Details of Transfer Payment Programs

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Arts Presentation Fund

Start Date: 2001-02

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) aims to give Canadians access to a variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. It provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series, as well as their support organizations. The CAPF also supports the emergence of presenters and presenter support organizations for under-served communities or artistic practices. The expected result is that Canadians, from all regions, experience and value professional artistic experiences.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved: The CAPF has provided access for Canadians to a wide variety of professional artistic experiences in their communities. In recent years, CAPF recipients have reported an annual total attendance of more than 20 million. In 2011-12, funded organizations presented a variety of disciplines: music (73% of all funded organizations present music as part of their activities); dance (42%); theatre (44%); visual arts (16%); literature (13%); and media arts (11%).

The CAPF has helped organizations expand and diversify their audiences. The percentages of funded organizations that reach out to a variety of audiences in underserved communities are: 44% to ethno-cultural communities, 59% to young audiences, 23% to Aboriginal communities, 34% to rural/remote regions and 29% to official language minority communities.¹

The following two examples illustrate results achieved by organizations and activities funded by CAPF in 2011-12:

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia)

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, held each year in Vancouver, presents innovative Canadian and international works in theatre, dance, and music. The festival drew approximately 20,000 participants in 2011-12. With its mid-winter dates, broad performing arts programming scope and commitment to inter-disciplinary collaborations, PuSh occupies a unique place in the region's festivals. PuSh continues to demonstrate a commitment to outreach and audience development, and to engage different segments of the community in the festival, including culturally-diverse audiences, young audiences, students, First Nations and other community groups, such as Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents. They are also committed to bringing Canadian and international presenters into contact with West Coast artists and companies through the PuSh Assembly, which is an industry contact event unique to Western Canada. In 2011-12, the CAPF contributed $220,000 for the 2012 edition of the festival.

All-Canadian Jazz Festival (Port Hope, Ontario)

Port Hope Jazz Inc. celebrated the 10^th anniversary of the All-Canadian Jazz Festival in 2011 with an attendance of approximately 3,400 participants. With its exclusively Canadian roster and its small-town setting, the Festival is a unique stop on the Canadian Jazz festival circuit for artists who may otherwise only perform in major urban centers. The Festival also plays an important role in the cultural life of Port Hope and enjoys considerable community support through volunteerism and private-sector funding. In 2011-12, the CAPF provided $50,000 over two years for the 2011 and 2012 festivals.

Output: In fiscal year 2011-12, the program provided funding to 263 festivals (43%), 258 performing arts series presenters (42.5%), as well as 59 organizations presenting both a series and a festival (10%), and 27 presenter support organizations (4.5%). A total of 607 projects in 257 communities were supported through grants and contributions provided by CAPF in 2011-12.

Program Activity: Arts
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$7,025,086	$7,724,063	$10,500,000	$10,500,000	$8,577,635	$1,922,365
Total Contributions	$21,649,785	$18,618,678	$18,028,682	$17,701,682	$21,836,827	($3,808,145)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$28,674,871	$26,342,741	$28,528,682	$28,201,682	$30,414,462	($1,885,780)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($1.9M) is explained as follows:

$0.2M was transferred to the Canada Council for the Arts.
$0.2M was transferred to the National Arts Centre.

$2.3M was transferred from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2013-14)

Engagement of Applicants and Recipients: In addition to ongoing activities, such as posting current guidelines on the website, the program evaluations will be an opportunity to engage funding recipients and potential applicants in a dialogue regarding the relevance of the program.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Start Date: 2001-02

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) seeks to contribute to the improvement of physical conditions for arts and heritage related to creation, presentation, preservation and exhibition. The program also aims to increase and improve access for Canadians to performing arts, visual arts, media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays and/or exhibitions. To achieve these objectives, the CCSF provides financial assistance in the form of grants and contributions to Canadian not-for-profit arts and heritage organizations, other levels of government or agencies as well as equivalent Aboriginal people's institutions or organizations for construction/renovation projects, specialized equipment purchases and/or feasibility studies for cultural infrastructure projects. The expected result is that Canadians in all regions, including underserved communities, have access to new or improved arts and heritage spaces in their communities for creation, presentation, preservation and/or exhibition.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved: Since its inception in 2001-02, the CCSF has contributed to 1023 projects in more than 319 communities across Canada, through financial support totalling $309,724,494. In 2011-12, the CCSF contributed to 98 infrastructure improvement projects across the country. These included funding to 39 construction and major renovation projects; 58 projects devoted specifically to the purchase and installation of specialized equipment; and one feasibility study for a cultural infrastructure project, with a total of $26,624,663 awarded in 2011-12.

The following example illustrates the results of a project funded by the CCSF in 2011-12:
In 2011-12, the CCSF provided $32,200 in assistance to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is one of Ontario’s largest art galleries housing and caring for both a permanent collection of 6,000 works of Canadian Art (including works by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, and First Nations and Inuit art), as well as the Cape Dorset Collection which represents 174 Inuit artists (100,000 works on paper and 104 sculptures). This project consists of the purchase of specialized equipment that will improve the preservation of the art collection, improve staff safety in the art conservation lab, and modernize the technology used for digitizing the art collection, particularly the Cape Dorset Collection.

The art gallery and its collection are viewed by 90,000 visitors per year, including 30,000 school children. This project will provide Canadians with increased access to arts and heritage spaces in their communities for creation, presentation, conservation and exhibition activities.

Program Activity: Arts
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$2,105,630	$708,753	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$1,553,940	$1,446,060
Total Contributions	$61,549,649	$27,430,352	$22,508,613	$22,508,613	$17,885,202	$4,623,411
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$63,655,279	$28,139,105	$25,508,613	$25,508,613	$19,439,142	$6,069,471

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $6.1M is explained as follows:

$4.0M was approved to be transferred for use in future fiscal periods. ($2.0M in 2012-13 and $2.0M into 2013-14)
$2.0M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.1M

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2013-14)

Engagement of Applicants and Recipients: On-going activities, such as posting current guidelines on the website. In addition to ongoing activities, such as posting current guidelines on the website, the program evaluations will be an opportunity to engage funding recipients and potential applicants in a dialogue regarding the relevance of the program.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Arts Training Fund

Start Date: 1997-98

End Date: 2012-13

Description: The Canada Arts Training Fund aims to contribute to the development of Canadian creators and future cultural leaders of the Canadian arts sector by supporting the training of artists with high potential through institutions that offer training of the highest caliber. It provides financial assistance to independent professional Canadian not-for-profit institutions that specialize in providing focused, intensive and practice-based studies. These schools provide professional training at the highest level in disciplines such as ballet, contemporary dance, theatre, circus arts, and music (opera, orchestral), etc. It also supports some training that reflects Aboriginal and culturally diverse artistic practices. The expected result is that Canadians and the world benefit from high-quality artistic achievements by Canadian artists trained in Canada.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved:

In 2011-12, national arts training institutions funded through the Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF) reported that over 80% of their graduates were working professionally in their field in Canada or abroad.
Since the inception of the program, from 1997-98 through 2011-12, the CATF has disbursed a
total of $230,835,992 in operating funding to national training schools in various artistic disciplines.
In 2011-12, 40 organizations in a wide variety of artistic disciplines received support, with a total of $22,420,000 in contributions.

