Horizontal initiatives

Addressing Drug-Impaired Driving (DID) in Canada

Public Safety Canada

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Note: Other government departments (e.g., the Department of Justice) are supporting this federal initiative. However, they are not captured in this Horizontal Initiative table as they have not received funding through this initiative.

April 1, 2017

March 31, 2025^{Footnote 1}

The objective of the horizontal initiative is to build law enforcement capacity to enforce new and stronger laws related to drug-impaired driving.

The initiative is designed to follow through on the Government's key objectives of protecting public health, safety and security.

More specifically, the initiative aims to protect public safety on roadways in Canada by equipping law enforcement with the tools, technology and training necessary to enforce the new drug-impaired driving legislation, and by adding to this deterrence through research, public awareness and the development of evidence-based policies.

The federal partner organizations will establish and implement ongoing delivery of this initiative including policy and program development; research and data collection; national public education and awareness activities; and tracking and measurement.

Activities are organized under five key themes:

• Training Development and Delivery;
• Capacity Building;
• Devices and Processing;
• Policy and Program Development; and
• Awareness Campaign.

Governance is provided through an existing federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Assistant Deputy Minister level committee on crime prevention and policing to take stock of overall trends and patterns in DID and results of the initiative; and an FPT working group, represented by public safety and transportation sector officials and police forces that are responsible for planning and implementing a national plan of resources to build law enforcement training capacity across Canada. The FPT Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials led by the Department of Justice is responsible for supporting and developing legal policy options for impaired driving.

Public Safety Canada's Drug Policy Division provides a central coordinating role in tracking key project milestones and in reporting on the Initiative.

The Government is committed to ongoing collaboration and consultation with provincial and territorial partners. In May 2016, the FPT Senior Officials Working Group on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation was struck, to enable FPT governments to exchange information on important issues about the legalization and regulation of cannabis throughout the consultation, design and implementation of the legislation, regulations, and non-regulatory activities. Supporting FPT working groups and committees have also been established to facilitate ongoing engagement in key priority areas, including drug-impaired driving. In addition, existing FPT bodies are also considering the implications of drug-impaired driving.

$110,560,448

$22,422,184 FY 2021-22 Planned spending + $73,048,895 Planned spending from DRR 2020-21 = $95,471,079

$15,489,471 FY 2021-22 Actual + $39,244,937 Actual from DRR 2020-21 = $54,734,408

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal.

A Horizontal Evaluation led by Public Safety on Addressing DID and Community is planned for 2024-25.

Public Safety Canada:

Public Safety Canada's Drug Policy Division has assumed a central coordinating role in tracking key project milestones, reporting to federal Ministers and senior officials, as well as to Canadians through an annual report on trends and patterns in drug-impaired driving. All three Treasury Board Submission partners are feeding into this annual report.

In 2021-22, Public Safety Canada continued to administer multi-year agreements with the provinces and territories aimed at building and enhancing law enforcement capacity to address DID in Canada through the Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC). Under this initiative, the federal Government is providing new funding, announced in 2017, to:

• Increase law enforcement training in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), the refresher SFST course, and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) evaluation;
• Support the procurement of drug screening equipment approved^{Footnote 2} by the Attorney General of Canada for use by law enforcement; and
• Enhance data collection capacity and develop national standardized indicators on DID.

A key priority of the initiative is to develop a common set of data metrics and implement standardized data collection and reporting on DID. Based on data on shared indicators collated from provinces, territories, and federal partners, Public Safety Canada produced the second Annual National Data Report to Inform Trends and Patterns in DID in 2021-22. The report is available on Public Safety Canada website.

In order to continue improving the response to DID, Public Safety Canada is funding the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to conduct laboratory studies on the impacts of smoked and ingested cannabis on drivers.

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect our lives in 2021-22, and it was no different for activities planned under this initiative. Little training of law enforcement officers including border services officers (BSOs) was delivered during 2021-22, and it is likely that law enforcement interventions as well as patterns in DID were also affected by the pandemic. Nevertheless, there has been a continued increase in law enforcement capacity building through training in and use of tools provided under this initiative.

There is now well over 27,000 officers trained in the use of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) across the country, and there were 1,211 active Drug Recognition Evaluation Experts (DREs) at any point in time in 2021. Furthermore, data shows a continued increase of DREs conducted in 2021-22, which has doubled since 2018. Due to a reduction in the number of certified DRE officers as a consequence of the pandemic, there was a slight decrease in the number of evaluations conducted (5,548 in 2021 from 5,948 in 2020). However, the average number of evaluations per DRE officer rose from 4.28 in 2020 to 4.58 in 2021. There has also been a significant increase in the number of Approved Drug Screening Devices (ADSE) purchased through this initiative, with eleven of thirteen jurisdictions having procured ADSEs in 2021. Their use also appears to be increasing.

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA):

In support of reporting, the CBSA’s Integrated Customs Enforcement System (ICES) has been updated to enable reporting on enforcement actions involving drug impaired driving. The projected target is to procure and disseminate 117 ADSE devices to land border ports of entry across Canada and CBSA training sites by March 31, 2025.

The Agency initially committed to train 1,425 border services officers in the use of the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST). The SFST is a battery of 3 divided attention, physical coordination tests used to determine whether a driver is impaired by a drug and/or alcohol.

Of the 1,425 border services officers that the Agency committed to train, 716 officers have been deemed SFST certified as of the end of fiscal year 2019-20. Another 712 officers were to be trained in FY 2020-21. However, due to the suspension of the SFST training at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, all Agency face-to-face training has been postponed. This has impacted the number of frontline officers trained to perform this testing and support officer powers/law enforcement partners.

Despite this setback, CBSA policies and procedures have been updated to incorporate the Agency’s use of the SFST and written agreements with responding police agencies are being re-negotiated to incorporate the SFST process.

As part of related Treasury Board Submission funding, the Agency plans to procure oral fluid screening devices to provide BSOs with another screening tool to detect drug impairment. There are currently two ADSEs approved by the Attorney General, the Dräger Drug Test 5000, and the SoToxa Mobile Analyzer. Both devices have been evaluated for use in the CBSA’s operating environment, and procurement is being considered. Once procurement is underway, CBSA policies and procedures will be updated to support the Agency’s use of the ADSE.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP):

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all RCMP Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) training was suspended in March 2020. This training partially resumed in late 2021, and fully resumed in March 2022. Since resuming training, 133 new DREs were trained across the RCMP, and in provincial and municipal police forces in Canada.

Effort was put into expanding the training capacity of Canadian certifications sites; the Vancouver site began offering training to additional provinces, including Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

In addition, the National Coordination Office provided assistance to Northwest Territories to train the first ADSE instructors and users in the territory. Likewise, assistance was provided to the Canadian Forces Military Police (MP) to bring their DRE numbers up by helping organize a national DRE course exclusively managed by and for the MP. This pilot will provide the Military Police with the expertise and the administrative experience to run their own DRE courses, needing minimal resources from the provinces.

Kristin McLeod, Director

Drug Policy Division, Public Safety Canada

kristin.mcleod@ps-sp.gc.ca

Theme outcome(s)

Frontline officers are trained and equipped to enforce legislation

Frontline officers have the tools to detect and interdict drug impaired driving

Funding or collaborative arrangements are in place to support the delivery of the initiative

The public is aware of the risks of driving after cannabis use

The public is aware of the risks of driving after cannabis use

N/A

Public Safety Canada

$11,158,000

$50,625,000

$20,336,555

$5,454,480

$2,657,184

$527,120

Canada Border Services Agency

$7,890,834

N/A

$1,015,263

$2,992,210

N/A

$561,693

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

$6,383,256

N/A

N/A

N/A

$581,735

$377,118

Total

$25,432,090

$50,625,000

$21,351,818

$8,446,690

$3,238,919

$1,465,931

Addressing Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada

$110,560,448

$22,422,184

$15,386,228 + PS Internal Services Actual Spending

Standardized data collection and reporting practices

% of provinces and territories (PTs) adopting new data collection and reporting practices

100% of PTs adopt new data collection and reporting practices

March 31, 2021

100%

% of standardized data metrics adopted by province and territory (PT)

30% of all data metrics adopted by each P/T

March 31, 2021

100%

Completion of CBSA system updates to track DID entries

100% of system changes

March 31, 2021

100% (ICES changes have been completed)

Officers are trained and equipped to enforce new legislation

% of frontline officers trained in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, “Drugs that Impair”, and Oral Fluid Drug Screening Devices

33% of frontline officers trained in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, “Drugs that Impair” and Oral Fluid Drug Screening devices by the end of year 3

March 31, 2021

40%^{Footnote 3}

Number of border services officers trained

1,425 CBSA border service officers trained at land ports of entry by the end of fiscal year 2020-2021^{Footnote 4}

March 31, 2021^{Footnote 5}

716 BSOs are SFST-trained^{Footnote 6}

# of approved Drug Screening Equipment (ADSE) deployed^{Footnote 7}

1500 approved Drug Screening Equipment rolled out over 3 years, beginning in major metropolitan centres^{Footnote 8}

March 31, 2021

519^{Footnote 9}

# of officers trained as Drug Recognition Experts

130-150 New Drug Recognition Experts trained in each year of the initiative^{Footnote 10}

March 31, 2022

39 certification in 2021^{Footnote 11}

% of frontline officers satisfied with the training

80% of officers surveyed are satisfied with the training

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 12}

Well-informed public on the risks, dangers and consequences associated with drug-impaired driving (i.e., deterrent effect)

Campaign Objectives – Awareness, attitudes and behaviors

Reduce the number of Canadians who believe that driving under the influence of cannabis is acceptable by 5%.

