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Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Arts
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Arts Presentation Fund
Start date: 2001-02
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) aims to give Canadians access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. It provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, as well as their support organizations. The CAPF also supports the emergence of presenters and presenter support organizations for under-served communities or artistic practices. The expected result is that Canadians, from all regions, experience and value professional artistic experiences.
Expected results:
1) Presenters offer a variety of professional artistic experiences to Canadians.
Performance indicator:
2) Canadians, including those in underserved communities across Canada, engage and participate in a variety of professional artistic experiences.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions approved under the CAPF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 |
Total contributions | $17,001,855 | $18,028,682 | $18,472,742 | $18,472,742 |
Total Transfer payments | $27,501,855 | $28,528,682 | $28,972,742 | $28,972,742 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Arts
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Start date: 2001-02
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) seeks to contribute to the improvement of physical conditions for arts and heritage related to creation, presentation, preservation and exhibition. The program also aims to increase and improve access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays and/or exhibitions. To achieve these objectives, the CCSF provides financial assistance in the form of grants and contributions to Canadian not-for-profit arts and heritage organizations, other levels of government or agencies as well as equivalent Aboriginal people's institutions or organizations for construction/renovation projects, specialized equipment purchases and/or feasibility studies for cultural infrastructure projects. The expected result is that Canadians in all regions, including underserved communities, have access to new or improved arts and heritage spaces in their communities for creation, presentation, preservation and/or exhibition.
Expected results:
1) Arts and heritage organizations have resources to build and improve facilities and
infrastructure.
Performance indicator:
2) A variety of arts and heritage experiences are available in underserved communities.
Definition:
Underserved communities: Aboriginal, culturally diverse, official languages, young audiences.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions approved under the CCSF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $4,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
Total contributions | $22,949,850 | $22,508,613 | $22,458,613 | $22,358,613 |
Total Transfer payments | $26,949,850 | $25,508,613 | $25,458,613 | $25,358,613 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Arts
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Arts Training Fund
Start date: 1997-98
End date: 2012-13
Description: The Canada Arts Training Fund aims to contribute to the development of Canadian creators and future cultural leaders of the Canadian arts sector by supporting the training of artists with high potential through institutions that offer training of the highest calibre. It provides financial assistance to independent professional Canadian not-for-profit institutions that specialize in providing focused, intensive and practice-based studies. These schools provide professional training at the highest level in disciplines such as ballet, contemporary dance, theatre, circus arts, and music (opera, orchestral), etc. It also supports some training that reflects Aboriginal and culturally diverse artistic practices. The expected result is that Canadians and the world benefit from high-quality artistic achievements by Canadian artists trained in Canada.
Expected result:
1) Graduates have professional careers in Canada and internationally.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Contributions approved under the Canada Arts Training Fund.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions | $22,742,440 | $22,779,440 | $22,779,440 | $22,779,440 |
Total Transfer payments | $22,742,440 | $22,779,440 | $22,779,440 | $22,779,440 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Arts
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Cultural Investment Fund
Start date: 2001-02
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) aims to help arts and heritage organizations build and diversify their revenue streams, strengthen their organizational capacity, business skills and competencies, and to assist them in being better rooted and recognized in their communities. This will be achieved through four components: Endowment Incentives, Cultural Capitals of Canada, Strategic Initiatives, and Limited Support to Endangered Arts Organizations. The CCIF provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations in the arts and heritage sectors, foundations, Canadian municipalities, as well as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit equivalent governments. The expected result is to contribute to the long-term organizational, administrative and financial health of Canadian arts and heritage organizations.
Expected result:
1) Arts and heritage organizations are supported within Canadian communities that value their existence.