Program Activity: Arts
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$21,825,000	$22,270,000	$22,779,440	$22,779,440	$22,420,000	$359,440
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$21,825,000	$22,270,000	$22,779,440	$22,779,440	$22,420,000	$359,440

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.4M is explained as follows:

Transfers to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation in progress. Planned completion 2012-13

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Cultural Investment Fund

Start Date: 2001-02

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) aims to help arts and heritage organizations build and diversify their revenue streams, strengthen their organizational capacity, business skills and competencies, and to assist them in being better rooted and recognized in their communities. This will be achieved through four components: Endowment Incentives, Cultural Capitals of Canada, Strategic Initiatives, and Limited Support to Endangered Arts Organizations. The CCIF provides financial assistance to Canadian not-for-profit organizations in the arts and heritage sectors, foundations, Canadian municipalities, as well as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit equivalent governments. The expected result is to contribute to the long-term organizational, administrative and financial health of Canadian arts and heritage organizations.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad

Results Achieved: The Canada Cultural Investment Fund (CCIF) encourages leadership, high standards of entrepreneurial and managerial skills, and the leveraging of a full range of partnerships between Canadians, Canadian businesses, various levels of government, the broader public sector, and communities to contribute to the long-term sustainability of a healthy, competitive cultural sector that matters to Canadians. Federal investment through CCIF is delivered mainly through the Endowment Incentives component, Cultural Capitals of Canada and Strategic Initiatives.

The following are highlights of results achieved by the CCIF in 2011-12 based on key performance indicators:

Strategic Initiatives

2011-12 marked the second year of operation of this new component aimed at encouraging cultural organizations to work with partners from other sectors to pool knowledge and resources so that they are better equipped to strengthen their management abilities, to make strategic use of new technologies and to succeed with their revenue diversification goals-helping them become better rooted in their communities.

Each funded strategic initiative is led by a main applicant organization and must include at least two additional partner organizations. In 2011-12, 93 organizations formed various partnerships and shared resources, including financial investments, professional expertise, etc. to undertake 10 strategic initiatives. More than 80% of partner organizations had never worked together before. The impact of Strategic Initiatives projects extends well beyond the 93 organizations partnering these 10 projects for 2 reasons. First, for consistency, umbrella organizations were each counted as one partner even if they represented a larger number of organizations, such as the Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa and its three partners which together represent approximately 70 members. Second, the artsVest initiative led by Business for the Arts brings together hundreds of business sponsors. It is anticipated that together the 10 strategic initiatives will have a direct impact on over 2,000 organizations.

To successfully undertake these 10 projects, organizations developed a number of activities and tools, the majority of which were aimed at improving financial self-sufficiency, developing markets and making strategic use of new technologies. Projects included: cross-promotional marketing campaigns, the development of smartphone applications, leadership development programs and workshops, on-line tools and a business-sponsorship matching incentive for arts and heritage organizations.

The total amount CCIF has committed to invest in these projects is close to $2.4 million; which represents 27% of the total cost for undertaking such initiatives. This means that for every $1 invested by CCIF, close to $3 came from applicants and their partners.

In addition to new strategic initiatives in 2011-12, the CCIF invests in several ongoing initiatives including Culture Days, led by the Banff Centre and supported by its 12 partners. Culture Days is a collaborative volunteer movement in which thousands of activity organizers present free public activities throughout the country, culminating in a three-day celebration every September. The aim of Culture Days is to raise awareness and increase Canadians’ access to and engagement in arts and culture activities in their communities.

Endowment Incentives

The Endowment Incentives component of CCIF incents private sector donations to well-managed arts organizations by providing matching funds to these organizations’ endowment funds. In 2011-12, in support of applicants to the CCIF Endowment Incentives, Canadians donated close to $24.3 million to 94 endowment funds. Of this amount, nearly half (45%) or $10.9 million was donated by individuals while corporations and non-government foundations donated $4.6 million (18.9%) and $4 million respectively (16.7%) – the remainder came from other sources. In response to Canadians’ desire to invest in arts organizations’ endowment funds, the component invested $18.9 million in matching grants.

Since the launch of the component in 2001, the federal government’s contribution of $140 million has leveraged close to $200 million in donations from the private sector, for a total combined investment of $340 million in arts organizations’ endowment funds across Canada.

Cultural Capitals of Canada

Cultural Capitals of Canada (CCC) recognizes and supports Canadian communities that have a record of harnessing the many benefits of arts and culture in community life. Its objective is to stimulate sustained community support for the arts and heritage.

In 2011-12, two communities were awarded a designation, for a total of up to $3,250,000 of project funding. The 2012 Cultural Capitals of Canada are Calgary, Alberta and the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario.

Over 54 partner organizations within these communities have committed to assist their municipality in undertaking arts and culture activities during the year of designation. Partners include: private sector organizations, post-secondary institutions, arts and culture organizations, economic development associations, as well as local Aboriginal, culturally diverse and official language minority communities. Heritage exhibits and festivals, multi-media and theatre productions, public art programs, workshops and cultural planning tools are among the activities being funded - close to 90% of these activities are new and are a direct result of the CCC designation. More than half of these activities are intended to leave a lasting legacy in the designated communities.

Since 2002-03, 42 CCC designations have been awarded, some in every province in Canada, for a total of more than $30 million invested in arts and culture in Canadian communities.

Output: Through its various components, CCIF approved 97 grants and 9 contributions.

Program Activity: Arts
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$15,685,600	$19,019,844	$19,038,432	$19,038,432	$19,038,268	$164
Total Contributions	$6,599,029	$5,820,401	$6,144,273	$6,144,273	$5,395,466	$748,807
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$22,284,629	$24,840,245	$25,182,705	$25,182,705	$24,433,734	$748,971

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.7M is explained as follows:

Transfers to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14)

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2013-14)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: In addition to ongoing activities, such as posting current guidelines on the website, the program evaluations will be an opportunity to engage funding recipients and potential applicants in a dialogue regarding the relevance of the program.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Media Fund

Start Date: 2010-11

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Canada Media Fund (CMF), a public/private partnership, provides funding for the creation of television convergent digital content in both official languages and leading-edge non-linear content and applications designed for distribution on multiple platforms (e.g. television broadcast, the Internet, and/or mobile phones). The CMF focuses investments on the creation of content Canadians want and harnesses the opportunities provided by new technologies to deliver the content to Canadians where and when they want it. Organizations supported by the CMF include, but are not limited to, Canadian television and interactive production companies, broadcasters, broadcast distribution undertakings, Internet service providers and mobile communications operators. Canadians as consumers of convergent programs and creators of leading-edge content and applications represent the ultimate target group. Aboriginal communities and Francophones in minority language communities are also targeted by specific production envelopes.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved:

In 2011-12, the CMF invested $371 million² for the creation of Canadian screen-based media content, advancing its goal of producing high quality Canadian television and digital media content choices for consumption by Canadians anytime, anywhere, on the platform or device of their choice.

The CMF funds projects through two funding streams, the Convergent Stream and the Experimental Stream. Through the Convergent Stream, the CMF supports multi-platform Canadian projects that provide content on at least two distribution platforms, one of which is television. It is made up of various programs and incentives that target key activities and audiences. The Experimental Stream encourages the development of innovative, interactive digital media content and software applications. Projects funded under the Experimental Program are to be developed for commercial potential by the Canadian media industry or public use by Canadians.
In the Convergent Stream:
- 509 CMF-funded convergent production projects were supported in 2011-12 totalling 2,797 television production hours with an investment of $312.5 million;
- 310 CMF-funded television programs were sold in 53 countries and regions;
- 108 CMF-funded projects won over 208 awards in Canada and 34 projects won international competitions;
- Projects triggered more than $1.2 billion in production activity across Canada; and
- Leverage of CMF funding compared to total production budgets has increased to a ratio of almost 1:4 from 1:3 pre-CMF.
Through the Experimental Stream:
- 90 new innovative projects were supported with $33 million in investment, triggering $50 million in activity, including console and on-line games, web series, e-books, software, portals and social networks, as well as mobile and tablet apps that continue to set new standards for the industry; and
- Applications originated from every region in Canada.

Audience Share (Television)

Overall, Canadians are spending more time watching domestically produced English-language programs than ever before. In 2009-10³, full-day share of viewing to Canadian programs rose to 39% (3% higher compared to the previous year).

