Horizontal initiatives: 2024-25 Departmental Results Report, Women and Gender Equality Canada

General information
Name of horizontal initiative	It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence
Lead department	Women and Gender Equality Canada
Federal partner organization(s)	Department of National Defence; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Justice Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada; Public Safety; Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Start date	November 23, 2017
End date	2025-26
Description	It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence (the Strategy) is the Government of Canada’s response to gender-based violence (GBV). Its initiatives are organized across three pillars: preventing GBV, supporting survivors and their families, and promoting responsive legal and justice systems. The Strategy takes a whole-of-government approach to prevent and address GBV, bringing together federal initiatives and aligning with provincial and territorial efforts, enabling enhanced collaboration. Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) ensures the overall coordination of the Strategy through an interdepartmental mechanism. The Strategy is also the federal government’s contribution to advance the National Action Plan to End GBV, which was launched in November 2022. The Government of Canada has invested a total of $820 million and $44 million per year ongoing. This funding is covering period from 2017-18 to 2025-26. Overall, the Strategy has advanced shared outcomes through the following actions undertaken by the current five departments funded under the Strategy: Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) received funding through Budget 2017, 2018, and 2021, to establish the GBV Knowledge Centre and GBV Secretariat, enhance data collection and research on GBV, develop a strategy that engages youth about online GBV, and fund the development and implementation of promising practices that support underserved survivors through the GBV Program. With Budget 2021 funding, WAGE is expanding upon this work by enhancing the GBV Program to support initiatives that engage men and boys, prevent and address human trafficking, and provide support for testing and implementing best practices; supporting GBV research and knowledge mobilization; and bolstering the capacity of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations to provide GBV prevention programming. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) received funding to support the implementation and testing of programs to prevent and address family violence. Several other HI activities ceased being a part of the HI in 2022-23. PHAC continues to report on outcomes related to family violence prevention initiatives supported by B2021 enhanced funding. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received funding through Budget 2017, 2018, and 2021, to increase its capacity to combat online child sexual exploitation, in support of domestic and international operational investigations, covert online operations, specialized victim identification investigations, and operational research and technological solutions. The funding will also enhance capacity to identify Canadian transnational child sex offenders. Several other HI activities ceased being a part of the HI in 2022-23. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received funding to address GBV through enhancements to the Settlement Program, including developing a coordinated approach across the settlement sector in collaboration with the anti-violence sector, GBV training for settlement workers, and enhanced, place-based services for clients. Justice Canada (JUS) received funding in Budget 2021 to ensure access to free legal advice and legal representation for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as to provide additional supports for victims of IPV to navigate the family justice system. In addition, JUS received funding to support supervision services for parenting time in cases of separation and divorce to protect the safety and well-being of children and families. Public Safety Canada (PS) participation in the HI ceased in 2022-23. Department of National Defence (DND) participation in the HI ceased in 2022-23. Learn more about the federal Gender-based Violence Strategy
Governance structure	The Strategy promotes a whole-of-government approach and includes federal partners and other complementary federal departments and agencies funded by the Strategy (horizontal initiative partners), as well as others whose actions support the overarching goals of the Strategy. Interdepartmental Mechanism While WAGE is the overall lead of federal efforts to prevent and address GBV, many federal departments and agencies actively contribute per their distinct mandates to prevent and address GBV. WAGE is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the implementation of the Strategy in partnership and coordination with federal departments and agencies, including the four other federal organizations funded by the Strategy and involved in this horizontal initiative (HI).
Total federal funding allocated from start to end date (dollars)	$820,032,681 from 2017-18 to 2025-26 and ongoing annual funding of $44,053,452.
Total federal planned spending to date (dollars)	$722,654,556
Total federal actual spending to date (dollars)	$657,137,275
Date of last renewal of initiative	Not applicable
Total federal funding allocated at last renewal and source of funding (dollars)	Not applicable
Additional federal funding received after last renewal (dollars)	Not applicable
Total planned spending since last renewal	Not applicable
Total actual spending since last renewal	Not applicable
Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation	2027-28
Planning highlights	In 2024-25, WAGE continued to operationalize the GBV Knowledge Centre and its online platform, launched in December 2018. As a focal point of the Strategy, the GBV Knowledge Centre facilitates the alignment of existing federal resources, coordinates federal initiatives, supports the sharing of research and data, ensures alignment with provincial and territorial strategies, and accounts publicly for results. Over the reporting period, WAGE has: Further augmented GBV research and knowledge mobilization with funding supporting community research models, working with Statistics Canada to develop a national femicide database, and enhancing the sample size of national GBV surveys Continued to lead and coordinate the implementation of the Strategy as the federal contribution to the National Action Plan to End GBV, including engaging with funded and complementary federal departments to advance Government of Canada efforts to end GBV Through the GBV Program, continued to provide funding to organizations in the GBV sector to support the development and implementation of promising practices to prevent GBV and address gaps in supports for victims and survivors and their families Continued engaging with, amongst others, civil organizations, Indigenous partners, victims and survivors, researchers, and experts concerning the Strategy Continued to raise awareness and share information in support of ending GBV, including