Performance indicators:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions approved under the CCIF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
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Total grants | $19,038,432 | $19,038,432 | $19,038,432 | $19,038,432 |
Total contributions | $6,144,273 | $6,144,273 | $5,997,023 | $6,183,773 |
Total Transfer payments | $25,182,705 | $25,182,705 | $25,035,455 | $25,222,205 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Media Fund
Start date: 2010-11
End date: 2014-15
6. Description: The Canada Media Fund (CMF), a public/private partnership, provides funding for the creation of television convergent digital content in both official languages and leading-edge non-linear content and applications designed for distribution on multiple platforms (e.g. television broadcast, the Internet, and/or mobile phones). The CMF focuses investments on the creation of content Canadians want and harnesses the opportunities provided by new technologies to deliver the content to Canadians where and when they want it. Organizations supported by the CMF include, but are not limited to, Canadian television and interactive production companies, broadcasters, broadcast distribution undertakings, Internet service providers and mobile communications operators. Canadians as consumers of convergent programs and creators of leading-edge content and applications represent to ultimate target group. Aboriginal communities and Francophones in minority language communities are also targeted by specific production envelopes.
Expected results:
1) Leading-edge non-linear content and applications are created for commercial potential or public use.
Definitions:
Leading-edge, non-linear content and applications: innovative content or applications presented on or developed for a digital platform that allows for interaction, such as offering user choices to control progress or to direct a story or presentation.
Commercial potential: potential uptake of products by mainstream media companies.
Public use: taking the form of projects whose products are used freely and/or directly by the public.
Performance indicator:
2) Canadians watch or interact with CMF supported television programs or digital convergent content.
Performance indicators:
Output:
1) Contribution agreement with the CMF Corporation.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions* | $134,146,077 | $34,596,077 | $34,596,077 | $34,596,077 |
Total Transfer payments | $134,146,077 | $34,596,077 | $34,596,077 | $34,596,077 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
* Variance between fiscal year 2010-11 and 2011-12 is mainly due to the wind down of the Canada's Economic Action Plan, which included funding for the Canada Media Fund.
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Interactive Fund
Start date: 2010-11
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Canada Interactive Fund (CIF) provides funding for the creation of online Canadian content developed by Official Language Minority Community (OLMC), Aboriginal, ethnocultural and other not-for-profit cultural organizations by focusing on the creation of interactive cultural products and applications. Examples of projects supported under the CIF could be where not-for-profit cultural organization partners with a targeted community to develop a living history of a community which combines a blog, an interactive timeline, community photos and stories of individual members. As Canadians increasingly adopt new technologies, the CIF is needed to ensure that OLMC, Aboriginal, ethnocultural and other not-for-profit cultural organizations contribute to leading-edge content online. This will complement action the Government has taken to update cultural programs, in particular the Canada Media Fund, which ensures the for-profit sector to create and distribute Canadian programming on multiple platforms.
Expected results:
1) Digital interactive content and applications are created by official language minority community, Aboriginal, ethnocultural and other not-for-profit cultural organizations.
Performance indicator:
2) Canadians access digital interactive content produced by official language minority community, Aboriginal, ethnocultural and not-for-profit cultural organizations.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Contributions issued under the CIF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions | $4,435,130 | $10,770,684 | $6,346,244 | $6,724,894 |
Total Transfer payments | $4,435,130 | $10,770,684 | $6,346,244 | $6,724,894 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Music Fund
Start date: 2001-02
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Fund supports activities of music creators, artists and entrepreneurs to ensure Canadians' access to a diverse range of Canadian music choices. The Fund consists of the following components: 1) Music Entrepreneur, which provides financial assistance to established firms with a track record for the creation, production, distribution and marketing of Canadian music, including touring activities; 2) New Musical Works, which provides financial assistance to small and medium music entrepreneurs for the creation, production, distribution and marketing of Canadian music, including attendance to music showcases; 3) Collective initiatives, which provides financial assistance to a diverse range of collective activities aiming to enhance presence of Canadian music artists at home and abroad; 4) Creators' Assistance, which provides financial support to professional development and acquisition of business knowledge of music creators; 5) Canadian Music Memories, which provides financial support for the preservation of Canada's musical heritage for future generations.
Expected results:
1) A range of Canadian music is produced by Canada Music Fund recipients.