English market (total hours tuned of funded genres in comparison to all other Canadian and foreign programming).

Total 44%
Drama 27%
Children’s and Youth 9%
Documentary 7%
Variety and Performing Arts 1%

French market (total hours tuned of funded genres in comparison to all other Canadian and foreign programming).

Total 46%
Drama 23%
Children’s and Youth 5%
Documentary 15%
Variety and Performing Arts 3%

In May 2012, the CMF announced a new performance measurement framework which will be implemented in 2012-13 to determine audience success for CMF- funded digital media content from both the Convergent and Experimental streams. As such, data on the number of users and the amount of time they spend consuming digital media content from platforms other than television will be available beginning of 2013.

Program Activity: Cultural Industries
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$134,250,000	$134,146,000	$34,596,077	$134,146,077	$134,146,000	($99,549,923)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$134,250,000	$134,146,000	$34,596,077	$134,146,077	$134,146,000	($99,549,923)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($99.5M) is explained as follows:

$99.6M in funding was obtained through the Supplementary Estimates process and was not included in the 2011-12 planned spending.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2012-13)

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The CMF is required to conduct ongoing, formal, meaningful consultations.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Interactive Fund

Start Date: 2010-11

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Canada Interactive Fund (CIF) provides funding for the creation of online Canadian content developed by Official Language Minority Community (OLMC), Aboriginal, ethno-cultural and other not-for-profit cultural organizations by focusing on the creation of interactive cultural products and applications. Examples of projects supported under the CIF could be where not-for-profit cultural organization partners with a targeted community to develop a living history of a community which combines a blog, an interactive timeline, community photos and stories of individual members. As Canadians increasingly adopt new technologies, the CIF is needed to ensure that OLMC, Aboriginal, ethno-cultural and other not-for-profit cultural organizations contribute to leading-edge content online. This will complement action the Government has taken to update cultural programs, in particular the Canada Media Fund, which ensures the for-profit sector to create and distribute Canadian programming on multiple platforms.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved: As part of Budget 2012, the Canada Interactive Fund (CIF) was eliminated. The program will wind down in 2012-13. In total, the CIF funded 52 projects since its creation in 2010-11. In 2011-12, 18 contribution agreements were signed for a total dollar value awarded of $3,399,718.02.

Program Activity: Cultural Industries
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$8,056,875	$1,140,866	$10,770,684	$10,770,684	$7,793,151	$2,977,533
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$8,056,875	$1,140,866	$10,770,684	$10,770,684	$7,793,151	$2,977,533

*For fiscal 2009-10, the numbers shown are for the predecessor program and not for the CIF

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $3.0M is explained as follows:
Year-end surplus of $3.0M

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: When the program application guide for each funding stream is released, the Department communicates with potential and past recipients in the following ways: posting the application guide and application forms on the program website; emailing organizations identified as potential applicants notifying them that application documents are available; emailing professional associations for which members are targeted by the transfer payment program notifying them that application documents are available; sending reminder emails shortly in advance of the funding application deadline.

The Department also engages with program stakeholders throughout the year in the following ways: guiding applicants by phone and email (including toll-free phone number and program e-mail address available to applicants and recipients); attending industry conferences and holding meetings with industry representatives.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Music Fund

Start Date: 2001-02

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Fund supports activities of music creators, artists and entrepreneurs to ensure Canadians' access to a diverse range of Canadian music choices. The Fund consists of the following components: 1) Music Entrepreneur, which provides financial assistance to established firms with a track record for the creation, production, distribution and marketing of Canadian music, including touring activities; 2) New Musical Works, which provides financial assistance to small and medium music entrepreneurs for the creation, production, distribution and marketing of Canadian music, including attendance to music showcases; 3) Collective initiatives, which provides financial assistance to a diverse range of collective activities aiming to enhance presence of Canadian music artists at home and abroad; 4) Creators' Assistance, which provides financial support to professional development and acquisition of business knowledge of music creators; 5) Canadian Music Memories, which provides financial support for the preservation of Canada's musical heritage for future generations.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad

Results Achieved: In 2011-12, the CMF helped to further the Department’s goal of supporting the creation and dissemination of Canadian cultural content through:

Output:

contributions to 21 Canadian sound recording firms, 13 Canadian music publishing firms and 2 Canadian music industry associations through the Music Entrepreneur Component (MEC), all administered by Canadian Heritage;
five contributions to three third-party administrators for the delivery of the New Musical Works and Collective Initiatives (FACTOR and MUSICACTION) and Creators’ Assistance (The SOCAN Foundation) components; and
Memoranda of Understanding with Library and Archives Canada which delivers the Canadian Music Memories component.

In 2011-12:

The CMF continued to support the production of a diverse range of Canadian musical works by emerging and established artists. The MEC recipients released 130 albums in the past year. The New Musical Works component of the CMF provided production support to 299 albums. The New Musical Works component also provided marketing, touring, or showcasing support to more than 1,000 projects, contributing to the dissemination of, and access to Canadian music.
Total gross revenue reported by 2011-12 MEC recipients fell to $64.4 million, 11.5% below the total revenues of the preceding year. This was largely due to a sharp decline in revenues from physical formats, namely CD’s as MEC recipients reported sales of $22.2 million of these formats in 2011, down from $28.7 million. While physical sales decline, MEC recipients continue to adapt to shifts in the industry and consumer behaviour. The dollar value of their digital sales increased by 20% to $11.2 million and their revenue from ancillary activities (i.e. activities other than recording, production and sales of sound recordings) continue to be a growing percentage of their business, now 38% of total revenues up from 32% two years before. In particular, more record labels are earning significant income from activities like artist management, music publishing and concert production.
Canadians continued to purchase and access more Canadian music relative to music by non-Canadians, as almost 28% of albums sold in Canada were by Canadian artists. This continues a ten-year growth trend that began with the inception of CMF in 2001. During the same period, the market share of albums by CMF-supported artists, or artists supported by its predecessor program, increased from under 10% in 2001 to 16.4% in 2011.

The Canadian-owned labels that received MEC funding continued to make the transition to marketing Canadian music on new platforms, as consumers shift to purchasing individual music tracks and streaming music delivery services. While MEC-supported labels saw their sales of physical and digital albums by Canadian artists decline by 14% from the preceding year, they reported almost 25 million streams of Canadian music, a 100% increase over 2010, with over 97% of those streams listened to outside of Canada.

Program Activity: Cultural Industries
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0	$2,000,000
Total Contributions	$25,340,985	$25,800,528	$23,828,331	$23,828,331	$25,760,841	($1,932,510)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$25,340,985	$25,800,528	$25,828,331	$25,828,331	$25,760,841	$67,490

Comment(s) on Variance(s): N/A

Audit Completed or Planned: Audit completed 2011-12

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14)

Posting the application guide and application forms on the program website.
Emailing organizations identified as potential applicants notifying them that application documents are available.
Emailing professional associations for which members are targeted by the transfer payment program notifying them that application documents are available.
Sending reminder emails shortly in advance of the funding application deadline.

The Department also engages with program stakeholders throughout the year in the following ways:

Guiding applicants by phone and email (including toll-free phone number and program e-mail address available to applicants and recipients).
Attending industry conferences and holding meetings with industry representatives.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Book Fund

Start Date: 2010-11

End Date: 2014-15

Description: The Fund supports the activities of Canadian book publishers and other sectors of the book industry to ensure access to a broad range of Canadian-authored books. This support is delivered through the following streams of funding:

1) Support for Publishers, which provides funding distributed primarily through a formula that rewards success in delivering content that Canadians value. This funding contributes to the sustainable production and marketing of Canadian-authored books by offsetting the high costs of publishing in Canada and building the capacity and competitiveness of the sector; and 2) Support for Organizations, which provides project funding to develop the Canadian book industry and the market for its products by assisting industry associations and related organizations to undertake collective projects offering a broad benefit to the industry and, ultimately, to readers everywhere.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved: In 2011-12, the CBF helped to further the Department’s goal of supporting the creation and dissemination of Canadian cultural expression through:
Output:

Over 350 contributions and grants. These funds helped approximately 300 businesses and non-profit organizations in the Canadian book industry to undertake initiatives in publishing, marketing, professional development, technology-driven collective projects and other areas in support of departmental objectives.

