, and/or self-identified Indigenous, ethnocultural (and/or visible minority) participants, OLMC members, rural/remote areas, etc.

Young Canada Works Heritage: Of a total of 1,630 youth that completed the Evaluation Questionnaire:

  • 1,187 self-identify as women;
  • 81 self-identify as Indigenous youth;
  • 134 self-identify as youth with disabilities;
  • 144 self-identify as youth in rural/remote areas; and
  • 103 self-identify as youth in an OLMC

CCI-CHIN: Of a total of 134 respondents to participant surveys:

  • 4 self-identify as Indigenous;
  • 4 self-identify as a member of a visible minority;
  • 8 self-identify as a member of ethno-cultural community; and
  • 2 self-identify as a member of an Official Language Minority Community.
 Programs Administrative Systems (Young Canada Works website and Preservation Information Management System) and Participants Survey

The Young Canada Works-Heritage initiative aims to create and prepare the next generation of heritage workers through short-term employment and internships. Youths hired in these positions allow institutions to carry out important projects in a variety of functions, such as collections management and visitor experience. Interns who have completed their internship are also an asset to institutions to be hired on a permanent basis to help ensure the survival of the institution and its continued relevance in Canadian society.

By participating in learning opportunities provided by CCI-CHIN, heritage workers in museums and related heritage institutions can use newly acquired knowledge, skills, and practices to ensure that the institutions can continue to provide Canadians, and future generations, with access to heritage.
Other

The Young Canada Works-Heritage Program supports, through partial salary subsidies to employers, the creation of summer jobs and graduate internships for Canadian youth in museums and related heritage organizations (archives, libraries, historic sites) delivered for Canadian Heritage by five non-governmental organizations: Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Council of Archives, National Trust for Canada, the Fédération des milieux documentaires and the Cultural Human Resources Council. These delivery organizations were selected to ensure that services and funding are available to heritage employers and youth from official-language minority communities across Canada.

Under the Young Canada Works-Heritage funding, of a total of 1,630 youth that completed the Evaluation Questionnaire, 100% confirmed they attained at least one soft skill, while 1,490 youth (85%) confirmed they have experienced the removal of barriers (e.g., flexible working hours).

The Museums Assistance Program provides funding to many small and medium-sized museums and related heritage institutions to create, present and circulate travelling exhibitions or borrow a travelling exhibition from a Canadian museum. It supports government priorities of reconciliation, GBA Plus and Official Language Minority Communities. Although no specific priorities are identified in the Museums Assistance Program guidelines, the program is prioritizing applications by or serving Indigenous, Black, Asian, racialized and religious minority communities as well as the LGBTQ2 community.

Since 1990, the Museums Assistance Program has administered an Indigenous Heritage component and following the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, it increased its flexibility and funding limits to this component. The program has also provided funding to the Canadian Museums Association to conduct a national review of museums policies and best practices and provide recommendations for the inclusion and representation of Indigenous communities within museums. The program’s Indigenous Heritage component supports the preservation, presentation, and management of Indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. It also promotes public awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Grants under the Movable Cultural Property Program facilitate the acquisition of heritage objects, which can include the repatriating of Indigenous cultural property.

Artefacts Canada is a tool accessible to the public, which allows visitors to the database to explore objects contained in collections held by Canadian museums, potentially encouraging a subsequent in-person visit to these museums. Furthermore, Artefacts Canada is a useful tool for museum professionals in the development of exhibitions, potentially attracting visitors to the museum. Through Artefacts Canada, museums also have the opportunity to share information on their Indigenous objects and collections.

The Canadian Conservation Institute conducts conservation interventions on heritage objects and collections, including Indigenous objects and collections, to be preserved for future generations.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
The Museums Assistance Program has developed its internal data collection capacity to provide a consistent and systematic approach to collecting, analyzing, utilizing, and reporting on the performance of its programs, and is exploring ways to better capture these elements using data from applications, program administrative systems, final reports and/or public opinion surveys. The program may be able to examine the possibility of collecting more disaggregated data as it modernizes its reporting structures in upcoming years. In addition, the program’s regional teams may target specific communities for this funding, depending on the region, and will be able to track the results of their outreach strategies.

d. Program Name: Learning about Canadian history

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
The Canada History Fund currently collects recipient-reported summary data regarding the total number of Canadians accessing learning materials. Because these activities are primarily through access to digital resources, it is not possible to disaggregate this data (impressions, views, Google Analytics). Additional resources and support would be required to implement digital GBA Plus monitoring by funded organizations.
Key Impacts
Not available
Other