Performance indicator:
2) The portion of the Canadian-owned music industry targeted by the Canada Music Fund is sustainable.
Performance indicator:
3) Canadian music supported by the Canada Music Fund is accessed in Canada and abroad.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions issued under the Canada Music Fund.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
Total contributions | $23,828,331 | $23,828,331 | $23,828,331 | $22,829,231 |
Total Transfer payments | $25,828,331 | $25,828,331 | $25,828,331 | $24,829,231 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Book Fund
Start date: 2010-11
End date: 2014-15
Description: The Fund supports the activities of Canadian book publishers and other sectors of the book industry to ensure access to a broad range of Canadian-authored books. This support is delivered through the following streams of funding:
1) Support for Publishers, which provides funding distributed primarily through a formula that rewards success in delivering content that Canadians value. This funding contributes to the sustainable production and marketing of Canadian-authored books by offsetting the high costs of publishing in Canada and building the capacity and competitiveness of the sector;
2) Support for Organizations, which provides project funding to develop the Canadian book industry and the market for its products by assisting industry associations and related organizations to undertake collective projects offering a broad benefit to the industry and, ultimately, to readers everywhere.
Expected results:
1) A range of Canadian-authored books is produced by the Canada Book Fund (CBF) recipients.
Performance indicator:
2) The portion of the Canadian-owned book publishing industry targeted by the CBF is sustainable.
Performance indicator:
3) Canadian-authored books supported by the CBF are accessed in Canada and abroad.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions issued under the CBF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $8,300,000 | $8,300,000 | $8,300,000 | $8,300,000 |
Total contributions | $28,366,301 | $28,366,301 | $28,366,301 | $28,366,301 |
Total Transfer payments | $36,666,301 | $36,666,301 | $36,666,301 | $36,666,301 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Canada Periodical Fund
Start date: 2010-11
End date: N/A
Description: The Fund supports the activities of Canadian publishers and magazines and non-daily newspaper associations to ensure that Canadians have access to diverse Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers. It is delivered through the following components: 1) Aid to Publishers, which provides formula funding to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers for publishing activities, such as distribution, content creation, online activities and business development; 2) Business Innovation, which provides project funding to print and online magazines for business development and innovation; 3) Collective Initiatives, which provides project funding to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspaper associations for industry-wide projects to increase the overall health of the Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper industries.
Expected results:
1) A range of Canadian periodicals is produced by the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) recipients.
Performance indicator:
2) The portion of the Canadian-owned periodicals industry targeted by the CPF is sustainable.
Performance indicator:
3) Canadian periodicals supported by the CPF are accessed by Canadian readers.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions issued under the CPF.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants* | $72,775,054 | $58,015,054 | $58,015,054 | $58,015,054 |
Total contributions | $1,999,544 | $1,999,544 | $1,999,544 | $1,999,544 |
Total Transfer payments | $74,774,598 | $60,014,598 | $60,014,598 | $60,014,598 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
* Variance between fiscal year 2010-11 and 2011-12 is mainly due to the wind down of the Canada's Economic Action Plan, which included funding for the Canada Periodical Fund.Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Cultural Industries
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: TV5
Start date: 1990-91
End date: 2012-13
Description: The international French-language TV channel TV5 is a partnership between France, Belgium's Francophone community, Switzerland, Canada and Quebec. The Department of Canadian Heritage provides annual funding to channels (single-recipient program) through a contribution agreement to TV5 Québec Canada and a grant to TV5 MONDE. Funding from Canadian Heritage and the Government of Quebec enables Canadian productions to be presented both in Canada, through TV5 Québec Canada, and around the world, through TV5 MONDE, alongside a rich diversity of programming from the international Francophonie.
Expected results:
1) Canadian content is part of TV5 MONDE's international programming.
Performance indicator:
2) Canadians have access to the wealth and diversity of the international Francophonie through TV5 Québec Canada (TV5 QC).
Performance indicator:
Outputs:
1) Contribution agreement (TV5 Québec Canada).