In 2011-12:

Publishers supported by the CBF produced close to 6,500 new Canadian-authored titles (in both physical and digital format) by approximately 4,000 Canadian writers and translators, including over 1,000 first-time authors.
The CBF continues to support a broad range of industry activities across the country, including the work of 237 Canadian-owned publishers in more than 75 Canadian towns and cities which directly employ close to 3,000 Canadians. Publishers supported by the program realized an aggregate profit margin of 3.6%. These results speak not only to the economic impact of the sector, but also to its strong capacity to continue to deliver a range of Canadian content to consumers everywhere.

Support for a range of collective marketing and technology initiatives, combined with direct support to publishers helped these companies realize over $330 million in sales of Canadian-authored books in Canada, and nearly $100 million more abroad for a total of more than $430 million in sales.

Program Activity: Cultural Industries
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$405,003	$8,300,000	$8,300,000	$729,254	$7,570,746
Total Contributions	$36,001,249	$35,178,962	$28,366,301	$28,366,301	$35,308,145	($6,941,844)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$36,001,249	$35,583,965	$36,666,301	$36,666,301	$36,037,399	$628,902

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.6M is explained as follows:

$0.5M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.1M

Audit Completed or Planned: Audit completed 2011-12

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2013-14)

Posting application information on the program website.
Emailing organizations identified as potential applicants notifying them that application documents are available and underlining key program changes.
Sending letters by regular mail to recent recipient publishers with a reminder of their application identification number and upcoming deadlines.
Sending reminder emails shortly in advance of the funding application deadline.

The Department also engages with applicants and recipients throughout the year in the following ways:

Guiding applicants by phone and email (including toll-free phone number and program e-mail address available to applicants and recipients.
Emailing the program newsletter at least twice a year.
Holding annual stakeholder consultations and other meetings with applicants and recipients.
Attending industry events to improve the visibility and understanding of the program.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Canada Periodical Fund

Start Date: 2010-11

End Date: N/A

Description: The Fund supports the activities of Canadian publishers and magazines and non-daily newspaper associations to ensure that Canadians have access to diverse Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers. It is delivered through the following components: 1) Aid to Publishers, which provides formula funding to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers for publishing activities, such as distribution, content creation, online activities and business development; 2) Business Innovation, which provides project funding to print and online magazines for business development and innovation; 3) Collective Initiatives, which provides project funding to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspaper associations for industry-wide projects to increase the overall health of the Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper industries.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad

Results Achieved: In 2011-12, the CPF helped to further the Department’s goal of supporting the creation and dissemination of Canadian cultural content through:

Output:

The delivery of 905 grants and 23 contributions to magazine and non-daily newspaper publishers and industry organizations in support of a variety of publishing activities as well as innovation and business development projects, including digital publishing initiatives.

In 2011-12:

Through the Aid to Publishers component, the program supported 895 periodicals, including 473 magazines and 422 non-daily newspapers. Of these 895 periodicals, 686 were in English, 180 were in French, and the remainder were bilingual or in other languages. This included support to 13 Aboriginal publications, 59 ethnocultural, and 26 official-language minority publications. The CPF also supported 6 digital periodicals through the Business Innovation component.
The CPF recipient magazines reported revenues of over $623M and recipient non-daily newspapers reported revenues of over $275M.
With the support of Aid to Publishers, over 243 million copies of CPF-supported periodicals were distributed to Canadians in 2011-12.

Program Activity: Cultural Industries
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$56,300,000	$69,595,441	$58,015,054	$72,775,054	$69,050,046	($11,034,992)
Total Contributions	$13,892,239	$3,118,917	$1,999,544	$1,999,544	$3,626,177	($1,626,633)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$70,192,239	$72,714,358	$60,014,598	$74,774,598	$72,676,223	($12,661,625)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($12.7M) is explained as follows:

$14.8M in funding was obtained through the Supplementary Estimates process and was not included in the 2011-12 planned spending.
$0.7M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $1.4M

Audit Completed or Planned: Audit completed 2011-12

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14)

Posting the application guide and application forms on the program website.
Emailing and sending letter by regular mail to recent recipients and organizations identified as potential applicants notifying them that application documents are available.
Sending reminder emails shortly in advance of the funding application deadline.
Engaging with industry organizations so that they publicize program information to their members.

The Department also engages with program stakeholders throughout the year in the following ways:

Guiding applicants by phone and email (including toll-free phone number and program e-mail address available to applicants and recipients).
Holding informal meetings with various stakeholders to explain how the CPF works and to listen to issues and concerns.
Attending and making speeches at various industry events to improve the visibility and understanding of the program.
Updating the CPF website with news and program information.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: TV5

Start Date: 1990-91

End Date: Ongoing

Description: The international French-language TV channel TV5 is a partnership between France, Belgium's Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles*, Switzerland, Canada and Quebec. The Department of Canadian Heritage provides annual funding to channels (single-recipient program) through a contribution agreement to TV5 Québec Canada and a grant to TV5 MONDE. Funding from Canadian Heritage and the Government of Quebec enables Canadian productions to be presented both in Canada, through TV5 Québec Canada, and around the world, through TV5 MONDE, alongside a rich diversity of programming from the international Francophonie.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad

Results Achieved:

The percentage of Canadian programs broadcast on the eight TV5MONDE signals increased again in 2011, reaching an average of 10.1% compared to 9% in 2010.
TV5 Québec Canada offered Canadians access to diversified content from the international Francophonie. Content from European and African partners represented approximately 80% of the programming broadcast by the channel. The number of TV5 Québec Canada subscribers increased by approximately 100 000 to almost 7.1 million households in Canada.

Other results :

The number of households in which TV5MONDE is broadcast worldwide also increased by 2.8%, reaching more than 220.7 million (215 million households in 2010) in more than 200 countries and territories.
TV5 Québec Canada attracted new viewers. Market share results achieved (data available for Quebec only) show an increase of 9% in total viewing for TV5 in the 2 year+ demographic group (1.2% compared to 1.1% in the previous year).

Program Activity: Heritage
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$7,049,448	$7,435,690	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	$7,174,756	$1,325,244
Total Contributions	$5,093,440	$4,675,345	$4,460,900	$4,460,900	$5,306,630	($845,730)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$12,142,888	$12,111,035	$12,960,900	$12,960,900	$12,481,386	$479,514

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.5M is explained as follows:

$0.2M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.3M

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation in progress. Planned completion 2012-13.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Not applicable as only two named recipients are eligible for funding from TV5 Program, TV5 Québec Canada and TV5MONDE.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Museums Assistance Program

Start Date: 1972-73

End Date: Ongoing

Description: The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides funding to Canadian museums and heritage institutions for projects that support federal objectives for museums to ensure that Canadians have access to and experience Canada's diverse cultural heritage. The primary objectives of MAP are to facilitate Canadians' access to their heritage; to ensure the preservation, management and presentation of Aboriginal cultural heritage; and to strengthen professional knowledge, skills and practices in the management of key museum functions. MAP also supports the Canadian Museums Association's activities to enhance the professional standards of Canada's museum community. Additionally, in support of the Youth Employment Strategy, MAP helps heritage organizations, especially small and medium-sized museums, to create summer employment and internship opportunities for Canadian youth through Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations and Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage.

Strategic Outcome: Canadian artistic expressions and cultural content are created and accessible at home and abroad.