The Canada History Fund prioritizes funding recommendations for projects that address posted priorities, which includes projects that integrate themes of inclusion and diversity

In 2020–21, the Canada History Fund funded projects that contribute to meeting GBA Plus criteria related to age, gender, ethnocultural groups and official languages, such as:

  • Canadian South East Asia Refugee Historical Research Project: Hearts of Freedom (Carleton University);
  • The Truths of Institutionalization Past & Present (Canadian Association for Community Living); and
  • Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Project: Inuit Nunangat Taimannganit (due to the impacts of COVID-19, the Program has granted a reporting extension until September 30, 2021).
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Nothing to report for 2020–21.

Core Responsibility 3: Sport

a. Program Name: Sport Development and High Performance

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Age Group Scale:
    • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Gender balance of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program 48.4% male, 51.6% female Athlete Assistance Program Management Information System There is a general male/female gender balance among carded athletes under the program. Of a total of 1,918 athletes, 929 are male and 989 are female.
Percentage of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program that are athletes with a disability

15%, of which:

  • 62.5% are male; and
  • 37.5% are female
 Athlete Assistance Program Management Information System There is a total of 288 Paralympic athletes, of which 180 are male and 108 are female.
Percentage of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program that self-identify as Indigenous 2.5% Athlete Assistance Program Management Information System There is a total of 47 athletes under the program that self-identify as Indigenous.
Percentage of adults 18 years and older indicating that sport/physical activity is safe Data reported in November 2020 showed that 80% of men and 84% of women indicated sport is “safe to a considerable or great extent”. Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute

This data is derived from the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute’s 2019–2021 Physical Activity Monitor (preliminary and interim data). Responses were assessed using a 5-point scale examining to what extent Canadians indicated that sport/physical activity was safe.

During the Institute’s COVID-19 panel study, conducted in two waves in December 2020 and March 2021, participants were asked about their agreement to some extent over concerns about:

  • leaving home to be active or to participate in sport because of concerns of the virus exposure (40% agreed to some extent);
  • being active at indoor facilities (62%);
  • being active at outdoor facilities (22%); and
  • using a mask in local physical activity/sport facilities (33%),
Percentage of adults 18 years and older indicating that sport/physical activity is welcoming Data reported in November 2020 showed that 82% of men and 82% of women indicated sport is welcoming or inclusive, “to a considerable of or great extent” Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute As sport programs struggled to resume programming during the COVID-19 pandemic, many participants’ perceptions of welcoming environments may have been affected by restricted access and increased importance of public health hygiene measures. Continued investments to support promoting a safe and welcoming sport environment will facilitate a deeper analysis of data and results for future reporting periods.
Number of Indigenous communities that benefited from Stream Two of the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities Program 87 Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities Program database

For the 2019–20 period, there were 90 Indigenous communities that benefited from Stream Two of the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities Program.

Three of those recipients were one-year agreements and therefore dropped from the 2020–21 data.

Data on the impacts of COVID-19 on the number of communities reached will be available when final reports are compiled, as of June 2021.
Other

The delivery of the Sport Development and High Performance program aims to be broadly gender-balanced with no significant distributional impacts. Sport Canada’s funding investments encourage sport participation and physical activity through strategic investments in Canada’s sport system. These investments help to increase access to safe and welcoming sport programming, to assist in sport promotion and to teach the basics of physical activity (physical literacy). An active lifestyle has a very high correlation with good physical and mental health. Increasing sport participation directly and positively impacts the health and well-being of all Canadians.

For the Innovation Initiative, which is a program component of the Sport Support Program, identified demographics (women, LGBTQ2 and minorities) are targeted as it has been reported that these groups have lower sport participation rates than the general Canadian population.

Emergency support funds and COVID-19 recovery efforts encourage sport stakeholders, including municipalities and community organizations, to make efforts to provide targeted support to these groups to ensure they are not further disadvantaged as the sport and physical activity ecosystems rebuild from COVID-19.

The Department’s sole transfer payment program that provides direct funding to high-performance athletes with podium potential is the Athlete Assistance Program. It is specifically designed to contribute to the pursuit of excellence through its support for improved Canadian athlete performances at major international sporting events. The program identifies and supports athletes, regardless of gender, that are already at or have the potential to be ranked in the top 16 in the world in their sport. There are three components to program funding: living and training support; tuition support; and supplemental support (which includes support for athletes with disabilities and support for child care costs).

