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Section 3: Supplementary Information

3.1 Financial Highlights

The future-oriented financial highlights presented in this report are intended to serve as a general overview of ACOA’s financial operations and are prepared on an accrual basis to strengthen accountability and improve transparency and financial management.

The summary set of the future-oriented financial statements can be found on the Agency’s website.

($ millions)

Condensed Statement of Operations For the Year (Ended March 31)	Future-oriented 2010-2011	Future-oriented 2011-2012
Expenses
Total Expenses	364.5	270.0
Revenues
Total Revenues	9.6	9.7
Net Cost of Operations	354.9	260.3

3.2 Supplementary Information Tables

Supplementary information tables for the 2011-2012 Report on Plans and Priorities can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s website.

• Details of Transfer Payment Programs
• Evaluations and Internal Audits (2011-2012, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014)
• Greening Government Operations
• Horizontal Initiatives
• Sources of Non-respendable Revenue
  

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Section 4: Other Items of Interest

Information on ACOA’s organizational structure is available on the Agency’s website. 

The following additional information is available on ACOA’s website.

• Atlantic Canada’s Economy
• Repayable Contributions Portfolio of the Business Development Program
• Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs
• Information on Program Sub-activities of ACOA’s Program Activity Architecture
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development
  • International Business Development
  • Financing Continuum
  • Community Mobilization
  • Community-based Business Development
  • Community Investment
  • Infrastructure Programming
  • Policy
  • Advocacy
  • Coordination

4.1 Sustainable Development Activities

Based on the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS), ACOA commits to:

• provide more specific information on departmental sustainable development activities appropriate to the Agency’s mandate;
• strengthen the application of strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) by ensuring that the Government’s environmental goals are taken into account when pursuing social and economic goals; and
• pursue best practices when reporting summary information on the results of SEAs linked to the FSDS goals and targets in order to ensure that environmental decision making is more transparent.

For additional details on ACOA’s activities to support sustainable development, refer to the Agency’s Statement of Contribution to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy.

For complete details on the FSDS, go to the Environment Canada website.

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[Footnotes]

[1] For descriptions of ACOA’s program activities, refer to the publication 2011-2012 Estimates Parts I and II, The Government Expense Plan and the Main Estimates on the website of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

[2] Starting with the reporting year 2011-2012, the Trade and Investment program sub-activities have been consolidated into one program sub-activity titled International Business Development.

[3] For descriptions of ACOA’s program activities, refer to the publication 2011-2012 Estimates Parts I and II, The Government Expense Plan and the Main Estimates on the website of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

[4] Planned spending does not include funding for Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) projects extended to October 31, 2011, under Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

[5] Types are defined as:

• New (newly committed to for fiscal year 2011-2012)
• Previously committed (committed to one or two fiscal years earlier, so in 2009-2010 or 2010-2011)
• Ongoing (committed to at least three fiscal years earlier, so 2008-2009 or earlier)

[6] Types are defined as:

• New (newly committed to for fiscal year 2011-2012)
• Previously committed (committed to one or two fiscal years earlier, so in 2009-2010 or 2010-2011)
• Ongoing (committed to at least three fiscal years earlier, so 2008-2009 or earlier)

[7] Retail Trade, Statistics Canada, August 2010.

[8] Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada, September 2010.

[9] Canadian International Merchandise Trade, Statistics Canada, August 2010.

[10] World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund Research Department, October 6, 2010.

[11] Randell E. Moore, Blue Chip Economic Indicators, Aspen Publishers, December 2010.

[12] Provincial Outlook Economic Forecast, The Conference Board of Canada, Autumn 2010.
Provincial Trends, Scotia Economics, November 2010.
Quarterly Economic Forecast, TD Economics, September 2010.
Atlantic Report – Outlook 2011, Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, Fall 2010.

[13] Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

[14] Linkage to the relevant program activities in ACOA’s Program Activity Architecture

[15] Once finalized, the report Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development Program Sub-activity will be available on the Agency’s website.

[16] Impact Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Innovation Program Sub-activity, Final Report, ACOA Evaluation Unit, January 19, 2010. You can find the full report on the Agency’s website.

[17] Once finalized, the report Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Financing Continuum Program Sub-activity will be available on the Agency’s website.

[18] Once finalized, the report Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Trade and Investment Program Sub-activity will be available on the Agency’s website.

[19] Between 2002 and 2007, 72% of jobs created by firms in Atlantic Canada were attributed to small businesses. This calculation was generated using data from the Statistics Canada Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program (2007).

[20] The annual target reflects data that will be collected on an annual basis, and longer-term measurement will be accomplished via formal evaluations.

[21] Planned spending does not include funding for Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) projects extended to October 31, 2011, under Canada’s Economic Action Plan.

[22] Evaluation of the ACOA Community Investment, Community Development Resources, Official Language Minority Communities and Aboriginal Communities Program Sub-activities, ACOA, December 3, 2009. Visit the Agency’s website for the full report.

[23]  Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006. The rural population for 1981 to 2006 refers to persons living outside centres with a population of 1,000 and outside areas with 400 persons per square kilometre.

[24] Evaluation of the Community Futures Program in Atlantic Canada, Final Report, ACOA, June 2009. Visit the Agency’s website for the full report.

[25] Evaluation of the ACOA Community Investment, Community Development Resources, Official Language Minority Communities and Aboriginal Communities Program Sub-activities, ACOA, December 3, 2009. Visit the Agency’s website for the full report.

[26] Evaluation of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Atlantic Policy Research Initiative, ACOA, March 17, 2010. For the full report, visit the Agency’s website.

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