2026-27 Supplementary Information Tables

List of supplementary information tables for the 2026-27 Departmental Plan

• Details on transfer payment programs - Women’s Program
• Details on transfer payment programs - Gender-Based Violence Program
• Details on transfer payment programs - Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program (SSOGIE)

Details on transfer payment programs - Women’s Program (Voted)

Start date: 1973

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2024-25

Name of program terms and conditions: Women’s Program

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Appropriation annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program:The goal of the Women's Program is to advance equality for women in Canada. It works to address or remove systemic barriers to women's progress and advancement.

The Program's objective is to support action that enables women to participate fully in Canada's economic, social, and democratic life through systemic change. Grant and contribution funding is provided to eligible Canadian organizations.

Funding supports local, regional, and national projects that address the following three priority areas:

• Improving women's and girls' economic security and prosperity
• Encouraging women and girls in leadership and decision-making roles
• Ending violence against women and girls

The Program facilitates collaboration and networking; develops partnerships to address horizontal issues impacting women and girls; shares knowledge; and helps organizations working to advance women's equality to access expertise, resources, and tools.

The Program does not have repayable contributions.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups:

• Non-profit organizations
• For-profit organizations
• Indigenous organizations
• Municipalities and local organizations
• Provinces and territories
• Research organizations and institutes, centres of expertise
• Academia or educational institution

Departmental Results Framework

The departmental results framework (DRF) and the program inventory (PI) were updated in 2025 to better reflect the Department’s activities in the following areas:

• Advancing Equality for Women
• Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence
• Advancing Equality for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression and Sex Characteristics
• Gender-based Analysis Plus

The following reflect the new DRF and PI related to the Women’s Program.

Link to departmental result(s):

The Department’s activities contribute towards:

• the advancement of women’s equality (WE) in Canada; and
• a reduction of the impact of gender-based violence (GBV) in Canada.

Link to the department’s Program Inventory:

• Advancing Equality for Women
• Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Expected results: 

In 2026-27, the Department for Women and Gender Equality Canada will continue to advance the objectives of the Women’s Program. To do this, it will fund projects under all three priority areas. This includes continued funding for approximately 170 organizations under the 2023 Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund, and support to strengthen the women’s sector under the capacity-building at national women’s organizations’ invitational intake.  

Expected result 1: Intended audiences have access to programs, resources and supports to address barriers to women's equality

Expected result 2: Networks and collaborations to increase the reach, impact, and sustainability of women's equality efforts are established

Expected result 3: Intended audiences use/apply knowledge in their policy and program work to address barriers to women’s equality

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:
The most recent evaluation of the Women’s Program has been finalized and is expected to be published no later than March 2026. The subsequent evaluation cycle of the Women’s Program is planned for completion and approval in 2028-29.

Explanation of Variances

The 2026-27 and 2027-28 planned spending variance is due to the time-limited funding from the 2024 Fall Economic Statement to advance gender equality in Canada ending in 2026-27.

Details on transfer payment programs - Gender-Based Violence Program (Voted)

Start date: 2017

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2021-22

Name of program terms and conditions: Gender-based Violence Program

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Appropriation annually through Estimates

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Program takes action under the federal GBV Strategy It's Time: Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence (the federal GBV Strategy). This is the federal government’s contribution to the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and will continue to strengthen federal action in response to gender-based violence. The GBV Program objective is to support organizations working in the GBV sector to develop and implement promising practices. This will address gaps in supports for underserved groups of victims and survivors in Canada.

Funding is provided to eligible organizations in support of projects at the local, regional, and national levels. Funding is available for time-specific projects that address gaps in supports for specific groups of survivors. This includes underserved groups such as:

• Indigenous women and their communities
• racialized women
• 2SLGBTQI+ people
• immigrant and refugee women
• women living in northern, rural, and remote communities
• women with disabilities

The Program does not have repayable contributions.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups:

• Not-for-profit organizations and charities;
• For-profit organizations
• Indigenous organizations;
• Government: provincial, territorial, municipal governments
• Academia and public institutions
• Individual or sole proprietorships

Departmental Results Framework

The departmental results framework (DRF) and program inventory (PI) were updated in 2025 to better reflect the Department’s activities in the following areas:

• Advancing Equality for Women
• Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence
• Advancing Equality for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression and Sex Characteristics
• Gender-based Analysis Plus

The following reflect the new DRF and PI related to the GBV Program.

Link to departmental result(s): The Department’s activities contribute towards a reduction of the impact of gender-based violence in Canada

Link to the department’s Program Inventory: Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence. 