March 31, 2022

82% of Canadians surveyed said they do not see driving under the influence of cannabis as acceptable, an increase from 79% in 2017.^{Footnote 13}

Reduce the percentage of Canadians who say they would be likely to accept a ride from someone under the influence of cannabis in the future by 5%.

March 31, 2022

Canadian Cannabis Survey 2021:

22% of people reported having ever been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had recently used cannabis, unchanged from 2020^{Footnote 14}

Reduced number of drug-impaired drivers, creating safer roads in Canada.

Trends in the % of respondents to the Canadian Cannabis Survey (and other emerging surveys) who consumed a drug and drove

10% reduction below adjusted baseline in survey respondents who consumed a drug and drove

March 31, 2021

Canadian Cannabis Survey 2021:

21% of those who used cannabis in the past 12 months reported ever driving within two hours of smoking or vaporizing cannabis – down from 26% in 2019^{Footnote 15}.

Trends in the % of respondents to the Canadian Cannabis Survey (and other emerging surveys) who were passengers of drivers who consumed drugs

10% reduction below adjusted baseline in survey respondents who were passengers of drivers who consumed drugs

March 31, 2021

Canadian Cannabis Survey 2021:

22% of respondents reported having been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had recently used cannabis^{Footnote 16}

% of fatal accidents with drivers who test positive for any drug

10% reduction below adjusted baseline in number of fatal accidents with drivers who test positive for any drug

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 17}

% of injuries from accidents where drivers test positive for drugs

10% reduction below adjusted baseline in number of injuries from accidents where drivers test positive for any drug

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 18}

Number of referrals by CBSA to police of jurisdiction

10% increase above baseline by 2021 (adjusted baseline to be established by year 2020)^{Footnote 19}

March 31,2021^{Footnote 20}

25% increase from baseline 2020-21

Training Development and Delivery

$25,432,090

$4,701,707

$6,983,334

The officers are trained and equipped to enforce legislation

% of frontline officers trained in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing

33% of frontline officers

March 31, 2025

40%

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Training and Development Delivery

$11,158,000

$2,046,874

$1,763,617

Provinces and territories (PTs) are able to send frontline police officers to training sessions for Standard Field Sobriety Testing, “Introduction to Drug-Impaired Driving” and Oral Fluid Drug Screening Devices

Number (#) of training sessions for Standard Field Sobriety Testing, “Introduction to Drug-Impaired Driving” and Oral Fluid Drug Screening Devices

5 training sessions for Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, “Drugs that Impair”, and Oral Fluid Drug Screening Devices

March 31, 2021

5

PTs increase the number of certified Drug Recognition Experts in their jurisdiction

Number (#) of Drug Recognition Experts certified

500 Drug Recognition Experts certified

March 31, 2023

1,211 certified DRE in Canada^{Footnote 21}

Impaired driving curriculum is taught in police colleges

Percent (%) of police colleges to incorporate impaired driving into curriculum

50% of police colleges incorporate impaired driving into curriculum

March 31, 2023

100%^{Footnote 22}

Internal Services

N/A

$527,120

$103,233

$103,233

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Canada Border Services Agency

Force Generation^{Footnote 23}

Training and Development Delivery

$2,711,137

$1,177,181

$11,558

New training, curriculum and course development for enforcement actions at ports of entry related to drug-impaired driving (or vehicle operation) at Canada's borders

Completion of material and pilot course by end 2018

Completion of material and pilot course by end 2018

March 31, 2019^{Footnote 24}

Training material is completed^{Footnote 25}

Traveller Facilitation and Compliance Program

Training and Development Delivery

$4,976,718

$0

$0

Buildings and Equipment

Training and Development Delivery

$202,979

$37,726

$37,736

Officers trained and equipped to enforce new legislation

Percent (%) of Border Services Officers at land (marine) ports of entry trained in SFST

30% by end of year 2021

March 31, 2021^{Footnote 26}

716 BSOs are SFST-trained^{Footnote 27}

Reduced number of drug-impaired drivers at land (and marine) ports of entry, improving public safety

Number (#) of suspect ted drug-impaired drivers intercepted at land ports of entry

10% decrease below adjusted baseline by year 2021^{Footnote 28}

March 31, 2021

25% increase from FY 2020-21^{Footnote 29}

Internal Services

N/A

$561,693

$99,200

$99,200

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Sub-Program 1.1.1.: Contract Policing

Training Development and Delivery

$6,383,256

$1,439,926

$5,170,423

Training materials that follow the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) guidelines are developed

Percent (%) of training materials follow IACP guidelines

100%

March 31, 2022

100%^{Footnote 30}

Training following the IACP guidelines is delivered

Number (#) of sessions delivered

Up to 11 DRE certification sessions by year 2

March 31, 2022

5 DRE certification sessions were held in 2021-22^{Footnote 31}

Trained officers are satisfied with the materials and sessions on Drug Recognition Expert evaluations

Percent (%) of participants find the training materials and sessions on Drug Recognition Expert evaluations meet their needs

80%

March 31, 2022

100%

Internal Services

N/A

$345,619

$60,639

$55,826

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Capacity Building

$50,625,000

$10,750,024

$5,164,885

Provinces and territories implement dedicated trainers and data analysts for drug-impaired driving

Number (#) of dedicated trainers

Up to 83 dedicated trainers in Canada

March 31, 2025

167^{Footnote 32}

Canadians are well informed of the occurrences and enforcement actions taken by law enforcement and the policies developed to better detect and deter drug-impaired drivers

% of provinces and territories that have a dedicated data analyst

100%

March 31, 2021

100%

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Capacity Building

$50,625,000

$10,750,024

$5,164,885

Provinces and territories implement dedicated trainers and data analysts for drug-impaired driving

Number (#) of dedicated trainers

Up to 83 dedicated trainers in Canada

March 31, 2021

21^{Footnote 33}

Canadians are well informed of the occurrences and enforcement actions taken by law enforcement and the policies developed to better detect and deter drug-impaired drivers

Percent (%) of provinces and territories that have a dedicated data analyst

100%

March 31, 2021

100%

Devices and Processing

$21,351,818

$4,802,635

$1,480,767

Frontline officers have the tools to detect and interdict drug impaired driving

Number of training sessions delivered on ADSE, SFST and DRE

TBD^{Footnote 34}

March 31, 2025

N∕A^{Footnote 35}

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Devices and Processing

$20,336,555

$3,839,550

$1,470,757

Devices are submitted for testing against the standards

Number (#) of devices received for testing against the standards^{Footnote 36}

N/A^{Footnote 37}

N/A^{Footnote 38}

N/A^{Footnote 39}

Devices are screened

Number (#) of devices that meet standards

Police services are able to choose from multiple approved devices

March 31, 2021

2

Purchase of devices and swabs

Percent (%) of frontline officers who have access to oral fluid drug screening devices

15% of frontline officers have access to oral fluid drug screening devices by year 5

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 40}

Canada Border Services Agency

Traveller Facilitation and Compliance Program

Devices and processing

$1,015,263

$963,085

$10,010

Devices are deployed to all land ports of entry to help interdict drug-impaired drivers

Number (#) of devices and swabs procured and disseminated

117 devices procured and disseminated to all land ports of entry

March 31, 2022^{Footnote 41}

0^{Footnote 42}

Policy and Program Development

$8,446,690

$1,410,926

$1,386,229

Funding or collaborative arrangements are in place to support the delivery of the initiative

All PTs and police jurisdictions have signed funding agreements or collaborative arrangements

100%

March 31, 2021

100%

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Policy and Program Development

$5,454,480

$905,766

$1,223,098^{Footnote 43}

Provinces and territories collect and report data as per their contribution agreement

Percent (%) of province and territories adhering to data collection and reporting practices set out in the contribution agreements

100%

March 31, 2021

100%

Evidence-based information on drug-impaired driving and impairment

Number (#) of research projects on impairment

2 research products

March 31, 2023

100%

Number (#) of information notes providing advice

4 information notes per year

March 31, 2022

100%

Canada Border Services Agency

Traveller Facilitation and Compliance Program

Policy and Program Development

$2,992,210

$505,160

$163,131

CBSA has developed the necessary policies and procedures to support the Border Services Officers including Written Collaborative Arrangements with various police agencies

Percent (%) of police jurisdictions for which Written Collaborative Arrangements are signed (jurisdictions signed vs. total number of jurisdictions)

100%

March 31, 2020

80% of Written Collaborative Arrangements (WCAs) are signed with our responding police agencies^{Footnote 44}

CBSA has access to reliable data on drug-impaired driving

Number (#) of drug-impaired driving offences recorded in CBSA Integrated Customs Enforcement System

10% increase above baseline by 2021^{Footnote 45}

March 31, 2021

25% increase from FY 2020-21

Awareness Campaign

$3,238,919

$483,585

$206,504

The public is aware of the risks of driving after cannabis use

Percent Canadians who report driving within two hours of cannabis use

10% below 2018 baseline^{Footnote 46}

March 31, 2021

20.6% (24% below 2018 baseline)

Public Safety Canada

Crime Prevention

Public Awareness Campaign

$2,657,184

$368,238

$147,593

The public is aware of the available Canada.ca/Cannabis materials

Percent (%) of web traffic on Canada.ca/Cannabis

Years 1-2: 25% increase in web traffic

Years 3-4: 50% increase in web traffic

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 47}

Raise awareness among Canadian youth that drug-impaired driving is dangerous, illegal and socially unacceptable

Percent (%) of Canadian youth that believe cannabis impairs one's ability to drive

Increase percentage by 5%

March 31, 2021

85% of 16-24 year old agree with the statement “using cannabis impairs one’s ability to drive or operate a vehicle”, up from 84% in 2020, and 77% in 2017

Increase the percentage of parents who have discussed drug-impaired driving with their youth

Percent (%) of parents who have discussed driving while under the influence of cannabis with their children

Increase percentage by 5%

March 31, 2022

76% of parents of young people 16 to 24 report they have discussed driving under the influence of cannabis with their children, up from 74% in 2017^{Footnote 48}.