While the Athlete Assistance Program is not designed to specifically target underrepresented groups (with the exception of persons with disabilities), it does seek to lower the financial barriers for athletes and some of these barriers may be more pronounced for underrepresented groups. It provides a child dependent allowance or a child care cost reimbursement to all eligible carded athletes, which helps those with additional financial barriers due to child dependents. It also provides supplementary support to Paralympic athletes with high support needs, thus offsetting some of the additional financial barriers faced by these athletes.

The Athlete Assistance Program collects microdata from individual recipients, which are disaggregated based on sex, first official language, city and province, Indigenous, and able-bodied status (Olympic or Paralympic). Sport Canada also relies on feedback from retiring Athlete Assistance Program athletes, a Status of the High-Performance Athlete Report (conducted every four years), and reporting from National Sport Organizations for information related to the impact of the program (including gender-related impacts).

Supplementary Information Sources
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

Ongoing work continues under Sport Canada’s Actively Engaged: A Policy on Sport for Women and Girls, a policy monitored and implemented by the Gender Equity Secretariat and which aims to increase the representation and participation of women and girls in sport. In doing so, the Department works closely with key stakeholders with expertise in gender and sport in implementing the strategy, and this expertise is used in analyzing the programming results. It also incorporates work that is being done by the Federal-Provincial/Territorial Sport Committee Implementation Work Group on Women and Girls in Sport.

Sport Canada is currently reviewing how data on gender and other intersectionality factors is being collected and used across the branch. This update to the data strategy aims to clarify and streamline the use of the terms gender and sex and to ensure that gender disaggregation across projects is inclusive of the full 2SLGBTQ+ spectrum and goes beyond binary classifications. This review will provide recommendations for disaggregated data on sex, gender identity and other intersecting socio-demographic variables within existing datasets and collections at Sport Canada. Highlighting both available data and data gaps will help Sport Canada improve current data analysis and future data collection to better inform decision-making, policies and programs.

Core Responsibility 4: Diversity and Inclusion

a. Program Name: Multiculturalism

Target Population
Communities that have experienced racism and discrimination, such as racialized groups, religious minorities, and Indigenous Peoples – while considering intersectionality, including women and girls.
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Target Communities for the Anti-Racism Action Program funded projects – 2020–21
  • 65% Racialized Communities
  • 56% Indigenous Peoples
  • 45% Religious Minorities
  • 40% Youth
  • 38% Black Canadians
  • 31% Newcomers
  • 15% Women & Girls
  • 7% Official Language Minority Communities
  • 7% LGBTQ2
  • 7% Other
 GC Links (a departmental application for grants and contributions) N/A
Target Communities for the Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program funded projects – 2020–21
  • 47% Black Youth
  • 47% Newcomers
  • 33% Women & Girls
  • 32% Indigenous Peoples
  • 28% LGBTQ2
  • 28% Youth
  • 9% Religious Minorities
  • 7% Persons with disabilities
  • 5% linguistic duality
 GC Links N/A
Other

The Multiculturalism Program actively contributes to the Government of Canada’s goal to foster and promote an inclusive society where everyone is able to fully participate in the economic, cultural, social and political spheres. Program activities and funding touch on issues that affect various groups differently across Canada in consideration of GBA Plus, which is a factor in research projects and for grants and contributions project funding.

The primary objectives of Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy are to increase equity of access among racialized communities, Indigenous Peoples, and religious minorities to: employment, justice, and social participation. Taking into account intersectional factors of identities, including gender, the Strategy aims to increase understanding of the disparities faced by racialized communities, Indigenous Peoples, and religious minorities, and change public attitudes and practices regarding perpetuating racism and discrimination. For example, the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat, created through the Strategy, has undertaken several town halls with different stakeholders to assist in identifying gaps and systemic barriers in government initiatives. The Federal Secretariat has applied GBA Plus and intersectionality principles to all of its community focused town halls, including one on the issues and needs of Indigenous, racialized, and religious minority LGBTQ2 communities. In addition, a key focus of the Strategy is to support communities on the ground who have expertise in addressing various forms of racism and discrimination.

Moreover, the Strategy is designed to respond to existing research on racialized communities, Indigenous Peoples, and religious minorities, narrow the gaps in data and evidence for research related to the socio-economic challenges faced by these demographic groups, leave space for innovation, and assess what interventions have the most impact on the communities it serves.

