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Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS)

Start date: April 1, 2010

End date: March 31, 2015

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010 (With a minor amendment in December 2011).

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS) provides funding to over 80 Aboriginal organizations with over 400 points of service which deliver services to prepare First Nations, Métis and Inuit individuals for sustainable, meaningful employment. In addition, ASETS services assist Aboriginal youth to make successful transitions from school to work or to support their return to school; and support First Nations and Inuit child care for people in training. ASETS is not a repayable contribution.

ASETS has three strategic priorities: supporting demand-driven skills development; fostering partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories; and improved accountability and results.

Expected results: It is expected that skills and training through ASETS organizations will result in approximately 14,000 to 16,500 Aboriginal people employed per year.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	246.1	249.7	249.7	249.7
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	246.1	249.7	249.7	249.7

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010 - The evaluation was carried out under the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS) which is the predecessor of ASETS

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: Aboriginal Organizations (may include incorporated for-profit and not-for-profit Aboriginal controlled organizations, Aboriginal controlled unincorporated organizations, Indian Act Bands, Tribal Councils and Aboriginal self-government entities).

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: HRSDC works with Aboriginal Agreement Holders throughout the life of their contribution agreement. In particular, HRSDC interacts with Agreement Holders in the development and negotiation of the multi-year ASETS Strategic Business Plans which form the basis of their contribution agreements. Midyear dialogues and review of Annual plans as well as ongoing communications at the regional level are part of the strategy.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF)

Start date: April 1, 2010

End date: March 31, 2015

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010 (With a minor amendment in December 2011).

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) is a partnership-based, opportunity-driven fund that supports projects aiming to encourage innovation and partnerships, test new approaches to the delivery of employment services and address systemic gaps in service delivery. SPF is not a repayable contribution.

The SPF will fund innovative Aboriginal labour market development projects under the following three priority areas:

• Skills Development: Pilot innovations that provide skills training to clients with multiple barriers to employment;
• Training-to-Employment: Respond to small to mid-sized economic partnership opportunities with targeted labour force development initiatives; and
• Service Delivery Improvement: Pilot innovations in organizational systems through partnership to address labour market program delivery weaknesses/gaps.

Expected results: It is expected that the SPF will result in approximately 8,000 to 10,000 Aboriginal people employed over the entire five years.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	29.0	69.0	76.5	33.0
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	29.0*	69.0	76.5	33.0

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: Aboriginal Organizations (may include incorporated for-profit and not-for-profit Aboriginal controlled organizations, Aboriginal controlled unincorporated organizations, Indian Act Bands, Tribal Councils and Aboriginal self-government entities).

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Calls for Proposals are posted on the HRSDC website and all eligible applicants can submit an application. HRSDC engages applicants to seek clarification on the details of their proposal. For funded initiatives, there is ongoing communication with project recipients through monitoring.

* From the approved funding of $57.5M in 2011-2012, $28.5M has been reprofiled into future years.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

Start date: April 1, 2003

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: Through the Youth Employment Strategy (YES), the Government of Canada is working to provide young Canadians with both valuable work experience and earnings, to help them transition to the labour market and support them in furthering their education. Transfer payments made under the YES are predominantly in the form of contributions from participating departments for wage subsidies for participating youth, or for the development and delivery of youth support services. Such support services include client assessment, case management services and the provision of employability tools, which help participants acquire needed skills. Transfer payments contribute directly to the program objectives by encouraging organizations to create meaningful, skill-enhancing opportunities for youth. Financial assistance in support of eligible activities may be provided to eligible recipients in the form of contributions, including repayable contributions.

Expected results: Programs respond to the varied labour market needs of youth and employers.

The common key results commitments for all initiatives receiving funding under the Youth Employment Strategy are:

• Enhanced youth employability skills through work experience or tailored interventions; and
• A portion of youth participants will return to school to further their education/skills development and/or become employed or self-employed.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	230.5	223.5	218.5	218.5
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	230.5	223.5	218.5	218.5

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Eligible recipients are individuals, other levels of government, institutions, agencies, Crown corporations, not-for-profit, for-profit and aboriginal organizations.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Engaging both employer applicants/recipients and youth participants through the summative evaluation currently underway. Service Canada also engages employers and youth via the youth.gc.ca internet site and Service Canada centres.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW)

Start date: October 17, 2006

End date: March 31, 2014

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-2012

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) is a federal-provincial/territorial cost-shared initiative providing support to unemployed older workers in communities affected by significant downsizing or closures and/or ongoing high unemployment, through programming aimed at reintegrating them into employment. In situations where there is little likelihood of immediate employment, programming may be aimed at increasing the employability of older workers and ensuring they remain active and productive labour market participants while their communities undergo adjustment.

Provinces and territories are responsible for identifying affected communities to target for activities, design and delivery of projects, and monitoring and reporting on projects. TIOW is cost-shared between the federal government (to a maximum of 70% of total initiative costs) and each participating province and territory (a minimum of 30% of total initiative costs).

To be eligible to participate in the Initiative, older workers must be unemployed, legally entitled to work in Canada, lack skills needed for successful integration into new employment, live in an eligible community, and normally be aged 55 - 64. Projects must include employment assistance activities, such as résumé writing, interview techniques, counselling and job finding clubs, and at least two other employability improvement activities such as prior learning assessment, skills training, work experience, or assistance to start a small business.

See: Web site of HRSDC for further details.

The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) was announced in 2006 as a temporary cost-shared federal-provincial/territorial employment initiative. Approval included $66M (program funding) in Consolidated Revenue Funds (CRF) for programming until March 31, 2009. A three year extension with an additional $86M in program funding was approved in December 4, 2008, and an additional $60M in program funding for three years was approved on March 9, 2009, as part of the Economic Action Plan. Recently, to further help unemployed older workers, Budget 2011 announced an extension of TIOW by $48M (program funding) over two years, until March 31, 2014.

TIOW is not a repayable contribution.

