Program directory · Canadian Heritage
Official Languages
- Department
- Canadian Heritage
- Program code
- BSH01 (CH)
- Core responsibility
- Official Languages
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Supports the promotion of Canada’s two official languages in Canadian society as well as the development of official-language minority communities by collaborating with voluntary organizations and provincial and territorial governments. Fosters a coordinated approach to ensure participation from across the federal government in the implementation of the Official Languages Act, and the coordination of related horizontal initiatives.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official Languages | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $3.63B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of Canadians who can conduct a conversation in their second official language. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Number of Canadians who have a working knowledge of the second official language. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Maintenance of the percentage of official-language minority communities who live within a 25 km radius of a regional/local community development organization that offers services in the minority language | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $626M, against $492M in 2021-22 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: (Cumulative) number of Canadians enrolled through the Government of Canada free mobile and web application for learning and retaining English and French as a second language. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $431M, against $622M in 2027-28 (−31%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85% | 2018 | 90% Data is updated using Statistics Canada Census, which is only administered every 5 years. | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 86% The results of the last proximity analysis noted a higher percentage of the population in this radius. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 85% | 2021 | 86.5% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 85% | 2022 | 87.3% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 85% | 2023 | 85.7% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 84.8% The slight difference between the target and the actual results can be explained by the important increase in the English-speaking population of Quebec between the two census periods. This population has increasing settled in communities that are not as well served by English-language cultural services. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 84.8% The slight difference between the target and the actual results can be explained by a strong increase in the English-speaking population of Quebec between the two census periods. This population has increasingly settled in communities that are not as well served by English-language cultural services. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 85% | 2023 | 87.3% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 85% | 2024 | 86.4% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 85% | 2025 | 86.4% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 6,200,000 | 2021 | 6,216,070 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 6,200,000 | 2022 | 6,216,070 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 6,200,000 | 2023 | 6,581,680 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 6,200,000 | 2024 | 6,581,680 Census 2021 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 6,200,000 | 2025 | 6,581,680 This result is taken from the 2021 Census. | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | 2019 | — There are no results available at the moment. This initiative is currently being developed by CBC/Radio-Canada and the solution will be only available to Canadians in Fall 2020. The first results of the Launching Phase (Number of enrollments) will be available from the Spring or Summer 2021. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 400,000 | 2022 | 97,000 The program was launched in mobile format in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and not in 2020 as originally planned. At the time of publication, the application does not yet include all the planned learning methods. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | S.O. | 2023 | — Registration tracking for the Mauril is managed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, who manages the learning platform. The targets are now set by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation independently, without the involvement of Canadian Heritage. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 5,800,000 | 2018 | 6,216,070 Data is updated using Statistics Canada Census, which is only administered every 5 years. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 85% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 87% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 6,600,000 | 2029 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $369M | $393M |
| 2019-20 | $435M | $423M |
| 2020-21 | $449M | $462M |
| 2021-22 | $455M | $492M |
| 2022-23 | $623M | $626M |
| 2023-24 | $553M | $606M |
| 2024-25 | $636M | $625M |
| 2025-26 | $632M | — |
| 2026-27 | $621M | — |
| 2027-28 | $622M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $431M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 145 | 151 |
| 2019-20 | 151 | 151 |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 149 |
| 2021-22 | 151 | 163 |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 179 |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 159 |
| 2024-25 | 176 | 171 |
| 2025-26 | 173 | — |
| 2026-27 | 144 | — |
| 2027-28 | 140* | — |
| 2028-29 | 138* | — |
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 | $368,561,899 | $366,209,182 | $366,209,182 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $435,398,291 | $433,171,082 | $435,332,444 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $449,167,574 | $450,774,850 | $452,629,085 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $454,761,725 | $454,201,158 | $438,156,424 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $622,859,750 | $536,761,136 | $437,320,462 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $552,774,917 | $457,607,688 | $451,041,083 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $636,203,624 | $628,778,332 | $618,338,676 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $632,213,812 | $619,900,280 | $620,815,324 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $620,901,513 | $621,535,162 | $430,841,947 | ||||||||
| Actual | $392,962,336 | $423,334,498 | $462,296,619 | $491,573,181 | $625,652,097 | $605,631,239 | $625,485,815 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
