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Gender-based analysis plus — Departmental Results Report 2021-22

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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 2021–22, the GBA Plus Responsibility Centre supported GBA Plus analysis in departmental Cabinet and Budget submissions as the Department sought to support the reopening and revitalization of the arts, culture, heritage and sport sectors and to promote equity, diversity and inclusion.

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 seven 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. The Community of Practice met three times in 2021–22 to share training and resources and to discuss what representatives would like to see in the Community of Practice and in the Department to further support GBA Plus.

b. Resourcing Levels

To support these and other activities, the Department had the following human resources dedicated to supporting GBA Plus objectives in 2021-22:

c. Major initiatives undertaken in advancing GBA Plus departmental capacity

The Department undertook several complementary and intersecting initiatives in 2021-22 to further to promote new GBA Plus tools, to reinvigorate the Department’s Community of Practice and to improve research methodologies and data collection. Examples include:

  1. Research methodologies and data collection:
    • In 2021–22, the Department designed a recipient survey to help assess the impacts of the Recovery and Reopening Funds announced in Budget 2021. The survey was designed in consultation with portfolio partners and was based on the Emergency Support Fund (ESF) recipient survey launched in the summer of 2020. As the Recovery and Reopening Funds are being disbursed through 27 different components across the Department and two Portfolio organizations (Telefilm Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts), a common survey methodology was used to ensure consistent results across the Fund. In addition, the scope of questions about equity, diversity and inclusion was broadened to ask not only about the impacts of the fund on equity-deserving communities, but also about the representation of these communities in the leadership of the recipient organization. In addition, questions were designed in a way to collect disaggregated data to make intersectional analysis possible as well as to provide as much flexibility as possible to respondents (e.g., ability to select all responses that apply, and define additional responses not listed in multiple-choice questions).
    • The work of the $1 million investment from Budget 2019 to improve the collection of disaggregated data and strengthen reporting requirements with regard to GBA Plus continued into 2021–22. Several products were delivered this year, including a GBA Plus data framework report from Statistics Canada, a literature review on advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the arts, culture, heritage and sport sectors, and the Arts and Heritage Access and Accessibility Survey 2021 that included a pilot online platform and additional GBA Plus questions. While data collection from an Everyday Well-Being pilot project is complete, the GBA Plus Custom Report for the associated Smartphone App is still outstanding.
    • The Department launched the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Review, a two-year project which aims to improve access to Canadian Heritage programs for equity-deserving groups. Three cohorts of programs across arts, culture, heritage and sport sectors are collectively examining inequities in policy and program design, biases and assumptions, the impacts of Canada’s colonial legacy, and ways to address these. Knowledge gathering through interviews, questionnaires, literature review and a Working Group will further inform the project. As of June 2022, seven programs and 30+ staff had participated in the Review. Canadian Heritage will continue this work to deliver by March 2023 a final report on the overall findings of the EDI Review process, as well as recommendations for program-level and system-level issues for deeper consideration by the Department.
    • Ongoing work undertaken 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:
      • Creation of custom census tables to provide better data disaggregation for departmental needs;
      • Creation of a data disaggregation best practices document for departmental colleagues, with a focus on program needs;
      • Collaboration with and providing advice and recommendations to internal and external partners regarding the needs and options for improved disaggregated data;
      • Providing support on an as-requested basis to the Department’s program areas;
      • Creation of infographic projects and consultations on issues related to GBA Plus, data disaggregation, and accessibility;
      • Support to advisory committees’ activities (e.g., engagement support to the Committee for Racialized Communities and the Advisory Committee on (Dis)ability);
      • Social Impact research and development of qualitative methods; and
      • Updating the Diversity and Inclusion scan and portal available 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;
    • The Celebration and Commemoration Program has begun widening its internal data collection approach in response to the new Commemorating Residential Schools component, which received permanent funding in 2021. Instead of the traditional final reporting mechanism, the Program piloted the use of an online survey to help facilitate responses from smaller community Indigenous organizations in 2021. As part of its evaluation, the Program worked collaboratively with the Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, the Department’s Reconciliation and Treaties Unit, and subject experts from other departments, to better understand each application. Having assessors familiar with both the challenges of isolated and vulnerable communities and with the intergenerational trauma created within these communities significantly improved the decision-making process. This collaboration demonstrated the importance of adapting the assessment process to ensure that Indigenous perspectives are built into the evaluation and to ensure greater cooperation between departments handling similar files.
    • 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 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
  2. Awareness, resources, and training
    • The Department has been engaged by Women and Gender Equality Canada to provide input on their evolving GBA Plus tools. A number of teams across the department, in addition to the GBA Plus Responsibility Centre, input information including:
      • The Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat has been consulted specifically on sections related to racialization and ethnicity considerations as well as religious identity.
      • The Community Building and Youth Branch including the Youth Secretariat were consulted on the section related to age and for considerations which focus on the issues and needs of age-based groups including youth.
      • The Indigenous Languages Branch and Official Languages Branch were consulted on the section related to language.
      • The 2SLGBTQI+ Secretariat (previously located within Canadian Heritage) was consulted on the sections related to sexual orientation, gender, and sex.
    • Following the initial launch of the tools in June of 2021, the Canadian Heritage GBA Plus Responsibility Centre undertook a multi-stage process to mainstream the new tools across the department including:
      • Designing and delivering a presentation to the GBA Plus Community of Practice, tailored to the departmental context, that introduced the tools to all branches and regions of the Department;
      • Presenting the tools to the Directors Forum and the Department’s Level 2 Policy and Program Committee;
      • Collaborating with teams, such as the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch, to deliver team-specific iterations of this presentation;
      • Disseminated department-wide communications from senior management underscoring the importance of the tools;
      • Integrated the tools into important elements of the policy cycle, including Budget 2022;
      • Highlighted the tools throughout GBA Plus Awareness Week through a variety of fora.
    • Sport Canada’s Gender Equity in Sport Strategy, launched through Budget 2018, aims to increase the representation and participation of women and girls in sport. Sport Canada’s Gender Equity, Inclusion, and Innovation team continued to implement and monitor the strategy. Sport Canada also has a policy (Actively Engaged: A Policy on Sport for Women and Girls), which focuses on gender equity in sport. In addition, all Sport Canada staff are also required to complete GBA Plus training.
    • The Official Languages Branch undertook the annual update of its generic GBA Plus resource. It 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) and now includes new results on sexual diversity, gender diversity, and post-secondary education in official language minority communities.
    • The Anti-Racism Framework is being piloted by the Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat.
      • The Framework provides a wraparound analytical framework and cyclical process designed to accomplish two goals: empower public servants to advance systems change, from an intersectional anti-racism and equity perspective; and strengthen institutional capacity to remove systemic barriers, identify gaps and ultimately design effective policies, programs, services, and legislation that benefit all Canadians.
      • The Framework centres historically marginalized First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black, Asian, racialized, and religious minority voices, perspectives and experiences, which have been marginalized since colonialism, at the core of planning, development, decision-making and implementation. As an intersectional and interdisciplinary tool, the Anti-Racism Framework addresses the ways that different forms of oppression intersect by using racialization as a focal point to address and explore life experiences and inequalities in Canadian society and beyond.
    • A youth lens continues to be applied to documents, analyses and initiatives that were developed and/or reviewed by the Youth Secretariat to ensure that considerations of age and youth and youth-identified priorities are undertaken as part of the policy and program analysis.
    • To support the federal government in applying a youth lens to policymaking, the Youth Secretariat is developing a Youth Impact Analysis tool which is expected to complement GBA Plus and other relevant assessment tools. This tool will help policy-makers consider youths’ experiences, improve and deepen their advice and recommendations, and build their capacity to examine policy through a youth lens. The Youth Impact Analysis tool will complement the GBA Plus framework and other government assessment tools and draw inspiration from local and international methodologies for assessing social youth impacts and anti-oppression practices. Plans are being developed to incorporate the Youth Impact Analysis tool into a renewed GBA Plus Compendium for Government of Canada employees and the longer-term strategy for GBA Plus led by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
  3. Stakeholder engagement
    • The Department works closely with key stakeholders with expertise in gender and sport in implementing Sport Canada’s Gender Equity in Sport strategy, and this expertise is used in analyzing 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.
    • The Federal Anti-Racism Secretariat hosted 12 town halls and roundtables, as well as 2 national summits, one on antisemitism and one on Islamophobia, resulting in over 400 recommendations, and reaching over 400,000 Canadians. The national summits brought together a diverse group of community and political leaders, academics, and activists to identify concrete ways to address antisemitism and Islamophobia across the country.
    • The Youth Secretariat’s stakeholder engagement efforts continue to focus on developing approaches to reach youth furthest from opportunity, racialized youth, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth.