Expected results: Programs respond to the needs of older workers, employers and other stakeholders. The TIOW will increase the employability of older workers.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	60.9	41.1	32.5	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	60.9	41.1	32.5	-

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: Provincial and Territorial Governments.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: TIOW is managed through federal-provincial/territorial (F-P/T) agreements between the Government of Canada and each province and territory. Under these agreements, provinces and territories are responsible for the design and delivery of projects, including targeting communities.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities

Start date: April 1, 2005

End date: March 31, 2013

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The objective of the Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) is to enhance the development and vitality of the official language minority communities by strengthening capacity in the areas of community economic development and human resource development and by promoting partnerships at all levels. The Enabling Fund provides funding to 14 OLMC designated organizations: a national umbrella organization, the Réseaux de développement économique et d'employabilité (RDÉE), 12 Francophone Provincial/Territorial organizations, and the Community Economic Development and Employability Committees (CEDEC) through contribution agreements. The Enabling Fund program also provides a secretariat for two national committees. The national Francophone committee and national Anglophone committee bring community and government representatives together and allow for an exchange of ideas on the development of more coordinated and responsive policies, programs and services.

The Enabling Fund has an annual budget of $13.8 million, with $12 million in contribution agreements and $1.8 million in operating expenses, which support the national committee secretariat, program policy research, monitoring and evaluation. The Program aligns with the strategic direction of the Government of Canada's Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future and is HRSDC's main contribution to the initiative. The Enabling Fund is also the Government of Canada's cornerstone initiative in community economic development and human resource development and is designed to complement the efforts of others to create conditions that enable sustainable community-wide economic development. This is reflected in the types of activities supported by the program:

• Human resource planning in OLMC and preparing community plans;
• Research and analysis;
• Creating, consolidating and sustaining partnerships, alliances and networks and facilitating the exchange of information;
• Mobilizing stakeholders;
• Strengthening the capacity of community stakeholders to be self-reliant and implement their development projects and enabling the creation and coordination of proposals and projects;
• Developing human resources within the national and local Enabling Fund infrastructure;
• Creating and sustaining linkages among relevant government departments and OLMC through national collaboration (National Committees) and consultation processes, to develop joint strategic plans and manage implementation; and
• Participating in and conducting consultations on policies and programs.

Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities is not a repayable contribution.

Expected results: Programs respond to the needs of Official Language Minority Community workers, employers and other stakeholders as follows:

• Contribution recipients are informed and contribute to knowledge building and program/policy issues;
• Knowledge is shared among federal partners, contribution recipients and Official Language Minority Communities;
• Official Language Minority Community economic and human resources issues continue to be integrated into the government's policy/program development;
• Contribution recipients continue to develop and implement effective community plans and projects with concrete results; and,
• There is sustained collaboration across federal institutions working with Official Language Minority Community stakeholders.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	12.0	12.0
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	12.0	12.0	-	-

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013

General Targeted Recipient Group: Not-for profit. Eligible Recipients are:

1. Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité (RDÉE) Canada for the Francophone Linguistic Minority;
2. Le Réseau de développement économique et d'employabilité (RDÉE) – Francophone;
3. The Community Table of the National Human Resources Development Committee for the English Linguistic Minority;
4. The Community Economic Development and Employability Committees (CEDEC) – Anglophone in Quebec; and
5. Organizations selected or mandated to represent the interests of their OLMC to promote economic growth and employability in official language minority communities.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Annual call for proposals, meetings of working groups on specific issues of interest, National Committee meetings, workshops and other meetings (symposium), on site visits.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities

Start date: April 1, 2004

End date: March 31, 2013

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: Through the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPDs), the Government of Canada transfers funding annually to the provinces for programs and services to improve the employment situation for persons with disabilities.

The Government of Canada contributes 50 percent of the costs incurred by provinces for funded programs and services up to the amount of the federal allocation identified in each bilateral federal-provincial agreement. (Territories have not entered into any LMAPDs given the Territorial financing formula.) Transfers to provinces are made as 'other transfer payments'. These transfer payments are not repayable contributions.

Expected results: The goal of the Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities is to improve the employment situation of Canadians with disabilities, by enhancing their employability, increasing the employment opportunities available to them and building on the existing knowledge base. Reporting under the Agreements includes selected societal indicators (employment income, educational attainment and employment rate of working age people with disabilities) and the following program indicators:

• Number of participants in programs and services;
• Number of participants completing a program or service where there is a specific start and end point to the intervention; and
• Number of participants who were assisted in obtaining and maintaining employment by programs or services funded through Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities.

Provinces report annually to their citizens on outcomes and program results and share these reports with HRSDC.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	222.0	222.0	222.0	222.0
Total Transfer Payments	222.0	222.0	222.0	222.0

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010 (Canada-Manitoba LMAPD)

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2016-2017 (Canada-Nova Scotia LMAPD)

General Targeted Recipient Group: The Government of Canada transfers funding annually to all ten provinces who design and deliver programs and services for persons with disabilities in their jurisdictions.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Government of Canada engages the provinces multilaterally. The provinces produce annual reports, annual plans and statements of expenditure.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities

Start date: April 1, 2007

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: Transfer payments made under the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities are in the form of contribution agreements with individuals, businesses, and organizations. These transfer payments are not repayable contributions. Transfer payments contribute directly to the program objectives by assisting unemployed persons with disabilities having little or no labour market attachment to prepare for, find and maintain employment or self-employment. Examples of activities supported under this program include:

• Encouraging employers to provide individuals with work opportunities and experience;
• Working in partnership with organizations for people with disabilities to address barriers to clients' labour market participation;
• Helping individuals increase their employment skill level;
• Helping individuals to start their own businesses; and
• Increasing employer awareness.

For more information about this program, please visit: Web site of HRSDC

Expected results: The objective of the Opportunities Fund is to increase the labour market participation of persons with disabilities thereby increasing their economic independence. The Opportunities Fund has four performance measurement indicators which are:

• Number of clients served;
• Number of clients employed;
• Number of clients who have returned to school; and
• Number of clients who have enhanced employability

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	26.8	26.8	26.8	26.8
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	26.8	26.8	26.8	26.8

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2008-2009

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Businesses, organizations (including non-profit organizations), individuals and participants.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Ongoing assessment of proposals and applications for assistance. Ongoing monitoring of performance measurement indicators.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Labour Market Agreements (LMAs)

Start date: April 1, 2008

End date: March 31, 2014

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009-2010 (amended)

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: In Advantage Canada, the Government of Canada set out the goal to create "the best educated, most skilled and most flexible workforce in the world." In Budget 2007, the Government of Canada delivered on this commitment through a New Labour Market Architecture, which included new, six-year bilateral Labour Market Agreements (LMAs) with the provinces and territories supported by $500M per year of new federal investments. LMAs are not repayable contributions.

Through these agreements, the Government of Canada provides funds for provincial and territorial skills and employment programming and training to non-EI eligible unemployed Canadians, as well as employed individuals who are low skilled, in particular, employed individuals who do not have a high school diploma or a recognized certification or who have low levels of literacy and essential skills.