through the GBV Knowledge Centre and WAGE’s national youth awareness campaign, It’s Not Just Supported the implementation of the Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, the federal government’s contribution to the 2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice, in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples Continued to implement an initiative to bolster the capacity of over 100 Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations to provide GBV prevention programming. This initiative was announced in Budget 2021 and is a key deliverable of the Federal Pathway IRCC: In 2024-25, through the Strategy Partnership, IRCC continued to support the implementation of a coordinated, settlement sector-wide approach to GBV to increase the capacity of front-line settlement workers, as well as enhance place-based services for newcomers and refugees. With collaboration between the settlement and anti-violence sectors, this strategy supports the development of consistent GBV policy and protocol resources, as well as training that is culturally competent and trauma-informed. The bilingual ‘Bridges to Safety’ online training has improved the capacity of settlement workers to effectively respond to GBV, as well as adopt a preventative, awareness-raising approach to engage newcomers on the issue. The GBV Partnership will continue to advance best practices that address emerging GBV issues for these sectors and provide effective resources for stakeholders, such as GBV workshops 540 settlement sector staff completed the ‘Bridges to Safety’ training in 2024-25, and over 5,000 people participated in project activities. In addition, the project website (ngbv.ca) continues to serve as resource hub for settlement organizations across the country and was access by more than 6,100 users in 2024-25. Also in 2024-25, as part of the project, the Empowering Safer Spaces campaign was launched, resulting in the development of a GBV policy template for use by immigrant serving organizations. JUS: In 2024-25, JUS supported funding agreements across 13 jurisdictions for multi-year funding to provide independent legal advice and legal representation (ILA/ILR) to victims and survivors of sexual assault and IPV. ILA/ILR was delivered by provincial and territorial governments, as well as legal clinics and nongovernmental organizations. In addition, JUS supported funding agreements in 11 jurisdictions with provincial governments, community partners and stakeholders, to improve support and access to justice for victims of IPV who are involved in the family justice system. Supervision services for parenting time were supported in six jurisdictions. PHAC: In 2024-25, PHAC continued to support 31 projects delivered across Canada that contributed to addressing evidence gaps and supporting priority populations, such as survivors of family violence, older Canadians and 2SLGBTQI+ children and youth. The funded projects included 27 projects, 6 of which ended this year, that focused on the delivery and testing of interventions to prevent and address family violence, including IPV, child maltreatment, and elder abuse. Outcomes from these projects are demonstrating positive changes in behaviours and health outcomes for participants, who have applied the knowledge and skills acquired through programming. For example: The ConnectedED parents project from the University of Calgary is reporting increases in parents’ engaging in conversations with their adolescent children about healthy youth relationships as a result of the project’s targeted text-messaging interventions A peer-support, survivor-led intervention for women with GBV-related brain injuries (GBV-BI) by the Women’s Centre for Social Justice noted decreases in participant GBV-BI symptom frequency and severity, with participants reporting having tools for long-term healing Participants from an arts-based family violence prevention intervention for newcomers from the Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services in Toronto are reporting improved emotional support from others, as well as increased awareness of their rights and available support services in Canada Connections for Breaking the Cycle of Violence, the Canadian Mothercraft Society is noting positive changes in parenting behaviours and improved self-esteem among mothers experiencing family violence, thereby reducing the impacts of violence on the mothers and on their children The projects also include 2 communities of practice (CoPs) that connect practitioners and researchers across funded projects, building research and practice capacity, as well as enhancing knowledge mobilization. For example: The Knowledge Hub CoP, based at Western University, helps amplify the capacity and impact of funded family violence prevention projects. In 2024-25, a mid-term evaluation of the CoP showed how this model fostered a strong sense of community and connection, and provided a supportive space for collaboration, learning, and capacity building, and knowledge mobilization. In fact, the CoP created 27 new knowledge products for projects and the broader violence prevention community through bulletins, reports, social media, and videos. They also hosted 17 webinars that reached over 7,000 participants. Central Toronto Youth Services is developing and leading Tending the Roots for professionals and service providers from diverse organizations across Canada who are doing family-focused work with 2SLGBTIQI+ children and youth. PHAC also supports initiatives that build the capacity of service providers to safely respond to family violence, such as the national research training platform by the Childhood Adversity and Resilience (CARe) research team at the University of Manitoba. This initiative works towards preventing and reducing the impacts of child maltreatment, improving child welfare practices and increasing the accessibility of effective interventions across Canada by developing knowledge, skills, and connections between students, community organizations, and academics. In addition, PHAC has supported projects that aim to achieve scale, using evidence-based approaches to support Canadians who have experienced family violence. Notably, PHAC supported the development of the free, interactive, and evidence-based iHEAL app, which provides personalized information that helps women who have experienced abuse to be safer and healthier, and has been shared with over 10,000 professionals, service providers, and policy makers across Canada. RCMP: During fiscal year 2024-25, Canada increased efforts to combat online child sexual exploitation. Law enforcement increased the number of Canadian victims identified and uploaded to INTERPOL’s international database by 21%, exceeding the annual target of a 10% increase. Investigators and Analysts conducted over 4,000 risk assessments and shared 91 proactive disclosures with foreign law enforcement about potentially dangerous child sex offenders. Additionally, nearly 3,400 travel notifications were submitted by registered sex offenders departing Canada, helping global prevention efforts.
Contact information	Questions related to the Strategy can be sent to: FEGC.SecretariatVFS-GBVSecretariat.WAGE@fegc-wage.gc.ca