Section 2: Gender and Diversity Impacts, by Program

Core Responsibility 1: Creativity, arts and culture

a. Program Name: Arts

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Not Available
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity
Not Available
Supplementary Information Sources
Arts and Heritage Access and Accessibility Survey, 2020-2021
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

To monitor the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts sector and to inform the development of temporary support measures for the arts sector, the Arts Branch analyzed the employment of artists and other cultural workers in Canada throughout 2020-21. Monthly custom Labour Force Survey data was purchased from Statistics Canada. Employment-related data for two groups of key groups of arts workers were tracked through the custom data sets: performing arts company workers and performing artists. The disaggregated data was analyzed by gender for variables that included full time/part-time employment, hours of work, employed/self-employed among others.

In response to the Grouped Arts Evaluation: Canada Arts Presentation Fund, Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and Canada Cultural Investment Fund (2013-14 to 2017-18) recommendation to “address barriers to all programs for smaller organizations and underserved groups…”, the Arts program launched and concluded an engagement project with First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts and heritage organizations, which was led by Archipel Research and Consulting Inc. The aim of this consultation process was to understand how the arts programs at Canadian Heritage can better support Indigenous organizations by seeking feedback from the leaders and employees of Indigenous organizations. Data for the final report was collected through a literature review, one-on-one interviews and focus groups with Indigenous organizations across Canada. Engagements were held between October 2021 and February 2022. This work yielded several key findings and recommendations on how to better support Indigenous organizations through intermediary and transformative actions.

The Canada Arts Presentation Fund conducted targeted outreach with equity-deserving groups (including Indigenous, racialized, and official language minority communities, deaf and people living with disabilities and 2SLGBTQI+ and underserved communities (rural and remote, young audiences) when it launched the time limited initiatives entitled Support for Workers in Live Arts and Music Sectors Fund and the Recovery Funding for Professional Arts Presentation Organizations.

As part of the Support for Workers in Live Arts and Music Sectors Fund, applications from equity-deserving groups and underserved communities were prioritized for assessment over applications from mainstream organizations. Applications from priority groups were generally funded at 100% of eligible expenses. In regions that were oversubscribed, mainstream organizations were funded at 80%. In total, 139 (41.7%) of the 333 projects approved for 2021-22 funding under this initiative were from priority groups.

b. Program Name: Cultural Marketplace Framework

Target Population
  • All Canadians
  • Canadian creative businesses
Distribution of Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Not available
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

Overall, there is limited research on the differential impacts of online disinformation in Canada. To address this limited research, 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 Contribution Program funded several projects in 2021–22 that support equity-deserving communities, particularly as one of the regular call priorities focused on “projects that aim to understand the domestic and transnational spread, evolution, and impacts of online disinformation and related harms through and on diaspora, Indigenous, and non-English primary language communities in Canada using a GBA Plus lens, including impacts on societal outcomes.”

Below are examples of recipients with projects focused on vulnerable groups:

  • Black Canadians: University of Alberta
  • Combatting hate: Carleton University
  • Ethnocultural communities: University of Waterloo
  • Gendered: Les 3 sex
  • Indigenous: Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations
  • Islamophobia: Concordia University
  • Official language minority communities: Institut canadien de recherche sur les minorités linguistiques
  • Youth: Université de Montréal

Research activities funded by the Digital Citizen Contribution Program have aided in understanding how disinformation and other forms of harmful content online affect gendered and minority groups. For example, research has found that:

  • Hate groups in Quebec effectively used disinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic to spread hateful narratives targeting minority communities.
  • Online disinformation is inextricably linked to hate speech – disinformation is often used as a way to justify hatred or even to incite violence against minority groups.
  • Extremist groups online have sophisticated tools to spread disinformation narratives using memes and image-based communications.
  • The amount of gendered abuse online, particularly abuse that uses disinformation, is growing.
  • Minority communities lag behind the general population when it comes to verifying information they see online and have relatively little confidence in reporting disinformation to major social media platforms.

Outreach, literacy, and educational activities funded by the Digital Citizen Initiative have reached minority communities across the country.

Bill C-11 proposes to implement legislative changes to the existing Broadcasting Act. The proposal aims to ensure that online services contribute to the Canadian broadcasting and production system, including the production of Canadian content, in a fair and equitable manner. Overall, it is expected that all Canadians will benefit from this proposal; however, the impact will vary across populations. Notably, this proposal should lead to positive impacts on diverse Canadian creators, Indigenous Peoples, 2SLGBTQI+ communities, low-income Canadians, and Canadians with disabilities. Bill C-11 includes expanded policy objectives towards ensuring full and equal participation of Indigenous peoples, to provide programming that is accessible without barriers to persons with disabilities, and to support production and broadcasting by and for Black and other racialized communities. This includes an updated definition of Indigenous peoples consistent with a distinctions-based approach an updated definition of barrier to align with the Accessible Canada Act. It supports the production and broadcasting of programs in a diversity of languages that reflect racialized communities and the diverse ethnocultural composition of Canadian society, including programs that cover news and current events.

Individuals working in the cultural and creative sectors in Canada should experience positive impacts. Currently the funding available for the production of Canadian content is declining, leading to fewer opportunities for Canadian creators. Labour-market data from Statistics Canada demonstrates that arts and culture workers earn a lower average hourly rate than Canadians do generally. The addition of online undertakings to the system will increase available funds, therefore leading to more opportunities within Canada’s cultural and creative sectors.