Labour Market Agreements, which have been signed with all 10 provinces and 3 territories, are intended to increase labour force participation of under-represented groups, ensure that Canadians have the right skills to compete, and encourage employers to provide more training to their workers.

Labour Market Agreements were designed to allow provinces/territories (P/Ts) to develop and deliver labour market programming based on their specific priorities and objectives. Nevertheless, LMAs have broad objectives:

• Quantity - To increase the participation of Canadians and newcomers in the workforce to meet current and future labour requirements;
• Quality - To enhance the quality of skills development and training; and,
• Efficiency - To facilitate workforce mobility and provide the information necessary to make informed labour market choices.

Expected results: The Labour Market Agreements include a robust accountability framework to allow the Government of Canada to measure results against policy objectives and demonstrate value for money to Canadians. Reporting under the Agreements includes the following indicators:

Eligible Client indicators:

• Total number of eligible clients served/in training by employment status (employed, unemployed, self-employed);
• Education level of eligible clients prior to intervention; and
• Number of eligible clients served in an intervention by designated client group (Aboriginal peoples, immigrants, older workers, persons with disabilities, women and youth).

Service Delivery Indicators:

• Number of eligible clients participating in interventions by intervention type; and,
• Proportion of eligible clients 'satisfied' with service received upon completion of the intervention.

Eligible Client Outcome and Impact Indicators:

• Proportion of eligible clients who have completed their intervention, by intervention type;
• Proportion of eligible clients employed 3 months and 12 months after leaving the intervention;
• Number of eligible clients who have earned credentials or certification through participation in the intervention;
• Average hourly earnings of Eligible Clients following the intervention; and,
• Proportion of Eligible Clients who, 3 months and 12 months after leaving the intervention, indicate their training helped prepare them for future employment.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	508.5	542.4	506.1	-
Total Transfer Payments	508.5	542.4*	506.1

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A - The LMAs were established in 2008

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Pending

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: Includes employed individuals who are low skilled, and also unemployed individuals who are determined to be non-EI clients but not limited to:

• social assistance recipients
• immigrants
• Persons with Disabilities
• Older Workers
• Youth
• Aboriginal Canadians
• New entrants and re-entrants to the labour market
• Unemployed individuals previously self-employed

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Government of Canada provides the funding under the LMAs, but it is the responsibility of the P/Ts to determine the delivery of employment programs and services as well as how to engage applicants and recipients.

The LMAs enable P/Ts to design and deliver active employment programming targeted to low-skilled workers and those not eligible for programs under the Employment Insurance (EI) Act.

* Variance between fiscal years can be explained by funding reprofiles.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Sector Council Program (SCP)

Start date: April 1, 2002

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2007-2008 for SCP
2011-2012 EI part II

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market.

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The Sector Council Program (SCP) is being refocused to an open calls for concepts program supporting the development of labour market intelligence, national occupational standards and related certification/accreditation regimes. In key economic sectors to address skill shortages. This new approach will be an EI Part II funded grant and contribution program that will fund partnership-based projects and eligible recipients will be not-for-profit organizations.

Funding supports the development of:

• Sectoral labour market intelligence and labour market information products;
• National occupational standards; and
• Certification and accreditation regimes.

SCP does not use repayable contributions.

Expected results: The expected result for the refocused program is an increased capacity in key economic sectors to address skills gaps, specifically that:

• Stakeholders gather and produce high quality sector specific labour market intelligence on which to develop solutions for labour market issues;
• Workers, employers, and educators develop a better understanding of skills, occupational needs and labour market issues to support a better match between supply and demand for skills and labour mobility; and
• An increase of industry recognized skilled workers through accreditation and certification regimes.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	25.5	24.6	5.7	5.7
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	25.5	24.6	5.7	5.7

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Amendment

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016

General Targeted Recipient Group: The targeted recipients are not-for-profit organizations that represent a partnership of key players within a sector such as employers, employees and educational institutions.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Competitive processes will be used to solicit concepts and proposals from applicants from spring 2012 onward.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Apprenticeship Grants

Start date: January 1, 2007 (Apprenticeship Incentive Grant) / January 1, 2009 (Apprenticeship Completion Grant)

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011-2012

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant

The Apprenticeship Incentive Grant promotes access to apprenticeships and improves labour mobility by providing a $1,000 grant to registered apprentices in the designated Red Seal trades during the first two years/levels of their apprenticeship program, up to a maximum of $2,000 per apprentice. This taxable cash grant is designed to reward advancement in the first two years of an apprenticeship program in one of the designated Red Seal trades, building momentum for apprentices to complete their apprenticeship programs and receive journeyperson certification. Registered apprentices who completed their first or second year of their apprenticeship program in a Red Seal trade designated in the province/territory where they are registered as an apprentice, on or after January 1, 2007, are eligible to apply.

Apprenticeship Completion Grant

Introduced in Budget 2009 as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, the Apprenticeship Completion Grant provides a taxable grant of $2,000 to those registered apprentices who successfully complete their apprenticeship program and obtain provincial/territorial journeyperson certification in one of the designated Red Seal trades on or after January 1, 2009. The Apprenticeship Completion Grant builds on and enhances the existing Apprenticeship Incentive Grant by providing an additional incentive for Canadians to finish their apprenticeship training and launch rewarding careers in the skilled trades.

The Apprenticeship Grants encourage more Canadians to pursue apprenticeships and, taken together with the Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit for employers and the Tradesperson's Tool Deduction, are intended to meet the future need for skilled tradespeople that is crucial to the sustained growth of the economy. Building on the grants as announced in the June 2011 Budget, trade examination fees incurred by apprentices to become certified in their trade are now eligible for the Tuition Tax Credit. By focusing on the Red Seal trades, for which there are national occupational standards, the Apprenticeship Grants also support inter-provincial mobility.

Apprenticeship Grants are not repayable contributions.

Expected results: Apprenticeship Incentive Grant

Registered apprentices in designated Red Seal trades are encouraged to progress in the early years of their apprenticeship program, and ultimately to obtain journeyperson certification in the Red Seal trades. The Grant has been designed to meet the following objectives:

• To increase access to apprenticeships in the Red Seal Program trades by helping apprentices to cover expenses such as the purchase of tools and other materials required for learning on-the-job and travel expenses associated with classroom training;
• To encourage the apprentice's progression through the technical and on-the-job training requirements in the early years of their apprenticeship program, thus building the momentum towards certification; and,
• To promote inter-provincial mobility by increasing the number of apprentices working in the Red Seal trades and obtaining their Red Seal certification.