Results Achieved:

The Museums Assistance Program funded 67 projects to help improve key museological knowledge, skills and practices. A total of 1,668 youth employment opportunities were created through Young Canada Works.
The preservation and presentation of Aboriginal cultural heritage was supported through 25 projects funded by the Museums Assistance Program.
Heritage institutions The funding of 80 projects in the Museums Assistance Program’s Access to Heritage and Exhibition Circulation Fund components created opportunities for Canadians to access their heritage.

Output:

Grants and contributions agreements signed under MAP and YCW:

In 2011-12, MAP assessed 137 applications and funded 119 new projects. In addition, 58 multi-year projects that were previously approved carried over in 2011-12. As a result, a total of 177 projects received MAP support during 2011-12.

Program Activity: Heritage
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$1,774,587	$2,042,921	$4,663,680	$4,663,680	$2,368,778	$2,294,902
Total Contributions	$12,195,813	$12,146,174	$11,076,284	$11,076,284	$11,935,882	($859,598)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$13,970,400	$14,189,095	$15,739,964	$15,739,964	$14,304,660	$1,435,304

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $1.4M is explained as follows:

Transfers to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2013-14)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Updated information for the Museums Assistance Program, the heritage component of Young Canada Works and the Movable Cultural Property’s Grants program is made available on the Department’s website. When additional methods of communication are advisable, the national office provides messages for dissemination by the regional offices to reach the targeted audiences⁴

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Celebration and Commemoration Program

Start Date: 2008

End Date: 2013

Description: The Celebration and Commemoration Program aims to support or create opportunities for Canadians to celebrate/commemorate their history, diversity and achievements through a two-fold approach that includes the Celebrate Canada 11-day period culminating on July 1 with Canada Day celebrations and a five-year plan which is a theme-based dynamic approach to celebrating and commemorating significant people, places, symbols, anniversaries and events. These activities are delivered in collaboration with other federal departments, agencies, regions, partners and stakeholders. The Program provides opportunities to bring Canadians together in their communities to discover and appreciate the richness and diversity of Canadian society and to show their sense of belonging to Canada and pride in being Canadian.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

Celebrate Canada supported 1,796 projects in 2011-12 providing over 8 million Canadians the opportunity to participate in approximately 2,700 community events across Canada celebrating one or more of the days in the period June 21 through July 1 (National Aboriginal Day, St. Jean Baptiste Day, Multiculturalism Day, and Canada Day).

The Celebrate Canada Program also received 5,881 entries for the 2011 Canada Day Poster Challenge from children and youth, aged 5 to 18, creatively expressing the theme “Canada: A proud past, a bright future!”. The original artwork of the thirteen provincial/territorial winning posters was displayed at the Canadian Children’s Museum in Gatineau from June 21 through Fall 2011.

Commemorate Canada provides opportunities for Canadians to commemorate significant events or people and fosters pride and a sense of belonging to Canada. Ongoing support to multiyear projects continue to commemorate historically significant events (‘Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War’), and people (Sir John A. MacDonald) as well as plan for upcoming events (Canada’s 150th). In addition to a national commemoration project for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, support to new projects included bicentennials of Sir John A. MacDonald and the Red River Selkirk Settlement.

Commemorate Canada projects generated more than 349 events in 2011-12 attracting approximately 186,000 participants. Media exposure (print, television and radio) reached millions more Canadians through the internet, news articles, broadcasts and advertisements.

The Program’s Interdepartmental Commemorations Committee (ICC) met three times in 2011-12 bringing together representatives from 27 federal organizations to share information on commemoration activities and to coordinate the federal approach to national commemorations. In 2011-12, an average of 74% of members participated in these meetings. The five-year plan for commemorations was reviewed and updated by the ICC.

The ICC working group for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 (composed of representatives from 14 federal organizations) and the advisory committee for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 continues to support these commemoration initiatives providing advice, guidance and broader outreach. The working group on Canada’s 150th anniversary brings together 17 federal organizations for the planning of this major national celebration.

The Commemoration of the War of 1812⁵ was announced across Canada in October 2011. Engagement meetings were held with key communities (provincial and municipal governments, not-for-profit organizations, multicultural and youth communities, and private sector organizations) to provide an overview of the Government of Canada’s plans for the commemoration, including details regarding the 1812 Commemoration Fund. The 1812 Commemoration Fund has received over 240 applications and has fielded nearly 1000 inquiries from clients across the country. The Federal Secretariat continues to work on an on-going basis with 17 federal organizations to share information, leverage investments, and coordinate a government-wide approach towards the planning and delivery of commemoration activities across Canada.

The Diamond Jubilee celebration was launched in February 2012 resulting in the approval of 175 community celebration projects and 15 national commemoration projects. In addition, the Department of Canadian Heritage collaborated with the National Capital Commission to produce an exterior exhibition featuring iconic images spanning Her Majesty's 60-year reign. The exhibition, adjacent to the Diamond Jubilee ice sculpture, was viewed by 495,000 visitors. An interactive component of the exhibition invited visitors to send their own messages to The Queen on a specially designed postcard: 2,000 people, including many children and tourists from other countries, wrote notes and drew pictures in tribute to Her Majesty's 60-year reign as Queen of Canada. These postcards have been collected by the Department of Canadian Heritage for presentation to Her Majesty at the end of the Diamond Jubilee year.

In total, the Celebration and Commemoration Program generated over 2,000 grant and contribution agreements in 2011-12: 1,796 for Celebrate Canada; 6 for Commemorate Canada; 190 for the Diamond Jubilee and 20 for the Commemoration of the War of 1812.

Program Activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$8,473,765	$4,829,987	$5,500,000	$7,500,000	$5,530,620	($30,620)
Total Contributions	$49,754,485	$5,769,102	$4,994,367	$5,701,367	$8,368,164	($3,373,797)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$58,228,250	$10,599,089	$10,494,367	$13,201,367	$13,898,784	($3,404,417)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($3.4M) is explained as follows:

$2.5M in funding for War of 1812 was obtained through the Supplementary Estimates process and was not included in the 2011-12 planned spending.
$0.2M was transferred from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.
$0.7M was transferred from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No audits were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14).

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation in progress. Planned completion 2012-13

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department engages applicants and recipients by communicating program information through the departmental website and though written and verbal communication with current funding recipients and interested parties.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Exchanges Canada Program

Start Date: 2000-01

End Date: Ongoing

Description: The Exchanges Canada Program provides grants and contributions in support of youth participation initiatives that allow young Canadians to learn about Canada, create linkages with each other and better appreciate the diversity and shared aspects of the Canadian reality. The Program supports not-for-profit organizations to provide Canadian youth with a range of exchange and forum activities to strengthen their sense of belonging to Canada and therefore their sense of Canadian identity. The Program has two components: Youth Exchanges Canada (YEC) and Youth Forums Canada (YFC). YEC funds reciprocal homestay exchanges for young Canadians, and also includes the Summer Work / Student Exchange sub-component, which provides summer job opportunities for 16 and 17 year-olds in their second official language. YFC enables young Canadians to connect with one another through forums, study sessions and workshops of interest to them. The Exchanges Canada website also provides a single window to information on a wide range of exchanges available in Canada.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

The Exchanges Canada Program offered opportunities to approximately 13,000 youth⁶ to enhance their knowledge and understanding of Canada through participation in forums and group exchanges. Youth connected with other youth and learned about Canada, its history, geography, industry, institutions, communities, cultures, and languages.
Among the respondents in a recent survey, 95% indicated that their participation in the Program resulted in new ties with people from other communities, 89% agreed that they learned about Canadian cultural communities other than their own, and 83% agreed that they learned new things about Canada⁷.

Sixteen non-governmental organizations received funding to organize youth exchanges and forums in 2011-12. Additionally, the Department refined its capacity to track visitors on its website www.exchanges.gc.ca, with over 20,000 visits by potential youth participants, parents and exchange organizers between October 2011 and April 2012.