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 or inclusionary policies for Indigenous, 2SLGBTQI+, Black and other racialized people. 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) 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

Below are sources with GBA Plus impact analysis related to disinformation:

Of the research that does exist, most is international in scope and fully developed. Yet, this research suggests that online disinformation carries differential impacts on different groups of people. The above studies shed some light on the impact of disinformation on various groups including students, women, visible minorities, and immigrants. These findings suggest that there may be some indirect benefits for these groups stemming from increased investments in digital media and civic literacy, but more research is needed in the Canadian context.

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 of 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. However, Canadian Heritage does not currently collect information on the gender and diversity of the beneficiaries of the Creative Export Strategy (CES). 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 will allow us to understand who is accessing our funding (and who is not) and address systemic barriers. In terms of progress to date, in 2021–22, the International Trade Branch began research and internal and external consultations to develop an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion data engagement plan. Once completed, this data engagement plan will provide a detailed roadmap which includes information on what data we will be collected, the collection methodology, and storage and sharing parameters. The data collection should begin in 2023-2024 and coincide with the renewal of the Strategy.

c. Program Name: Cultural Industries Support and Development

Target Population
  • All Canadians
  • Canadians in underserved communities across Canada (Local Journalism Initiative)
Distribution of Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Cultural Industries Support and Development - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 4 note * Data Source Comment
The Canada Media Fund Corporation has put in place measures wherein 40 to 60% of all content supported by the Fund would be women-led.

In 2020-2021, 36% of directors, 51% of writers and 52%of producers in Canada Media Fund-funded television productions were women. 2020-2021 Experimental productions counted 39% women in key roles.

Note: results for 2021–22 will be available in Canada Media Fund annual reporting, which is expected by Fall 2022.

 Canada Media Fund Annual Reporting In 2020-2021, broadcasters were required to direct at least 35% of their respective Performance Envelope Allocation dollars on women-led projects.
The Local Journalism Initiative supports Journalists providing coverage for issues in Indigenous, ethnocultural and official language minority, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities
  • Journalists covering issues in Indigenous communities: 59
  • Journalists covering ethnocultural communities: 69
  • Journalists covering official language minority communities: 122
  • Journalists covering 2SLGBTQI+ communities: 1
 Final reports from third party Administrator Organizations
Table 4 notes
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2021-22 or most recent

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Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

The Canada Media Fund’s 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. Indeed, the study “Women and Leadership: A Study of Gender Parity and Diversity in Canada’s Screen Industries”, released by the Canadian Media Producers Association in partnership with the Canada Media Fund and other agencies and associations, found that nearly 9% of women respondents working in Canada’s screen-based media sector report facing gender-based obstacles to advancement in their career. 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. In addition, labour market data from Statistics Canada demonstrates that arts and culture workers earn a lower average hourly rate than Canadians generally, and that women in arts and culture earn a lower average hourly rate than men who work in the sector, but also that women make up more than 50% of arts and culture workers generally. The Canada Media Fund thus somewhat benefits low-income individuals, that is, workers in the creative sectors. Finally, the Canada Media Fund’s programs benefit individuals that are working-age people, therefore not primarily youth or seniors. Additional impacts may be identified in the Canada Media Fund’s annual reporting, expected by Fall 2022, which will outline data for 2021–22.

As part of Budget 2021, $60 million over three years was committed to the Canada Media Fund, starting in 2021-22, to increase support for equity-deserving groups working in the Canadian audiovisual industry. This investment provided opportunities for equity-deserving creators to build skills and experience, and to support greater diversity in top-tier productions. Moreover, after soliciting the views of equity-deserving groups during its series of consultations across the industry in April 2021, the Canada Media Fund continued, within the scope of its Equity and Inclusion Strategy, to improve its initiatives and develop tools such as the Persona-ID tool, a self-identification system, to help guide its efforts to make deep, long-term structural changes.

As an Indigenous-led funder, the Indigenous Screen Office directly responds to Call for Justice 2.7 of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women ang Girls by supporting Indigenous creators, who through their work and projects, improve the representation of Indigenous peoples in Indigenous and non-Indigenous media outlets. The Indigenous Screen Office also responds to Calls for Justice 6.1(i), 6.1(ii) and 6.1(iii) by creating equitable access to funding and capacity building for Indigenous peoples, including women and 2SLGBTQI+ creators. These actions, among many others, contribute to ending violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people by supporting the creation of authentic stories that help educate Canadians about the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

The Canada Periodical Fund seeks to ensure Canadians have access to diverse Canadian editorial content in paid magazines, community newspapers and digital periodicals. In accordance with this objective, the program has implemented measures to address inequities and to strengthen diversity in the periodical industry. Specifically, magazines and community newspapers serving Indigenous, ethnocultural, official language minority communities, and 2SLGBTQI+ populations are currently afforded enhanced funding and special eligibility criteria to ensure greater access to the Canada Periodical Fund. As result, measures such as enhanced funding and the special eligibility criteria increase the availability of paid copies and affordable magazines and newspapers in communities and strengthen the financial verification requirements for all types of publications.

Support for diversity and inclusion is embedded in the Canada Music Fund’s core programming. By supporting a wide variety of musical genres, the Fund contributes to both supporting Canadian artists of diverse ethnic backgrounds and helping Canadian music reaching a variety of music fans in Canada and around the world.

In addition, the Canada Music Fund contributes to greater representation of equity-deserving groups in decision-making roles within the Canadian music industry. Both initial recipients (FACTOR and Musicaction) and not-for-profit industry associations supported through the Fund are required to adopt gender equity, 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. This policy requirement is expected to have a downstream impact on the broader Canadian music industry.

One overarching objective for the Local Journalism Initiative is to promote employment and news coverage that reflect 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,). 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 COVID-19 stimulus funding in 2021-22 went to serving groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the media.

The Canada Book Fund implemented changes to its program guidelines to better support book publishers from racialized communities and to incentivize book publishers to publish the works of authors from official language minority, Indigenous and racialized communities.

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 that were funded by the Canada Media Fund.
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

In March 2017, the Canada Media Fund Corporation introduced a series of tangible measures that it put in place to increase the number of women in key decision-making positions (see above). 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.

Disaggregated administrative data and performance data for the Indigenous Screen Office Program will be provided to the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Indigenous Screen Office Corporation’s annual activity report. To mitigate the risk of the Government not acquiring the data necessary to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Screen Office Program, the Department will collaborate closely with the Indigenous Screen Office Corporation to develop a relevant strategy for the collection of data (e.g., performance data) and reporting practices that will advance our common cultural and economic objectives while allowing for the Corporation’s autonomy.

The Indigenous Screen Office’s first complete annual activity report for 2021-22 will be submitted to the Department by June 30, 2022. The data collected and the different reports that follow will inform both the Corporation and the Government of Canada about the different gaps and obstacles remaining for Indigenous Canadian audiovisual creators, which will enable us to tailor and reshape our tools as needed.