Apprenticeship Completion Grant

The Apprenticeship Completion Grant is intended to increase the number of apprentices completing an apprenticeship program and obtaining journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade. The Grant has been designed to build on the objectives of the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant, specifically progression through apprenticeship training and interprovincial mobility, by increasing the number of apprentices who complete their apprenticeship program and obtain journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	114.6	114.6	114.6	114.6
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments*	114.6	114.6	114.6	114.6

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Eligible recipients are registered apprentices who meet the eligibility criteria of the Apprenticeship Grants program.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: A 4^th six-week national advertising campaign aimed at promoting the Apprenticeship Grants took place between January 9 - February 19, 2012. It featured a broad outreach approach including radio ads brochures, posters, Web banners and social media press releases. An evaluation of the campaign will be conducted and will include a short telephone survey with apprentices.

Apprenticeship is a provincial/territorial responsibility. Accordingly, HRSDC continues to work with Apprenticeship Authorities to encourage apprentices to apply for the Grants.

* In Supplementary Estimates (A) 2011-12, HRSDC requested the merging of the "Apprenticeship Incentive Grant" (AIG) and the "Apprenticeship Completion Grant" (ACG) into "Apprenticeship Grants" (AG) in order to provide HRSDC with the necessary flexibility to meet a potential increase in awareness and take-up for either grant.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program (ALLESP)

Start date: April 1, 2006

End date: March 31, 2012

A renewal of terms and conditions will be sought for the beginning of 2012-2013.

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010-2011 (ALLESP Ts&Cs were continued for one year from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012).

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: The Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program (ALLESP) works with partners to facilitate the creation of opportunities for Canadians to acquire the learning, literacy and essential skills they need to participate in a knowledge-based economy and society.

ALLESP is not a repayable contribution.

Expected results: Through Literacy and Essential Skills programming, the capacity exists to deliver employment, training and assessment services to Canadians.

The expected long-term outcomes are that adult Canadians increase their literacy and essential skills so that they can participate in and adapt to a knowledge-based economy and society.

The expected intermediate outcomes are:

• Enhanced opportunities and resources for adult Canadians in learning, literacy and essential skills; and
• Enhanced literacy and essential skills integration into programming, services and policies.

The expected immediate outcomes are:

• Increased awareness of the benefits and opportunities for adult learning, literacy and essential skills among partners, stakeholders and employers;
• Improved capacity of partners, stakeholders and employers; and
• Improved dissemination, transfer and application of knowledge and information among partners, stakeholders and employers.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3
Total Contributions	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Pending

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013

General Targeted Recipient Group: Contributions: not-for-profit organizations (voluntary sector); professional associations; provincial/territorial governments and their organizing bodies; provincial/territorial institutions including Crown corporations; universities, colleges and other educational and training bodies; workplace organizations, including sector councils, unions and business associations; international non-profit organizations (e.g. OECD); municipalities.

Grants: Not-for profit (voluntary sector)

Note: Provincial/territorial governments departments and agencies are eligible to receive funding only if specified in a federal-provincial/territorial agreement or Memorandum of Understanding, or specifically approved by the Minister.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) revised the call for proposals/concepts assessment process to include greater input from Provinces/Territories. The changes included providing Provinces/Territories representatives with executive summaries and budgets of proposed projects within their jurisdictions as well as conducting conference calls to provide Provinces/Territoriess the opportunity to provide feedback on projects within their respective jurisdictions. OLES also instituted a regular cycle of meetings with key stakeholders (including P/Ts) to disseminate information and to consult on learning and essential skills issues from across the country.

The program has launched a consultation with multiple stakeholders including provincial/ territorial governments, employers, employer associations, workforce training organizations, colleges, and academics with expertise in LES. The consultation aims to solicit views of what is needed for creating a more efficient and effective LES system within Canada.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP)

Start date: May 26, 2010

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010-2011

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Skills and Employment

Description: HRSDC's Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) is a contribution program designed to (1) develop and strengthen Canada's foreign qualification recognition (FQR) capacity; and (2) contribute to improving the timely labour market integration of internationally-trained workers (ITW). Through the FCRP, the Federal Government works with its partners and key stakeholders to break down the barriers to the recognition of foreign qualifications and enhance the labour market integration of internationally-trained workers.

The program provides strategic financial support to provincial and territorial partners and key stakeholders (e.g., regulatory bodies) so they can develop tools and processes for facilitating the assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications in targeted occupations and sectors.

The FCRP supports the research and project-based activities of partners and stakeholders to develop structural changes in the tools and processes institutions and/or organizations use to evaluate and recognize foreign qualifications. The FCRP is one of the key Government of Canada initiatives that supports the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework for timely assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications across Canada, announced in November 2009.

FCR is not a repayable contribution.

Expected results: The Foreign Credential Recognition Program works with partners and stakeholders to achieve the following immediate, medium and long-term outcomes:

Immediate Outcome:

• Understanding, consensus, collaboration and commitment among stakeholders and partners on issues and potential solutions related to FCR;
• Promotion, information sharing and transfer of best practices in developing Pan-Canadian FCR processes; and
• Partnership among key stakeholders, provinces and territories to advance the FCR agenda.

Medium-term Outcome:

• Availability of tools and processes to assess and recognize foreign credentials across organizations.

Long-term Outcome:

• Standardization of Pan-Canadian FCR processes and tools in targeted occupations and other sectors; and
• Enhanced, more effective use of tools and processes to improve the assessment and recognition of the credentials of internationally-trained workers, ensuring they are fair, sufficient, timely and cost-effective.

Ultimate Outcome:

• Enhanced labour market outcomes of internationally-trained workers in targeted occupations and sectors.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	23.9	21.4	21.4	21.4
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	23.9	21.4	21.4	21.4

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Eligible recipients include, but are not limited to not-for-profit organizations, regulatory bodies, national organizations, provincial governments, sector and cross-sectoral councils, professional associations, industry associations, unions, school boards, municipal governments, public health institutions, universities, colleges, Collèges d'enseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) and consortia composed of all or some of the aforementioned types of recipient organizations.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: HRSDC will conclude the formal consultation with FQR regulatory authorities, and engage recipients through periodic conferences, as well as participate in regular Federal/Provincial/Terrirotial activities through the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) working groups e.g. the Foreign Qualification Recognition Working Group and the Labour Mobility Coordination Group.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Loans Program – Interest Payments and Liabilities

Start date: August 1, 1995

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Canada Student Financial Assistance Act (S.C. 1994, c. 28)

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Description: From August 1, 1995 to July 31, 2000, the Canada Student Loans Program operated a risk-shared loans regime with Canadian financial institutions. This transfer payment represents consolidated costs related to that regime, including interest subsidy, repayment assistance benefits, the amount of loans forgiven, risk premium put-backs and administrative costs net of recoveries on affected loans.