Performance indicator:
2) Grant to TV5 MONDE.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $8,000,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 |
Total contributions | $4,460,900 | $4,460,900 | $4,460,900 | $4,460,900 |
Total Transfer payments | $12,460,900 | $12,960,900 | $12,960,900 | $12,960,900 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadian artistic expression and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.
Program activity: Heritage
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Museums Assistance Program
Start date: 1972-73
End date: See note*
Description: The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides funding to Canadian museums and heritage institutions for projects that support federal objectives for museums to ensure that Canadians have access to and experience Canada's diverse cultural heritage. The primary objectives of MAP are to facilitate Canadians' access to their heritage; to ensure the
preservation, management and presentation of Aboriginal cultural heritage; and to strengthen professional knowledge, skills and practices in the management of key museum functions. MAP also supports the Canadian Museums Association's activities to enhance the professional standards of Canada's museum community. Additionally, in support of the Youth Employment Strategy, MAP helps heritage
organizations, especially small and medium-sized museums, to create summer employment and internship opportunities for Canadian youth through Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations and Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage.
Note:
*Given that the Terms and Conditions of the Museums Assistance Program have been approved and extended by the Minister (effective April 1st 2011) in agreement with the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Policy on Transfer Payments, the program description and expected results will be updated in the reporting of results for 2011-12.
Expected results:
1) Heritage institutions and heritage workers undertake projects to improve key museological knowledge, skills and practices.
Performance indicator:
2) Aboriginal cultural heritage is preserved and presented.
Performance indicator:
3) Heritage institutions create opportunities for Canadians to access their heritage.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contributions agreements signed under MAP and YCW.
Performance indicators:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
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Total grants | $2,500,000 | $4,663,680 | $4,663,680 | $4,663,680 |
Total contributions | $12,076,284 | $11,076,284 | $11,076,284 | $11,076,284 |
Total Transfer payments | $14,576,284 | $15,739,964 | $15,739,964 | $15,739,964 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Note:
As of 2011-12, the Grants to institutions and public authorities in Canada in accordance with section 35 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act are included in the Museum Assistance Program.
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Celebration and Commemoration Program
Start date: 2008
End date: 2013
Description: The Celebration and Commemoration Program aims to support or create opportunities for Canadians to celebrate/commemorate their history, diversity and achievements through a two-fold approach that includes the Celebrate Canada 11-day period culminating on July 1 with Canada Day celebrations and a five-year plan which is a theme-based dynamic approach to celebrating and commemorating significant people, places, symbols, anniversaries and events. These activities are delivered in collaboration with other federal departments, agencies, regions, partners and stakeholders. The Program provides opportunities to bring Canadians together in their communities to discover and appreciate the richness and diversity of Canadian society and to show their sense of belonging to Canada and pride in being Canadian.
Expected results:
1) Canadians participate in community celebrations and commemorations, and celebrations of national significance.
Performance indicator:
2) Increased sense of pride and belonging to Canada.
Performance indicator:
3) Coordinated federal approach to celebrations and commemorations.
Performance indicator:
Outputs:
1) Grants and contribution agreements signed under the Celebration and Commemoration Program.
Performance indicator:
2) Five-year Commemoration Plan.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
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Total grants | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
Total contributions | $6,329,473 | $4,994,367 | $4,994,367 | $4,994,367 |
Total Transfer payments | $11,829,473 | $10,494,367 | $10,494,367 | $10,494,367 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Exchanges Canada Program
Start date: 2000-01
End date: Ongoing
Description: The Exchanges Canada Program provides grants and contributions in support of youth participation initiatives that allow young Canadians to learn about Canada, create linkages with each other and better appreciate the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian reality. The Program supports not-for-profit organizations to provide Canadian youth with a range of exchange and forum activities to strengthen their sense of belonging to Canada and therefore their sense of Canadian identity. The program has two components: Youth Exchanges Canada (YEC) and Youth Forums Canada (YFC). YEC funds reciprocal homestay exchanges for young Canadians, and also includes the Summer Work / Student Exchange sub-component, which provides summer job opportunities for 16 and 17 year-olds in their second official language. YFC enables young Canadians to connect with one another through forums, study sessions and workshops of interest to them. The Exchanges Canada website also provides a single window to information on a wide range of exchanges available in Canada.