Applicants to the Canada Music Fund 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 2SLGBTQI+ communities). Adjustments were made to the data collection methodology in 2021–22 which enabled the Canada Music Fund’s initial recipients to produce more robust 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 lead to a clearer understanding of how underrepresented groups interact and participate in the program, which in effect will help the Program develop policy and program actions to identify and address any unintentional barriers that may exist in accessing funding.

As of 2020–21, the Canada Music Fund, through FACTOR and Musicaction, asks that funded not-for-profit and for-profit organizations report on the representation of equity-deserving groups among their boards of directors and senior management teams. This yearly data allows the Program to 1) assess alignment with the principle of diversity and inclusion on Boards of directors and Senior Management Teams; 2) guide the development of the program’s orientation towards advancing diversity and inclusion within the Canadian music industry.

Furthermore, the Canada Music Fund developed an equity, diversity and inclusion framework and updates its action plan on a yearly basis, which identifies areas of targeted actions planned for the following year.

In addition, the Canada Music Fund, along with FACTOR and Musicaction, funds and/or conducts research to further explore specific areas related the equity-deserving groups. For example, in 2021–22, Musicaction conducted the study Les femmes dans l’industrie musicale Canadienne francophone.

The Local Journalism Initiative worked with the Policy Research Group and Centre of Expertise on Grants and Contributions to explore ways to expand on its collection of diversity and impact data. Labour Force Survey Data has been purchased to monitor the number of journalists in Canada and track employment data. In the next phase, the program will continue to work with representatives from the Labour Force Survey to compile and analyze data and compare it to program results.

Through funding applications and applicant reporting requirements, the Canada Periodical Fund collects disaggregated administrative data on periodicals by communities served (e.g., ethnocultural, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQI+, religious), geography (by province and territory), and language type (e.g., English, French, or other language publications). Data on periodicals is also obtained from Canadian media organizations and through Census data.

In 2021, Cultural Industries and the Creative Marketplace Lab launched the Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey to generate timely data on the economic circumstances of artists and content creators prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was designed to collect disaggregated data that would allow analysts to identify major differences across equity-deserving groups. Respondents were given the option to provide information about multiple, intersecting identities, which included some communities that would normally be a part of GBA Plus analysis, such as gender identity, 2SLGBTQI+ communities, Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) communities, racialized communities, disability communities, official language minority communities, and by geography. In terms of how the pandemic impacted creative incomes and time spent on creative work, there were no identifiable patterns across gender (male, female, and gender diverse/non-binary). While there was good representation from certain communities (21.3% of the 4,747 survey respondents identified as being a member of an 2SLGBTQI+ community), other groups were underrepresented relative to the Canadian population. For example, only 2.8% of respondents identified as Black. This may reflect both a sampling issue and an exclusionary pattern in the arts and culture sector at large, and points to a need to better understand the barriers facing this group.

Core Responsibility 2: Heritage and celebration

a. Program Name: National Celebrations, Commemorations and Symbols

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits
Insufficient data to assess distribution of benefits.
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
No statistics to report.
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity
National events 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, including through various broadcast initiatives. These events intentionally highlight milestones that celebrate and commemorate anniversaries of national significance.
Supplementary Information Sources
Not applicable
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.

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, which requires less information from clients and simplifies the application process for organizations.

While the wide reach and range of organizations of the Celebration and Commemoration Program is one of its greatest strengths—allowing a truly pan-Canadian program to support Canadians to celebrate and commemorate—it also limits capacity to track specific impacts at individual population levels.

b. Program Name: Community Engagement and Heritage

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Community Engagement and Heritage - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 8 note * Data Source Comment
Total amount ($) provided to local groups organizing 2SLGBTQI+ events, per fiscal year

$2,369,800 over two fiscal years (2019-20 and 2020-21):

 Grants and Contribution Information System

Table 8 note *Results reported in the 2020-21 DRR are based on projects from the 2019-20 fiscal year. Similarly, results for 2021-22 are based on projects from the 2020-21 fiscal year.

Note

Measures the contribution that government funding makes to arts and heritage activities at 2SLGBTQI+ 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
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Most recent data

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Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program provides funding to diverse local organizations, including marginalized groups, to support gender equality and foster inclusivity.

This includes increased funding opportunities for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. Following Budget 2019, the Program sought to provide at least $2 million over two years (2019-20 and 2020-21) for 2SLGBTQI+ 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 Program engages applicants and recipients through outreach activities, such as working in collaboration with the Chief Information Officer Branch to host webinars that help stakeholders access funding opportunities and inform on how to use the Canadian Heritage Online System. This also includes clarifying, on the departmental website, the eligibility of 2SLGBTQI+ Pride festivals and Indigenous cultural celebrations under the Local Festivals component.

With expanded outreach to equity-seeking communities that have expressed difficulty accessing support, and since Budget 2019, the program increased the number of 2SLGBTQI+ events funded from 13 in 2018-19 ($523,500) to 40 in 2020-21 ($1,427,400).

Supplementary Information Sources
Arts and Heritage Access and Accessibility Survey, 2020-2021
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program is currently undergoing a program evaluation, slated to conclude in 2022-23. The results will inform improved data collection and analysis methods for the Program, including those pertaining to GBA-Plus as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) considerations.

Furthermore, in 2022-23, the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage Program is participating in a departmental EDI review, to identify and address barriers to funding as experienced by underserved and underrepresented communities. These include Indigenous, 2SLGBTQI+, multicultural and official language minority communities as well as projects commemorating women and youth. Preliminary findings indicate an increased need for outreach to underrepresented groups and provide more support and flexibility to applicants to reduce funding barriers and support additional projects from those communities.

The findings and recommendations from each process will inform the Program’s GBA Plus data collection plan that aligns with and further advances its current program data and reporting functions.

c. Program Name: Preservation of and Access to Heritage

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits

A disaggregation of data between gender and age groups was possible only for the Young Canada Works-Heritage Program. Approximately 73% of youth hired in positions offered through the Young Canada Works-Heritage each year are women, compared to the Canadian population which is made up of 50.1% female.

Under the Young Canada Works-Heritage Program funding, on a total of 1,941 youth that completed the Evaluation Questionnaire, 1,424 youth self-identified as women (73% of the respondents) and 92 youth self-declared as not identifying with either male or female (4.75% of the respondents). Statistics Canada 2021 census data has people who identify as non-binary or transgender making up 0.33% of Canadians 15 or older.

As for the age groups, 628 youth self-declared as being from 16 to 20 years old (32%), 902 from 21 to 25 (47%), 398 from 26 to 30 (21%), and 10 over 30 years old (0.5%).