Shared outcomes:

GBV is reduced
Those impacted by GBV have improved health, economic and social outcomes

Horizontal initiative: It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address GBV
Name of theme	Knowledge & Governance	Intervention	Internal Services
Theme outcomes	ER 1 Intended audiences access GBV-related evidence, programs and supports	ER 1 Intended audiences access GBV-related evidence, programs and supports	Not applicable
		ER 2 Intended audiences use/apply GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work
	ER 2 Intended audiences use/apply GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work	ER 3 Those impacted by or at risk of GBV are better supported
		ER 4 Social norms and attitudes that contribute to GBV are decreased

Planning information

Horizontal initiative overview
Name of horizontal initiative	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal (dollars) ¹²	2024-25 planned spending (dollars)³	2024-25 actual spending (dollars)⁴	Horizontal initiative shared outcomes (SO)	Performance indicator(s)	Target(s)	Date to achieve target	2024-25 Actual results
It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address GBV	$820,032,681	$89,621,869	$91,596,285	ER 1.1 Those impacted by gender-based violence have improved health, economic and social outcomes	PI 1.1.1 % of IPV survivors who report good, very good, or excellent health, by gender	T 1.1.1 More than 85.7%	2025-26	All genders - 85.8% Women - 85% Men - 87.1%
					PI 1.1.2 % of sexual assault survivors reporting social isolation (stay home at night, avoid people and places) as a result of victimization	T 1.1.2 Less than 46%	2025-26	All genders - 41.3% Women - 45.8% Men - 28.3%
				ER 1.2 GBV is reduced	PI 1.2.1 % of population that self-reported being sexual assaulted (past 12 months)	T 1.2.1 Less than 3%	2025-26	All genders - 2.5% Women - 3.6% Men - 1.3%
					PI 1.2.2 % of population aged 15 and older who self-reported experiencing IPV (past 12 months)	T 1.2.2 Less than 12%	2025-26	All genders - 11.8% Women - 12.1% Men - 11.4%
					PI 1.2.3 # of victims of homicide, per 100,000 population	T 1.2.3 Less than 2.06	2025-26	1.91
					PI 1.2.4 % of individuals who experienced online/cyber violence	T 1.2.4 Less than 18%	2025-26	All genders - 16.1% Women - 18.4% Male - 13.6%
					PI 1.2.5 % of individuals subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence	T 1.2.5 Less than 40%	2025-26	All genders - 50.7% Women - 53.5% Men - 47.7%
					PI 1.2.6 % of population who self-reported childhood maltreatment (before age 15), by type of maltreatment	T 1.2.6 Physical assaults: ≤23% Sexual assaults: ≤7%	2025-26	Physical assaults: All - 23.5% Female - 22.3% Male - 24.8% Sexual assaults: All - 7.8% Female - 11.8% Male - 3.7%
					PI 1.2.7 # of men charged with physical and sexual assault, IPV homicide and human trafficking	T 1.2.7 Less than 506,269	2025-26	568,961⁵
					PI 1.2.8 # of victims of police-reported human trafficking	T 1.2.8 Less than 515	2025-26	570