Expected results:
1) Young participants enhance their knowledge and understanding of Canada.
Performance indicator:
2) Young participants connect and create linkages with one another.
Performance indicator:
3) Young participants enhance their appreciation of the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian experience.
Performance indicator:
Outputs:
1) Grants and contribution agreements in support of youth exchanges.
Performance indicator:
2) Information available to Canadians about youth exchanges.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
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Total grants | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
Total contributions | $17,736,359 | $17,686,359 | $17,686,359 | $17,686,359 |
Total Transfer payments | $17,836,359 | $17,786,359 | $17,786,359 | $17,786,359 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Katimavik Program
Start date: 1997-98
5. End date: March 31, 2011
Description: The Katimavik Program, delivered by an independent, not-for-profit organization, the Katimavik-OPCAN Corporation, is a national youth volunteer and training program that provides young Canadians with the opportunity to learn more about their country and create ties with communities and with other Canadians. The objectives of the Program are to contribute significantly to the personal, social and professional development of the participants; to promote community service; and to offer a diverse experience, fostering a better understanding of the Canadian reality. Groups of youth aged 17 to 21 participate in a six- or nine-month program and collaborate on projects that involve volunteer work, training and group interaction, in various regions of Canada, including French-speaking and English-speaking communities.
Expected results:
1) Participants value Canada and its diversity.
Performance indicator:
2) Host-community partner organizations improve their capacity to serve their community.
Performance indicator:
3) Participants improve their personal, social and professional skills.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Contribution agreement signed under the Katimavik Program.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12* |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
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Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions** | $15,000,000 | $16,294,320 | $16,294,320 | $19,776,000 |
Total Transfer payments | $15,000,000 | $16,294,320 | $16,294,320 | $19,776,000 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
* Of this amount, $1 M will be transferred to Action Canada pending approval by Parliament. Refer to announcement by Minister Moore ‘Minister Moore Announces Renewed Youth Program Funding’, October 2009. http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/infoCntr/cdm-mc/index-eng.cfm?action=doc&DocIDCd=CJM091543
** In fiscal years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, funds from the Katimavik Program were allocated to fund the Youth Take Charge Program (YTC).Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Youth Take Charge
Start date: April 1, 2010
End date: March 31, 2013
Description: The objective of the Youth Take Charge Program is to strengthen youth attachment to Canada through engagement in the fields of history and heritage, civic engagement and youth service, arts and culture, and economic activities. The Program provides grants and contributions to eligible organizations in support of youth-led projects involving youth generally aged 7 to 30, which demonstrate the ability to strengthen attachment to Canada while addressing one or more of the above-mentioned thematic areas. It is expected that the Program will increase awareness among youth participants of the importance of being an active and engaged citizen; will increase relevance of youth-serving organizations for youth; and will increase youth engagement in communities. These outcomes will, in the long-term, lead to increased youth attachment to Canada and an increased sense of shared Canadian identity among youth.
Expected results:
1) Youth have a sense of attachment to Canada.
Performance indicator:
2) Youth have a sense of shared Canadian identity.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contribution agreements.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14* |
|
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Total grants | - | $3,400,000 | $1,700,000 | - |
Total contributions | $1,440,680 | $2,081,680 | $1,781,680 | - |
Total Transfer payments | $1,440,680 | $5,481, 680 | $3,481,680 | - |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
* Funding for the Youth Take Charge Program ends in 2013-14.
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Engagement and community participation
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Building Communities through Arts and Heritage
Start date: September 1, 2007
End date: March 31, 2012
Description: The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) program provides grants and contributions in support of local festivals and capital projects. Funding is made available to eligible stakeholders presenting arts and heritage festivals, events and activities that place emphasis on local engagement. Its objective is to engage citizens in their communities through performing and visual arts as well as through the expression, celebration and preservation of local historical heritage. The program has three components: 1) Local Festivals supports festivals, events and activities that involve the whole community and give opportunities to local artists and artisans and/or celebrate local history and heritage; 2) Community Anniversaries supports one-time commemorations through festivals or other activities that celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event; and 3) Legacy Fund supports tangible, lasting capital projects that commemorate or celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event.