Expected results: 

In 2026-27, Women and Gender Equality Canada will continue to support GBV projects. It will do this by scaling successful, promising practices and addressing gaps in supports for survivors, at-risk groups, or underserved groups.

Expected results 1: Service providers access promising practices

Expected results 2: Service providers use/apply promising practices in their policy and programming work

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:

The horizontal final evaluation It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence is currently underway and is expected to be finalized in 2027-28.

The evaluation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence is currently underway and is expected to be finalized in 2027-28.

Explanation of Variances

There are no variances from 2025-26 forecast spending to 2028-29 planned spending.

Details on transfer payment programs - Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program (SSOGIE)

Start date: 2019

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2024-25

Name of program terms and conditions: Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Type of transfer payment: Grants and Contributions

Type of appropriation: Appropriated annually through the Estimates

Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The objective of the Equality for SSOGIE Program is to advance social, political, and economic equality based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Recipients

General targeted recipient groups:

• Non-profit organizations and charities
• For-profit organizations
• Indigenous recipients
• Municipalities and local organizations
• Provinces and territories
• Academia and public institutions
• Research organizations and institutes, centres of expertise
• International (non-government)

Departmental Results Framework

The departmental results framework (DRF) and program inventory (PI) were updated in 2025 to better reflect the Department’s activities in the following areas:

• Advancing Equality for Women
• Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence
• Advancing Equality for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression and Sex Characteristics
• Gender-based Analysis Plus

The following reflect the new DRF and PI related to the SSOGIE program.

Link to departmental result(s):  

The Department’s activities contribute towards:

• the increase of equality for people of differing sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, or sex characteristics in Canada;
• the advancement of women’s equality in Canada; and
• a reduction of the impact of gender-based violence in Canada.

Link to the department’s Program Inventory:

• Advancing Equality for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Expression and Sex Characteristics
• Advancing Equality for Women
• Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Expected results:

In 2026-27, the Department for Women and Gender Equality Canada will continue promoting and advancing the objectives of the Equality for SSOGIE Program. To do this, it will fund projects that help improve people’s personal safety and reduce discrimination and unfair treatment. The Equality for SSOGIE Program projects will build stronger capacity and networks for 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality across Canada. The Program also includes the ongoing work of the Menstrual Equity Fund national pilot expansion and the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence through agreements with each province and territory.

SSOGIE Program

Expected result 1: Networks and collaborations to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression are established

Expected result 2: Intended audiences have access to programs, resources, and supports to advance equality with respect to SSOGIE

Expected result 3: Intended audiences use/apply knowledge in their lives, to advance equality with respect to SSOGIE

Expected result 4: Policies and practices to advance equality with respect to SSOGIE are inclusive

National Action Plan (NAP) to End Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

Expected result 1: Intended audiences have access to resources, programs, and supports

Expected result 2: Indigenous people have access to culturally relevant resources, programs, and supports

Expected result 3: Intended audiences’ GBV-related awareness to prevent and address GBV is increased

Expected results 4: Indigenous partners have the capacity to prevent and address GBV

Menstrual Equity Fund

Expected result 1: Participating organizations have free menstrual products available for distribution

Expected result 2: Networks and collaborations to strengthen menstrual equality efforts are established

Expected result 3: Low-income menstruators have access to menstrual products

Expected result 4: People who menstruate impacted by period poverty have an improved quality of life

Expected result 5: Participating ultimate recipients scale up programs, resources, and supports related to menstrual equity

Expected result 6: People who menstruate access programs, resources, and supports related to menstrual equity

Expected result 7: Individuals have increased awareness about menstruation and period poverty

Evaluation

Fiscal year of next planned evaluation:
The Department for Women and Gender Equality has committed to evaluating funding to support the implementation of the first Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan by 2027-28.

An evaluation of the Equality for SSOGIE Program is in its preplanning phase and is expected to be finalized by 2027-28.

The evaluation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence is currently underway and is expected to be finalized in 2027-28.

An evaluation of the Menstrual Equity Fund national pilot and expansion will also be conducted, with preliminary findings expected in 2026-27 and is expected to be finalized by 2027-28.

Explanation of Variances

The 2025-26 forecast spending and the 2026-27 planned spending variance is due to an increase in time-limited funding for the Menstrual Equity Fund national pilot expansion received in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement offset by decreases for the 2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund, the 2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund, and gender-based violence prevention programming.

The 2026-27 and 2027-28 planned spending variance is due to the ending of time-limited funding from Budget 2022 to work with provinces and territories to implement the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, from the 2024 Fall Economic Statement for the Menstrual Equity Fund national pilot expansion and from the Budget 2022 for the 2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund.