Three-year evaluation plan (2023–2026)
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Evaluation provides Canadians, Parliamentarians, Ministers, central agencies and Deputy Heads with evidence-based, neutral assessment of the value for money (i.e., relevance and performance) of federal programs. Evaluations also:
- Support accountability to Parliament and Canadians by helping the government credibly report on the results achieved with resources invested in programs;
- Inform government decisions on resource allocation and reallocation;
- Support Deputy Heads in managing for results by informing them about whether their programs are producing the outcomes that they were designed to produce, at an affordable cost; and
- Support policy and program improvements by helping to identify lessons learned and best practices.
The Policy on Results requires the evaluation of all ongoing programs of grants and contributions that have five-year average actual expenditures of $5 million or greater annually
The plan was developed taking into account:
- Evaluations planned over the next 3 years based on the Policy on Results and commitments that were made in TB Submissions.
- Evaluations required to assist in program renewals and assess the effectiveness and performance of departmental initiatives.
- Joint valuation Commitments between PrairiesCan and PacifiCan and PrairiesCan-specific evaluation commitments.
- Incorporating evaluation themes into mandated evaluations, to the extent possible. Evaluation themes include:
- Inclusiveness – supports for economic participation of marginalized populations;
- Place-based – community economic development and points-of-service delivery;
- Predictiveness – continuous improvement of program delivery and policy development; and
- Long-term outcomes – track results after projects end to understand long-term impacts.
This is a rolling plan that will be updated annually.
Year | Program | Support | Lead | Notes |
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2023–2024 | Growth through Regional Innovation Program (REGI)
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Horizontal-RDA evaluation led by ACOA |
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Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) |
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Horizontal RDA evaluation led by ISED |
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Indigenous Business Development Services (IBDS) |
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Joint PrairiesCan & PacifiCan evaluation |
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2024–2025 | Community Futures |
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Horizontal RDA evaluation Lead TBD |
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2025–2026 | Community Economic Development and Diversification (CEDD) |
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Joint PrairiesCan & PacifiCan evaluation |
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Year | Program | Support | Lead | Notes |
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2023–2024 | Restoring the Rails to Churchill |
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PrairiesCan |
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Canadian Coal Transition
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PrairiesCan |
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