Expected result:
1) Canadians are engaged in the expression, celebration and preservation of local arts and heritage.
Performance indicators:
Outputs:
1) Grants and contribution agreements signed under the BCAH Program.
Performance indicator:
2) Regional coordination and consultation
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $14,355,000 | $14,355,000 | $14,355,000 | $14,355,000 |
Total contributions | $4,800,000 | $3,300,000 | $3,300,000 | $3,300,000 |
Total Transfer payments | $19,155,000 | $17,655,000 | $17,655,000 | $17,655,000 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Engagement and community participation
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Peoples' Program
Start date: 1971-72
End date: 2010-11
Description: The Aboriginal Peoples' Program (APP) focuses primarily on strengthening cultural identity, encouraging the full participation of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian life, and on supporting the continuation of Aboriginal cultures and languages as living elements of Canadian society. APP programming incorporates Aboriginal values, cultures and traditional practices into community-driven activities designed to strengthen cultural identity and enable positive life choices. The APP is composed of two complementary components:
Expected results:
1) Aboriginal languages are preserved and revitalized.
Performance indicator:
2) Aboriginal peoples are engaged in their communities and have the opportunity to participate in social and cultural aspects of life in Canada.
Performance indicator:
3) Aboriginal youth are empowered with leadership skills and a sense of community.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Grants and contribution agreements signed under the APP.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $1,340,000 | $1,340,000 | $1,340,000 | $1,340,000 |
Total contributions | $54,874,907 | $55,375,899 | $55,375,899 | $55,375,899 |
Total Transfer payments | $56,214,907 | $56,715,899 | $56,715,899 | $56,715,899 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Official Languages
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Development of Official-Languages Communities Program
Start date: 2009-10
End date: 2013-14
Description: The Development of Official-Languages Communities Program has three components: Community Life, Minority Language Education and Language Right Support. The Program fosters the vitality of Canada's English- and French-speaking minority communities and enables them to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life. Through partnerships and agreements with community organizations, provinces, territories, municipalities and federal departments and agencies, the Program aims to enhance the capacity of minority official language communities to have greater access to quality education, different programs and services in their language in their communities, as well as linguistic rights support, as guaranteed by the Constitution.
Expected results:
1) Members of official language minority communities (OLMC) have access to programs and services in their language, in their communities.
Performance indicator:
2) Section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA) responsibilities and OLMC perspectives in federal institutions are better known and integrated in development of initiatives and programs.
Performance indicator:
Outputs:
1) Agreements (ex.: cooperation agreements with communities, intergovernmental agreements, agreements with the Council of Education Ministers (Canada), etc.).
Performance indicator:
2) Grants and contributions.
Performance indicator:
3) Support and coordination mechanisms and summaries of action plans and section 41 records of achievement.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $33,322,973 | $33,322,973 | $33,322,973 | $33,322,973 |
Total contributions | $192,134,987 | $191,797,917 | $191,797,917 | $188,349,017 |
Total Transfer payments | $225,457,960 | $225,120,890 | $225,120,890 | $221,671,990 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.
Program activity: Official Languages
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Enhancement of Official Languages Program
Start date: 2009-10
End date: 2013-14
Description: The Enhancement of Official Languages Program has three components: Promotion of Linguistic Duality, Second Language Learning and Language Right Support. The Program promotes a better understanding and appreciation of the benefits of linguistic duality while offering linguistic rights support as guaranteed by the Constitution. Through partnerships and agreements with the provinces and territories and non-governmental organizations in support of second-language learning and initiatives that foster understanding between Anglophone and Francophone Canadians, the Program encourage the public to recognize and support linguistic duality as a fundamental value of Canadian society.