Percent (%) of parents who have used materials from the Public Awareness Campaign with their children

TBD^{Footnote 49}

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 50}

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Sub-Program 1.1.1: Contract Policing

Public Awareness Campaign

$581,735

$115,347

$58,911

Youth are engaged in RCMP-led public awareness activities, in support of the Public Safety-led drug-impaired driving public awareness campaign

Number (#) of consultation sessions with youth by the RCMP Contract and Aboriginal Policing unit to discuss drug-impaired dangers and risks

N/A^{Footnote 51}

March 31, 2022

0^{Footnote 52}

Awareness products on the dangers of drug-impaired driving are developed

Number (#) of awareness products developed by the RCMP related to the dangers of drug-impaired driving

N/A^{Footnote 53}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 54}

RCMP awareness products are informative and helpful

Percent (%) of consulted youth who strongly agreed or agreed that the RCMP awareness products of drug-impaired driving were informative and helpful

80% of consulted youth strongly agree or agree that the RCMP awareness products of drug-impaired driving were informative and helpful

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 55}

Internal Services

N/A

$31,499

$10,235

$9,493

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Training Development and Delivery

$25,432,090

$4,701,707

$6,983,324

Capacity Building

$50,625,000

$10,750,024

$5,164,885

Devices and Processing

$21,351,818

$4,802,635

$1,480,767

Policy and Program Development

$8,446,690

$1,809,213

$1,386,229

Awareness Campaign

$3,238,919

$483,585

$206,504

Subtotal, all themes

$109,094,517

$22,148,877

$15,221,719

Internal Services

$1,465,931

$273,307

$267,752

Total, all themes

$110,560,448

$22,422,184

$15,489,471

An Emergency Management Strategy for Ensuring Better Disaster Management in Canada

Public Safety Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Indigenous Services Canada

Natural Resources Canada

2019–20

2023–24 (and ongoing for certain initiatives)

Natural disasters are a growing threat to the safety and economic stability of Canadian communities. The increasing frequency and severity of disaster events, particularly flooding, wildland fires, and earthquakes, can be attributed to a multitude of factors, including Canada's changing climate, unsustainable development, and increasing urbanization. The correlative increase in post-disaster costs highlights the need to find innovative and sustainable ways to reduce disaster risks, and to strike an improved balance of responsibility for disaster costs across society.

Various governance structures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight and accountabilities for this horizontal initiative, including the Director General Emergency Management Committee (DG-EMC), in addition to working-level committees.

DG-EMC is chaired by Public Safety Canada and meets on a regular basis. DG-EMC provides direction to working groups and serves as a permanent governance committee for federal emergency management oversight. DG National Risk Profile (NRP), chaired at the DG level, normally meets on a monthly basis. The DG NRP provides guidance on the development of the NRP, including report development, stakeholder engagement and methodology.

$162,006,374 with $9,275,500 ongoing

$94,188,927

$84,409,630

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

Public Safety Canada

Emergency Management Strategy for Canada (EM Strategy)

In 2021-22, Public Safety Canada supported Strategic Objective 1 of the Emergency Management Strategy for Canada: Toward a Resilient 2030 (EM Strategy) by continuing to work closely with partners to develop a federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Action Plan to advance the implementation of the EM Strategy.

Throughout 2021-22, as federal lead, Public Safety Canada, alongside provinces and territories (PTs) through the Senior Officials Responsible for Emergency Management (SOREM) table, successfully co-drafted the 2021-22 FPT EM Strategy Interim Action Plan. A FPT working group was convened to support this process.

On March 17, 2022, FPT Ministers responsible for EM approved the 2021-22 Interim Action Plan and the document was published online on the Public Safety Canada website. This Interim Action Plan, the first in a series of action plans to 2030, advances defined outcomes within the EM Strategy and demonstrates concrete steps that FPT governments, and respective emergency management partners, intend to take to advance resilience to disasters. The Interim Action Plan includes the five strategic actions and associated outcomes that FPT governments are seeking to achieve to support the implementation of the EM Strategy.

National Risk Profile (NRP):

Public Safety Canada continued to lead the development of the NRP and further advanced approaches to risk and capability assessments, including through external engagement with PTs, Indigenous organizations and communities, and other subject matter expert participants. Stakeholders were identified through engagement with PTs and other federal departments. A series of twelve virtual risk assessment sessions was conducted in early Spring 2021; these sessions collected qualitative and quantitative data from whole-of-society subject matter experts regarding the potential impacts on people, social functions, the economy, the environment, and government. The hazards and associated risks discussed in these sessions included earthquakes, wildfires, and floods. The negative impacts of risk drivers which may potentially arise over the next three decades, such as climate change and population growth in existing risk areas, were also considered. These sessions strengthened inter-agency and inter-jurisdictional linkages and collaboration. Through the risk assessment process, Public Safety Canada continued to refine the All-Hazards Risk Assessment methodology.

To examine Canada’s emergency management (EM) capabilities, Public Safety Canada coordinated a series of whole-of-society virtual capabilities assessments, using the Canadian Core Capabilities List (CCCL) to frame the selection of capabilities for assessment. From November to December 2021, two predominantly quantitative data collection instruments (DCIs) for whole-of-society input were launched, the first one focusing on scoping the EM capabilities based on information gathered during the risk assessment sessions, and the second one focusing on the proper assessment of capabilities to ascertain their baseline, needs (target) and any gaps. Through the process, the Department continued to refine its capability assessment methodology and also worked with an Indigenous contractor to engage Indigenous representation on their insights for disaster risk and to ensure that Indigenous perspectives and considerations would be accurately reflected in NRP reporting.

The evidence and data compiled from these sessions and DCIs were combined with other scientific data to inform the first public report of the NRP, which is planned for release in 2023. This public report will incorporate the findings of these sessions to help increase Canadians’ awareness of, and resilience to, disasters such as floods, wildfires and earthquakes.

Critical Infrastructure

In 2021-22, the Critical Infrastructure Directorate’s (CID) Regional Resilience Assessment Program (RRAP) conducted 11 resilience assessments using the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Tool (CIRT) and the Critical Infrastructure Multimedia Tool (CIMT). This was lower than a typical yearly average due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions. In addition to these assessments, RRAP developed a methodology to have CI owners and operators perform online self-assessments for criticality. CID’s performance under the EMS remains strong with 97% of critical infrastructure owners/operators indicating that they took risk management action following a RRAP site assessment, and 95% indicating their level of awareness and understanding increased as a result.

Also in 2021-22, CID’s Virtual Risk Analysis Cell (VRAC) developed 13 CI-focused analytical products to support emergency management including events (flood, wildfire, hurricane, winter storm, earthquake); national overviews (wildfires, BC flooding series); and provincial hazard impact assessments. These analytical products were distributed to various CI stakeholders in an effort to increase the resilience of Canada’s CI. An online survey to measure the quality of these products was developed in September 2021 and was being distributed to stakeholders with the delivery of each new product.

Emergency Management Public Awareness Contribution Program

Now in the second year of a four-year project, the Emergency Management Public Awareness Contribution Program continued to fund the Canadian Red Cross to develop and implement its project to deliver a national public awareness campaign targeting at risk populations, including seniors, youth, women, new Canadians, and Indigenous communities. While progress on this initiative was delayed by operational pressures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that the workplan will be on track for 2022-23. Work during 2021-22 included the design and delivery of surveys and focus groups in order to gather baseline data and identify the needs and barriers to preparedness among the targeted groups.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

National Risk Profile – Hazard: Floodplain Mapping

ECCC continued work with NRCan and Public Safety Canada to modernize best practices for the promotion of consistent floodplain mapping in Canada. ECCC also engaged with provinces and territories through existing governance structures to inform flood mapping engineering methods and approaches to assess flood maps, and supported NRCan in advancing a national flood-mapping standard. This program continued supporting the dissemination of authoritative flood risk information to the public and inform decision-makers at all levels and in many areas, including in municipal planning and urban development.

Key activities realized in 2021-22 includes:

• Continued work towards updating the flood mapping best practices;
• Continued outreach with stakeholders and partners; and
• The establishment of a floodplain mapping community of practice with a link to the National Administrators’ Table for the National Hydrometric Network in support of strengthened PT engagement on these best practices and advancing a national flood mapping standard.

Predicting and Alerting Flooding (coastal flooding)

ECCC has also committed to an initiative focused on predicting and alerting for coastal flooding for the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, the West Coast, and the Arctic coastline. This initiative is intended to expand the operational capacity for prediction of storm-induced coastal flooding by investing in developing comprehensive coastal flooding prediction and alerting services.