These are not considered repayable contributions. They are payments to financial institutions by agreement under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act.

Expected results:

• As a result of this transfer payment, students who borrowed under the risk-shared regime continue to receive in-study student financial assistance and debt management assistance in repayment; and,
• Canada meets its obligations as set out under the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act in agreements with financial institutions.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	11.1	11.3	10.5	7.8
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments
Total Transfer Payments	11.1	11.3	10.5	7.8

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Termination

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016

General Targeted Recipient Group: Financial institutions who provided Canada Student Loans to low- and middle-income students pursuing post-secondary education.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP) – Direct Financing Arrangement

Start date: August 1, 2000

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Canada Student Financial Assistance Act S.C. 24, c. 28

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Description: This transfer payment provides alternative payments to non-participating jurisdictions given that provinces and territories may choose not to participate in the Canada Student Loans Program. Provinces and territories who make this choice receive an alternative payment to assist in the cost of delivering a similar student financial assistance program.

The transfer payment also provides repayment assistance benefits to borrowers, and the value of loans forgiven according to prescribed criteria. Since 2009, the Repayment Assistance Plan has been offered as an optional program for students facing difficulty in making their student loan payments.

Finally, this transfer payment is used to ensure that full-time student military reservists who interrupt their studies for a deployment on designated operations will not be charged interest or have to start paying back their student loan while they are away from their studies and on duty.

This transfer payment is a non-repayable contribution to provinces and territories who have elected to deliver programs comparable to the CSLP in their jurisdictions.

Expected results: Post-secondary education students in the province of Québec, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut continue to access financial assistance similar to the assistance provided to students in those jurisdictions that participate in the Canada Student Loans Program.

Students in participating jurisdictions with financial difficulty are able to receive repayment benefits.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	-	-	-	-
Total Contributions	397.4	405.5	425.0	433.3
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	397.4	405.5	425.0	433.3

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016

General Targeted Recipient Group: Non-participating provinces and territories for the benefit of resident low- and middle-income students.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Education Savings Program (CESP)

Start date: January 1, 1998 (Canada Education Savings Grant)
January 1, 2005 (Canada Learning Bond)

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Canada Education Savings Act (S.C. 2004, c. 26) Canada Education Savings Regulations (SOR/2005-151)

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Description: The Canada Education Savings Program encourages saving for a child's post-secondary education savings, in Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). It is intended to make post-secondary education more affordable for families by providing the Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG), a matching savings grant on RESP savings for children aged 0 – 17. Eligible low-income families can also benefit from the Canada Learning Bond (CLB). The Program's main clients include families with children.

The program's infrastructure is also used to administer the Alberta Centennial Education Savings Grant on behalf of the Province of Alberta, on a cost-recovery basis.

Further information regarding the CESG can be found at:
Web site of HRSDC

Further information regarding the CLB can be found at:
Web site of HRSDC

Expected results: As a result of HRSDC's support for Canadian families through the Canada Education Savings Grant and the Canada Learning Bond:

• Canadian families will have savings for their children's future post-secondary education; and
• Canadian students will use these funds to help pay for their post-secondary education.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants - CESG	700.0	730.0	760.0	785.0
Total Grants - CLB	80.0	91.0	104.0	117.0
Total Contribution*	2.4	2.2	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	782.4	823.2	864.0	902.0

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Continuation

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Canada Education Savings Grant beneficiaries are children aged 0-17.

The Canada Learning Bond is directed to children born on or after January 1, 2004 and who's primary caregiver is eligible for the National Child Benefit Supplement; or an agency receiving payments under the Children's Special Allowments Act for a chlid in care.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Information on the Canada Education Savings Grant and the Canada Learning Bond is available through canlearn.ca; the Program's telephone, mail and email inquiry services and 1-800-O-Canada.

Canada Learning Bond-eligible families receive letters concerning their entitlement to receive this benefit.

* Referring to the Education Savings Incentive (Voted Contribution).

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Student Grants Program (CSGP)

Start date: August 1, 2009

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, S.C. 1994, c. 28

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Description: The Canada Student Grants Program (CSGP) provides up-front grants to students from low- and middle-income families, students with dependants, part-time students and those with permanent disabilities. This program is simple, transparent, predictable and broad-based, providing certainty and predictability for students who qualify.

Students who received the former Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF) general bursaries in past years receive transitional grants until they complete or withdraw from their program of study. Former CMSF recipients who are eligible for the new low and middle-income grants will have the difference between the amount of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation general bursary and the amount of the new grant made up with a transition grant.

While Canada Student Loans are repayable, the Canada Student Grants, announced in the 2008 Budget, provide non-repayable assistance.

Expected results: The CSGP is designed to:

• Provide non-repayable assistance in an integrated, consistent, and predictable manner across the country;
• Enable disadvantaged students to better understand and benefit from Federal programs for student financial assistance;
• Encourage post-secondary education completion, and thereby support the full participation of individuals from disadvantaged groups in the labour market; and,
• Promote increased participation and equity in post-secondary education by providing higher levels of assistance and targeting assistance to lower- and middle-income groups.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	628.7	591.3	581.9	573.7
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	628.7*	591.3	581.9	573.7

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A - Introduced in 2009

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2015-2016

General Targeted Recipient Group: Low- and middle-income students pursuing post-secondary education.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Ongoing outreach to current and prospective PSE students through multiple channels including Service Delivery Vision.

* Forecast spending for 2011-2012 has been updated in Supplementary Estimates
(C) due to higher than anticipated payments and in accordance with revised growth rate projections by the Chief Actuary.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Pathways to Education Canada

Start date: December 31, 2010

End date: March 31, 2014

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010-2011

Strategic Outcome: A skilled, adaptable and inclusive labour force and an efficient labour market

Program Activity: Learning

Description: Pathways to Education Canada, a charitable organization founded in the Regent Park area of Toronto in 2001, is the largest community-based early intervention program in Canada. The program was created to reduce poverty and its effects by lowering the high school dropout rate and increasing access to post-secondary education (PSE) among disadvantaged youth. The Pathways to Education program provides:

• Non-financial supports such as tutoring, mentoring, and counselling; and,
• Financial supports such as bursaries for PSE, and funding for certain immediate costs related to attending high school (e.g. bus tickets).