To respond to systemic racism and racial discrimination exacerbated by the pandemic, the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat established the Equity-Seeking Communities COVID-19 Taskforce with Women and Gender Equality Canada in March 2020. The Taskforce has been a space in which federal organizations have obtained access to critical data, learned directly from subject matter experts with lived experience of oppression, and shared information about current initiatives.

Finally, the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat managed a national Black youth engagement initiative, called the Black Canadian Youth Approach, which has seen close to 1,000 Black youth, from coast to coast to coast, engaged in developing policy and program priorities for the Government of Canada. The project culminated in February 2021 during a virtual forum, when Black youth presented their policy and programmatic recommendations to five federal ministers and two parliamentary secretaries, on the themes of Justice, Employment, Empowerment, and Community Safety. Several of their recommendations had already been implemented by the Government, including the Black Entrepreneurship Program, a program to address the needs of Black communities related to housing, and capacity-building supports for Black community organizations. Other recommendations were taken into account in the preparation of Budget 2021.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy recognizes that data and evidence are indispensable tools for identifying and addressing inequities and enabling corrective action toward the elimination of racism and discrimination. Through Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy, a $3-million investment has been made in an oversampling of Statistics Canada’s 2020 General Social Survey – Social Identity. The oversampling has obtained intersectional data such as gender, education and income level on various ethnocultural population groups.

Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy also includes strengthening impact measurement and performance reporting. Canadian Heritage is working to ensure that data is collected to measure how effective community programs and government initiatives are, and where the most impact is achieved. Measures are being put in place to ensure that GBA Plus considerations are factored into the design of new initiatives and differential GBA Plus impacts are monitored and reported on. For example, the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch has developed a performance measurement guidebook for the Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy-funded Anti-Racism Action Program. This guidebook asks recipients to collect data on the gender, ethnicity, and religious affiliation of participants.

b. Program Name: Human rights

Target Population
All Canadians.
Key Impacts
Not available.
Other

The Court Challenges Program is administered by the University of Ottawa and the contribution agreement is designed to give considerable latitude to the University and the two Expert Panels that make up the program to operate at arm’s length from the federal government. As a result, Canadian Heritage does not have access to disaggregated data that would allow it to assess the GBA Plus-related impacts of this program.

To inform the federal LGBTQ2 Action Plan, the LGBTQ2 Secretariat made substantial progress on the community consultation process. The analysis of community engagement findings will be done through an intersectional lens and will provide insight into the unique experiences and inequities facing Two-Spirit, Black, and racialized people, as well as people with disabilities, people who identify as women, transgender and non-binary, youth, and seniors’ LGBTQ2 communities, and official language minority communities, among others.

In support of the development of the federal LGBTQ2 Action Plan, survey results, written submissions findings, and roundtable recommendations are currently being synthesized and summarized into an internal-facing data report. Analysis of community engagement findings will be done through an intersectional lens. This will provide insight into the unique experiences and inequities facing Two-Spirit, Black, and racialized people, as well as people with disabilities, people who identify as women, transgender and non-binary, youth and seniors’ LGBTQ2 communities, and official language minority communities, among others.

Intersectional analysis to inform the LGBTQ2 Action Plan aligns with broader Government of Canada efforts to enhance its GBA Plus toolkit. In particular, several demographic factors were collected in the national survey to facilitate a disaggregation of survey results, which will fill key disaggregated data gaps on issues facing a diversity of LGBTQ2 communities.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Discussions are under way to assess future possibilities for GBA Plus data collection for the Court Challenges and Human Rights Programs.

c. Program Name: Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program

Target Population
Indigenous Peoples
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Gender 41% of the participants were male, 58% were female, 2% were two-spirited Participant data from projects funded during 2018-19, the last year for which data is available

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding

This imbalance between men and women was most prevalent among those aged 25 and over, where there were about twice as many women as men. This can be explained in part by the persistence of women’s social roles in terms of linguistic and cultural transmission, and education of children. Part of this apparent gender imbalance noted in the 55+ age group may be attributed to life expectancy, as Indigenous women (like non-Indigenous women) have slightly greater life expectancies than men.
Age group Approximately 40% of participants were under 25 years of age, 31% were between 25 and 44 years of age, and 29% were over 45 years of age. Participant data for activities funded from 2018-19 projects, the last year for which data is available -
Other
The Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program considers distinction (First Nation, Inuit and Métis) and place of residence (province or territory) in allocating its funding.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

Data is collected from reporting mechanisms of funding recipients to the Program. The Program’s indicators that reflect GBA Plus can be disaggregated by gender, age, location, Indigenous distinctions, and languages.