Key activities realized in 2021-22 include:

• Use of the storm surge component of the numerical models (eventually also ensemble prediction development) in experimental mode;
  • Development of a forecast system of coastal flooding risk using an approach to provide risk information on water levels using stakeholder defined water level flooding thresholds.
• Development of examples of potential products to initiate discussion with clients and to further understand their requirements;
• Development of an operational interface to display the outputs of the model to meteorologists and the new alerting process;
• Engagement with provincial, territorial, municipal and indigenous jurisdictions to develop an inventory of GIS data to aid in determining the stakeholders risk thresholds for coastal flooding; and
• Continuation of relationships with clients and partners.

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)

In 2021-22, the FireSmart program supported 85 projects for $10,128,048.36 nationwide, which provided participating First Nations communities with greater knowledge in wildland fire risks and management, training in forest firefighting, and the ability to action fuel management. Recipients' final reports were delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic; upcoming report content will inform the following ISC indicators:

1. # of at risk First Nations communities that receive FireSmart training annually
2. # of hectares of wildland interface within Indigenous communities treated as part of fuel management activities

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Four main programs contribute to the Emergency Management System Horizontal Initiative from NRCan: Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), National Risk Profile (NRP) Wildland Fire, Wildland Fire Resilience and Earthquake Early Warning.

Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO):

CCMEO performance result highlights for 2021-22 include developing and distributing geospatial data and tools that identify and map areas of Canada that are at high-risk of floods. This included conducting research to advance flood mapping techniques, publishing guidelines for flood mapping, continuing work on the National Flood Hazard Data Layer, and other activities that will support improved flood mapping of high-risk areas.

NRP – Wildland Fire:

Led by Canadian Forest Service (CFS), in 2021-22 the NRP Wildland Fire supported the development of common approaches to wildfire risk assessment, including convening regular meetings of the Intergovernmental Table on Wildland Fire Risk (ITWFR), engaging provinces and territories, and participating in the NRP DG Steering Committee. CFS technical experts also developed wildfire scenarios using growth modelling tools and actively participated in Core Capability workshops to assess national emergency management readiness, which builds toward the release of the first publicly available National Risk Assessment scheduled for completion in early 2023.

Wildland Fire Resilience:

In 2021-22, Wildland Fire Resilience program at CFS funded the Canada Wildfire NSERC Strategic Network, and eighteen (18) contribution agreements with national and regional organizations for wildland fire research, capacity building and tool development that strengthened evidence base for wildfire risk management decision-making. This included conducting research and consultations with stakeholders on enhancements to Canadian Forest Service wildfire modelling and information systems, and completing the conceptual architecture for the Canadian Wildland Fire Information Framework. This work will improve the information systems that enable Canadian jurisdictions to rapidly compile comprehensive information on current and projected wildfire activity.

CFS also supported an Indigenous-led process to gauge interest and explore options for an Indigenous-led national Indigenous Wildland Fire Working Group. NRCan received final recommendations from this process and will support the establishment of this group beginning in 2022-23.

Earthquake Early Warning (EEW):

Lead by the Lands and Minerals Sector (LMS), the EEW program in 2021-22 completed major equipment procurements, including installing the first EEW sensor stations. Software testing is ongoing even as risks arose with respect to timely implementation and costs of computing platforms for EEW alert creation. In addition, the creation of alerts to reduce vulnerabilities for at risk populations (particularly in the GBA Plus space) was a success of the EEW program this year.

David Myers

Public Safety Canada

269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0P8

David.Myers@ps-sp.gc.ca

Theme outcome(s)

Increased collaboration with EM Partners

Improved availability of information on disaster risks

Increased awareness of disaster risk reduction strategies

Increase preparedness and response capabilities with in Canadian communities

Reduction in repeat DFAA claims by “Building Back Better”

N/A

Public Safety Canada

$0

$11,535,239^{Footnote 56}

$5,000,000

$0

$0

$2,840,998^{Footnote 57}

Environment and Climate Change Canada

$0

$1,411,497

$0

$4,532,514

$0

$528,512

Indigenous Services Canada

$0

$0

$47,352,853

$0

$0

$367,147

Natural Resources Canada

$0

$16,599,170

$27,563,103^{Footnote 58}

$33,649,599^{Footnote 59}

$0

$5,171,742^{Footnote 60}

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

(MOU with NRCan)

$0

$1,404,000^{Footnote 61}

$4,050,000^{Footnote 62}

$0

$0

$0

Total

$0

$30,949,906

$83,965,956

$38,182,113

$0

$8,908,399

An Emergency Management Strategy for Ensuring Better Disaster Management in Canada

$162,006,374

$40,158,430^{Footnote 63}

$40,374,531

Relative reduction of disaster impacts

Disaster impacts are less than projected by UN Sendai reporting projections

Any statistically significant reduction

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 64}

Enhance whole-of-society collaboration and governance to strengthen resilience

$0

$0

$0

Increased collaboration with EM Partners

% of Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) strategies approved with FPT and Indigenous Strategies or Action Plans

90%

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 65}

Public Safety Canada

Emergency Prevention/ Mitigation

FPT EMS: AP:

Co-draft all-hazards FPT EM Action Plan

$0

$0

$0

Enhanced engagement of EM partners and stakeholders, including Indigenous representatives

Percent (%) of FPT working groups with Indigenous representatives^{Footnote 66}

75%

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 67}

Percent (%) of FPT strategies approved with FPTI governance^{Footnote 68}

100%

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 69}

Improve understanding and awareness of disaster risks to enable risk-informed decision-making in all sectors of society

$30,949,906

$7,191,315

$6,448,474

Improved availability of information on disaster risks

% of years updated National Risk Profile (NRP) made public

80%

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 70}

Public Safety Canada

Emergency Prevention / Mitigation

National Risk Profile – National Strategic Risk Assessment: Development of tools to enable PTs and municipalities to complete risk assessments across the country, leading to a complete picture of risks in Canada.

$6,385,668

$1,417,709

$1,311,821

Improved decision-making to increase resilience

% of PTs providing risk assessments to the NRP^{Footnote 71}

70%

Fiscal year 2023-24

N/A^{Footnote 72}

% of years updated NRP made public^{Footnote 73}

(1 / alternating years)

50% (1 / alternating years)

Fiscal year 2023-24

N/A^{Footnote 74}

Critical Infrastructure

Critical Infrastructure Resilience Programs: RRAP and VRAC

$5,149,571 and $1,047,594 ongoing

$1,047,129

$1,047,129

Improved awareness and understanding of disaster risks

% of critical infrastructure owners/operators that take risk management action following a site assessment

90%

March 31, 2022

97%

% of RRAP site assessment participants who indicated their level of awareness/ understanding has increased as a result of the assessment

90%

March 31, 2022

95%

% of respondents that indicated VRAC analytical products increased understanding and awareness of disaster risks

75%^{Footnote 75}

N/A^{Footnote 76}

N/A^{Footnote 77}

Natural Resources Canada

Wildfire Risk Management

NRP – Wildland Fire Risk:

Development of a Wildland Fire Risk Assessment

$2,852,616

$756,519

$616,710

Improved decision-making to increase resilience

% of FPT responsible authorities indicating that federal wildfire risk assessments improved their ability to assess risk

100%

Fiscal year 2023-24

On track to deliver on activity target of 100% by 2023-24.

% of users of online risk-assessment tool indicating it improved their ability to assess risk

100%

Fiscal year 2023-24

On track to deliver on activity target of 100% by 2023-24.

Geoscience to Keep Canada Safe

NRP – Earthquake Risk Assessment: Development of a National Earthquake Risk Assessment Framework

$5,448,869

$1,090,440

$1,027,021

Improved decision making to increase resiliency

Publicly available coverage of earthquake risk assessed at the neighborhood level for Canada

100% coverage of the country (from baseline of zero)

Fiscal year 2023-24

On-track for completion by 2023-24^{Footnote 78}.

Local, regional, and/or provincial and territorial governments develop risk assessments using NRCan tools, knowledge and methods

5^{Footnote 79}

Fiscal year 2023/2024

3^{Footnote 80}. 3 of 5 targeted risk assessments completed, (the last 2 are expected to be completed by 2023-24).

Core Geospatial Data

NRP – Floodplain Mapping: Developing Canadian Framework for best practices in Floodplain Mapping

$8,297,685

$2,116,102

$1,840,009

Improved decision making to increase resiliency (specifically: flood risk geospatial data being made available to support mapping of high-risk areas to inform Canadians)

Number of geospatial tools developed to modernize and advance flood Mapping in Canada

3

Fiscal year 2023-24

3^{Footnote 81}

National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC):

(Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Resources Canada)

Wildfire Risk Management

NRP – Wildland Fire Risk: Development of a Wildland Fire Risk Assessment

$1,404,000

$432,000

$432,000

Improved decision-making to increase resilience

% of users of online risk-assessment tool indicating it improved their ability to assess risk

100%

2023-24

On track to deliver on activity target of 100% by 2023-24.

% of FPT responsible authorities indicating that federal wildfire risk assessments improved their ability to assess risk

100%

2023-24

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Hydrological Services Program

Developing best practices in Floodplain Mapping

$1,411,497

$331,417

$173,784

Other Government Departments, provinces, territories and other stakeholders have access to published Federal Hydrologic and Hydraulic best practices

Number of published federal Hydrologic and Hydraulic best practices developed with ECCC expertise that have been peer-reviewed

5 best practices by December 2023

December 2023

2 were completed by May 31, 2022^{Footnote 82}.