The program has proven successful in helping disadvantaged youth overcome barriers to high school completion and post-secondary education and is currently operating in eleven communities across Canada with programs in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba.

The funding provided to Pathways to Education Canada is in the form of a non-repayable contribution.

Expected results: Federal funding is expected to allow Pathways to Education Canada to strengthen its existing programming and to work with community partners to expand its activities into new communities across the country. Expansion efforts are underway, with community-based partners opening new programs in Kingston, Winnipeg and Halifax in 2010.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	6.0	6.0	6.0	-
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	6.0	6.0	6.0	-

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: The only eligible recipient of funding is Pathways to Education Canada, a non-profit organization.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: As stipulated in the funding agreement between Pathways to Education Canada and the Government of Canada, Pathways provides a series of reporting documents to HRSDC over the course of the fiscal year.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP)

Start date: July 2008

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-2009

Strategic Outcome: Safe, fair, and productive workplaces and cooperative workplace relations

Program Activity: Labour

Description: The Wage Earner Protection Program Act was part of Bill C-55, which set out a comprehensive reform of Canada's insolvency laws, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Passage of Bill C-55 was expedited with unanimous, all party consent in both Houses of Parliament. The Bill received Royal Assent on November 25, 2005, and became Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005. The Act was subject to technical amendments, which were contained in Bill C-12 and received Royal Assent on December 13, 2007. The Act and its Regulations came into force on July 7, 2008. Further amendments to the Program to include coverage for termination and severance pay were included in the Budget Implementation Act, 2009.

The Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP) is a targeted federal Program providing financial support to workers who lose their job and are owed money when their employer goes bankrupt or becomes subject to receivership under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Specifically, the Program reimburses eligible workers for unpaid wages, vacation, severance, and termination pay up to a current maximum of $3,531 (the equivalent of four weeks' maximum insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act). The Wage Earner Protection Program is administered by the Labour Program and is delivered by Service Canada.

There is no repayment of Statutory Transfer Payments, unless a WEPP recipient receives an overpayment.

Expected results: The expected result for this Program is a reduction in economic insecurity of Canadian workers with unpaid wages in insolvent workplaces.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	56.2	54.2	54.2	54.2
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	56.2	54.2	54.2	54.2

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013

General Targeted Recipient Group: All employed workers in Canada, irrespective of jurisdiction.

WEPP helps ensure that wages, vacation, termination and severance pay owed to workers are paid if their employer goes bankrupt or is subject to a receivership.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The WEPP Program engages stakeholders, including the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP) and Trustees.

The WEPP utilizes Service Canada to convey information about WEPP to Canadians. Service Canada - WEPP website: Web site of Service Canada

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Old Age Security Pension (statutory payment)

Start date: 1952

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: N/A

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Description: The Old Age Security pension contributes to the income security of seniors, in the form of a monthly payment to all Canadians who meet the age of eligibility, residence and legal status requirements. An applicant's employment history is not a factor in determining eligibility, nor does the applicant need to be retired.

The Old Age Security pension is a non-repayable contribution.

Expected results: Eligible seniors receive a basic pension to which they are entitled.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	28,751.9	30,574.3	32,248.7	34,022.6
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	28,751.9	30,574.3	32,248.7	34,022.6

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Individuals (seniors)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department undertakes a variety of initiatives to ensure individuals are aware of, and apply for, benefits to which they may be entitled. This includes proactive mailings to potential beneficiaries, inclusion of information with annual tax slips; enhancement of Service Canada channels (web, phone, in-person), outreach services directly for those potentially eligible, and discussions with other government departments, municipal governments and community service providers to identify opportunities for partnership to increase take-up.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Guaranteed Income Supplement (statutory payment)

Start date: 1967

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: N/A

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Description: The Guaranteed Income Supplement contributes to the income security of low-income seniors living in Canada, in the form of an additional benefit that is on top of the Old Age Security pension. To be eligible for the Guaranteed Income Supplement, applicants must be receiving the Old Age Security pension and have an income below a certain threshold.

The Guaranteed Income Supplement is a non-repayable contribution.

Expected results: Canada's low-income seniors have a minimum guaranteed income and receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	8,528.4	9,003.6	9,452.5	9,882.0
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	8,528.4	9,003.6	9,452.5	9,882.0

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2016-2017

General Targeted Recipient Group: Individuals (low-income seniors)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department undertakes a variety of initiatives to ensure individuals are aware of, and apply for, benefits to which they may be entitled. This includes proactive mailings to potential beneficiaries, inclusion of information with annual tax slips; enhancement of Service Canada channels (web, phone, in-person), outreach services directly for those potentially eligible, and discussions with other government departments, municipal governments and community service providers to identify opportunities for partnership to increase take-up.

In addition to simplifying application forms for GIS, a “lifetime list” was established which further enables automatic renewal of GIS benefits for tax filers.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Allowance Payments (statutory payments)

Start date: 1975 – Allowance

1985 – Allowance for the Survivor

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: N/A

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Description: The Allowances are part of the Old Age Security Program. The Allowances contribute to the income security, of eligible spouses or common-law partners of low-income seniors who receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement. The Allowance for Survivors provides benefits to low-income survivors. To be eligible, applicants must meet specific age, income and residence requirements.

Allowance payments are a non-repayable contribution.

Expected results: Eligible low-income Canadians, who are the spouses/common-law partners of GIS recipients, or who are survivors, have a minimum guaranteed income and receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	562.1	563.0	557.8	557.9
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	562.1	563.0	557.8	557.9

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Individuals (low-income seniors)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department undertakes a variety of initiatives to ensure individuals are aware of, and apply for, benefits to which they may be entitled. This includes proactive mailings to potential beneficiaries, inclusion of information with annual tax slips; enhancement of Service Canada channels (web, phone, in-person), outreach services directly for those potentially eligible, and discussions with other government departments, municipal governments and community service providers to identify opportunities for partnership to increase take-up.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) – Canada Disability Savings Grants and Canada Disability Savings Bonds (statutory payment)

Start date: December 2008

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: N/A

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Income Security

Description: This program helps Canadians with severe and/or prolonged disabilities, and their families, save for the future, through Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSPs). Canadian residents, under the age of 60, who have a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and are eligible for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), can open an RDSP. The Program provides matching grants of up to 300%, depending on the amount contributed and the beneficiary's family income. The maximum amount paid in grants is $3,500 each year, with a $70,000 lifetime limit. The Program also provides bonds of up to $1,000 per year to the RDSPs of low and modest income Canadians, with a lifetime limit of $20,000. Grants and bonds are paid until the year the beneficiary turns 49. The Program has no impact on other federal benefits, such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit, the Goods and Services Tax Credit, Old Age Security, and Employment Insurance.

