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Name of Transfer Payment Program: Settlement Program

Start date: May 15, 2008

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2008-09

Strategic Outcome: Newcomers and citizens participate to their full potential in fostering an integrated society

Program Activity: Settlement and Integration of Newcomers

Description:

The Settlement Program provides services that make a difference in the lives of newcomers. These services include: language training; information and referrals; assistance matching employment with newcomers’ skills and education; and help with establishing networks and contacts in their communities.

Expected results:

The program’s ultimate outcomes are that:

• newcomers are better able to find employment commensurate with their skills and experience;
• newcomers enjoy their rights and act on their responsibilities in Canadian society;
• Canadians provide a welcoming community to facilitate the full participation of newcomers into Canadian society; and
• newcomers contribute to the economic, social and cultural development needs of Canada.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-12	Planned Spending 2012-13	Planned Spending 2013-14	Planned Spending 2014-15
Total Grants	–	–	–	–
Total Contributions	611.8	605.8	605.8	605.8
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	–	–	–	–
Total Transfer Payments	611.8	605.8	605.8	605.8

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation:

Completed 2009–10: Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada; 2010–11: Host Program, Welcoming Communities Initiative (WCI), Immigration Settlement and Adaptation Program, Going to Canada Immigration Portal

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation:

N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:

Planned: The next program evaluation will be carried out in stages. By 2016–17 an evaluation of the entire Settlement Program will be completed.

2011–12: Recruitment and Integration of French-speaking Immigrants to Francophone Communities

2012–13: Overseas Orientation Initiatives (Canadian Orientation Abroad, Canadian Immigration Integration Project, Active Engagement and Integration Project); Foreign Credentials Referral Office; contributions to British Columbia; contributions to Manitoba

2016–17: Information and referral, language training and skills development, labour market, and WCI components (as part of the Settlement Program evaluation)

General Targeted Recipient Group:

The terms and conditions for the Settlement Program describe both eligible recipients of contribution funding and eligible clients. Eligible recipients (often referred to as service providers) for settlement services include:

• provincial, territorial or municipal governments;
• not-for-profit organizations including non-governmental organizations, non-profit corporations, community groups and umbrella organizations;
• businesses;
• educational institutions (including school boards, districts and divisions); and
• individuals.

Eligible clients for settlement services are primarily permanent residents. However, they may also include some prospective immigrants and refugees who are highly likely to obtain permanent residency, but have not yet received their permanent resident visa. These include, for example, individuals who have been selected by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) pending completion of medical, security and criminal verification requirements.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients:

An open and fair call for proposals (CFP) process is the principal initiative used by the Department to engage applicants.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Multiculturalism Program

Start date: 1982–83

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2009–10

Strategic Outcome: Newcomers and citizens participate to their full potential in fostering an integrated society

Program Activity: Multiculturalism for Newcomers and All Canadians

Description:

The program objectives are to:

• build an integrated socially cohesive society;
• improve the responsiveness of institutions to the needs of a diverse population; and
• engage in discussions on multiculturalism and diversity at an international level.

The Multiculturalism Program works to build an integrated cohesive society by fostering intercultural understanding, citizenship, civic memory and pride, and respect for core democratic values grounded in our history, and by promoting equal opportunity for individuals of all origins.

Expected results:

The expected results are:

• program participants and beneficiaries take action toward increasing awareness of Canadian history and institutions; Canadian values; cultural diversity; and the cultural, racial, ethnic and religious barriers to full participation in society and economy;
• federal and targeted institutions demonstrate an increased responsiveness to the needs of a diverse society; and
• there is increased policy awareness in Canada about international approaches to diversity and Canadian multiculturalism policy, programming or initiatives increasingly incorporate international best practices.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-12	Planned Spending 2012-13	Planned Spending 2013-14	Planned Spending 2014-15
Total Grants	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Total Contributions	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	–	–	–	–
Total Transfer Payments	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation:

2005–06 (when the program was administered by Canadian Heritage)

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation:

Continuation; however, the objectives of the program were amended following the transfer of the program to CIC from Canadian Heritage in 2008.

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:

An evaluation was conducted during 2011–12.

General Targeted Recipient Group:

Eligible recipients include:

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations or associations;
• non-federal public institutions, such as boards of education, schools, colleges, universities, chambers of commerce, law enforcement and police agencies, hospitals, and other health-care institutions;
• provincial, regional and municipal governments and their agencies;
• First Nations and Inuit governments, band councils, and Aboriginal organizations;
• private sector (eligible for contributions only)—applications from the private sector must include at least one not-for-profit partner providing financial or in-kind support; and
• Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients:

An open and fair CFP process is the principal approach used by CIC to engage applicants.

