Departmental Evaluation Plan
2024-2029 Departmental Evaluation Plan
The Departmental Evaluation Plan describes the planned engagements to be undertaken by the Internal Audit and Evaluation Directorate. The Plan is a rolling five year instrument that is developed and updated annually.
The 2024-2025 Total Planned Program Spending represents the spending at the program inventory level and may cover multiple programs, initiatives or activities. The Program Spending Covered by the Planned Evaluation column represents spending for a specific evaluation.
| Program from Program Inventory (2024-25 Total Planned Program Spending) | Planned Evaluation in the next 5 years |
Date of planned evaluation approval |
Program spending covered by the planned evaluation (based on 2024-25 amounts as at May 13, 2024) |
Comments and Rationale for not evaluating Program or spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Program A: National Security Leadership |
Funding to Build Canada's Research Security Capacity |
2024-2025 |
$2,383,423 |
Not applicable |
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Division 9/National Security Inadmissibility Initiative – Horizontal led by Public Safety Canada |
2025-2026 |
$406,919 |
Not applicable |
|
Program B: Critical Infrastructure |
None planned |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Program is under internal review and there are no mandatory evaluation requirements. |
Program C: Cyber Security |
None planned |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Program was recently evaluated, no mandatory evaluation requirement, and there is a recent Office of the Auditor General Audit on Combatting Cybercrime. |
Program D: Crime Prevention |
Building Safer Communities Fund |
2025-2026 |
$87,146,729 |
Not applicable |
Joint Internal Audit and Evaluation of the Security Infrastructure Program |
2025-226 |
$5,688,137 |
Not applicable |
|
Canada Centre - Community Resilience Fund |
2025-2026 |
$9,661,747 |
Not applicable |
|
National Crime Prevention Strategy |
2027-2028 |
$44,293,253 |
Not applicable |
|
Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence |
2027-2028 |
$83,588,820 |
Not applicable |
|
Horizontal Evaluation of the Sex Offender Registration Information Act and the National Sex Offender Registry |
2028-2029 |
$0 |
Not applicable |
|
Program E: Law Enforcement and Policing |
Funding to Enhance Canada's Firearms Control Framework – Horizontal led by Public Safety Canada |
2025-2026 |
$2,746,855 |
Not applicable |
Memorial Grant Program for First Responders |
2026-2027 |
$57,927,613 |
Not applicable |
|
Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program |
2026-2027 |
$10,687,632 |
Not applicable |
|
Program F: Serious and Organized Crime |
National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking – Horizontal led by Public Safety Canada |
2024-2025 |
$3,206,858 |
Not applicable |
Addressing Drug-Impaired Driving and Communication – Horizontal led by Public Safety Canada |
2024-2025 |
$15,660,264 |
Not applicable |
|
Enhancing the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet |
2026-2027 |
$8,680,838 |
Not applicable |
|
Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy (Opioids) - Horizontal led by Health Canada |
2028-2029 |
$1,457,485 |
Not applicable |
|
Program G: Border Policy |
None planned |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Program was evaluated in 2019-20 and there are no mandatory evaluation requirements. |
Program H: Indigenous Policing |
Funding for Investment in First Nations and Inuit Policing Facilities Program |
2024-2025 |
$53,966,683 |
Not applicable |
First Nations and Inuit Policing Program |
2026-2027 |
$348,534,369 |
Not applicable |
|
Program I: Corrections |
Aboriginal Community Safety Planning Initiative |
2024-2025 |
$10,783,902 |
Not applicable |
Biology Casework Analysis Contribution Program |
2025-2026 |
$12,487,141 |
Not applicable |
|
Funding for the Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative |
2026-2027 |
$14,735,253 |
Not applicable |
|
Program J: Emergency Prevention/Mitigation |
Search and Rescue Initiatives |
2024-2025 |
$14,333,586 |
Not applicable |
Program K: Emergency Preparedness |
None planned |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Program was evaluated last year and there are no mandatory evaluation requirements. |
Program L: Emergency Response/Recovery |
Supporting a Humanitarian Workforce to Respond to COVID-19 and Other Large-Scale Emergencies |
2025-2026 |
$36,068,195 |
Not applicable |
Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements Program |
2026-2027 |
$550,000,000 |
Not applicable |
|
Adaptation to Climate Change- Horizontal Roll-up – Evaluation led by Environment and Climate Change Canada |
2026-2027 |
$2,783,000 |
Not applicable |
|
Internal Services |
None planned |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
No specific requirements for evaluations in internal services and we do not have the capacity to complete evaluations beyond the mandatory requirements. |
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