Theme 1 details
Name of theme	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal (dollars) ⁶⁷	2024-25 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)⁸	2024-25 actual spending (dollars)⁹	Theme outcomes	Performance indicators	Theme targets	Date to achieve theme target	2024-25 Actual results
Knowledge and Governance	$72,470,158	$4,980,082	$6,267,003	[ER 2.1] Intended audiences access GBV-related resources.	[PI 2.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources and supports delivered through knowledge and governance activities	[T 2.1.1] At least 4	March 2025	5
				[ER 2.1] Intended audiences access GBV-related resources.	[PI 2.1.2] # of people reached by knowledge and governance activities	[T 2.1.2] More than 1,000 people	March 2025	992
				[ER 2.2] Intended audiences use GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.	[PI 2.2.1] % of knowledge and governance activity participants that reported they use the evidence products in their work or lives	[T 2.2.1] 70%	March 2024	94%

Theme 1 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)¹⁰¹¹	2024-25 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)¹²	2024-25 actual spending (dollars)¹³	2024-25 horizontal initiative activity expected result(s)	2024-25 horizontal initiative activity performance indicator(s)	2024-25 horizontal initiative activity target(s)	Date to achieve horizontal initiative activity target	2024-25 Actual results
WAGE	Expertise and Outreach	Create and share knowledge (Knowledge Centre and Research and Data Collection)	$72,470,158	$4,980,082	$6,267,003	[ER 3.1] Intended audiences access GBV-related resources created by WAGE funded activities.	[PI 3.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources and supports delivered through knowledge and governance activities	[T 3.1.1] At least 4	March 2025	5
							[PI 2.1.2] # of people reached by knowledge and governance activities	[T 2.1.2] More than 1,000 people	March 2025	992
						[ER 3.2] Intended audiences use GBV-related evidence created by WAGE-funded activities, in their policy and programming work.	[PI 3.2.1] % of knowledge and governance activity participants that reported they use the evidence products in their work or lives	[T 3.2.1] 70%.	March 2024	94%
	Internal Services		$4,749,428	$484,877	$278,781

Theme 2 details
Name of theme	Total federal theme funding allocated since last renewal (dollars)¹⁴¹⁵	2024-25 Federal theme planned spending (dollars)¹⁶	2024-25 actual spending (dollars)¹⁷	Theme outcome	Performance indicator(s)	Target	Date to achieve target	2024-25 Actual results
Intervention	$731,123,984	$82,575,189	$83,525,887	[ER 4.1] Intended audiences access GBV-related resources.	[PI 4.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources intervention activities	[T 4.1.1] At least 75	March 2025	869
					[PI 4.1.2] # of people reached by intervention activities	[T 4.1.2] At least 4,000¹⁸	March 2025	9,661
					[PI 4.1.4] # of distinct website sessions	[T 4.1.4] Greater than 100,000	March 2024	164,743
					[PI 4.1.5] % of awareness activity participants who report improved awareness of key messages	[T 1.5] 70%	March 2024	NA
				[ER 4.2] Intended audiences use GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.	[PI 4.2.1] % of intervention activity participants reporting that they use the evidence products in their work or lives	[T 4.2.1] 70%	March 2024	94%
					[PI 4.2.2] % of projects reporting increased knowledge and / or skills among participants	[T 4.2.2] 85%	March 2026	95%
				[ER 4.3] Those impacted by or at risk of GBV are better supported.	[PI 4.3.1] % of survivors of sexual assaults who reported incident to police	[T 4.3.1] Greater than 5%	March 2026	6%
					[PI 4.3.2] % of respondents who reported contacting or using any services to get help, who had a positive outcome because of this contact	[T 4.3.2] At least 70%	March 2026	NA¹⁹
				[ER 4.4] Social norms and attitudes that contribute to GBV are decreased.	[PI 4.4.1] % of individuals reporting agreement with attitude statements that contribute to GBV, by Gender	[T 4.4.1] 1 People should be able to express their gender however they choose (disagree): Women - less than 5% Men - less than 8% There are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men (disagree): Women - less than 11% Men - less than 22% People who report sexual assault are almost always telling the truth (disagree): Women - less than 10% Men - less than 16% Violence between partners can be excused if people get so angry they lose control (agree): Women - less than 6% Men - less than 9% It is understandable that someone would react violently if they suspect their partner of having an affair (agree): Women - less than 16% Men - less than 20% If a family member of mine came out as transgender, I would not be able to support them (agree): Women - less than 8% Men - less than 11% People have the right to check who their partner has been calling or texting at all times (agree): Women - less than 18% Men - less than 27% Same-sex and opposite-sex couples should have the same rights to adopt children (agree): Women - more than 79% Men - more than 70%	March 2026	People who report sexual assault are almost always telling the truth (disagree): Women - 10% Men - 16% Violence between partners can be excused if people get so angry they lose control (agree): Women - 6% Men - 9% It is understandable that someone would react violently if they suspect their partner of having an affair (agree): Women - 16% Men - 20% People have the right to check who their partner has been calling or texting at all times (agree): Women - 18% Men - 27%
					[PI 4.4.2] % of respondents experiencing a violent incident in the past 12 months, who were made to feel that they were to blame for the incident, by Gender	[T 4.4.2] Less than 20%	March 2026	Women - 20% Men - 20%
					[PI 4.4.3] % of respondents who disagree that violence between partners can be excused if people get so angry, they lose control, by Gender	[T 4.4.3] Women - greater than 88%; Men - greater than 83%	March 2026	Women - 88% Men - 83%
					[PI 4.4.4] % of respondents who reported that they did not use any available services to get help because they felt unsupported, by Gender	[T 4.4.4] People assaulted by an intimate partner: All genders - 14.1% Women - 14.8% Men - NA People assaulted by someone other than an intimate partner: All - 5.7% Women - 4.9% Men - 6.8%	March 2026	People assaulted by an intimate partner All genders - 14.1% Women - 14.8% Men - NA People assaulted by someone other than an intimate partner: All - 5.7% Women - 4.9% Men - 6.8%
					[PI 4.4.5] % of sources for mainstream media who are women	[T 4.4.5] Greater than 29%	March 2026	29%