Expected results:
1) Greater number of Canadians have a better understanding of and appreciation for the benefits of linguistic duality.
Performance indicator:
2) Knowledge and Integration of section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA) responsibilities toward linguistic duality perspectives in federal institutions' development of initiatives and programs.
Performance indicator:
Outputs:
1) Grants and contributions.
Performance indicator:
2) Support and coordination mechanisms and summaries of action plans and section 41 records of achievement.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $5,599,842 | $5,599,842 | $5,599,842 | $5,599,842 |
Total contributions | $105,923,289 | $105,923,289 | $105,923,289 | $105,923,289 |
Total Transfer payments | $111,523,131 | $111,523,131 | $111,523,131 | $111,523,131 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.
Program activity: Sport
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Hosting Program
Start date: 1967
End date: June 2011. The continuation of the terms and conditions is underway.
Description: The Hosting Program is a key instrument in the Government of Canada’s overall approach to sport development in Canada and aims to enhance the development of sport excellence and the international profile of sport organizations by assisting sport organizations to host the Canada Games and international sport events in Canada. These events are expected to produce significant sport, economic, social and cultural benefits. The Program has four components:
1) International Major Multisport Games; 2) International Single Sport Events; 3) International Multisport Games for Aboriginal Peoples and for Persons with a Disability;
and 4) the Canada Games. The Hosting Program offers Canada-at-large a planned and coordinated approach to realizing direct and significant benefits, from bidding and hosting projects, in the areas of sport development, economic, social, cultural and community impacts, across a broad range of government priorities. The Program is characterized by active liaison with collaborators/stakeholders
and by a diligent contribution system.
Expected result:
1) Canadian athletes, coaches and officials have opportunities to participate at sport events in Canada funded by Sport Canada.
Performance indicators:
Output:
1) Contribution agreements.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions | $16,043,739 | $33,320,500 | $122,866,900 | $134,865,000 |
Total Transfer payments | $16,043,739 | $33,320,500 | $122,866,900 | $134,865,000 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.
Program activity: Sport
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Sport Support Program
Start date: 1961
End date: June 2011. The continuation of the terms and conditions is underway.
Description: The Sport Support Program is the primary funding vehicle for initiatives associated with the delivery of the Canadian Sport Policy. The Sport Support Program funding is aimed at developing athletes and coaches at the highest international levels; providing sound technically-based sport programming for all athletes; increasing the number of Canadians from all segments of society involved in sport; and advancing Canadian interests and values in Canada and abroad. This funding is provided to eligible organizations in support of programming that supports the goals of the Canadian Sport Policy.
Expected result:
1) Canadians have access to quality sport programs and services.
Performance indicators:
Output:
1) Contribution/bilateral agreements.
Performance indicator:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions | $146,883,812 | $146,814,464 | $143,815,064 | $143,815,064 |
Total Transfer payments | $146,883,812 | $146,814,464 | $143,815,064 | $143,815,064 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm
Strategic outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.
Program activity: Sport
Name of the Transfer Payment Program: Athlete Assistance Program
Start date: 1971
End date: June 2011. The continuation of terms and conditions is underway.
Description: The Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) contributes to the pursuit of excellence through its support for improved Canadian athlete performances at major international sporting events, enabling athletes to combine their sport and academic or working careers while training intensively in pursuit of world-class performances. To this end, the program identifies and supports athletes already at or having the potential to be in the top 16 in the world in their sport.
Expected results:
1) Canadian athletes have the financial resources to achieve higher levels of athletic performance.
Performance indicator:
2) Canadian athletes access academic opportunities.
Performance indicator:
Output:
1) Direct support for high-performance athletes.
Performance indicators:
Forecast Spending 2010-11 |
Planned Spending 2011-12 |
Planned Spending 2012-13 |
Planned Spending 2013-14 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Total grants | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 |
Total contributions | - | - | - | - |
Total Transfer payments | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 |
Summary of the 3 Year Plan: http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/publctn/3yr-pln/index-eng.cfm