Gender Scale
  • Fourth group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent women
Age Group Scale
  • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Preservation of and Access to Heritage - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 11 note * Data Source Comment
Number of funded organizations serving or located in Official- Language Minority Communities

Museums Assistance Program: 61

Reopening Fund for Heritage Organizations: 71

 Programs Administrative Systems (Grants and Contribution Information System) Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Heritage Information Network: 9 organizations identified as official language minority communities received conservation services and training offered by the Canadian Conservation Institute and 21 organizations that self-identified as official-language minority communities are contributors to Artefacts Canada.
Number of funded organizations located in remote or rural areas Museums Assistance Program: 60 Programs Administrative Systems (Grants and Contribution Information System) -
Number of projects/activities funded that targeted/served Indigenous, ethnocultural or racialized communities

Museums Assistance Program: 59 serving/targeting Indigenous communities and 59 serving/targeting/belonging to ethnocultural or racialized communities

Reopening Fund for Heritage Organizations: 43 serving/targeting Indigenous communities and 79 were serving/targeting/belonging to ethnocultural or racialized communities.

Movable Cultural Property Program: Of a total of 3 projects completed, 1 targeted/served Indigenous communities.

 Programs Administrative Systems (Grants and Contribution Information System) and reopening survey

The Museums Assistance 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. Projects can support the repatriation of Indigenous cultural property as part of an exhibition or research type project.

The Movable Cultural Property Program grants facilitate the acquisition of heritage objects, which can include the repatriation of Indigenous cultural property.
Number of organizations identified as Indigenous or ethno-cultural communities that received services Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Heritage Information Network: 40 organizations, which received a total of 49 services Programs Administrative Systems (Preservation Information Management System)

The Canadian Conservation Institute 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, official language minority community members, rural/remote areas, etc.

Young Canada Works-Heritage: Of a total of 1,941 youth that completed this section of the Evaluation Questionnaire:

  • 1,424 self-identify as women;
  • 117 self-identify as Indigenous youth;
  • 245 self-identify as an ethnocultural or racialized youth;
  • 163 self-identify as youth with disabilities;
  • 116 self-identify as youth in rural/remote areas; and
  • 113 self-identify as youth in an Official- Language Minority Communities

Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Heritage Information Network: Of a total of 86 respondents to participant surveys:

  • 1 self-identifies as Indigenous;
  • 2 self-identify as visible-minority respondents;
  • 18 self-identify as a member of an ethnocultural community; and
  • 8 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 the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Heritage Information Network, 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.
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Young Canada Works is a Canadian Heritage initiative in response to the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, led by Employment and Social Development Canada. Young Canada Works-Heritage supports official language minority communities each year, notably through its objective to support small to mid-sized museums and related heritage organizations representing and serving official language minority communities, which are typically small and volunteer-based. 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.

Young Canada Works-Heritage is committed to increasing the percentage of underrepresented and disadvantaged youth working in heritage, arts, and cultural organizations over time. To better measure outcomes, Young Canada Works-Heritage set its targets for 2022-23 for program participation of Indigenous youth to 7%, ethnocultural/racialized youth to 15%, young people with disabilities to 8% and official language minority community youth to 6%. Furthermore, the program added new targets for rural and remote youth (10%) and young women (65%), some of whom who could face barriers to employment. It will continue to review its data collection tools and funding application process to remove any administrative barriers and to encourage greater diversity within the heritage, arts, and cultural sector.

Young Canada Works-Heritage has already taken several steps towards meeting its increased targets for youth by including information on the departmental website about the assessment process, which prioritizes underserved communities and sub-populations.

Under Young Canada Works-Heritage, a total of 1,941 youth completed the Evaluation Questionnaire, and all confirmed they attained at least one soft skill, while 1,630 youth (84%) confirmed they have experienced the removal of barriers (e.g., flexible working hours).

As of May 2021, the Young Canada Works program participated in a government-wide initiative to create a gateway for youth to connect to and find a path to our specific programs. The Youth Digital Gateway is the Government of Canada hub for youth employment, skills, learning, and service. It provides new digital services for youth and youth partners that are accessible across a range of digital channels to enhance digital experience. Canadian Heritage participated in working sessions to provide Employment and Social Development Canada with text and images that would attract youth to the Department’s Young Canada Works programs, in collaboration with Young Canada Works-Official Languages, and ensured that the Youth Digital Gateway showcase the Department’s program offerings.

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, and an evaluation released in July 2021 (covering the years 2013-14 to 2017-18, which had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic) found that the program continues to support these priorities. Although no specific priorities are identified in the Museums Assistance Program guidelines, the program is prioritizing applications by or serving Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQI+, official language minority, youth, and other underserved communities.

Data was collected from the Museums Assistance Program’s new funding component, Digital Access to Heritage. The results from 2021-22 for this first intake indicate that 52% of the projects supported target diverse communities as follows: Indigenous: 26%; ethnocultural and racialized: 13%; youth: 11%; official language minority community: 2%.

Since 1990, the Museums Assistance Program has administered an Indigenous Heritage component that supports the preservation, presentation, and management of Indigenous cultural heritage in Canada as well as promotes public awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. Following the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, it has increased its flexibility and funding limits to this component to make it more accessible to Indigenous cultural centres and communities. 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.

Grants under the Movable Cultural Property Program facilitate the acquisition of heritage objects, which can include the repatriation 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.

Supplementary Information Sources
Government of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions 2019 Report
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. As part of the program’s evaluation recommendations, the application forms as well as interim and final activities/results report were reviewed and amended to collect data on Indigenous peoples, languages, belongings, and partnerships; official languages and other languages; and official language minority, ethnocultural and racialized communities. The program is examining the possibility of collecting and reporting on more disaggregated data as it modernizes its reporting structures in upcoming years and as it onboards to the new Canadian Heritage Funding Portal. In addition, the Museums Assistance 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 Benefits
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 would be required to implement digital GBA Plus monitoring by funded organizations.
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
N/A
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

The Canada History Fund prioritizes funding recommendations for projects that address posted priorities, which include projects that integrate themes of inclusion and diversity such as the history of official language minority communities, the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the learning needs of young Canadians.

In 2021-22, the Canada History Fund, a supporting activity of the Learning About Canadian History Program, funded projects that contribute to meeting GBA Plus criteria related to age, gender, ethnocultural groups and official languages, such as:

  • A Black People’s History of Canada at Dalhousie University;
  • Sharing, Healing, and Learning: The Legacy of Residential Schools at Algoma University; and
  • Femme | Franco | Queer at the University of Ottawa.
Supplementary Information Sources
N/A
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

The Canada History Fund will be undergoing a program evaluation, beginning in October 2022 and projected to conclude in October 2023. The results of the pending evaluation will provide recommendations for improved data collection and analysis methods for the Program, including those linked to GBA Plus as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) considerations.

Furthermore, in 2022-23, the Canada History Fund is participating in a departmental EDI review, to identify and address barriers to funding as experienced by underserved and underrepresented communities. Preliminary findings indicate an increased need for dedicated resources, outreach, and support and flexibility for applicants to help reduce funding barriers and support additional projects.

The findings and recommendations from each process will inform the Program’s GBA Plus data collection plan, further advancing the current program data and reporting functions.

