Program directory · Canadian Heritage
Indigenous Languages
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Program code
- BSG03 (CH)
- Core responsibility
- Diversity and Inclusion
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Pursuant to the Indigenous Languages Act, the Indigenous Languages Program focuses on supporting Indigenous Peoples in their efforts to reclaim, revitalize, maintain, and strengthen their Indigenous languages. Through grants and contributions, it provides support to Indigenous governments and other Indigenous governing bodies, Indigenous organizations, and other entities to implement language plans and activities aimed at increasing the use of Indigenous languages in all aspects of community life.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Languages | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $856M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Spending $113M, against $62M in 2020-21 (+82%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $164M, against $113M in 2021-22 (+45%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $225M, against $164M in 2022-23 (+37%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024 | Budget 2024 measure “Supporting Indigenous Cultures”: $290M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match). | Budget 2024, PDF page 312 |
| 2024-25 | Indicators added: Percentage of immersion activities implemented.; Percentage of Indigenous communities that have language plans. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of participants in language-learning projects who report an improvement in their ability to use an Indigenous language in interpersonal communication. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Renamed from “Indigenous Languages and Cultures” to “Indigenous Languages”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | — Due to limitations with the methodology and lack of data, a meaningful result cannot be provided. The Department will adjust the methodology in 2026–27. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | ≥ 20% | 2024 | — The result was not available at the time of the tabling of the Departmental Results Report 2024–25 in Parliament. It will be available in the next Departmental Results Report. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 90% | 2019 | 83% The statistics provided are the most recent data available and reflect the 2017-2018 result. Results are based on 4,476 respondents. | Not met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 88% The target was set in 2018-19 before any baseline information was available. As such the target became outdated. A new target of 83% based on two years of data is more realistic. This target is used in the 2020-21 Departmental Plan. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 83% | 2021 | — Indigenous organizations and communities decide the format and level of learning for participatory activities implemented with funding from the ILCP and not all activities allow participants to make significant progress in language learning. In addition, language learning progress is self-assessed, some participants may be more severe than others in their self-assessment. Given these consideratio… | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 83% | 2021 | — Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on program delivery, new data is not yet available. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 88% | 2023 | 96% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 88% | 2024 | — Data for 2023-24 was not available at the time or reporting. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | The Program continues to work with Indigenous partners to collect data on this indicator and refine calculation methodologies to increase its accuracy. Therefore, data is currently unavailable to establish a baseline and target. | 2027 | — | Planned |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | The Program continues to work with Indigenous partners to collect data on this indicator and refine calculation methodologies to increase its accuracy. Therefore, data is currently unavailable to establish a baseline and target. | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $44.3M | $46.5M |
| 2019-20 | $44.4M | $57.7M |
| 2020-21 | $65.9M | $62M |
| 2021-22 | $92.5M | $113M |
| 2022-23 | $186M | $164M |
| 2023-24 | $265M | $225M |
| 2024-25 | $172M | $188M |
| 2025-26 | $196M | — |
| 2026-27 | $176M | — |
| 2027-28 | $174M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $173M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 56 | 45 |
| 2019-20 | 50 | 48 |
| 2020-21 | 54 | 56 |
| 2021-22 | 53 | 68 |
| 2022-23 | 62 | 71 |
| 2023-24 | 71 | 55 |
| 2024-25 | 52 | 58 |
| 2025-26 | 56 | — |
| 2026-27 | 56 | — |
| 2027-28 | 56* | — |
| 2028-29 | 56* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $44,348,093 | $44,146,613 | $22,419,918 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $44,374,879 | $22,624,016 | $22,624,016 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $65,914,852 | $93,338,637 | $108,943,458 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $92,520,212 | $108,355,661 | $136,946,839 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $186,246,513 | $245,175,881 | $139,690,057 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $264,991,924 | $171,009,287 | $139,473,196 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $171,504,265 | $141,877,812 | $132,208,535 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $196,161,870 | $198,121,600 | $197,121,600 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $175,514,596 | $174,477,985 | $173,477,985 | ||||||||
| Actual | $46,494,997 | $57,690,720 | $61,981,976 | $112,969,336 | $163,770,443 | $224,912,146 | $188,352,317 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