Theme 2 horizontal initiative activities
Departments	Link to department’s Program Inventory	Horizontal initiative activity (activities)	Total federal funding allocated to each horizontal initiative activity since last renewal (dollars)²⁰²¹	2024-25 planned spending for each horizontal initiative activity (dollars)²²	2024-25 actual spending (dollars)²³	HI Activity output(s)/outcome(s)	Performance indicator(s)	Target	Date to achieve target	2024-25 Actual results
IRCC	Settlement Program	Enhanced GBV supports for immigrants and refugees	$3,500,000	$400,000	$430,854	[ER 7.1] Service providers access GBV-related evidence, and resources, to address GBV for immigrants and refugees.	[PI 7.1.1] % of participating service providers that report increased competencies to address GBV for immigrants and refugees.	[T 7.1.1] 70%	March 2026	95%
							[PI 7.1.2] Annual Settlement Program expenditures on GBV initiatives	[T 7.1.2] $400,000	March 2026	$430,854
							[PI 7.1.3] # of service providers that accessed GBV training and resources through the initiative.	[T 7.1.3] 100	March 2026	540 individuals completed the Bridges to Safety course in FY2024-25
						[ER 7.2] Service providers use GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work to address GBV for immigrants and refugees.	[PI 7.2.1] % of participating service provider organizations that report increased competencies to strengthen networks to address GBV for immigrants and refugees.	[T 7.2.1] 70%	March 2026	94%
JUS	Family Justice (Canadian Family Justice Fund)	Support for Supervised Parenting Time Services	$25,677,725	$5,755,232	$5,046,608	[ER 8.1] Provinces and territories access GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.	[PI 8.1.1] % of provinces and territories with existing SPT programs that accessed funding to establish or enhance their services.	[T 8.1.1] Not applicable²⁴	Not applicable	Not applicable
							[PI 8.1.2] % of provinces and territories without pre-existing SPT services that established new SPT services.	[T 8.1.2] 33% of PTs without existing services.	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
						[ER 8.2] Canadian families who are impacted by or at risk of GBV are better supported.	[PI 8.2.1] % of provinces and territories that report an increase in access to Supervised Parenting Time services for Canadian families.	[T 8.2.1] >80% of P/Ts accessing funding report an increase in access to Supervised Parenting Time Services.	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
	Family Violence Initiative and Family Justice (Justice Partnership and Innovation Program)	Additional Supports for Victims of IPV	$35,630,722	$9,360,000	$8,252,908	[ER 9.1] Victims of IPV access family justice system services/supports.	[PI 9.1.1] # of funding agreements with provinces and territories and their partners for activities and services for victims of IPV in the family justice system (e.g., family court support workers, counsel for cross-examination, projects that promote family screening and justice system coordination).	[T 9.1.1] Not applicable²⁵	Not applicable	Not applicable
							[PI 9.1.2] # of new family justice resources accessible to victims of IPV.	[T 9.1.2] 10	March 2025	48 new family justice resources have been developed and are accessible to victims of IPV.
							[PI 9.1.3] % increase of victims of IPV accessing new family justice services/supports.	[T 9.1.3] 20%	March 2026	Based on project client data, there has been a 116% increase in victims of IPV accessing new services and supports.
						[ER 9.2] Victims impacted by or at risk of IPV are better supported.	[PI 9.2.1] % of projects reporting victims impacted by or at risk of IPV are better supported in the family justice system.	[T 9.2.1] 90%	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
							[PI 9.2.2] # of jurisdictions reporting improvements to the family justice system to better supports victims of IPV.	[T 9.2.2] 8	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
							[PI 9.2.3] # of new Family Court Support Workers supporting victims of IPV.	[T 9.2.3] 25	March 2026	26 new Family Court Support Worker positions have been created.
							[PI 9.2.4] # of communities with new/enhanced access to family justice system resources for victims impacted by or at risk of IPV.	[T 9.2.4] 20	March 2026	110 communities have access to new or enhanced family justice system resources for victims impacted by or at risk of IPV.
		Pilot Independent Legal Advice and Representation models for victims of IPV	$17,385,145	$4,192,481	$4,004,738	[ER 10.1] Victims of IPV access GBV-related resources.	[PI 10.1.1] # of jurisdictions that accessed funding for Independent Legal Advice/Representation for victims of IPV.	[T 10.1.1] Not applicable²⁶	Not applicable	Not applicable