In addition, the Indigenous Languages Branch is funding a research project taking place over multiple years that is analyzing Statistics Canada data to determine additional trends and perspectives, considering distinctions, age, gender, language and place of residence. Data and documentation are available at Norris Research.

d. Program Name: Youth Engagement

Target Population
Canadian youth (aged 12–25 under the Exchanges Canada Program, 7–30 under the Youth Take Charge Program, and 15–30 for the Youth Secretariat’s initiatives)
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Age Group Scale:
    • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Percentage of participants in the Exchanges Canada Program from five target demographics groups Indigenous youth represented 12% of participants; rural youth represented 32% of participants; youth with disabilities represented 9% of participants; youth from low-income households represented 26% of participants (collected only under the Youth Exchanges Canada component of the Exchanges Canada Program); and visible minority youth represented 20% of participants. Exchanges Canada Program Demographic Reports

The Exchanges Canada Program contribution agreements with recipients include targets for participant representation that are comparable to the Canadian population (as established by the latest Statistics Canada Census data). The targets for engagement of youth from targeted demographic groups were all met or exceeded, with the exception of youth from visible minorities, underrepresented by about 2 points.

The statistics provided are the most recent data available. Results from demographic reports are only made available the following fiscal year, thus the statistics provided in the table reflect the actual demographic results from the year 2019–20. Target group objectives for 2019–20 were based on the latest available Statistics Canada census data (Census 2016).

Result: Youth enhance their appreciation of the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian experience.

Indicator: Percentage of participants in the Exchanges Canada Program who report having a better understanding of what Canadians have in common.

 After their participation in funded activities, 82% of females, 81% of males, and 76% of youth who identified with another gender reported having a better understanding of what Canadians have in common. Exchanges Canada Program Post-Participation Questionnaires for Youth Participants

Target: 80%

Overall average result: 82%

The statistics provided are the most recent data available. Results from participant questionnaires are only made available the following fiscal year, thus the statistics provided in the table reflect the actual questionnaire results from the year 2019–20.

Result: Youth enhance their appreciation of the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian experience.

Indicator: Percentage of participants in the Exchanges Canada Program who report having a greater appreciation of how diverse Canada is.

 After their participation in funded activities, 88% of females, 81% of males, and 84% of youth who identified with another gender reported having a better understanding of how diverse Canada is. Exchanges Canada Program Post-Participation Questionnaires for Youth Participants

Target: 87%

Overall average result: 87%

The statistics provided are the most recent data available. Results from participant questionnaires are only made available the following fiscal year, thus the statistics provided in the table reflect the actual questionnaire results from the year 2019–20.
Other

The Youth Secretariat has provided a forum for dialogue between federal departments to ensure a whole-of-government approach to youth initiatives. It has been active on interdepartmental committees, which inform its approaches to diverse and inclusive youth engagement (Equity-Seeking Communities and COVID-19 Taskforce and Interdepartmental Working Group on Children’s Rights). Discussion findings, decisions, tools, and data from meetings may inform ongoing and future approaches to youth engagement, data collection, monitoring and evaluation.

The Youth Secretariat has provided specialized advice to ensure that the youth lens is applied in the design and implementation of policies and programs. In this role, it is developing the Youth Impact Analysis tool to support federal policymakers. The Youth Secretariat continued to implement Canada’s Youth Policy, support policy implementation across the federal government, and develop approaches to engage youth furthest from opportunity, racialized youth, as well as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth. It also delivered a coordinated approach to obtaining youth perspectives for the first-ever State of Youth Report to ensure that it adopts an intersectional approach that includes race.

GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

As part of the Exchanges Canada and Youth Take Charge Programs’ funding agreements, organizations are required to submit demographic information on participants. For Exchanges Canada, this included data on participant ages, gender, province/territory of residence, language and rural community as well as Indigenous, racialized and disability status. Youth Take Charge collected demographic data on age, gender, language and official language minority community, as well as Indigenous, racialized and disability status. These data are tracked and monitored by the programs and are used to ensure that a range of demographic groups, and that youth from throughout Canada, have opportunities to be included in funded activities.

The Youth Secretariat has been developing the Youth Impact Analysis tool to support federal policymakers in applying a youth lens throughout the GBA Plus and overall decision-making processes. It intersects with GBA Plus by identifying barriers and negative impacts of policies related to gender and other variables. It aligns with the implementation of Canada’s first Youth Policy and draws inspiration from several locally and internationally recognized methodological frameworks for assessing social and child/youth impacts and anti-oppression practices.

