ARCHIVED – Evaluation of the Citizenship Awareness Program

Evaluation Division
Research and Evaluation
October, 2013

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the Citizenship Awareness Program, including the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC). The evaluation was conducted in fulfillment of requirements under the Financial Administration Act and the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Policy on Evaluation, and focuses on activities undertaken, outputs produced, and results achieved over the five-year time period between fiscal years 2007-08 and 2011-12. Data collection was undertaken by the Research and Evaluation Branch (R&E), Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), between October 2012 and April 2013.

Evaluation of the Citizenship Awareness Program (PDF, 975.32KB)

Table of contents

• List of Acronyms
• Executive summary
  • Purpose of the evaluation
  • Citizenship Awareness Program profile
  • Methodology
  • Evaluation findings
  • Conclusions and recommendations
• Evaluation of the Citizenship Awareness Program - Management Response Action Plan (MRAP)
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Purpose of the Evaluation
  • 1.2. Citizenship Awareness Program profile
    • 1.2.1. Program context and objectives
    • 1.2.2. Overview of Citizenship Awareness activities
    • 1.2.3. Other activities in support of Citizenship Awareness objectives
    • 1.2.4. Governance of the Citizenship Awareness Program
    • 1.2.5. Program resources
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1. Evaluation scope and approach
  • 2.2. Evaluation questions
  • 2.3. Data collection methods
    • 2.3.1. Interviews
    • 2.3.2. Site visits
    • 2.3.3. Ceremony exit surveys
    • 2.3.4. Survey of new citizens
    • 2.3.5. Administrative data review
    • 2.3.6. Literature review
    • 2.3.7. Document review
    • 2.3.8. Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) case study
  • 2.4. Strengths, limitations and considerations
• 3. Evaluation findings
  • 3.1. Relevance
    • 3.1.1. Continued need for Citizenship Awareness programming
    • 3.1.2. Consistency with CIC goals and government-wide priorities
    • 3.1.3. Alignment with federal roles and responsibilities
  • 3.2. Performance
    • 3.2.1. Participation in CIC promotional activities
    • 3.2.2. Knowledge of citizenship rights and responsibilities
    • 3.2.3. Impacts related to valuing Canadian citizenship
    • 3.2.4. Impacts related to applying for Canadian citizenship
    • 3.2.5. Program management
    • 3.2.6. Resource utilization
• 4. Conclusions and recommendations
  • 4.1. Conclusions
    • 4.1.1. Relevance
    • 4.1.2. Performance
  • 4.2. Recommendations
• Appendix A: The Grant to the Institute for Canadian Citizenship: A Case Study Evaluation

• 1 (current)
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• Next