							[PI 10.1.2] # of targeted services and supports delivered to victims of IPV.	[T 10.1.2] Not applicable²⁷	Not applicable	Not applicable
							[PI 10.1.3] % increase in number of victims of IPV that access Independent Legal Advice/ representation.	[T 10.1.3] Not applicable²⁸	Not applicable	Not applicable
	Victims of Crime (Victims Fund)	National Independent Legal Advice and Representation for victims of sexual assault	$33,204,711	$7,600,000	$6,106,545	[ER 11.1] Victims of sexual assault access GBV-related resources.	[PI 11.1.1] # of jurisdictions that accessed funding for Independent Legal Advice programs for victims of sexual assault.	[T 11.1.1] Not applicable²⁹	Not applicable	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
							[PI 11.1.2] % increase in number of victims of sexual assault that accessed Independent Legal Representation programs.	[T 11.1.2] Not applicable³⁰	Not applicable	Not applicable
							[PI 11.1.3] % annual increase in number of victims accessing services.	[T 11.1.3] 10% annual increase in number of victims accessing services.	March 2026	Not applicable
						[ER 11.2] Victims of sexual assault are better supported.	[PI 11.2.1] % of victims of sexual assault who report feeling supported after accessing Independent Legal Representation programs.	[T 11.2.1] >75% of respondents report feeling supported after accessing Independent Legal Representation programs.	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
						[ER 11.2] Victims of sexual assault are better supported.	[PI 11.2.2] % of victims of sexual assault who reported a better understanding of their legal options after accessing Independent Legal Advice programs.	[T 11.2.2] 75% of respondents report a better understanding of their legal options after accessing Independent Legal Advice programs.	March 2026	This indicator will be evaluated and reported on at the end of the initiative.
	Internal Services		$849,070	$166,614	$166,614
PHAC	Health Promotion	Delivery of interventions to prevent family violence (FV) and its health impacts, with intervention research (IR)³¹	$49,380,159	$11,583,230	$9,801,929	[ER 12.1] People affected by FV access FV prevention knowledge, programs, and supports.³²	[PI 12.1.1] # of knowledge products created through funded FV prevention projects	[T 12.1.1] 75	March 2026	178
							[PI 12.1.2] # of participants reached through interventions to prevent FV.	[T 12.1.2] 1,500	March 2027	2,254
						[ER 12.2] People affected by FV use FV prevention knowledge/skills in their lives.	[PI 12.2.1] % of participants reporting that they use FV prevention knowledge/skills in their lives.	[T 12.2.1] 70%	March 2027	86% (365/426)
							[PI 12.2.2] % of effective FV prevention interventions that continue to be delivered after the initial funding period.	[T 12.2.2] 50%	March 2027	100% (4/4)
	Internal Services		$1,451,436³³	$118,046	$118,046
RCMP	Sensitive and Specialized Investigative Services	Enhanced capacity to combat online sexual exploitation of children and transnational child sex offenders	$42,044,590³⁴	$4,768,011	$4,248,575	[ER 23.1] Law enforcement agencies access GBV-related evidence, programs, and support.	[PI 23.1.1] % increase in the number of risk assessments completed annually on registered child sex offenders	[T 23.1.1] The target will be set once baseline data have been established. The % decrease will be re-assessed annually to ensure the measure is meaningful and does not plateau (e.g. if backlog is eliminated).	March 2025	-2%³⁵
							[PI 23.1.2] # of actionable reports received and subsequently disseminated (reviewed and shared) by the National Child Exploitation Crime Centre to Canadian police of jurisdiction within 10 days	[T 23.1.2] The target will be set once baseline data have been established	March 2025	6,103³⁶
						[ER 23.2] Those impacted by or at risk of GBV, including survivors, are better supported across the justice and social sectors.	[PI 23.2.1] % increase of Canadian victims of online child sexual exploitation identified and uploaded to Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation Database (ICSE DB)	[T 23.2.1] 10% increase annually. The % increase will be re-assessed annually to ensure the measure is meaningful and does not plateau.	March 2025	21%
	Internal Services		$4,052,365³⁷	$426,261	$426,261
WAGE	Community Action and Innovation	GBV Funding Program	$162,485,546	$20,564,600	$22,288,163	[ER 24.1] Service providers access promising practices.	[PI 24.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources or supports delivered by funded organizations through the GBV Funding Program	T 24.1. At least 150	March 2025	653
							[PI 24.1.2] # of service providers reached by funded activities	[T 24.1.2] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in March 2024 at the end of the funding cycle.	March 2025	283