The Canada Disability Savings Grant & Bond are payments to individuals under a statutory program. They are not part of a G and C program, and therefore, there are no terms and conditions with respect to repayable provisions.

Expected results:

• People with severe and/or prolonged disabilities have a measure of long-term financial security
• Eligible beneficiaries receive Canada Disability Savings Bonds
• Eligible beneficiaries receive Canada Disability Savings Grants

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	144.3	115.4	122.1	125.7
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	144.3	115.4	122.1	125.7

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A - Canada Disability Savings Program (CDSP) was introduced in 2008

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2012-2013

General Targeted Recipient Group: Individuals (persons with disabilities)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Ongoing and planned activities - to increase program awareness, understanding and take-up - include:

• a comprehensive, plain-language web site and Program brochure;
• meetings with community-based organizations;
• exhibit booths at conferences;
• information kits (paper based and electronic) to community-based organizations, provincial/ territorial income and social support offices, health care facilities and social work departments, and MPs;
• mail-outs to Canada Pension Plan Disability and Disability Tax Credit recipients;
• pan-Canadian print, radio and internet advertising campaigns; and
• contracts with non-governmental organizations to provide information sessions and one-on-one support to help address program awareness and low financial literacy.

* Forecast spending for 2011-2012 has been updated in Supplementary Estimates (B) and (C) due to higher than expected take up of the program.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS)

Start date: April 1, 2011

End date: March 31, 2014

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2010–2011

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Description: This program supports the implementation of effective, sustainable and community-based solutions to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. The HPS is a community-based program that provides grant and contribution funding to communities and service providers to create new partnerships and structures that will develop and deliver services to Canada's homeless people or those most at risk of homelessness, as well as develop longer-term housing solutions such as transitional and supportive housing. These services target individuals, families and Aboriginal people in major urban centres, rural communities, and the North. In addition, it provides funding to address gaps in homelessness research. The renewed HPS emphasizes: developing arrangements with provinces and territories to ensure a greater alignment of priorities and investments; providing greater support for rural and remote communities; ensuring culturally-relevant programming and services for Aboriginal people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; developing linkages on mental health and homelessness; increasing the relevance and dissemination of research; reinforcing accountability for results; and improving data sharing and collection.

The HPS is a TPP with non-repayable contributions, however some repayment clauses are outlined in the Terms and Conditions.

Expected results: Housing stability for homeless individuals and those at risk of becoming homeless.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	0.8	3.0	0.8	-
Total Contributions	110.1	124.0	105.5	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	110.9	127.0	106.3	-

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Amendment

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2013-2014

General Targeted Recipient Group: The following class of recipients is eligible for both grant and contribution funding for all HPS funding streams: not-for-profit organizations; individuals; municipal governments; for-profit enterprises; research organizations and institutes; public health and educational institutions; Band/tribal councils; and other Aboriginal organizations. These groups are eligible to receive funding and act as coordinators for activities. In Quebec, Health and Social Services Agencies are eligible for funding consistent with a formal Canada-Quebec agreement.

For-profit enterprises are eligible for funding provided that the nature and intent of the activity is non-commercial, does not generate profit, and fits within the community plan or identified local need where community plans are not required. Individuals, for-profit enterprises and research organizations and institutes may also receive funding to carry out research that aims to help communities understand and address homelessness issues.

Where municipalities serve as a community entity, concurrence from the province or territory should be sought.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: As a community-based and partnership-enhancing program, the HPS engages and seeks to build relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. To engage applicants and recipients, the HPS uses various methods, such as Calls for Proposals, Targeted Solicitation of Applications, Unsolicited Proposals, and Expressions of Interest or Letters of Intent.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP) (voted payments)

Start date: April 1, 2009

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: SDPP Ts&Cs were last amended in 2010-2011

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Description: The Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP) provides grant and contribution funding to not-for-profit organizations working to meet the social development needs of persons with disabilities, children and their families, and other vulnerable or excluded populations in Canada.

The SDPP has two funding components: Children and Families, and Disability.

The SDPP-Children and Families supports not-for-profit organizations working in communities across Canada to tackle local challenges that individuals and families experience in accessing participation opportunities for learning, labour market attachment, and social inclusion. In addition, the SDPP provides funding for early childhood development in Official Language Minority Communities as part of the Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality, 2008-2013.

Web site of HRSDC.

The Disability component of the Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP-D) supports projects intended to improve the participation and integration of people with disabilities in all aspects of Canadian society. More specifically, the Program supports not-for-profit organizations across Canada in tackling barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing learning, employment and social inclusion.

Web site of HRSDC.

This is a grant and contribution program with non-repayable contributions in general. Under certain circumstances provisions may specify repayment terms.

Expected results: The desired outcome for SDPP is:

Not-for-profit sector and partners have capacity to respond to existing and emerging social issues for target populations.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	16.7	14.3	14.3	14.3
Total Contributions	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	22.7	20.2	20.2	20.2

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2009-2010

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Pending

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Not-for-profit organizations, including registered charities and social enterprises actively pursuing activities in line with the SDPP’s objectives.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Information on Call for Proposals (CFP's) for SDPP is posted publicly on HRSDC's website.

SDPP-Children and Families

Immediately after contract signing, stakeholders were invited to sessions to discuss key elements of the agreement, reporting schedules, and general Q&As.

In spring 2011, 7 agreement holders addressing caregiving met to share knowledge, lessons learned, and to examine how to sustain and then scale out their projects. The stakeholders continue to network and collaborate as an online community.

Community Development and Partnerships Directorate will be engaging stakeholders, to communicate on the Directorate's social finance workplan.