Program Activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$17,000	$100,000	$100,000	$0	$100,000
Total Contributions	$17,882,489	$18,116,151	$17,686,359	$17,686,359	$17,458,496	$227,863
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$17,882,489	$18,133,151	$17,786,359	$17,786,359	$17,458,496	$327,863

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.3M is explained as follows:

Transfers to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period. (Planned 2014-15)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Sending an invitation letter to prospective applicants to submit a funding application to the Youth Forums Canada component of the Exchanges Canada program for 2012-13. Holding stakeholder meetings with current recipients, for discussion and information sharing.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Katimavik Program

Start Date: 1997-98

End Date: March 31, 2013

Description: The Katimavik Program, delivered by an independent, not-for-profit organization, the Katimavik-OPCAN Corporation, is a national youth volunteer and training program that provides young Canadians with the opportunity to learn more about their country and create ties with communities and with other Canadians. The objectives of the Program are to contribute significantly to the personal, social and professional development of the participants; to promote community service; and to offer a diverse experience, fostering a better understanding of the Canadian reality. Groups of youth aged 17 to 21 participate in a six- or nine-month program and collaborate on projects that involve volunteer work, training and group interaction, in various regions of Canada, including French-speaking and English-speaking communities.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

In 2011-12, the Katimavik Program provided over 900 youth with the opportunity to learn more about their country and create ties with communities and with other Canadians at an average cost of $15,555.55 per participant. The Program also provided youth volunteers to 637 community organizations in 54 different communities across Canada.
Katimavik’s 24-week thematic program resulted in increased participant retention rates over that of the previous 9-month program. This was due, in part, to a better alignment with the fall and winter terms of schools and universities, leading to an easier transition for participants at the end of their participation.

Program Activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$20,411,654	$17,000,000	$16,294,320	$16,294,320	$14,000,000	$2,294,320
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$20,411,654	$17,000,000	$16,294,320	$16,294,320	$14,000,000	$2,294,320

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $2.3M is explained as follows:

$1.0M was permanently transferred to Canadian Studies Program (Action Canada) starting in 2011-12 which benefitted 17 participants.

$1.3M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Youth Take Charge

Start Date: April 1^st, 2010

End Date: March 31, 2013

Description: The objective of the Youth Take Charge Program is to strengthen youth attachment to Canada through engagement in the fields of history and heritage, civic engagement and youth service, arts and culture, and economic activities. The Program provides grants and contributions to eligible organizations in support of youth-led projects involving youth generally aged 7 to 30, which demonstrate the ability to strengthen attachment to Canada while addressing one or more of the above-mentioned thematic areas. It is expected that the Program will increase awareness among youth participants of the importance of being an active and engaged citizen; will increase relevance of youth-serving organizations for youth; and will increase youth engagement in communities. These outcomes will, in the long-term, lead to increased youth attachment to Canada and an increased sense of shared Canadian identity among youth.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

The Youth Take Charge Program was launched in 2010. In 2011-12, 23 organizations were funded and provided youth with opportunities to engage in youth-led projects in identified thematic areas: History and Heritage; Civic Engagement and Youth Service; Arts and Culture; and Economic Activities.
A recent survey of Youth Take Charge participants found that 82% of the respondents report realizing that they share a common sense of shared Canadian identity, 79% report that they recognize the importance of being an active and engaged citizen, and 67% report an increased sense of attachment to Canada.
In 2011-12, over 80,000⁸ youth will have been engaged directly in activities across Canada, including northern youth. Of the 23 projects, there were 3 History and Heritage projects, 8 Civic Engagement and Youth Service projects, 11 Arts and Culture projects, and 1 Economic Activity project.

Program Activity: Promotion of and Attachment to Canada
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	N/A	$0	$3,400,000	$3,189,340	$0	$3,400,000
Total Contributions	N/A	$319,514	$2,081,680	$2,081,680	$3,927,898	($1,846,218)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	N/A	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	N/A	$319,514	$5,481,680	$5,271,020	$3,927,898	$1,553,782

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $1.6M is explained as follows:

$0.2M was transferred to the Michaëlle Jean Foundation to match private sector donations in the promotion of arts, creativity and civic participation.

$1.4M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Start Date: September 1^st, 2007

End Date: Ongoing

Description: The Building Communities through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) program provides grants and contributions in support of local festivals and capital projects. Funding is made available to eligible stakeholders presenting arts and heritage festivals, events and activities that place emphasis on local engagement. Its objective is to engage citizens in their communities through performing and visual arts as well as through the expression, celebration and preservation of local historical heritage. The program has three components: 1) Local Festivals supports festivals, events and activities that involve the whole community and give opportunities to local artists and artisans and/or celebrate local history and heritage; 2) Community Anniversaries supports one-time commemorations through festivals or other activities that celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event; and 3) Legacy Fund supports tangible, lasting capital projects that commemorate or celebrate a major anniversary of a significant local person or event.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved: In 2011-12, the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program (BCAH) provided funding to a total of 896 arts and heritage projects, which included 757 local festivals, 118 community anniversaries and 21 commemorative capital projects, in 561 communities across the country. The BCAH funding enabled local artists and artisans, and Canadians to have opportunities to engage in their communities through the expression, celebration and preservation of local arts and heritage.

Program Activity: Engagement and community participation
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$8,399,200	$9,514,241	$14,355,000	$14,355,000	$9,612,328	$4,742,672
Total Contributions	$6,154,664	$6,476,758	$3,300,000	$3,300,000	$7,682,659	($4,382,659)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$14,553,864	$15,990,999	$17,655,000	$17,655,000	$17,294,987	$360,013

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.4M is explained as follows:

$0.3M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.1M

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation completed 2011-12.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: N/A

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Peoples' Program

Start Date: 1971-72

End Date: Ongoing

Description: The Aboriginal Peoples' Program (APP) focuses primarily on strengthening cultural identity, encouraging the full participation of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian life, and on supporting the continuation of Aboriginal cultures and languages as living elements of Canadian society. APP programming incorporates Aboriginal values, cultures and traditional practices into community-driven activities designed to strengthen cultural identity and enable positive life choices. The APP is composed of two complementary components:

The Aboriginal Communities Component supports the efforts of Aboriginal communities to develop innovative and culturally appropriate solutions to the social, cultural, economic and other obstacles that impede community and personal prospects.
The Aboriginal Living Cultures Component supports the preservation and revitalization of Aboriginal languages and cultures.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

Aboriginal Communities Component

Aboriginal Friendship Centres: The National Association of Friendship Centres received funding for operational support for a network of 115 Friendship Centres across Canada, enabling these centres to serve the urban Aboriginal population through key activities focused on cultural and social development and community engagement.

Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth: National, provincial, regional and local community Aboriginal organizations received funding for 192 projects, supported by community youth committees in 146 communities across Canada. The projects provided Aboriginal youth with the opportunity to learn about their heritage, culture and identity, to build self-confidence, and a sense of pride in being an Aboriginal person leading to better leadership and citizenship skills. Eighteen Aboriginal Youth Advisory Committees assisted in administering Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth.

Young Canada Works for Aboriginal Urban Youth: The National Association of Friendship Centres received funding that provided employment to 225 summer students across Canada, in over 124 communities that focused on cultural and social development and community engagement activities.

Scholarships and Youth Initiatives: Indspire (formerly known as the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation) was funded to support Aboriginal post-secondary students and to hold career fairs, which included 81 workshops in Yellowknife, TN and Halifax, NS attended by 806 students in grades 8-12.

Aboriginal Women’s Programming Elements: Funding was provided for 35 Aboriginal women’s projects in 25 communities across Canada that focused on cultural and social development, community engagement, and family violence.

Aboriginal Living Cultures Component

National Aboriginal Achievement Awards: Indspire (formerly known as the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation) received support to produce and televise the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards held in Vancouver, BC. Over 2,000 people attended and honoured the 15 outstanding recipients; the show was broadcast on APTN and the Global Television network.