Increase whole-of-society disaster prevention and mitigation activities

$83,965,956

$19,971,532^{Footnote 83}

$18,254,632

Increased awareness of disaster risk reduction strategies

Percent (%) of Canadians aware of risks in their area

100%^{Footnote 84}

2023-24

91%^{Footnote 85}

Public Safety Canada

Emergency Preparedness

Public Awareness Campaign: All Hazard Public Awareness activities targeted at vulnerable populations

$5,000,000

$1,000,000

$999,691

Increased awareness of disaster risk reduction strategies

Percent (%) of Canadians aware of risks in their area

60%

Fiscal year 2023-24

91%^{Footnote 86}

Percent (%) of Canadians who have taken protective measures in response to risks

60%

Fiscal year 2023-24

25%^{Footnote 87}

Natural Resources Canada

Wildfire Risk Management

Increasing resiliency to Wildland Fire: Development of foundational for science and tools for wildland fire mitigation capacity and modernization

$27,563,103 and $4,997,127 ongoing

$6,699,774

$5,764,280

Use of Tools/Advice and Assessments by decision makers to influence response

% of FPT responsible authorities indicating that Canadian Fire Services (CFS) wildfire science and systems

100%

Fiscal year 2023-24

On track to deliver on activity target of 100% by 2023-24

Indigenous Services Canada

Emergency Management Assistance

FireSmart Program for Indigenous Communities:(Specifically: training for on-reserve communities for in wildland fire management)

$47,352,853

$11,245,758^{Footnote 88}

$10,464,661

Increased knowledge in wildland fire risks and management, training in forest firefighting, gained knowledge in and the ability to action fuel management for First Nation communities

# of at risk First Nations communities that receive FireSmart training annually

20 by fiscal year 2020-21

100 by fiscal year 2023-24

Fiscal year 2020-21

Fiscal year 2023-24

N/A^{Footnote 89}

# of hectares of wildland interface within Indigenous communities treated as part of fuel management activities

362 hectares by fiscal year 2020-21

4050 hectares by fiscal year 2023-24

Fiscal year 2020-21

Fiscal year 2023-24

N/A^{Footnote 90}

National Science and Engineering Research Council

(Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Resources Canada)

Wildfire Risk Management

Increasing resiliency to Wildland Fire: Development of foundational science and tools for wildland fire mitigation capacity and modernization

$4,050,000

$1,026,000

$1,026,000

Use of Tools/Advice and Assessments by decision makers to influence response

% of FPT responsible authorities indicating that CFS wildfire science and systems improved their ability to respond to wildfires

100%

FY 2023/2024

On track to deliver on activity target of 100% by 2023-24.

Enhance preparedness activities to allow for better response capacity and coordination and foster the development of new capabilities

$38,182,113

$10,953,232

$13,629,074

Increase preparedness and response capabilities with in Canadian communities

Continuous improvements in Core Capability evaluation scores

Statistically significant improvement

Fiscal year 2022-23

N/A^{Footnote 91}

Natural Resources Canada

Geoscience to Keep Canada Safe

Earthquake Early Warning (EEW): Development of a pan-Canadian EEW alerting framework and design and installation of an EEW sensor and communication system

$33,649,599 and $2,340,550 ongoing

$9,993,569

$12,639,746

EEW alerts reduce damage from large earthquakes

Alerts issued for 100% of earthquakes above threshold “M” within a defined time period “t”

“M” & “t” to be established based on integrated system testing in 2021-22 and 2022-23

Fiscal year 2023-24

2 Not available until 2023-24

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Weather and Environmental Forecasts and Warnings

Development and implementation of a national storm surge model for hazard mapping and alerting

$4,532,514

$959,663

$989,328

Clients receive the meteorological information that enable them to make informed decisions

% of Emergency Management Organizations (EMOs) of a warned area who report having seen or heard a recent coastal flooding warning and who took action in response

100% for entire country by end of 2023-24

Fiscal year 2023-2024

N/A^{Footnote 92}

Strengthen recovery efforts by building back better to minimize the impacts of future disasters

$0

$0

$0

Reduction in repeat DFAA claims by Building Back Better

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Strategic Objective 1: Enhance whole-of-society collaboration and governance to strengthen resilience

$0

$0

$0

Strategic Objective 2: Improve understanding and awareness of disaster risks to enable risk-informed decision-making in all sectors of society

$30,949,906

$7,191,315

$6,448,474

Strategic Objective 3: Increase whole-of-society disaster prevention and mitigation activities

$83,965,956

$19,971,532^{Footnote 95}

$18,254,632

Strategic Objective 4: Enhance preparedness activities to allow for better response capacity and coordination and foster the development of new capabilities

$38,182,113

$10,953,232

$13,629,074

Strategic Objective 5: Strengthen recovery efforts by building back better to minimize the impacts of future disasters

$0

$0

$0

Subtotal, all strategic objectives

$153,097,975

$38,116,079^{Footnote 96}

$38,332,180

Internal Services

$8,908,399

$2,042,351

$2,042,351

Total

$162,006,374

$40,158,430^{Footnote 97}

$40,374,531

Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV)

Public Safety Canada

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Note: Other government departments (e.g. the Department of Justice) are supporting this federal initiative. However, they are not captured in this Horizontal Initiative table as they have not received funding through this initiative.

September 28, 2018

March 31, 2023

These activities deliver on a Budget 2018 Government commitment to take action against gun and gang violence by removing handguns and assault-style firearms from our streets, and for the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to work with provincial, territorial and municipal counterparts to develop a strategy on how the federal government can best support communities and law enforcement in their ongoing efforts to make it harder for criminals to obtain and use firearms, and to reduce gun and gang violence.

The ITAAGGV helps to support a variety of strategies to reduce gun crime and criminal gang activities, and is centered around three themes:

• Investing in communities through a grants and contributions program;
• Enhancing federal enforcement capacity within the RCMP and CBSA; and
• Enhancing federal leadership by Public Safety Canada to promote improved data collection, research and information sharing.

RCMP: Is expanding and enhancing existing services by:

• Bolstering investigative firearms support nationwide;
• Leveraging increased capacity to conduct physical firearms inspections;
• Supporting strategic intelligence analysis related to street gangs;
• Prioritizing the use of the Canadian Integrated Ballistics Identification Network for gang-related cases;
• Providing anonymous online capability to investigate firearm trafficking and smuggling;
• Enhancing analytical capacity to develop and produce actionable intelligence; and
• Establishing the Criminal Firearms Strategic and Operational Support Services team to coordinate efforts and support initiative partners with tools, strategic analysis, and research related to criminal gun usage and gang violence.

CBSA: Is investing in new technologies and specialized training to better interdict illicit trafficking across the border by:

• Procuring detection technology for international postal processing facilities and major international airport facilities to streamline the inspection of mail and air cargo;
• Constructing facilities and investing in training to increase CBSA's detector dog team capacity to identify drugs and firearms at ports of entry through less invasive means;
• Investing in IT capabilities to effectively leverage Interpol information to interdict high risk travellers at the earliest point; and
• Developing and deploying national training products to enhance the CBSA's effectiveness to identify, detect, and interdict illicit trafficking.

Public Safety Canada is providing funding to provinces and territories (PTs) through the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF) to combat the issue of gun and gang violence in communities across Canada. PTs are responsible for further distributing funding to eligible recipients in their jurisdictions, in order to advance efforts in the priority areas of prevention; intervention; gang exit; outreach and awareness programming; strategy development; training; and enhancing intelligence sharing and law enforcement capacity to combat gun and gang violence. Additionally, Public Safety Canada will enhance federal leadership by developing an integrated, results-based approach to reducing gun and gang violence across Canada, including by developing expertise on guns and gangs including linkages to other illicit markets; creating a national strategy; as well as improving the collection of national data related to gun and criminal activity in a coordinated approach with partners and the sharing of information and best practices to avoid duplication of efforts.

Public Safety Canada is establishing an Oversight Committee at the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) level for the ITAAGGV. Its role is to review the status of the various initiatives and progresses made in meeting results targets; direct that adjustments be made if necessary; and provide overall direction regarding the implementation of the horizontal initiative. The Committee plans to meet at least twice per year, in intervals which correspond with the planning and reporting cycles.

Public Safety Canada will chair the Committee, with participation from CBSA and the RCMP, and will continue to work together to implement the ITAAGGV, including the results measurement strategy. The working group plans to meet at least quarterly in this reporting period.

$356,138,129^{Footnote 98}

$87,214,089 FY 2021-22 Planned + $143,593,474 Planned spending from DRR 2020-21 = $230,807,563

$82,076,998 FY 2021-22 Actual + $116,088,408 Actual from DRR 2020-21 = $198,165,406

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

A Horizontal Evaluation led by Public Safety of the Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence is underway with a planned completion date in 2022-23.

Public Safety Canada: The majority of the ITAAGGV funding (approximately $226M) was provided to Public Safety Canada through the Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund (GGVAF)via contribution agreements with all thirteen provinces and territories (PTs). PTs disperse funds to support initiatives related to enforcement, prevention, prosecution, data collection, and training.

Public Safety Canada’s research priorities include engagement with academic and external partners with knowledge on guns and gangs from across Canada to share knowledge of good practices and emerging priorities, and identify specific research and data gaps. Stakeholders are ready to be engaged with a stakeholder engagement survey. This survey will collect information related to the ITAAGGV to work toward achieving better results for all Canadians. The survey results will allow Public Safety to increase awareness about gun and gang violence and efforts to reduce and impacts of these serious issues.