Further, the State of Youth Report improves data capacity for GBA Plus by contributing open source, raw, primary data from youth engagement sessions to federal government databases; and by offering a youth-led report which interprets and provides recommendations pertaining to much of this data. This may inform other Government departments in how they approach data collection in general and in youth-specific contexts.

Data results on the Prime Minister’s Youth Council applications and engagement are monitored during each campaign launch to ensure that under-represented groups are engaged, and there is diversity of representation. The Youth Secretariat works with targeted stakeholders to reach specific communities.

Core Responsibility 5: Official Languages

a. Program Name: Official Languages

Target Population
All Canadians, including official language minority communities and individuals learning French or English in the country.
Distribution of BenefitsFootnote 1
  • Gender Scale:
    • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Income Level Scale:
    • Third group: No significant distributional impacts
  • Age Group Scale:
    • Second group: No significant inter-generational impacts or impacts generation between youth and seniors
Key Impacts
Statistics Observed Results Data Source Comment
Percentage of Canadians who agree that Canada’s two official languages (English/French) are an important part of what it means to be Canadian. 60% Online survey N/A
Number of Canadians who can conduct a conversation in their second official language. 6,216,070 individuals Census, Statistics Canada N/A
Maintenance of the 85% baseline of Official Language Minority Communities who live within 25 km of a cultural/artistic organization or a regional/local community development organization that offers services in the minority language.
  • 85.7% arts and culture
  • 87.3% community development
 Official Languages institutional database N/A
Percentage of federal institutions that report concrete results in their annual review in support of Section 41 of the Official Languages Act. Not available

Review on Official languages of federal institutions

Administrative data

 As extensions to the deadline for the 2020–21 annual reviews have been granted by Canadian Heritage and the Treasury Board Secretariat to certain federal institutions that are impacted with capacity issues due to the implementation of measures in response to COVID-19, we will not be able to report on this indicator before July 2021.
Other
In addition to the above indicators that focus on official languages in general, there are also measures in place to carry out more in-depth analysis within Official Language Minority Communities to obtain disaggregated data, and thus highlight issues that are specific to equity-seeking groups. For example, in Official Languages Branch’s generic GBA Plus for the year 2020–21, the branch conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of the correlation between social variables, such as ethnicity, gender, and age, and linguistic variables, such as the rate of bilingualism.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Nothing to report for 2020–21.

Internal Services

Section 3: Program Links to Gender Results Framework

Core Responsibility 1: Creativity, arts, and culture

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
Arts Yes - - - - -
Cultural Marketplace Framework Yes Yes Yes - - -
Cultural Industries Support and Development - Yes Yes - - -

Core Responsibility 2: Heritage and celebration

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
National celebrations, commemorations and symbols - - - - Yes -
Community engagement and heritage N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Preservation of and access to heritage Yes Yes - - - Yes
Learning about Canadian history N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Core Responsibility 3: Sport

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
Sport Development and High Performance - - - - Yes -

Core Responsibility 4: Diversity and Inclusion

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
Multiculturalism Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Human Rights Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Indigenous Languages and Cultures Yes Yes - - Yes -
Youth Engagement - - Yes - - Yes

Core Responsibility 5: Official Languages

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
Official Language Yes Yes Yes - Yes -

Section 4: Program Links to Quality of Life Framework

Core Responsibility 1: Creativity, Arts and Culture

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
Arts - - - Yes -
Cultural Marketplace Framework Yes - - Yes Yes
Cultural Industries Support and Development Yes - - Yes -

Core Responsibility 2: Heritage and celebration

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
National celebrations, commemorations and symbols - - - Yes -
Community engagement and heritage - - - Yes -
Preservation of and access to heritage Yes - - Yes -
Learning about Canadian history - - - Yes -

Core Responsibility 3: Sport

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
Sport Development and High Performance - Yes - - -

Core Responsibility 4: Diversity and Inclusion

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
Multiculturalism Yes - - Yes Yes
Human Rights - - - - Yes
Indigenous Languages and Cultures - - - Yes -
Youth Engagement - - - Yes -

Core Responsibility 5: Official Languages

Prosperity Health Environment Society Good Governance
Official Languages Yes Yes - Yes Yes

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 (e.g. 80 percent or more men)
  • Second group: 60 percent - 79 percent men
  • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Forth group: 60 percent - 79 percent women
  • Fifth group: Predominantly women (e.g. 80 percent 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.canada.ca) (PDF format)

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