Aboriginal Languages Initiative: First Nations, Inuit and Métis community organizations received funding for 90 projects in 68 communities across Canada to preserve and revitalize their Aboriginal languages.

National Aboriginal Day: The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami received funding to organize National Aboriginal Day events in the National Capital Region from June 19 to 21, including educational events for students and educators and performances and events for the Aboriginal community and the general public. Over 40,000 people participated in these events.

Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting: Thirteen Aboriginal communications societies were funded to produce and broadcast original television and radio programs accessible to Aboriginal peoples living in Canada.

Program Activity: Engagement and community participation
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$586,568	$582,414	$1,340,000	$1,340,000	$234,907	$1,105,093
Total Contributions	$59,040,288	$54,640,023	$55,375,899	$54,910,737	$50,283,337	$5,092,562
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$59,626,856	$55,222,437	$56,715,899	$56,250,737	$50,518,244	$6,197,655

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $6.2M is explained as follows:

$0.5M was transferred to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.
$5.0M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.7M

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2014-15)

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Posting program guidelines and application information on the departmental website.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Development of Official-Languages Communities Program

Start Date: 2009–10

End Date: 2013–14

Description: The Development of Official-Languages Communities Program has three components: Community Life, Minority Language Education and Language Right Support. The Program fosters the vitality of Canada's English- and French-speaking minority communities and enables them to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life. Through partnerships and agreements with community organizations, provinces, territories, municipalities and federal departments and agencies, the Program aims to enhance the capacity of minority official language communities to have greater access to quality education, different programs and services in their language in their communities, as well as linguistic rights support, as guaranteed by the Constitution.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

Members of official language minority communities (OLMCs) have access to programs and services in their language, in their communities.

Support to more than 400 community organizations across Canada in their efforts to promote the development and enhance the vitality of OLMCs:

PCH primarily supports a network of 131 cultural organizations, 29 community centres, 27 community radio stations and 74 community newspapers, 24 organizations for youth (under 24 years of age), and 13 parent organizations that help create an environment allowing OLMCs to participate in Canadian society.

Support to the provinces and territories through 13 education agreements that help:

close to 240,000 young Canadians living in minority communities study in their language in over 900 schools across the country
support the work of 40 minority language school boards and 39 minority language postsecondary institutions in all regions of Canada

Support to the provinces and territories through 13 agreements to enable them to offer services in the minority language, particularly in the areas of justice, health, culture, economic development and municipal services. An agreement with the City of Ottawa as the national capital.

Knowledge and integration of the responsibilities set out in section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA) and OLMC perspectives in the development of initiatives and programs by federal institutions

Monitoring of federal institutions for optimal implementation of Part VII of the OLA:

Provision of advice and guidance to 200 federal institutions
Networking between 50 institutions (4 meetings per year) and coordination of working groups on culture as part of the Agreement for the Development of Francophone Arts and Culture in Canada (7 meetings per year).
Strengthening of 10 or so regional interdepartmental networks.
Production of awareness, information and accountability tools: three Bulletins 41-42, Gateway 41, Part VII guides, Web site.
Analysis of action plans and reports on results produced by 33 federal institutions.
Production of Volume 2 of the Annual Report on Official Languages based on results obtained by the 33 designated institutions.

Monitoring of PCH programs for exemplary implementation of section 41 of the OLA.

Agreements (cooperation agreements with communities, intergovernmental agreements, Protocol of agreement with the Council of Ministers of Education (Canada) etc.

Thirteen cooperation agreements with communities.
One protocol with the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, and 13 federal-provincial/territorial agreements in the area of education.
Thirteen federal-provincial/territorial agreements in the area of minority language services.

Grants, contributions, funds transfers: More than 700 grants, contributions, funds transfers.

Support and coordination mechanisms for federal institutions, summaries of action plans and summaries of federal institutions’ section 41 records of achievement: A total of 33 action plans submitted by federal institutions.

Program Activity: Official Languages
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$6,592,172	$6,250,717	$33,322,973	$33,322,973	$6,029,022	$27,293,951
Total Contributions	$225,418,803	$217,500,489	$191,797,917	$191,502,917	$222,282,395	($30,484,478)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$232,010,975	$223,751,206	$225,120,890	$224,825,890	$228,311,417	($3,190,527)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($3.2M) is explained as follows:

$0.3M was transferred to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

$3.5M was transferred from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation in progress. Planned completion 2012-13.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: Call letters are sent to client organizations. Information is available to client organizations on submission deadlines (Canadian Heritage’s website). Negotiate agreements with provincial and territorial governments.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Enhancement of Official Languages Program

Start Date: 2009–10

End Date: 2013–14

Description: The Enhancement of Official Languages Program has three components: Promotion of Linguistic Duality, Second Language Learning and Language Right Support. The Program promotes a better understanding and appreciation of the benefits of linguistic duality while offering linguistic rights support as guaranteed by the Constitution. Through partnerships and agreements with the provinces and territories and non-governmental organizations in support of second-language learning and initiatives that foster understanding between Anglophone and Francophone Canadians, the Program encourage the public to recognize and support linguistic duality as a fundamental value of Canadian society.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians share, express and appreciate their Canadian identity.

Results Achieved:

A greater number of Canadians have a better understanding of and appreciation for the benefits of linguistic duality:
Support to close to 70 community organizations that promote second‑language learning or linguistic duality:

Over 100 Canadian volunteer organizations have been able to hold some of their activities (conferences, annual meetings, services) in both official languages.
In 2006 the number of bilingual (English–French) individuals reached an unparalleled high in Canada (5.4 million according to the most recent census). The English–French bilingualism rate in 2006 was 17.4%. (2006 Census).
Thirteen education agreements with the provinces and territories support the teaching of English and French as a second language to 2.4 million young Canadians, including over 325,000 immersion students;
Over 7,900 young Canadians (out of more than 17,000 applications) participated in a summer Language Acquisition Development Program;
Over 300 young people out of 1,000 applications got jobs as language instructors, and more than 750 found a job through Young Canada Works.

Knowledge and integration of the responsibilities set out in section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA) and OLMC perspectives in federal institutions’ development of initiatives and programs

Performance indicator:
Monitoring of federal institutions for optimal implementation of Part VII of the OLA:

Provision of advice and guidance to 200 federal institutions.
Networking between 50 institutions (4 meetings per year).
Strengthening of ten or so regional interdepartmental networks.
Production of awareness, information and accountability tools: 3 Bulletins 41-42, Gateway 41, Part VII guides, Website.
Analysis of action plans and reports on results produced by 33 federal institutions
Production of Volume 2 of the Annual Report on Official Languages based on results obtained by the 33 designated institutions.

Monitoring of PCH programs for exemplary implementation of section 41 of the OLA

Agreements:
A memorandum of understanding with the Council of Ministers of Education (Canada) and 13 intergovernmental agreements on second‑language learning.

Grants and contributions: Close to 200 grants, contributions, funds transfers.

Support and coordination mechanisms, and summaries of action plans and section 41 records of achievement:
A total of 33 action plans submitted by federal institutions.

Program Activity: Official Languages
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$655,167	$507,871	$5,599,842	$5,599,842	$480,096	$5,119,746
Total Contributions	$118,813,200	$116,302,167	$105,923,289	$105,923,289	$116,388,766	($10,465,477)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$119,468,367	$116,810,038	$111,523,131	$111,523,131	$116,868,862	($5,345,731)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($5.3M) is explained as follows:

Transfers from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No projects were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation in progress. Planned completion 2012-13.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Hosting Program

Start Date: 1967

End Date: The program was continued in June 2011.