To align with Public Safety Canada’s goal to enhance federal leadership, the department will be launching an FPT “Tiger Team” to help in the development of a National Strategy on guns and gangs. This strategy is being developed in collaboration with key stakeholders with plans to be published by 2023.

CBSA:

CBSA has and will continue to invest in new technologies and specialized training to better interdict illicit trafficking across the border by: procuring detection technology for international postal processing facilities and major International airport facilities to streamline the inspection of mail and air cargo; construct facilities and invest in training to increase CBSA’s detector dog team capacity to identify drugs and firearms at ports of entry through less invasive means; invest in its technology capability to effectively leverage Interpol information to interdict high risk travellers at the earliest point in the continuum; develop and deploy national training to enhance CBSA effectiveness to identify, detect, and interdict illicit gun trafficking.

The initiative is broken down into 6 sub-initiatives:

1. Intercept Illicit Guns in Postal Stream (Postal)– Dual View X-Rays and Software/Network
2. Detecting Firearms -Detector Dogs (DDS)
3. Construction & maintenance of an All-Weather Facility Training Facility (AWF)
4. Transnational Organized Crime Threat Identification - Interpol Interface
5. Advanced Vehicles Concealment Techniques Course (AVC)
6. Air Cargo Security

The 2021-22 results are as follows:

1. The Postal X-ray equipment is installed and operational.
2. The Detector Dogs sub-initiative is operational and the Program continues to monitor these units.
3. The All Weather Facility – CBSA has conditionally accepted the building and expects the facility to become operational in Fall 2022.
4. The Automated Interpol Query’s Feasibility Study has been completed. Findings from the Feasibility Study Report, including a recommendation to develop/implement a Pilot Project, were approved by CBSA internal governance on March 17, 2022. CBSA’s next steps will include seeking TBS approval of the Pilot Project and the release of frozen project funds currently being held within CBSA’s reference levels. Contingent on TBS approval, the CBSA in partnership with the RCMP would begin Pilot Project development work in FY 2022-23.
5. The Advanced Vehicle Concealment Delivery hindered by COVID-19 restrictions. Resumption of training took place in FY 2022-23
6. Air Cargo Security has procured and implemented all detection technology at the 5 designated airports except the Pallet Large Scale Imaging units (See Note 6). CBSA is in process of securing a new vendor through a competitive process.

In 2020-21 CBSA processed 400 firearm enforcement actions with resulted in 1,200 firearms seized. In 27% of these actions, the officers used detection technology to assist in the examination and identification of unlawfully imported firearms.

RCMP:

As part of the Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV), the RCMP has continued to bolster its contributions to the federal government’s “Guns & Gangs” priority that targets criminal firearms usage in Canada.

During the fiscal year 2021-22, the RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program (RCMP-CFP) National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST) responded to 9,361 calls for service in support of firearm related investigations, which represented a significant 224% increase from the previous year. NWEST also led 193 training sessions, where 5,021 individuals received training that is intended to improve the quality of frontline investigations and prosecutions with respect to firearms. This represented a 239% increase in training recipients when compared to 2019. The increased capacity of NWEST to train investigators and respond to calls for service was enabled by the additional resources allocated through ITAAGGV. In addition, NWEST developed and delivered a standardized Firearms Analyst Course for Law Enforcement, which will assist in supporting investigations and criminal prosecutions, which is ongoing and now being delivered across Canada.

NWEST also continued to expand its intelligence sharing activities through new Integrated Firearms Trafficking Working Groups in several additional provinces. These working groups have resulted in the successful identification, disruption and prosecution of firearm traffickers. This initiative will be expanded to all provinces and includes stakeholders from all levels of law enforcement. To further combat domestic trafficking, NWEST members engaged the retail industry and law enforcement partners to develop a straw purchaser retail outreach initiative. This collaboration includes the production of a training film for retailers to highlight straw purchaser behaviour and indicia of trafficking. To supplement this initiative, NWEST members attended industry association and trade shows to introduce the video and further educate retailers. As a result of these efforts, NWEST received timely and actionable information directly from the retail industry, leading to the disruption of several suspected domestic traffickers across the country. The RCMP-CFP’s Firearms Internet Investigation Support Unit (FIISU) also contributed to a significant number of trafficking, manufacturing, smuggling and straw purchases investigation requests from law enforcement across Canada, while increasing its efforts to collaborate with RCMP and external partners.

The RCMP-CFP’s Specialized Firearms Support Section (SFSS) delivered, in partnership with NWEST, three sessions of Firearms Analyst Courses to law enforcement personnel, in addition to two training sessions focused on Firearms Familiarization and the RCMP’s Firearms Reference Table (FRT) as part of hosting an annual firearms trafficking school. In addition, SFSS reviewed and updated the content of the Firearms Identification for Public Agents and the Firearms Verification E-learning courses. As part of maintaining the FRT, SFSS added over 2,500 entries into this database to identify new firearms entering the marketplace and updated over 4,200 existing FRT records with additional technical information. Additionally, SFSS responded to approximately 1,500 calls/emails assisting law enforcement with firearm identification, classification and technical advice relating to new and emerging technologies, including 3D printing. SFSS received 157 requests by law enforcement for inspections of firearms and related devices to identify and determine their classification and provide other information in support of investigations.

The RCMP-CFP’s Criminal Firearms Strategic & Operational Support Services section (CFSOSS) continued to pursue proof-of-concept initiatives that bolster firearms license eligibility screening of high-risk individuals in partnership with provincial Chief Firearms Officers, and leverage available data to support the development of strategic analysis products, including its annual Firearms Analysis & Strategic Summary (FASS) report to provide an overview of the current national firearms landscape. CFSOSS supported partners through the provision of available datasets, including contributions to the Cross-Border Firearms Task Force (CBFTF) with CBSA and BATFE partners, and is finalizing work with Statistics Canada to obtain firearms related UCR microdata. In addition, CFSOSS contributed to critical work undertaken by the Canadian National Firearms Tracing Centre (CNFTC) to expand tracing services to law enforcement through the implementation of a database and reporting tools for firearm trace requests, which will contribute to the availability of accurate statistics on the source of crime guns in Canada. CFSOSS also continued in its lead role within the RCMP to coordinate and enable ITAAGGV activities amongst internal and external horizontal initiative stakeholders.

The Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada (CISC) has continued hosting bi-monthly National Street Gang Working Group meetings, including participants from federal, provincial and municipal law enforcement agencies from across the country, enhancing intelligence sharing between intelligence and operational subject matter experts. CISC noted a 40% increase on street gang group related reporting during this period through its integrated threat assessment process. CISC has also continued intelligence collection and assessment activities as they relate to guns and gangs, and has used the information to inform CISC flagship national products, as well as to inform senior policing leaders, non law enforcement partners and the public on related threats and current trends in multiple venues, such as CISC’s 2022 National Symposium on Organised Crime, and the 2021 Public Report on Organized Crime.

The RCMP’s National Forensic Laboratory Services (NFLS) continues its engagement with law enforcement partners, including Winnipeg and Edmonton Police Services, to provide Canadian Integrated Ballistics Identification Network (CIBIN) services that has included providing correlation results within five days, as part of the ITAAGGV CIBIN “Lead/No Lead” workflow pilot project. Given the success of this pilot project, work is ongoing to enroll additional partners, including Nova Scotia Department of Justice and Manitoba Justice to increase CIBIN representation across Canada. A partnership with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams has also been established to improve intelligence gathering and information sharing, with work to create Memorandums and Letters of Understanding now underway.

The RCMP's Federal Policing Intelligence Firearms Intelligence Analyst (FIA) team was expanded with the addition of analysts across various divisions, bringing its total compliment to five resources focused on criminal intelligence analysis with a nexus to firearms. Federal Policing National Intelligence (FPNI) developed a roadmap to provide guidance and enable effective program rollout, to align their implementation within Federal Policing. FIAs have begun working closely within and across RCMP divisions to bolster the Force’s national response to illicit firearms-related criminal activity.