Core Responsibility 3: Sport

a. Program Name: Sport Development and High Performance

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits

Gender Scale

  • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced

Age Group Scale

  • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Sport Development and High Performance - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 15 note * Data Source Comment
Gender balance of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program 48.6% male, 51.4% female Athlete Assistance Program Management Information System There is a general gender balance among carded Athlete Assistance Program athletes. Of a total of 1867 athletes, 907 are male and 960 are female.
Percentage of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program that are athletes with a disability

15%, of which:

  • 59% are male
  • 41% are female
 Athlete Assistance Program Management Information System There is a total of 278 Paralympic athletes, of which 164 male and 114 are female.
Percentage of athletes supported by the Athlete Assistance Program that self-identify as Indigenous 1.8% Athlete Assistance Management Information System There is a total of 34 athletes that self-identify as Indigenous.
Percentage of adults 18 years and older indicating sport/physical activity is safe 82% of men and 84% of women reported sport to be safe “to a considerable or great extent” Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI)

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 80% of men and 78% of women reported sport to be welcoming or inclusive “to a considerable or great extent” Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI) 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 170 (served by 61 funded organizations) Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities Program database Data on the impacts of COVID-19 on the number of communities reached will be available when final reports are compiled, as of July 2022.
Number of 2021–22 Innovation Initiative projects targeting women and girls 8 Innovation Initiative component of the Sport Support Program Of the 13 Innovation Initiative pilot projects that Sport Canada funded and launched beginning in 2021–22, eight seek to improve the participation of women and girls, including two that target women and girls with intersecting identities.
Number of 2021–22 Innovation Initiative projects targeting racialized communities 2 Innovation Initiative component of the Sport Support Program Of the 13 Innovation Initiative pilot projects that Sport Canada funded and launched beginning in 2021–22, eight seek to improve the participation of women and girls, including two that target women and girls with intersecting identities.
Number of 2021–22 Innovation Initiative projects targeting youth facing barriers 5 Innovation Initiative component of the Sport Support Program Of the 13 Innovation Initiative pilot projects that Sport Canada funded and launched beginning in 2021–22, eight seek to improve the participation of women and girls, including two that target women and girls with intersecting identities.
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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 program component of the Sport Support Program, identified demographics (Women and girls, 2SLGBTQI+ individuals, and youth facing barriers and members of racialized communities) are targeted as it has been reported that they have lower sport participation rates than the general Canadian population. Sport Canada’s Gender Equity, Inclusion, and Innovation team is leading Innovation Initiative pilot projects that focus on addressing sport participation challenges for these priority populations. Pilot projects intended to address sport participation issues for individuals with added intersecting identity factors (e.g., Indigenous, age, 2SLGBTQI+, official language minority communities, newcomers, persons with a disability) are also eligible for consideration.

The 2021–22 Innovation Initiative provided $1.3 million with $640,200 targeting women and girls for 13 new pilot projects: eight to address sport participation issues for women and girls, two for racialized communities, and five for youth facing barriers (note: two projects had overlapping target populations). These projects came from two National Sport Organizations, three Multisport Service Organizations, three other national organizations and five regional/community organizations. Six organizations were new funding recipients for Sport Canada. These Innovation Initiatives will enable the testing of innovative quality sport approaches, the trial of new programs, strategies, and technologies, to develop evidence-based solutions that can be shared nationwide.

Sport Canada provided $63,000 over three years starting in 2021-22 in project funding to the Jane/Finch Community Tennis Association. This funding will be used to design a pilot project to adapt an existing tennis program for girls aged 6 to 17 in racialized communities. The goal of this project is to increase sport participation and retention for this target group. The program will be adapted by implementing a modified skills development program, a mentorship structure, and an all-girl environment that celebrates the racialized backgrounds of the community.

Additionally, Sport Canada provided $202,000 over two years starting in 2021-22 to Physical and Health Education Canada for the design and implementation of their pilot project to enhance female sport development experiences that are more reflective of their everyday lifestyle, including connection to modern-day technology and sport opportunities within their broader community. The project will target women and girls (ages 14 to 16) who are in, and/or approaching, their last year of mandatory physical education in schools.

Emergency support funds and COVID-19 recovery efforts encouraged sport stakeholders to ensure that target groups are not further disadvantaged as the sport and physical activity ecosystems rebuild from COVID-19.

After three years of funding, Sport Canada contracted Openly in the summer of 2021 to perform an impact assessment of Sport Canada’s Gender Equity funding. Findings were based on a detailed review of program activities, outputs, and outcomes, as well as on insights shared by recipients and key stakeholders about the impact of Gender Equity funding. Overall, key findings from the report state that the Gender Equity funding supported recipients in tackling systemic barriers to women’s participation, retention, and advancement in sport. For example, funding enabled recipients to deliver programs and interventions which allowed them to build conditions to increase the number of women in coaching, officiating, and leadership positions in sport. According to recipient reports (where numbers were provided), funded programs engaged over 17,500 athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, leadership, and staff in gender-equity initiatives. They also reached over 9.9 million media/social media followers to promote/profile women in sport.

E-Alliance, the Gender Equity in Sport Research Hub based at the University of Toronto and in partnership with Université Laval received $550,000 in 2021–22 to support knowledge transfer and exchange and research projects (grants) on gender equity in sport.

With Sport Canada funding, Canadian Women & Sport and E-Alliance conducted and published a study examining the impact of the pandemic on sport participation for Canadian girls ages 6 to 18. The COVID Alert: Pandemic Impact on Girls in Sport report (PDF format) was released in July 2021 and found that “1 in 4 Canadian girls who participated in sport at least weekly prior to COVID-19 are not committed to returning to sport once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.”

The Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute completed a feasibility report for Canada to undertake communications campaign modelled on the “This Girl Can” campaign in the United Kingdom. The report, funded by Sport Canada, included the results of an environmental scan and analysis, formative research and an implementation plan.

The Department’s sole transfer payment program that provides direct funding to high performance athletes 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, already at or having 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 childcare 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 childcare 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.

Sport Canada relies on feedback from retiring athletes from the Athlete Assistance Program, 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 Athlete Assistance Program (including gender-related impact).

In August 2021, Sport Canada announced the new Community Sport for All Initiative, which will provide $80 million over two years to support organized sport at the community level to help Canadians and communities recover from the impacts of COVID-19. The focus of this new initiative is to engage equity-deserving groups, in particular, Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQI+ and new Canadian communities. A call for proposals was launched in winter 2022.

In July 2021, based on the recommendations of a committee of representatives of Canadian sport and experts in prevention of abuse, the Minister of Canadian Heritage announced that the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada had been selected to establish and deliver an independent Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner.

$2.1 million was allocated to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada in 2021–22 to establish the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner.

Supplementary Information Sources
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan
Sport Canada is currently reviewing how data on gender and other intersectionality 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 2SLGBTQI+ 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 data sets 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 2SLGBTQI+, women and girls.
Distribution of Benefits
N/A
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
N/A
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

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 focus of Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy is on communities that have experienced racism and discrimination, such as racialized groups, religious minorities, and Indigenous Peoples—while considering intersectionality, including gender. One of the ultimate outcomes of Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy is increasing the percentage of Canadians who feel that ethnic and cultural diversity is a shared value. Present and future generations will benefit from Strategy initiatives, which foster diversity and inclusion as well as address systemic barriers faced by the most disadvantaged groups.