Description: The Hosting Program is a key instrument in the Government of Canada’s overall approach to sport development in Canada and aims to enhance the development of sport excellence and the international profile of sport organizations by assisting sport organizations to host the Canada Games and international sport events in Canada. These events are expected to produce significant sport, economic, social and cultural benefits. The Program has four components:

1) International Major Multisport Games; 2) International Single Sport Events; 3) International Multisport Games for Aboriginal Peoples and for Persons with a Disability; and 4) the Canada Games. The Hosting Program offers Canada-at-large a planned and coordinated approach to realizing direct and significant benefits, from bidding and hosting projects, in the areas of sport development, economic, social, cultural and community impacts, across a broad range of government priorities. The Program is characterized by active liaison with collaborators/stakeholders and by a diligent contribution system.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.

Results Achieved:

Based on the analysis of 83 applications⁹, 62 events were selected for funding for the 2011-12 fiscal year, including International Single Sport Events (ISSE), the 2011 Défi Sportif and the 2012 Arctic Winter Games. Based on the data reports from 41 of the events hosted in the summer and fall of 2011, the Hosting Program has delivered on its performance objectives by providing competition opportunities for 2,695 Canadian athletes, 1,379 Canadian coaches and managers, and 929 Canadian officials.

The Hosting Program provided opportunities for 279 athletes who chose to self-disclose as part of an under-represented group, namely aboriginal peoples and persons with a disability.

Output:

During the 2011-12 fiscal year, there were 64 contribution agreements covering 60 ISSE events. The discrepancy in the number of contribution agreements to the number of events is due to some events being included in a Multi-Year contribution agreement.

There were 2 contribution agreements for the 2013 and 2015 Canada Games, and there was 1 contribution agreement in effect for the 2011 Défi Sportif. There was also 1 contribution agreement for the 2012 Arctic Winter Games and one contribution agreement and one multiparty agreement in effect for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games during the 2011-12 fiscal year¹⁰.

Program Activity: Sport
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$58,499,142	$23,809,991	$33,320,500	$33,320,502	$23,091,852	$10,228,648
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$58,499,142	$23,809,991	$33,320,500	$33,320,502	$23,091,852	$10,228,648

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $10.2M is explained as follows:

$6.5M was approved to be transferred for use in future fiscal periods. ($2.5M in 2012-13 and $4.0M into 2013-14)

$3.7M was transferred to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No audits were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.
(Planned 2013-14)

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation completed 2011-12.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department engages applicants and recipients by communicating program information through: the departmental website; formal written communication to current funding recipients and interested parties; and, informal verbal and written communication between program officers and current funding recipients/interested parties.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Sport Support Program

Start Date: 1961

End Date: The program was continued in June 2011.

Description: The Sport Support Program is the primary funding vehicle for initiatives associated with the delivery of the Canadian Sport Policy. The Sport Support Program funding is aimed at developing athletes and coaches at the highest international levels; providing sound technically-based sport programming for all athletes; increasing the number of Canadians from all segments of society involved in sport; and advancing Canadian interests and values in Canada and abroad. This funding is provided to eligible organizations in support of programming that supports the goals of the Canadian Sport Policy.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.

Results Achieved:

The Sport Support Program’s expected results are in three areas:

Alignment of coaching programs with Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) tenets: This has been measured based on the number of sports whose National Coaching Certification Programs have been revised by the National Sport Organizations (NSOs) to align them with their LTAD models. To date, 24 of 47 funded NSOs, who have LTAD models in place have made progress in the alignment of the coaching programs. It is to be noted that alignment work is not the sole responsibility of the NSO, and needs to be done in coordination with the Coaching Association of Canada. The alignment of the coaching programs is a long-term project and is complemented by supplementary coaching development work and other LTAD implementation work done by the NSO.
Ensuring adoption of the current Canadian Anti-Doping Program: Sport Canada has made this a condition of funding, and as a result 100% of funding recipients have adopted the current program.
Number of completed projects as proposed in domestic and international bilateral agreements: Domestically, 22 bilateral agreements were in place, supporting 73 projects. Internationally, eight projects were completed as proposed (four in Haiti, two in El Salvador, one in France and one in the Caribbean).

Output: The above results were achieved based on a total of 111 contribution agreements in place in the 2011-12 fiscal year.

Program Activity: Sport
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Contributions	$113,657,960	$146,916,885	$146,814,464	$146,180,170	$148,835,390	($2,020,926)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$113,657,960	$146,916,885	$146,814,464	$146,180,170	$148,835,390	($2,020,926)

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of ($2.0M) is explained as follows:

$0.4M was transferred to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
$2.6M was transferred from other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Year-end surplus of $0.2M

Audit Completed or Planned: No audits were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation completed 2011-12.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Athlete Assistance Program

Start Date: 1971

End Date: The program was continued in June 2011.

Description: The Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) contributes to the pursuit of excellence through its support for improved Canadian athlete performances at major international sporting events, enabling athletes to combine their sport and academic or working careers while training intensively in pursuit of world-class performances. To this end, the program identifies and supports athletes already at or having the potential to be in the top 16 in the world in their sport.

Strategic Outcome: Canadians participate and excel in sport.

Results Achieved:

The most recently completed survey (2009¹¹) indicated that 80% of athletes agree that AAP has made it possible to achieve higher levels of athletic performance.
In 2011-12, 849 currently and formerly carded athletes used tuition grants, reducing the financial barrier for athletes to prepare for post-competitive career opportunities.

Output: In 2011-12, 2,017 athletes were provided support for living and training, tuition, deferred tuition and special needs, for a total amount of $26,815,279.

Program Activity: Sport
	2009-10 Actual Spending	2010-11 Actual Spending	2011-12 Planned Spending	2011-12 Total Authorities	2011-12 Actual Spending	Variances
Total Grants	$26,107,783	$25,875,340	$27,000,000	$27,000,000	$26,886,307	$113,693
Total Contributions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Program Activity(ies)	$26,107,783	$25,875,340	$27,000,000	$27,000,000	$26,886,307	$113,693

Comment(s) on Variance(s):

Overall variance of $0.1M is explained as follows:

Transfers to other departmental programs to adjust for emerging priorities.

Audit Completed or Planned: No audits were completed or planned for the 2011-12 reporting period.

Evaluation Completed or Planned: Evaluation completed 2011-12.

Initiatives to Engage Applicants and Recipients: The Department engages applicants and recipients by communicating program information to funding recipients and National Sports Organizations, through: the departmental website; formal written communication to current funding recipients and interested parties; and, informal verbal and written communication between program officers and current funding recipients/interested parties.

¹Note: these percentages are not comparable to data provided in previous years as CAPF changed its reporting methodology in 2011-12 from a system of recipient self-identification to one of program officer classification.

²Note: CMF Data for 2011-12 is not final until the release of the CMF’s Annual Report. Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

³Note: Audience data is not yet available for 2010-11 or 2011-12.

⁴Note: As of 2011-12, the Grants to institutions and public authorities in Canada in accordance with section 35 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act are included in the Museums Assistance Program. Movable Cultural Property's Grants program results will be reported in the Museums Assistance Program's Transfer Payment Program report beginning in 2012-13.

⁵Note: Additional information is available in Section III: Horizontal Initiatives.

⁶Note: Based on final reports from recipients for 2010-11.

⁷Note: Given that the results from participant surveys for a specific fiscal year are only made available the following fiscal year in September, statistics provided here reflect the 2010-11 survey results.

⁸Note: The number of youth represents the total number expected to be reached through projects funded by the program in 2011-12. The demographic results from final reports for a specific fiscal year are only made available the following fiscal year.

⁹Note: Funding was provided during the 2011-12 for events that will occur in future fiscal years (e.g. 2015 PanAmerican and Parapan American Games), however only events and bids that took place during the 2011-12 fiscal year have been included in this report.

¹⁰Ibid.

¹¹Note: Status of the High Performance Athlete, Ekos Research Associates, 2009, p. 6.