							[PI 24.1.3] # of service providers unable to access promising practices	[T 24.1.3] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in July 2024.	March 2025	Not available
						[ER 24.2] Service providers use promising practices in their policy and programming work.	[PI 24.2.1] % of service providers reporting that they use the promising practices products in their work or lives	[T 24.2.1] 70%	March 2025	97%
		Strengthen capacity of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations	$53,832,337	$12,185,602	$14,548,052	[ER 25.1] Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations access GBV-related resources.	[PI 25.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources and supports delivered by Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations, by targeted populations	[T 25.1.1] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in July 2024 at the end of the funding cycle.	March 2025	28³⁸
							[PI 25.1.2] # of women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations reached by funded activities to strengthen the capacity of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations, by targeted populations	[T 25.1.2] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in July 2024 at the end of the funding cycle.	March 2025	6,584³⁹
						[ER 25.2] Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations use GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.	[PI 25.2.1] % of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations reporting that they use the evidence products in their work or lives, by targeted populations	[T 25.2.1] 70%	March 2025	100%⁴⁰
		Urgent support to crisis hotlines	$29,198,469	$6,166,033	$8,797,515	[ER 26.1] People impacted by or at risk of GBV access GBV-related resources provided by crisis hotlines.	[PI 26.1.1] # of organizations that received funding for support to crisis hotlines	[T 26.1.1] More than 49	March 2025	52
							[PI 26.1.2] # of targeted programs, resources or supports delivered through crisis hotlines, by targeted populations	[T 26.1.2] More than 466,000	March 2025	470,748⁴¹
							[PI 26.1.3] # of calls received (daily)	[T 26.1.3] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in March 2025 at the end of the funding cycle.	March 2025	271,570⁴²
							[PI 26.1.4] # of calls dropped (daily)	[T 26.1.4] The target will be set once the baseline has been established in March 2025 at the end of the funding cycle.	March 2025	Not available⁴³
		Urgent support to GBV organizations⁴⁴	$199,505,048	$0	$0	[ER 27.1] Women and children access programs and supports through GBV organizations.	[PI 27.1.1] # of GBV organizations that received urgent support funding	[T 27.1.1] NA	NA	This activity received no funding this year
							[PI 27.1.2] # of targeted programs, resources and supports delivered by GBV organizations receiving urgent support funding, by targeted populations	[T 27.1.2] NA.	NA	This activity received no funding this year
							[PI 27.1.3] # of women and children reached by funded initiatives delivered by GBV organizations receiving urgent support funding	[T 27.1.3] NA	NA	This activity received no funding this year
							[PI 27.1.4] # of people unable to access programs, resources or supports delivered by GBV organizations	[T 27.1.6] NA.	NA	Not available
	Expertise and Outreach	Youth Awareness Campaign⁴⁵	$6,812,612	$0	$0	[ER 28.1] Youth intervention participants access GBV-related resources.	[PI 28.1.1] # of targeted programs, resources and supports delivered through the youth awareness campaign	[T 28.1.1] Physical Assets - More than 14,000 Online posts - More than 150	March 2025	This activity received no funding this year⁴⁶
							[PI 28.1.2] # of youth reached by the youth awareness campaign.	[T 28.1.2] More than 38,000	March 2025	80,000⁴⁷
							[PI 28.1.3] % of youth who report improved awareness of key messages	[T 28.1.9.3] 70%	March 2025	Not available
						[ER 28.2] Youth intervention participants use GBV-related evidence in their lives.	[PI 28.2.1] % of youth reporting that they use the evidence products in their work or lives	[T 28.2.1] 70%	March 2025	Not available
		National Framework to Address Gender Based Violence in Post-Secondary Institutions	$5,361,068	$0	$0	ER 9.1 Post-secondary institutions access GBV-related evidence, programs and supports.	PI 9.1.1 # and type of stakeholders participating in the development of the Framework Address GBV in Post-Secondary Institutions	T 9.1.1NA	NA	This activity received no funding in 2024-25.
			$5,361,068	$0	$0	ER 9.2 Post-secondary institutions use/apply the framework in their policy and programming work.	PI 9.2.1 % of post-secondary institutions reporting that they apply (use) or intend to apply (use) the framework in their work or lives	T 9.2.1 NA	NA	This activity received no funding in 2024-25.
	Internal Services		$5,040,632	$870,800	$813,693