As the Inter-Action projects stream will not be launching a new CFP, engagement efforts will be focused on promoting the Inter-Action Events Stream. This will be done by:

• passing out the Inter-Action postcards at various multicultural and Inter-Action events;
• marketing through different ethnic media;
• communication and sharing of other grants and contributions programs of the federal government;
• regional promotion through CIC communication campaigns; and
• promoting the Inter-Action events stream through an e-mail campaign to stakeholders and on the CIC website.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP)

Start date: 1970s (under another name; RAP in its current form implemented 1998)

End date: Ongoing

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: 2011–12

Strategic Outcome: Newcomers and citizens participate to their full potential in fostering an integrated society

Program Activity: Settlement and Integration of Newcomers

Description:

The purpose of RAP is to provide direct financial support and fund the provision of immediate and essential services to eligible recipients (e.g., government assisted refugees—GARs) who lack the resources to provide for their basic needs and the needs of their dependants.

Expected results:

The expected results of RAP include meeting the immediate and essential needs of RAP clients, as well as ensuring that: RAP services are timely, useful and accessible; resettled newcomers are linked to CIC settlement and to other government services; and these newcomers have increased life skills, knowledge and the means to live safely and independently.

The Performance Measurement Strategy will be launched in 2012–13, with indicators that will measure the success of the program in delivering outputs and achieving the expected outcomes for RAP. Key indicators include the number of clients served by RAP services, the extent to which RAP services were useful and accessible; and the extent to which stakeholders (CIC, service providers, RAP clients) report that the immediate and essential needs of RAP clients were met.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-12	Planned Spending 2012-13	Planned Spending 2013-14	Planned Spending 2014-15
Total Grants	–	–	–	–
Total Contributions	56.7	58.6	58.6	58.6
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	–	–	–	–
Total Transfer Payments	56.7	58.6	58.6	58.6

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation:

2010–11

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation:

Continuation

The GAR-RAP evaluation was completed in March 2011 and found that RAP remains relevant and services provided to GARs remain necessary. The next evaluation of RAP will be completed by March 2016.

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:

2015–16

General Targeted Recipient Group:

There are two types of eligible recipients under the RAP program: eligible clients (refugees) and service providers, who provide immediate and essential services to refugees.

The following entities are eligible recipients of RAP contributions for providing services and assistance to eligible clients.

• not-for-profit organizations and associations, including non-governmental organizations, community groups and umbrella organizations;
• intergovernmental and international organizations;
• businesses;
• Canadian educational institutions (including boards, districts and divisions);
• provincial, territorial or municipal governments; and
• individual Canadian citizens (e.g., consultants, facilitators).

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients:

CIC uses CFPs to award contribution agreements to service providers. Refugee recipients undergo an intake assessment on arrival to Canada to determine the level of support they need and what types of services they require.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada–Quebec Accord Grant / Subvention versée en vertu de l’Accord Canada–Québec

Start date: Financial compensation to the province (in the form of a grant) is based on the Canada–Quebec Accord, which came into force on April 1, 1991.

End date: The Accord does not have an expiry date.

Fiscal Year for Ts & Cs: Ongoing

Strategic Outcome: Newcomers and citizens participate to their full potential in fostering an integrated society

Program Activity: Settlement and Integration of Newcomers

Description:

The Canada–Quebec Accord relating to immigration gives Quebec the responsibility for providing reception and integration services to all immigrants in Quebec, including all refugees. Quebec receives an annual grant from the federal government to support these reception and integration services.

Objective/anticipated outcomes: An objective of the Canada–Quebec Accord is, among other things, the preservation of Quebec’s demographic importance within Canada and the integration of immigrants into the province in a manner that respects the distinct identity of Quebec.

Activities: Quebec has responsibility for the selection of immigrants and their reception to and integration into Quebec. In accordance with section 26 and Annex B of the Canada–Quebec Accord, Canada is required to pay compensation to Quebec for reception and integration services, where it is established that:

• the reception and integration services (referred to in sections 24 and 25 of the Accord) offered by Quebec correspond, when considered in their entirety, with those offered by Canada in the rest of the country; and
• those services are offered without discrimination to any permanent resident in the province, whether or not that that permanent resident has been selected by Quebec.

Expected results:

The Government of Quebec is responsible for developing and publishing its own expected results related to immigration.

	($ millions)
	Forecast Spending 2011-12	Planned Spending 2012-13	Planned Spending 2013-14	Planned Spending 2014-15
Total Grants	283.1	283.1	283.1	283.1
Total Contributions	–	–	–	–
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	–	–	–	–
Total Transfer Payments	283.1	283.1	283.1	283.1

Fiscal Year of Last Completed Evaluation:

This grant has not been evaluated.

Decision following the Results of Last Evaluation:

N/A

Fiscal Year of Planned Completion of Next Evaluation:

An evaluation was conducted during 2011–12.

General Targeted Recipient Group:

Other levels of government (Quebec)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients:

N/A