The Program’s objectives also lend themselves to addressing intersectional issues, and many funded initiatives incorporate it into their own goals. For example, the Anti-Racism Action Program funds the Association canadienne des femmes venant du Burundi — Haguruka, which “aims to highlight systemic barriers that negatively impact the lives of Black Francophone youth and develop community-based solutions on these issues.” It also funds Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak, which has a project to “address the online hate and negative stereotypes against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people with activities that aim to develop tools for countering online hate and raise awareness among non-Indigenous Canadians.”

Supplementary Information Sources
N/A
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 towards 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. The first release of data took place on September 28, 2021.

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. For example, the Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch has developed a survey for the Anti-Racism Action Program that asks recipients to collect data on the gender, ethnicity and religious affiliation of participants.

Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy also provided $0.6 million in funding for the 2021 Canadian Legal Problems Survey, co-led by the Department of Justice Canada and Statistics Canada, which presents findings on self-reported serious problems and disputes, to highlight the experiences of different populations and the barriers to justice they face. The survey collected intersectional data across the 10 provinces including Indigenous identity, immigration status, income, disability, race, gender, education, and other factors.

The Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Branch has also developed a survey for recipients of the Anti-Racism Action Program, which is funded by Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy. This survey asks recipients to collect data on the gender, ethnicity, and religious affiliation of participants.

b. Program Name: Human Rights

Target Population
All Canadians
Distribution of Benefits
N/A
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Not Available
Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

The percentage of funding allocated through the Court Challenges Program to ethnic, racial, or religious communities or initiatives varies each year as funding decisions are made by two independent expert panels—one for official language rights and one for human rights. However, it can be expected that a significant portion of the program budget will support cases that touch on issues of diversity and inclusion as vulnerable communities frequently seek to assert and clarify rights through legal challenges.

For example, in 2021–22, 24 of the cases funded by the Human Rights Expert Panel touched on article 15 of the Charter (Equality Rights), which clearly stipulates that “every individual in Canada—regardless of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, colour, sex, age or physical or mental disability—is to be treated with the same respect, dignity and consideration.” (Canada.ca) Consequently, these funded cases were directly related to the rights of Canada’s most vulnerable groups who traditionally experience social, political and legal disadvantage in Canadian society.

The Human Rights Program contributes to create an environment that fosters a better knowledge and understanding of human rights by producing activities and educational content for the Canadian public. Among other activities, it regularly updates the Human Rights Portal on Canada.ca, which hosts educational webpages on human rights in Canada. In 2021–22, this website received 653,377 visits.

The Program also leads promotional efforts to celebrate various commemorative days related to Human Rights such as Human Rights Day and National Child Day. By curating social media posts that redirect the Canadian public to educational resources on human rights, it contributes to a better understanding of human rights for all Canadians and consequently a better understanding of gender equality, diversity and inclusion.

Supplementary Information Sources
Not Available
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

The Human Rights Program does not directly interact with Canadians and thus does not have the opportunity to collect disaggregated data. The Court Challenges Program does interact with the Canadian public; however, it is managed at arm’s length by a third-party beneficiary to maintain its independence from the federal government. Consequently, Canadian Heritage does currently not have access to the disaggregated data that could be collected by the program.

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

Target Population
Indigenous Peoples
Distribution of Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Indigenous Languages and Cultures - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 20 note * 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 unique position of Indigenous women as the traditional keepers of language and culture, and related social roles in terms of linguistic and cultural transmission, socialization of children, and education. Part of the 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 males.

This result may be interpreted positively. According to the 2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, reconnecting with Indigenous languages, cultures, and ways of knowing fosters a positive identity and contributes to healing, nation-building and the safety of Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals.
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 Indigenous peoples are the youngest population in Canada, with 44% being under 25 years old in 2016 according to Statistics Canada. Given this population profile and the importance of youth participation to ensure intergenerational language transmission, this participation data may be interpreted positively.
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The Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program considers distinction (First Nation, Inuit and Métis) and place of residence (province or territory) in allocating its funding.

Indigenous Review Committees established funding priorities for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation Indigenous Language Component applications received by Canadian Heritage. Funding allocation and priorities took into account the specific needs of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation communities across all provinces and territories, on and off reserve or settlements, in large and small urban areas as well as in rural areas.

Indigenous languages are fundamental to the identities, cultures, spirituality, relationships to the land, world views and self-determination of Indigenous peoples. As all languages are important and none are considered safe, the Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program continued to provide support to communities for the reclamation, revitalization, maintenance and strengthening of their languages, regardless of the state of vitality of those languages.

Supplementary Information Sources
N/A
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

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

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, taking into account distinction, age, gender, language and place of residence.

d. Program Name: Youth Engagement

Target Population
Canadian youth (ages 12-25 under the Exchanges Canada Program, 7-30 under the Youth Take Charge Program)
Distribution of Benefits

Age Group Scale:

  • First group: Primarily benefits youth, children and/or future generations
Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Youth Engagement - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 23 note * Data Source Comment

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, 79% of females, 87% of males, and 72% 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: 75%

The statistics provided are the most recent data available. Results from participant questionnaires are only made available the following fiscal year, thus the statistics reflect results from 2020-21. Participants who did not respond to the gender question reported a lower result for this question.

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, 87% of females, 87% of males, and 91% 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: 81%

The statistics provided are the most recent data available. Results from participant questionnaires are only made available the following fiscal year, thus the statistics reflect results from 2020-21. Participants who did not respond to the gender question reported a lower result for this question.
Table 23 notes
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2021-22 or most recent

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Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

The Federal Youth Secretariat provides a forum for dialogue among federal departments to ensure a whole-of-government approach to youth initiatives. It is active on interdepartmental committees, which informs its approaches to diverse and inclusive youth engagement (e.g., the Vaccine Uptake among Young People in Canada Working Group led by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Youth Engagement Collaborative co-led by the Department of Justice and the RCMP, the 2SLGBTQI+ National Action Plan Working Group led by Women and Gender Equality Canada, the Interdepartmental Working Group on Children’s Rights, the Director General’s Committee on Youth led by the Youth Secretariat at Canadian Heritage, and the network of federal departmental youth councils). Discussion findings, decisions, tools, and data from meetings are made available to other government departments and agencies so that these may inform ongoing and future approaches to youth engagement, programming, data collection, monitoring and evaluation.

In 2021, the Prime Minister’s Youth Council contributed to the work of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, which serves as the National Monitoring Mechanism for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Youth Council’s contributions to the Commission consultations were integrated throughout the Executive Summary of the consultations Outcome Report, which will be published later in 2022.

The Youth Secretariat continued to be active on the Vaccine Uptake Among Young People in Canada Working Group, chaired by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The Secretariat helped inform engagement approaches and identify needs to enhance vaccine campaigns and services for diverse groups of youth in Canada.

