Women and Gender Equality Canada’s 2023-24 Departmental results report: At a glance

A departmental results report provides an account of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and expected results set out in the associated Departmental Plan.

• Vision, mission, raison d’être and operating context
• Minister’s mandate letter

Key priorities

Women and Gender Equality Canada’s (WAGE) top priorities for 2023-24 were as follows:

• Preventing and addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
• Strategic action and engagement to address systemic barriers to gender equality.
• Facilitating Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) throughout federal government decision-making processes.
• Supporting community action to advance gender equality and support economic security and prosperity.

Highlights

In 2023-24, the total actual spending (including internal services) for WAGE was $320,898,881 and the total full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) was 475. For complete information on WAGE’s total spending and human resources, read the Spending and human resources section of the full report.

The following provides a summary of the department’s achievements in 2023-24 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework^{Footnote 1} . A Departmental Results Framework consists of a department’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.

Core responsibility 1: Advancing gender equality

Actual spending: $295,787,831

Actual human resources: 316

Departmental results achieved

• The Department’s interventions facilitate the advancement of gender equality.
• The federal government systematically considers gender equality.

More information about advancing gender equality can be found in the “Results – what we achieved” section of the full departmental results report.