Frédéric Chartrand

Director, Program and Development Initiatives Unit

Public Safety Canada

frederic.chartrand@ps-sp.gc.ca

Theme outcome(s)

To reduce gun crime and criminal gang activities in communities

To disrupt the availability of firearms and in crime prevention activities to create safer neighbourhoods and communities

Promote improved data collection, research and information sharing

N/A

Public Safety Canada

$221,061,653^{Footnote 99}

N/A

$6,468,856^{Footnote 100}

$3,666,564^{Footnote 101}

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

N/A

$27,324,646

N/A

$4,760,235

Canada Border Services Agency

N/A

$88,060,133

N/A

$4,796,042

Total Theme Spending

$221,061,653^{Footnote 102}

$115,384,779^{Footnote 103}

$6,468,856^{Footnote 104}

$13,222,841^{Footnote 105}

Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence (ITAAGGV)

$356,138,129^{Footnote 106}

$87,214,089

$82,076,998

Gun and gang violence is reduced

Number of firearm-related homicides; and

< 223 (Reduction from 2016 levels)

March 31, 2023

297^{Footnote 107}

Number of gang-related homicides

< 143 (Reduction from 2016 levels)

March 31, 2023

184^{Footnote 108}

Investing in Communities through a Grant and Contribution Program

$221,061,653^{Footnote 109}

$60,540,836^{Footnote 110}

$60,207,800

Informed initiatives to respond to gun and gang violence are implemented across Canada

Degree to which PTs stakeholders report that Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund funding has enabled them to better respond to gun and gang violence in their jurisdictions (in %)

TBD^{Footnote 111}

March 2021

100%

Percentage of recipients and project partners who have integrated knowledge from funded initiatives into their practice or decision-making

50% at project completion

March 2022

100%

Public Safety Canada

Crime Prevention

Administer Grants and Contributions under the Youth Gang Prevention Fund and the Gun and Gang Violence Fund

$221,061,653^{Footnote 112}

$60,540,836^{Footnote 113}

$60,207,800

Communities have capacity to respond to gun and gang violence

New resources dedicated to guns and gangs within police services

TBD^{Footnote 114}

March 2020, then annually

163 new resources^{Footnote 115}

Additional initiatives dedicated to responding to gun and gang violence are implemented

50% of project completion^{Footnote 116}

March 2020, then annually

173 new initiatives

Internal Services

N/A

$3,666,564

$673,287

$673,287

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Enhancing Federal Enforcement Capacity within the RCMP and CBSA

RCMP: $27,324,646

CBSA: $88,060,133

RCMP: $6,211,741^{Footnote 117}

CBSA: $16,416,350

RCMP: $5,469,234^{Footnote 118}

CBSA: $12,841,957

Enhanced operational responses through intervention, interdiction and enforcement

Rate of change regarding percentage of firearm seizures in comparison to random referral data^{Footnote 119}

N/A^{Footnote 120}

TBD^{Footnote 121}

Sum Quantity of Firearms Seized – 1200

Enhanced operational responses through intervention, interdiction and enforcement

Degree to which RCMP Firearms Intelligence Officer (FIO) information/ intelligence products contributed to:

A) Enforcement actions

B) Disruption actions

N/A^{Footnote 122}

2022^{Footnote 123}

N/A^{Footnote 124}

Canada Border Services Agency

Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance

Intercept illicit guns in postal stream – Dual View X-Rays and Software / Network

$4,395,265

$601,690

$617,371

Enhance ability to screen significantly increased volumes of mails items at all postal facilities

Percentage of packages being screened by the detection technology to be assessed whether they were high risk items, requiring an in depth examination

33% mail items are being assessed for risk using detection technology

March 31, 2021

46%^{Footnote 125}

Field Technology Support

$1,177,080

$308,631

$483,876^{Footnote 126}

Force Generation

$1,246,728

$526,454

$439,454

Intelligence Collection & Analysis

$2,370,709

$160,742

$311,593

Percentage of international postal shipments examined using Dual View X-ray technology which resulted in a seizure

5% increase with potential steady state in target to be adjusted accordingly

March 31, 2021

-82%^{Footnote 127}

Buildings and Equipment

$349,331

$99,696

$86,274

Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance

Detecting Firearms – Detector Dogs

$3,067,662

$435,691

$578,399

Increased capacity to detect and interdict entry of illicit firearms into the country

Percentage of examinations utilizing Detector Dogs that resulted in a seizure of illicit firearms

Increase examinations by 155 in Year 2 and continue to maintain or exceed (using baseline information from CBSA data for 2016-17)^{Footnote 128}

March 31, 2020

4,862 increase in examinations^{Footnote 129}

Force Generation

$1,380,249

$458,983

$333,983

Buildings and Equipment

$275,059

$61,939

$3,754

Buildings and Equipment

Construction and maintenance of an All-Weather Facility Detector Dogs Training Facility

$11,904,469

$2,575,148

$8,234,333

Increase CBSA capacity to accommodate detector dog training and kenneling needs, year round, while at the training facility resulting in a reduction in costs

Value of costs avoided for kenneling and accommodations at a separate facility by the Detector Dog Program

The construction of an All Weather Facility will provide cost avoidance and training efficiencies with an anticipated value of $339K per year for the CBSA

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 130}

Percentage increase in annual revenue

20% increase from current revenue stream^{Footnote 131}

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 132}

Targeting

Transnational Organized Crime Threat Identification – INTERPOL Interface

$5,596,821

$1,704,012

$327,479

Enhance the CBSA’s thread identification capability in the public safety and national security threat sectors

Percentage of all inbound air passengers systematically queried against INTERPOL databases

100%

TBD^{Footnote 133}

N/A^{Footnote 134}

Force Generation

$471,750

$337,553

$10,227

TBD^{Footnote 133}

Buildings and Equipment

$26,144

$5,565

$1,091

Percentage of air passengers who matched an INTERPOL Red Notice or Stolen or Lost Travel Document (SLTD) referred for an examination that led to a result.

TBD^{Footnote 135}

TBD^{Footnote 136}

N/A^{Footnote 137}

Force Generation

Advanced Vehicles Concealment Techniques Course

$529,363

$78,921

$78,921

Ability to identify, detect and interdict crime guns, weapons, narcotics and illicit proceeds of crime

Number of CBSA officers identified for training who have successfully completed training

Post development: 2% of identified officers to be trained per year

March 31, 2023

There was no training delivered in 2021-22^{Footnote 138}

Commercial-Trade Facilitation & Compliance

Enhance Air cargo security

Pallet imaging, handheld devices, COMETs and trace detection tools

$40,652,887

$1,133,814

$567,276

Enable the CBSA to increase capacity to examine in the air mode

Percentage of high volume and high risk airports with detection technology installed

Year 1 – Post implementation: 20% of identified airports will be equipped with detection technology^{Footnote 139}

March 31, 2025

100%^{Footnote 140}

Force Generation

Enhance Air cargo security

Pallet imaging, handheld devices, COMETs and trace detection tools

$2,134,907

$881,334

$0

Field Technology Support

Enhance Air cargo security

Pallet imaging, handheld devices, COMETs and trace detection tools

$11,601,930

$6,801,513

$826,639

Targeting

Enhance Air cargo security

Pallet imaging, handheld devices, COMETs and trace detection tools

$345,044

$0

$0

Buildings and Equipment

Enhance Air cargo security

Pallet imaging, handheld devices, COMETs and trace detection tools

$534,735

$244,665

($58,713)

Internal Services

N/A

$4,796,042

$892,860

$696,478

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Police Operations - Federal Policing

Produce intelligence products

$3,923,819

$843,832

$197,270

Increased operational collaboration

Number of times RCMP information/intelligence products developed by Firearms Intelligence Officers contributed to a file by a partner

70

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 141}

Canadian Law Enforcement Services - Criminal Intelligence Service Canada

Produce intelligence products

$1,240,885

$248,457

$104,069

Increased operational collaboration

Percentage of respondents satisfied with the Threat Assessment on Gangs

75%

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 142}

Canadian Law Enforcement Services - Canadian Firearms Program (CFP)

Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach

$4,119,786

$918,969

$381,319

Increased operational collaboration

Number of open source intelligence reports created by the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) and shared with partners

225

March 31,2023

188 open source intelligence outputs created and shared with partners

Increased operational collaboration

Number of Firearm investigations that were initiated by intelligence products developed by the CFP^{Footnote 143}

50

March 31, 2023

228 intelligence reports to initiate firearms investigations were developed in FY 2021-22 by the Firearms Operational Enforcement Support (FOES)

Canadian Law Enforcement Services - Canadian Firearms Program (CFP)

Build capacity to prevent and intercept illegal firearms in Canada

$15,801,956

$3,793,963

$4,553,082

Enhanced capability to respond to gun and gang violence

The number of individuals that have received training from National Weapons Enforcement Support Teams (NWEST)^{Footnote 144}

4,500

March 31, 2023

5021 individuals received training from NWEST

Canadian Law Enforcement Services - National Forensic Laboratory Services

Provide tools, equipment and training to prevent entry of illegal commodities

$2,238,200

$406,520

$233,494

Enhanced capability to respond to gun and gang violence

Percentage of cartridge cases and bullets from Gun and Gang files uploaded to the Canadian Integrated Ballistics Identification Network (CIBIN) within 90 days

75%

March 31st, 2023

81% (or 2,184) of files completed met 90 day Turnaround time (TAT) standard^{Footnote 145}

(Lead/No Lead^{Footnote 146}: 1,372 requests completed:

- 100% met 90 day TAT

Investigative Aid^{Footnote 147}:

114 requests completed

- 92% met 90 day TAT;

and IBIS^{Footnote 148}:

- 698 requests completed

- 43% met 90 day TAT)

Internal Services

N/A

$4,760,235

$1,047,115

$963,013

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Enhancing Federal Leadership by Public Safety

$6,468,856^{Footnote 149}

$1,431,899^{Footnote 150}

$1,225,229

Stakeholder decision-making is supported by solid data and information on best practices

Percentage of stakeholders reporting that research and information produced under the ITAAGGV informed their policy and operational decisions

Minimum of 30% by Year 3

March 2021

N/A^{Footnote 151}

Public Safety Canada

Law Enforcement

Promote data collection and conduct research related to gun and gang violence

$6,468,856^{Footnote 152}

$1,431,899^{Footnote 153}

$1,225,229

Improved understanding of threats, challenges and opportunities

Percentage of police services with criminal organization flag data appearing in the Statistics Canada Juristat report compared to number of police services

20% year 3

35% year 4

55% year 5

March 2021

54.2%^{Footnote 154}

Number of hits on gun and gang violence items on Public Safety Canada website

34,486 hits

March 2021

70,239 hits

Number of requests for download of reports and research published on Public Safety Canada’s website