Total Spending, all themes
	Total federal funding allocated since the last renewal (dollars) ⁴⁸⁴⁹	2024-25 Total federal planned spending (dollars)⁵⁰	2024-25 Total federal actual spending (dollars)⁵¹
Theme 1 (Knowledge)	$72,470,158	$4,980,082	$6,267,003
Theme 2 (Intervention)	$664,018,132	$82,575,189	$83,525,887
Theme 2 (Intervention)	$67,105,852⁵²	$0	$0
Internal services	$16,438,539⁵³	$2,066,598	$1,803,395
Total, all themes	$820,032,681	$89,621,869	$91,596,285

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These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of employee benefits plans (EBP), accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

Due to an inability to separate data, this represents all charges in 2024.

These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

Note that in previous years, the target was substantially higher. This was due to the Urgent Support for GBV organizations. This activity was estimated to reach up to 2,000,000 individuals. The activity has ceased, so the “reach” has substantially decreased in 2024-25.

There were too few responses and therefore, the data has been suppressed.

These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

Targets achieved in 2023-24. Targets published in the 2023-24 Departmental Plan. Actual results published in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.

Targets achieved in 2022-23. Target: 5 funding agreements. Actual results: funding agreements are in place.

Targets achieved in 2023-24. Targets published in the 2023-24 Departmental Plan. Actual results published in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.

Target achieved in 2023-24. Target published in the 2023-24 Departmental Plan. Actual results published in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.

Target achieved in 2022-23. Target: 13 jurisdictions access funding. Actual result: 13 jurisdictions accessed funding.

Targets achieved in 2023-24. Targets published in the 2023-24 Departmental Plan. Actual results published in the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report.

Performance indicators are reported for projects funded through initiatives enhanced by B2021 funding, and includes both internal PHAC funding and funds from the GBV Strategy.

The Preventing Family Violence activity is partially funded through the GBV Strategy and through PHAC.

This is the amount from all budget sources (2017, 2018 and 2021). The amount from Budget 2021 is $619,840.

This is the amount from all budget sources (2017, 2018 and 2021). The amount from Budget 2021 is $19,275,424.

Backlog stats vary considerably per year as the number of offenders eligible for risk assessment increases an unpredictable amount. The number of offenders in the National Sex Offender Registry Database who are eligible for risk assessment increased by 2,669 in fiscal year 2024-25 (36,161 in 2023-24 vs. 33,492 in 2024-25). Resource shortages also had a significant impact on the program during the reporting period.

Due to a lag in data availability, the results for this indicator represent fiscal year 2023-24. The results for 2024-25 will not be available until the next reporting period. 6,103/14,755 actionable reports in fiscal year 2023-24 were disseminated within 10 days. This figure includes primary and standalone reports only, from within OCEAN. Does not include direct referrals to E Division.

This is the amount from all budget sources (2017, 2018 and 2021). The amount from Budget 2021 is $1,976,156.

There were only four final reports available to be included in this year’s analysis.

This number include instances of direct counselling, referrals to other supports, written materials and other types of support.

This is the total number of calls for the year. WAGE cannot determine the number of calls received daily.

These data were not collected.

This activity was funded in Budget 2021 for two years, and funding ended in 2022-23.

This activity is now part of WAGE’s ongoing funding and therefore, no longer needs to be costed in this SIT.

While this activity did not receive funding in this fiscal year, it delivered over 4,500 print materials to more than 80 schools across 12 provinces and territories.

This number represents the number of visits to the It’s Not Just websites. WAGE cannot determine the age of the individuals visiting the It’s Not Just websites.

These amounts include Budget 2017, 2018 and Budget 2021 funding covering the period from 2017-18 to 2025-26.

Amounts include applicable costs of EBP, accommodation, and fees to Shared Services Canada.

Note that this amount includes funds for PHAC, RCMP, DND and PS that were allocated to HI activities in Budgets 2017 and 2018, but are no longer associated with the HI as of 2022-23.

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