The Secretariat developed a youth-centered engagement approach for the development of Canada’s first State of Youth Report (2021), which supported the participation of youth with diverse identities, abilities, backgrounds, geographic locations, cultures and economic and language profiles. The six priority areas of Canada’s Youth Policy were included in the engagement framework for the State of Youth Report, a key deliverable of the Youth Policy. The Youth Secretariat championed principles of equality and inclusion, including GBA Plus, during engagement sessions leading up to the State of Youth Report. The Youth Secretariat used an inclusive approach when engaging with youth and worked through non-governmental organizations and other partners to encourage the participation of youth facing barriers, equity-deserving communities and those with intersectional identities. Data to support reporting on this approach were collected through demographic information provided by youth participants through various channels, and administrative data on youth organizations holding sessions.

The State of Youth Report highlighted opportunities and challenges faced by youth in Canada based on their lived experiences. The Youth Secretariat shared ideas and solutions for young people with other government departments and agencies to help policy makers better understand the desires and expectations of youth in Canada and to support them when working on initiatives likely to affect young people.

Some examples of approaches used to engage diverse youth participants included: leveraging the Youth Secretariat’s network of stakeholders; proactive emails to organizations with which the Youth Secretariat wishes to establish a relationship; promoting the State of Youth Report engagement kits on public-facing government websites and via social media; leveraging government youth councils (including the Prime Minister’s Youth Council); assembling temporary Youth Advisory Groups; tapping into the professional networks of the Students Commission of Canada with an emphasis on youth facing barriers to equity; leveraging virtual ministerial tours and conferences with opportunities for youth sessions; and Students Commission of Canada outreach for core engagement opportunities.

Supplementary Information Sources
Not Available
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

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

The Exchanges Canada Program contribution agreements with recipients also included targets for participant representation that is comparable to the Canadian population (as established by the latest Statistics Canada Census data). In 2021–22, targets for the Program’s five targeted demographic groups were met or close to being achieved for all except one subgroup. Indigenous youth represented 6% of participants (target 7%); rural youth represented 26% of participants (target 18%); youth with disabilities represented 8% of participants (target 22%); youth from low-income households represented 9% of participants (target 13%); and 25% of participants were visible minority youth (target 27%).

The State of Youth Report adds data 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 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 continue to be monitored during each recruitment campaign to ensure that underrepresented 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 Benefits

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 Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Official Languages - Key Program impacts on Gender and diversity
Statistics Observed ResultsTable 26 note * Data Source Comment
English/French bilingualism rate in Canada
  • 47.0% among Francophones
  • 9.5% among Anglophones
 Census 2016, Statistics Canada -
Percentage of immigrants in Canada outside Quebec that have French as a first official language spoken. 2% Census 2016, Statistics CanadaFootnote 1 The low rate of Francophone immigration is one of the factors that has led to a decline in the demographic weight of Francophones outside of Quebec. It has gone from 6.1% in 1971 to 3.8% in 2016.
Table 26 notes
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2021-22 or most recent

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Other Key Program impacts on gender and diversity

In 2019, Canadian Heritage funded the production of a study by Vox Pop Labs Inc.: Study on the appreciation and perception of Canada’s two official languages among official language minority communities. In the section on the assessment of services to communities, different answers were obtained from both minority linguistic groups in the country.

While both minority groups are generally satisfied with services in their respective regions, some differences occur depending on the type of service received. Francophones outside Quebec are more prone to be satisfied by services received from the elementary and secondary education systems, from childcare services, and diverse communications initiatives, whereas English-speaking Quebecers are more satisfied with university-level education and cultural services. Even if Francophones outside Quebec are satisfied with education services within their region, they still believe accessibility in the language of their choice could be improved. They also hope that a higher priority is given to other areas, such as higher education and childcare services in the language of their choice. As for English-speaking Quebecers, they would like to see improvements in access to health and legal services as well as elementary and secondary education in the language of their choice.

There is a lower proportion of immigrants in Francophone official language minority communities than that of English majority settings (13% vs. 24%). It is the opposite in Anglophone official language minority communities within Quebec, where there is a greater proportion of immigrants within the minority than that of Francophone majority settings (30% vs. 10%). We can deduct that knowledge or the predominant use of French or English generally orient immigrants in one official language community or the other in Canada, in the public or the private areas. The first official language spoken is a general indicator of this linguistic orientation. Diploma recognition and work experience acquired from abroad still remain an issue for the integration of newcomers in the labour market across Canada, whether they live in an official language minority community or not.

Supplementary Information Sources
GBA Plus Data Collection Plan

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 each equity-deserving group.

Official Languages Branch conducted an in-depth updated in 2021-22 to its GBA Plus, which is used both by policy and program teams to make informed policy recommendations based on up-to-date and documented data. The new update will allow:

  • Easy inclusion of statistics to come (taken from Statistics Canada’s Census 2021 and other data sources such as public opinion polls or others) by targeted theme and thus allow a longitudinal reading of the data to present in-depth analyses of data used;
  • Integration, in a timely manner, of new data to support the development of new policy areas in terms of official languages; and
  • The proposal of new policy avenues based on data analysis.

In 2021, the Government of Canada committed $7.5 million to run a post-census survey on the vitality of official language minority communities, starting with data from Census 2021 and the Survey on the Official Language Minority Population in 2022. This seeks to gather data on linguistic minorities (Francophones outside Quebec and English Quebecers) to better identify their needs and will be the second survey of its kind (after a similar study conducted in 2006). The data from the survey—which will include, among other information, demographic and social data concerning sex, gender, place of birth, place of residence and household composition — will help to better understand the current situation of people in official language minority settings, on current issues such as education and access to a variety of services in the language of the minority (such as healthcare and legal services), as well as linguistic uses in daily household activities, at work, or in the public realm. Results of this very wide survey will serve to improve Canadians’ access to services in the official language of their choice. Results should be published by the first half of 2024.

Finally, analysis of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Canadian population and specifically on official languages, were also carried out to understand the issues encountered during the pandemic so that they can be taken into account in the development of future public policies on official languages.

Internal Services

In 2021-22, the Evaluation Services Directorate dedicated effort to improving its ability to integrate questions related to GBA Plus, equity and diversity, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, accessibility, and sustainable development. This was achieved by drafting an internal tool for evaluators to better integrate questions and indicators to assess the progress of programs in meeting commitments to equity-deserving groups and in addressing complex questions related to diversity and inclusion, including notions of accessibility, anti-racism, reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians, GBA Plus and 2SLGBTQI+. The tool will be fully piloted in 2022-23.

Definitions

Target Population
See Finance Canada definition of Target Group in the User Instructions for the GBA Plus Departmental Summary)
Gender Scale
  • First group: Predominantly men (e.g. 80 per cent or more men)
  • Second group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent men
  • Third group: Broadly gender-balanced
  • Fourth group: 60 per cent - 79 per cent women
  • Fifth group: Predominantly women (e.g. 80 per cent 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
  • Fourth 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

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