Horizontal Initiatives

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Official title: Employment and Social Development Canada fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Departmental Results Report

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1. Youth Employment Strategy

General information

Name of horizontal initiative: Youth Employment Strategy

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Federal partner departments: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Global Affairs Canada; Canadian Heritage; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; National Research Council; Natural Resources Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Indigenous Services Canada; and Parks Canada

Non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Start date of the horizontal initiative: April 1, 2003

End date of the horizontal initiative: Ongoing

Description of the horizontal initiative: The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) helps youth aged 15 to 30 gain the skills, career information and work experience they need to find and maintain employment. YES is an Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) —led horizontal initiative involving 10 other federal departments and agencies that assist youth in making a successful transition into today's changing labour market. YES has 3four program streams—Skills Link, Career Focus and Summer Work Experience, which includes Canada Summer Jobs. This program is delivered nationally, regionally and locally via contribution agreements.

Governance structures: YES has in place a Performance Measurement Strategy that represents a commitment among the 11 participating federal departments to undertake ongoing collection of common performance management data to ensure effective overall performance management of the program.

Oversight of the YES horizontal initiative is provided through a collaborative committee structure. ESDC is responsible for facilitating coordination among the departments and agencies funding YES activities. As policy lead of this horizontal initiative, ESDC chairs and is responsible for the coordination and management of the YES Interdepartmental Operations Committee and the YES Evaluation Sub-Committee.

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars): Ongoing

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars): Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars): Not applicable

Funding contributed by non-federal and non-governmental partners (dollars): Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation: 2019 to 2020

Shared outcome of federal partner departments: Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school

Performance indicator(s):

Target(s):

ESDC Targets:

YES Horizontal targets (for all 11 participating departments and agencies, including ESDC)

Data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: The YES Interdepartmental Data Collection System (DCS) is the system that serves as a repository for youth participant data collected by the government departments and agencies participating in the YES. Once all the participant information forms are inputted in the DCS, partner departments and agencies are able to conduct searches and produce reports based on their respective inputted information which includes extracting data for reporting purposes at the end of the fiscal year. ESDC is responsible for maintaining the DCS for use by the other government departments and agencies across all streams of the YES.

Results:

ESDC Results:

YES Horizontal results (for all 11 participating departments and agencies, including ESDC):

Total clients served does not include ISC or ISED as results were not available at the time of this report.

Expected outcome of non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

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Performance highlights: To expand employment opportunities for young Canadians, Budget 2017 invested an additional $150 million in the YES in fiscal year 2017 to 2018.

As a result of this funding, a number of measures which were announced in both Budget 2016 and 2017 were implemented in order to increase the number of good quality jobs for young Canadians.

Specifically, over 3 years, beginning in fiscal year 2016 to 2017, these additional investments are advancing four initiatives:

  1. The creation of 15,000 green jobs for youth, to help young Canadians gain valuable work experience, learn about our natural environment and contribute to economic growth in environmental sectors
    • a. As a horizontal initiative, through eight participating departments, the YES exceeded targets by creating over 4,700 green jobs in 2017 to 2018. The YES is on track to meet the overall target.
  2. Support more than 33,000 vulnerable youth, to develop the skills they need to find work or go back to school, through the Skills Link program.
    • a. At least 3,500 additional clients were served through Skills Link in 2017 to 2018, bringing the two year total to over 8,100. As a horizontal initiative, this is implemented through ESDC, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Department of Indigenous Services Canada. While ESDC knows that there was a significant increase in the number of clients served, final results from ISC are not available to include in this total.
  3. An additional 1,600 new job opportunities for young Canadians in the heritage sector which are helping youth build advanced skills in career-related work in the heritage and arts-oriented trades and professions;
        a. In 2017 to 2018 the Department of Canadian Heritage created over 600 additional jobs through the YES Career Focus program stream.
  4. In addition to these Budget commitments, the Government of Canada announced in 2016 that it would create up to 35,000 additional jobs annually, over 3 years, under the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program.
    • a. CSJ 2017 was a success with the creation of nearly 69,000 summer work placements.

Contact information:

Jocelyne Voisin, Director General
Youth and Skills Innovation Directorate
Skills and Employment Branch

Telephone: 819-654-6732
Email: jocelyne.voisin@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau QC

Planning summary

Federal department: Employment and Social Development Canada
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Skills and Employment
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career FocusFootnote 4 Ongoing 36,792,602 35,342,126 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employment or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year Clients Served: 2,083 March 31, 2018
  • 2,461
  • 1,821 (regional)
  • 640 (national)
Number of clients employed or self-employed Employed/Self Employed:
1,458
March 31, 2018
  • 1,610
  • 1,308 (regional)
  • 302 (national)
Number of clients returned to school Return to school: 208 March 31, 2018 84
 
  • Contribution agreements: 90
  • Funds leveraged: $18M
 
 
  • Contribution Agreements: 145
  • Funds leveraged: $8.5M
Skills LinkFootnote 5 Ongoing 82,257,552 115,010,927 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year Clients Served:
6,300
March 31, 2018
  • 10,659
  • 10,475 (regional)
  • 184 (national)
Number of clients employed or self-employed Employed or Self Employed:
3,150
March 31, 2018
  • 5,241
  • 5,166 (regional)
  • 75 (national)
Number of clients returned to school Return to School:
630
March 31, 2018
  • 701
  • 695 (regional)
  • 6 (national)
  • Contribution agreements: 350
  • Funds leveraged: $22M
  • Contribution Agreements: 477
  • Funds leveraged: $19,4.M
Canada Summer Jobs Ongoing 241,071,634 232,042,186 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients served Clients Served: 70,000 March 31, 2018 68,967
Federal department: Agriculture and Agri-food CanadaFootnote 6
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Career Focus Program
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 1,061,850 3,096,944 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 64 March 31, 2018 293
Number of clients employed or self-employed 45 March 31, 2018 89
Number of clients returned to school 18 March 31, 2018 51
Federal department: Global Affairs CanadaFootnote 7
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: International Youth Internship Program (IYIP)
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 1,887,562 1,887,562 The expected results for the IYIP include:
i) increased awareness for female and male Canadian youth of the equal possibility of working internationally;
ii) enhanced equal opportunity of female and male IYIP interns in Canada and in the field of international development;
iii) improved capacity of female and male IYIP interns to contribute to international development in a gender-sensitive way.
Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year Not available March 31, 2018 0
Number of clients employed or self-employed Not available March 31, 2018 0
Number of clients returned to school Not available March 31, 2018 0
Federal department: Canadian Heritage
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Young Canada Works
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career FocusFootnote 8 Ongoing 695,000 3,209,863 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 69 March 31, 2018 309
Number of clients employed or self-employed Not available March 31, 2018 124
Number of clients returned to school Not available March 31, 2018 20
Summer Work ExperienceFootnote 9 Ongoing 6,429,885 11,099,957 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 1,270 March 31, 2018 1,708
Number of clients employed or self-employed Not available March 31, 2018 Not available
Number of clients returned to school Not available March 31, 2018 Not available
Federal department: Environment and Climate Change CanadaFootnote 10
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Science Horizons Youth Internship Program (SHYIP); International Environmental Youth Corps (IEYC)
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 3,153,000 14,066,731 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 179 March 31, 2018 1,059
Number of clients employed or self-employed 105 March 31, 2018 184
Number of clients returned to school 31 March 31, 2018 13
Federal department: Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaFootnote 11
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Digital Skill for Youth Internship Program (formerly the Youth Initiative Program);
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 10,152,000 51, 256 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 970 March 31, 2018 262 (all for TWEP)
(770 for Digital Skills and 200 for TWEP) Not available
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Technical Work Experience Program (TWEP)
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 3,735,717 4,960,185 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. P2. Number of clients employed or self-employed 146 March 31, 2018  
54 (all for TWEP)
(116 for Digital Skills and 30 for TWEP)
P3. Number of clients returned to school 49 March 31, 2018 29 (all for TWEP)
(39 for Digital Skills and 10 for TWEP)
Federal department: National Research CouncilFootnote 12
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and Youth Employment Program (YEP)
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 5,373,000 22,869,291 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 167 March 31, 2018 2,140
Number of clients employed or self-employed 125 March 31, 2018 887
Number of clients returned to school 3 March 31, 2018 279
Federal department: Natural Resources CanadaFootnote 13
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Science and Technology Internship Program
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Career Focus Ongoing 600,000 7,999,701 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 50 March 31, 2018 462
Number of clients employed or self-employed 40 March 31, 2018 Not available
Number of clients returned to school 2 March 31, 2018 Not available
Federal department: Canadian Mortgage and Housing CorporationFootnote 14
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Not applicable
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Skills Link Ongoing 1,000,000 7,180,412 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 125 March 31, 2018 609
Number of clients employed or self-employed 12 March 31, 2018 74
Number of clients returned to school 4 March 31, 2018 38
Federal department: Indigenous Services Canada
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Not applicable
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Skills LinkFootnote 15 Ongoing 18,259,463 47,485,775 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 1,546 March 31, 2018 Not available
Number of clients employed or self-employed Not available March 31, 2018 Not available
Number of clients returned to school Not available March 31, 2018 Not available
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: First Nations and Inuit Summer Work Experience Program
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Summer Work ExperienceFootnote 16 Ongoing 8,059,637 15,733,638 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 2,503 March 31, 2018 Not available
Federal department: Parks CanadaFootnote 17
Link to the department’s [Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory]: Young Canada Works in National Parks and National Historical Sites
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Summer Work Experience Ongoing 2,000,000 14,420,139 Youth have access to programs that allow them to acquire the skills, learning experiences, and opportunities they need to find and maintain employments or return to school. P1. Number of clients serviced who have started one or more interventions within the current fiscal year 210 March 31, 2018 1,484
Total for all federal departments
Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018
Planned spending (dollars)
Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
On going 422,528,902 $536,456,691 March 31, 2018
  • Total Clients Served: 90,403
  • Total Employed:8,263
  • Total Return to School: 1,215

Comments on variances: The majority of the variance is attributable to additional investments made in fiscal year 2017 to 2018 for the YES, including an increase in funding for Skills Link, and Career Focus for green jobs, and heritage opportunities. This additional funding was not included in the planned spending estimate for the 2017 to 2018 Departmental Plans.

2. Temporary Foreign Worker Program

General information

Name of horizontal initiative: Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Federal partner departments: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Start date of the horizontal initiative: June 13, 2007

End date of the horizontal initiative: Ongoing

Description of the horizontal initiative: The objective of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is to facilitate economic growth by providing employers with access to foreign workers on a temporary basis when Canadian citizens or permanent residents are not available, and to ensure that rights of foreign workers are protected. The program is regulated through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and is administered in partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), through its Service Canada processing centres, assesses applications from employers requesting permission to hire temporary foreign workers and conducts Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) to determine the likely effect these workers would have on the Canadian labour market. The Program assesses the impact by looking at available labour market information for the region and the occupation, the employers’ recruitment and advertisement efforts, wages and working conditions, labour shortages and the transfer of skills and knowledge to Canadians. In addition, Service Canada responds to questions about the Program through Employer Contact Centres and via the Internet.

ESDC works closely with IRCC, CBSA and the provinces and territories, through appropriate information sharing agreements, to monitor and share information that has an impact on the integrity of both the TFW Program and the International Mobility Program (IMP) led by IRCC. Service Canada conducts inspections for the TFW Program and, on behalf of IRCC, for the IMP. In Quebec, the TFW Program is administered in partnership with the Province.

Governance structures:

Total federal funding allocated (from start to end date) (dollars): Ongoing

Total federal planned spending to date (dollars): 684,900,000Footnote 18

Total federal actual spending to date (dollars): 776,400,000Footnote 18

Date of last renewal of the horizontal initiative: Not applicable

Total federal funding allocated at the last renewal, and source of funding (dollars): Not applicable

Additional federal funding received after the last renewal (dollars): Not applicable

Funding contributed by non-federal and non-governmental partners (dollars): Not applicable

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation:2020 to 2021

Shared outcome of federal partner departments: Not applicableFootnote 19

Performance indicator(s): Not applicable

Target(s): Not applicable

Data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: Not applicable

Results: Not applicable

Expected outcome of non-federal and non-governmental partners: Not applicable

Name of theme: Not applicable

Theme outcome: Not applicable

Theme performance indicator(s): Not applicable

Theme target(s): Not applicable

Theme data source and frequency of monitoring and reporting: Not applicable

Theme results: Not applicable

Performance highlights: Advanced the Path Forward Plan for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW), with specific achievements including:

Contact information:

Philippe Massé, Director General
Temporary Foreign Worker Directorate
Skills and Employment Branch
Telephone: 819-654-3771
philippe.masse@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
Place du Portage, Phase IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Québec

Performance information

Federal departments: Employment and Social Development Canada
Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Skills and Employment
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Temporary Foreign Worker Program Ongoing 33,046,342 80,083,810 Employers are provided with timely access to foreign workers when a genuine need exists. Percentage of eligible applications received during the fiscal year that are processed within 10 business days 80% March 31, 2018 83%
Employers comply with the conditions and requirements of the Program Percentage of employers receiving a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment to undergo an inspection 25% March 31, 2018 25%
Canadians have access to Temporary Foreign Worker Program information through the Employer Contact Centre within the specialized call centres Percentage of specialized calls answered by an Employer Contact Centre agent within 10 minutes 80% March 31, 2018 96.7%
Federal departments: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Processing temporary work permit applications Ongoing 18,942,438 50,700,912 Canada benefits from the timely entry of temporary economic residents Percentage of work permit applications (submitted overseas) finalized within the established service standard 80% March 31, 2018 91%
Total for all federal departments
Link to the department’s Program Alignment Architecture or Program Inventory: Not applicable
Horizontal initiative activities Total federal allocation (from start to end date) (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Planned spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual spending (dollars) Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Expected results Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Performance indicators Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Targets Date to achieve target Fiscal year 2017 to 2018 Actual results
Not applicable Not applicable 51,988,780 130,784,722 Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable

Comments on variances:

3. Early Learning and Child Care: Horizontal Initiative Closeout Report

Name of horizontal initiative: Early Learning and Child Care

Start date: April 2017

End date: March 2018 (Budget 2016 funding)

Lead department: Employment and Social Development Canada

Number of times renewed:

Partner departments: Department of Finance Canada

Other non-federal partners: Provincial and Territorial Governments

Narrative:

The Government of Canada is investing in early learning and child care to help Canadian children get the best start in life and have a fair chance to succeed. To better support Canadian families and communities, especially those most in need, Budget 2016 and Budget 2017 proposed federal investments totaling $7.5 billion over 11 years to support and create more high-quality, affordable child care across the country. This is an investment in the economic security of families.

As a first step, the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Early Learning and Child Care have agreed to a Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework. The new Framework sets the foundation for governments to work towards a shared long-term vision where all children across Canada can experience the enriching environment of quality early learning and child care. The guiding principles of the Framework are to increase quality, accessibility, affordability, flexibility and inclusivity in early learning and child care.

Collaborative work with provincial and territorial governments continues. Three-year bilateral funding agreements, totaling $1.2 billion, were signed with provinces and territories. Additionally, over the next 10 years, $95 million will go towards closing data gaps to better understand what child care looks like in Canada and to track progress. $100 million in funding is being allocated for innovative practices on early learning and child care.

In September 2018, a co-developed Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework was released in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapirit Kanatami and the Métis National Council. This framework reflects the unique cultures, aspirations and needs of First Nation, Inuit and Métis children and families across Canada.

The ELCC program is no longer considered a horizontal initiative as it is not financed by more than one federal department. ESDC receives funding to enter into agreements with the provinces and territories for early learning and child care. No other federal Department is involved.

Expenditures

Total federal funding from start to end date:

Horizontal initiative activities Total Federal Allocation 2017-18 Planned Spending (dollars) 2017-18 Actual Spending (dollars) 2017-18 Expected Results 2017-18 Performance Indicators 2017-18 Targets Date to Achieve Target 2017-18 Actual Results
Early Learning and Child Care Budget 2016
400,000,000 Footnote 20 Note: Additional funding of $29.4M for 2016-17Footnote 21 and $100M for 2017-2018Footnote 22 for Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care
0Footnote 23 399,669,691 Access to early learning and child care is increased Number of children in regulated child care spaces and/or early learning programs 2017-2018 Baseline year N/A Preliminary Results will be available in the Spring of 2019.
Number of children receiving subsidies or other financial support 2017-2018 Baseline year N/A
  Internal Services   330,309Footnote 24          

Results

Performance indicator(s) and trend data for shared outcome(s):

Performance indicators

Targets: 2017-2018 Baseline Year. Date to achieve target not yet available. Actual results not yet available.

Shared outcome

Brief explanation of performance:

Provinces and territories have committed to providing annual progress reports highlighting the target results for Year 1. To date, ESDC has received data from many jurisdictions, including improvements to regulated child care spaces and/or early learning programs, and the number of children receiving subsidies or other financial supports through these reports. Baseline data availability varies by jurisdiction and preliminary results will be available in the Spring of 2019.

Plans (including timelines) for Evaluation and/or Audit

The next planned evaluation of the ELCC program is scheduled for DM approval in 2022-23.

Program Last evaluation Evaluations planned in the next 5 years Fiscal year of approval 2018 -19 Program spending covered by the planned evaluation
(dollars)
2018-19 Program spending covered by all planned evaluations
(dollars)
2018-19 Total program spending
(dollars)
2018-19 Total gross program spending
(dollars)
Early Learning and Childcare N/A Early Learning and Childcare 2022-23 416,916,802 416,916,802 416,916,802 416,916,802

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