SDPP-Disability

The Office for Disability will be engaging stakeholders to communicate key aspects of SDPP-D.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) (voted payments)

Start date: Original program: October 1, 2004;

Expanded Program: September 27, 2007

Enhanced Program: September 30, 2010

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: NHSP Ts&Cs were last amended in 2010-2011

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Description: The New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) was created in 2004 to enable seniors to contribute to their communities through continued involvement and volunteering, in recognition that their social participation is key to maintaining their well-being, dignity and quality of life. By encouraging seniors' participation in community activities, NHSP contributes to the quality of life in communities and to that of seniors who are an important and growing segment of our population. The program supports projects that meet one or more of the following five key objectives:

• Promoting volunteerism among seniors and other generations;
• Engaging seniors in the community through the mentoring of others;
• Expanding awareness of elder abuse, including financial abuse;
• Supporting the social participation and inclusion of seniors; and
• Providing capital assistance for new and existing community projects and/or programs for seniors.

NHSP does not use repayable contributions.

Expected results: The direct outcomes for NHSP are:

• Recipient organizations equip community members to recognize abuse of seniors;
• Participating seniors share their knowledge and experience with peers and different generations;
• Recipient organizations adopt approaches to engage volunteers; and,
• Recipient organizations have capacity to support seniors' initiatives in their communities.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	36.3	36.3	36.3	36.3
Total Contributions	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	38.1	38.1	38.1	38.1

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2010-2011

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: Amendment

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: NHSP has a broad array of eligible recipients, including not-for-profit organizations, coalitions, for-profit enterprises*, aboriginal organizations, municipal governments, and research and educational institutions.

*for-profit enterprises are eligible provided that the nature and intent of the NHSP activity is non-commercial, does not generate profit, and meets the objectives of the NHSP.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Information about NHSP Calls for Proposals (CFPs) is posted publicly on HRSDC's website. Products such as an NHSP fact sheet, brochure and Questions and Answers were used to inform a broader base of communities/eligible organizations about program enhancements made in 2010.

For pan-Canadian projects, the new twitter feature on HRSDC's website was used to further broadcast the CFP launched in 2011 throughout its duration. Additionally, an email announcing the 2011 CFP went out to an extensive list of community stakeholders and to the National Review Committee (for further broadcasting to possible interested stakeholders known to them). The Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat F/P/T Ministers of Seniors were also advised of the CFP via teleconference. A well-received January 2011 meeting of all pan-Canadian NHSP agreement holders enabled networking, knowledge transfer, sharing of lessons learned, and tools produced within the funded projects.

For community-based projects, the program area works with regions to develop a community engagement plan in each province/territory. As part of this plan, regional staff deliver community engagement sessions to explain the program, to seek new ideas and to engage potential partners, as well as to identify opportunities to address community priorities. Public notices have also been prepared and distributed to the regions for insertion into community newspapers. To promote the CFP launched in 2011, information packages were also prepared for MPs to provide them with greater detail about the program and inform them of the launch dates for the CFP, so they could promote the CFP in their own ridings.

Further, the program promotes CFPs through other departmental websites such as the Public Health Agency of Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Veterans Affairs Canada through the use of the NHSP web icon.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF)

Start date: The Program was created in 2008

The Program was revised in 2010.

End date: The program is schedule to sunset on March 31, 2013

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Small Project Component: The terms and conditions came into effect on June 17, 2010

Mid-sized Project Component: The terms and conditions have come into effect on June 17, 2010

Major Project Component: January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2012

Abilities Centre Durham: September 22, 2009 to March 31, 2013

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Description: This program contributes to the improvement of accessibility for people with disabilities in their communities. Funding is provided to eligible recipients through grants and contributions to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.

The program has the following four components:

• The Small Project Component provides funding to projects that improve the built environment through renovation, construction and retrofitting of buildings, modification of vehicles for community use and through the provision of accessible information/communication technologies.
• The Mid-sized Project Component provides funding for retrofits, renovations or new construction of facilities within Canada that house services and programs that emphasize a holistic approach to the social and labour market integration needs of people with disabilities.
• The Major Project Component provides funding for the construction of abilities centres that assist people with disabilities to have increased access to opportunities for social and economic participation in the community.
• The Abilities Centre Durham receives funding for the construction of an abilities centre that serves as a model approach to accessibility in communities. This component provides contribution funding in the amount of $15 million to the Abilities Centre Durham.

The Enabling Accessibility Fund is a grant and contribution program with non-repayable contributions.

Expected results: Removing barriers to help people with disabilities have access to opportunities to participate in their communities.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	10.0	10.7	-	-
Total Contributions	9.5	7.0	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	19.5	17.7	-	-

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: N/A - The EAF was announced in Budget 2007

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Eligible funding recipients under the Small and Mid-sized Project Components are:

• Not-for- profit organizations;
• Small Municipalities (with a population under 250,000 as per census data);
• Small private-sector organizations (fewer than 50 employees and under $5 million in gross revenue per year);
• Colleges and universities;
• Territorial governments; and,
• Aboriginal governments.

Eligible funding recipients under the Major Project Component:

• Non-governmental organizations such as community-based groups and non profit organizations;
• Small municipalities (with a population under 250,000 as per the latest census data);
• Small private-sector organizations (fewer than 50 employees and under $5 million in gross revenue per year);
• Territorial governments; and,
• Aboriginal government and organizations.

The Abilities Centre Durham is the only eligible recipient under the Abilities Centre Durham Terms and Conditions.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB)

Start date: July 1, 2006

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2006-2007

Strategic Outcome: Income security, access to opportunities and well-being for individuals, families and communities.

Program Activity: Social Development

Description: Effective July 2006 families receive $100 per month (up to $1,200 per year) for each child under six. Payments are made directly to families so that they can choose the child care that best meets the family's needs. The Universal Child Care Benefit is provided in addition to existing federal programs such as the Canada Child Tax Benefit, which includes the National Child Benefit Supplement, the new Child Tax Credit and the Child Care Expense Deduction. The Universal Child Care Benefit does not affect the benefits families receive under these programs. Further information can be found at Web site of HRSDC.

UCCB is not a repayable contribution.

Expected results: Canada's families with children under six years of age receive financial support through the Universal Child Care Benefit for their child care choices.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-2012	Planned Spending 2012-2013	Planned Spending 2013-2014	Planned Spending 2014-2015
Total Grants	2,696.0	2,747.0	2,786.0	2,817.0
Total Contributions	-	-	-	-
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	-	-	-	-
Total Transfer Payments	2,696.0	2,747.0	2,786.0	2,817.0

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation: 2011-2012

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation: N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation: 2014-2015

General Targeted Recipient Group: Families with children under the age of six.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Service Canada promotion and outreach activities to raise awareness of the UCCB through is various service channels.