14,291 downloads

March 2021

8,617 downloads^{Footnote 155}

Promote stakeholder engagement, collaboration and outreach

Improved awareness and information-sharing among stakeholders

Percentage of surveyed stakeholders that indicate they are aware of the ITAAGGV

85% By end of Year 2^{Footnote 156}

March 2020

N/A^{Footnote 157}

Percentage of stakeholders that have a positive view on the usefulness of research and information-sharing activities undertaken by Public Safety Canada related to gun and gang violence

Minimum 50% by end of year 3

March 2021

N/A^{Footnote 158}

Investing in Communities through a Grant and Contribution Program

PS: $221,061,653^{Footnote 159}

PS: $60,540,836^{Footnote 160}

PS: $60,207,800

Enhancing Federal Enforcement Capacity within the RCMP and CBSA

RCMP: $27,324,646

CBSA: $88,060,133

RCMP: $6,211,741^{Footnote 161}

CBSA : $16,416,350

RCMP: $5,469,234^{Footnote 162}

CBSA : $12,841,957

Enhancing Federal Leadership by Public Safety

$6,468,856^{Footnote 163}

PS: $1,431,899^{Footnote 164}

PS: $1,225,229

Subtotal, all themes

$342,915,788^{Footnote 165}

$84,600,827^{Footnote 166}

$79,744,220

Internal Services

PS :$3,666,564

RCMP: $4,760,235

CBSA : $4,796,042^{Footnote 167}

PS: $673,287

RCMP: $1,047,115

CBSA : $892,860^{Footnote 168}

PS : $673,287

RCMP: $963,013

CBSA : $696,478

Total

$356,138,129^{Footnote 169}

$87,214,089^{Footnote 170}

$82,076,998

National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS)

Public Safety Canada

Communications Security Establishment (CSE)

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

June 2018

March 2023

In 2010, the Government of Canada launched a national effort to defend against cyber threats via the National Cyber Security Strategy ("NCSS" or "the Strategy"). As the digital economy evolves, so do cyber threats, which requires a renewed approach which responds to the changing landscape. In 2016, the Government of Canada took the first step toward developing a new cyber strategy; a comprehensive Cyber Review was launched, and it included Canada's first public consultation on cyber security which assisted in gaining insights and advice from experts, key stakeholders, and engaged citizens.

The updated NCSS—which was published in 2018—responds to the findings of the Cyber Review. It recognizes that robust cyber security is an essential element of Canadian innovation and prosperity. The NCSS is therefore designed to be adaptable and to account for a continuously changing cyber landscape.

The NCSS introduces this new strategic direction and defines three goals to achieve its vision of security and prosperity in the digital age:

• Secure and Resilient Canadian Systems: with enhanced capabilities and in collaboration with partners, the Government of Canada will better protect Canadians from cybercrime, respond to evolving threats, and help defend critical government and private sector systems.
• An Innovative and Adaptive Cyber Ecosystem: The Government of Canada will support advanced research, foster digital innovation, and develop cyber skills and knowledge to position Canada as a global leader in cyber security.
• Effective Leadership, Governance and Collaboration: In collaboration with provinces, territories, and the private sector, the federal government will take a leadership role to advance cyber security in Canada, and will, in coordination with allies, work to shape the international cyber security environment in Canada's favour.

Funded through Budget 2018 ($507.7M over 5 years, and 108.8M ongoing), the initiatives under the NCSS represent an incremental first step to achieving this vision. As the NCSS is designed to be flexible, it is anticipated that additional initiatives could be identified as the cyber landscape continues to evolve.

Public Safety Canada leads Government of Canada cyber security policy coordination. The NCSS's horizontal governance and oversight leverages existing inter-departmental cyber security governance structures, including the Deputy Ministers' Committee on Cyber Security (DM Cyber). Co-chaired by the Deputy Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and the Chief of the Communications Security Establishment, this committee meets regularly to:

• Establish policy direction for issues related to cyber security;
• Set cyber security related priorities for member Departments/Agencies;
• Monitor progress on the implementation of the Strategy at minimum biannually; and
• Consider emerging cyber issues.

$513,668,554^{Footnote 171}

$513,668,554^{Footnote 172}

$306,033,514

Renewal is under development.

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The Mid-Term Evaluation of the National Cyber Security Strategy was approved in March 2022.

Summary of Evaluation Findings:

The evaluation found that there is a continued need for the PS NCSS initiatives due to ongoing and emerging cyber security threats such as ransomware, attacks on critical infrastructure and cyber attacks. The design of the initiatives allows for flexibility to respond to malicious actors and constantly evolving threats.

Recommendations:

That Public Safety Canada should:

• Enhance leadership and coordination efforts by prioritizing work on the forward policy agenda, including addressing information sharing challenges and forming relationships with other levels of government, particularly provinces and territories;
• Develop and implement follow-up processes to collect information regarding the implementation of mitigation measures by participants as a result of activities for CI sectors;
• Develop an approach to utilize CSCP project findings to inform the NCSS policy agenda and decision-making; and
• Increase awareness of how aspects of diversity and inclusion inherent to GBA Plus apply to cybersecurity.

Within PS, in 2021-22, the Critical Infrastructure Directorate (CID) expanded its cyber security assessments program with the onboarding of the Canadian Cyber Security Tool (CCST). The CCST was developed in collaboration with the Communication Security Establishment’s Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) and is a virtual self-assessment tool that provides participating Canadian CI owners and operators with an overview of their organizations’ cyber security posture. Results of the CCST also inform program and focus areas that CID and the Cyber Centre can target with CI sectors to develop mitigation measures and awareness raising sessions. There were 157 CCST assessments completed in 2021-22.

In 2021-22, CID initiated a new exercise program titled “Cy-Phy 23”, which will span over two years and is designed to explore the relation between the cyber and physical domains with regards to incident response. Two national information seminars were held in 2021-2022 with close to 800 combined participants to help plan the building block activities leading up to the large-scale Exercise in 2023.

For other government department highlights, please see the following charts.

Public Safety Canada

National Cyber Security Directorate

PS.NCSD-DGCN.SP@ps-sp.gc.ca

Theme outcome(s)

Canadians are better protected from cybercrime; evolving cyber threats are effectively responded to; and critical government and private sector systems are defended against cyber threats and attacks

Canada is positioned to meet the demands of the future in an evolving cyber threat landscape through government assisting Canadian businesses in enhancing their cyber security best practices, and by encouraging skills and knowledge development

Federal leadership advances cyber security in Canada and shapes the international cyber security environment in Canada’s favour

N/A

Public Safety Canada

$5,814,975

N/A

$11,771,460

$2,085,289

Communications Security Establishment

$43,947,180

N/A

$171,794,663

N/A

Canadian Security Intelligence Service^{Footnote 173}

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Employment and Social Development Canada

N/A

$8,135,399

N/A

$164,601

Global Affairs Canada

N/A

N/A

$13,572,465

$1,333,640

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

N/A

$27,426,009

N/A

$973,991

Natural Resources Canada

N/A

N/A

$9,279,816

$720,184

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

$200,925,068^{Footnote 174}

N/A

N/A

$15,723,814

Total

$250,687,223

$35,561,408

$206,418,404

$21,001,519

National Cyber Security Strategy

$513,668,554^{Footnote 175}

$115,729,709^{Footnote 176}

$91,197,781

Security and prosperity in the digital age

Percentage of partners indicating that Public Safety Canada provides effective leadership in advancing Canada’s cyber security interests

80%

March 31, 2022

89%

Secure and Resilient Systems

$267,579,062^{Footnote 177}

$75,635,096^{Footnote 178}

$50,072,411

Canadians are better protected from cybercrime; evolving cyber threats are effectively responded to; and critical government and private sector systems are defended against cyber threats and attacks

Percentage of the funded initiatives that achieve their performance targets

80%

March 31, 2022

100%

Communications Security Establishment

Cyber Security

Improved Integrated Cyber Assessments

$43,947,180

$10,336,442

$7,763,756

Increased number of threat assessments, micro reports and presentations

Number of Threat Analysis, Reporting and Planning assessment reports, micro reports and presentations completed

Trending upwards from 2017-18 baseline and 2018-21 results

Ongoing

Surpassed 2017-18 baseline and 2018-21 average annual results^{Footnote 179}.

Increased capacity for expert CSE threat assessments will lead to maintained responsiveness to increase demands for the Cyber Centre's larger role and customer base

Increase number of customers by type (GC departments, CI operators, municipalities, etc.)

More than 4 types of audience

Ongoing

14 types of non-CCCS/CSE clients received CCCS products in 2021-22.

Increased types of threat assessments produced in order for customers to have access to information about a wider array of cyber threats

Number of reports (with percentage of different category of reports) addressing different issues (e.g. regional threat actors, advanced threat actors, emerging threat actors, impact of emerging technology - internet governance on cyber threats, analysis and assessment of cybercrime and Hactivism, analysis and assessment of cyber threats to critical infrastructure sectors and the democratic process)

Reports to address more than 3 different types of issues

Ongoing

The CCCS was able to surpass the established target by producing reports that addressed more than 7 different types of issues in 2021-22.

Expanding Advice and Guidance to Finance and Energy Sectors

Collaboration with the Finance and Energy sectors is established

Number of Finance and Energy sector company partnerships (number of companies on-boarded through CCCS partnership process)

Trending upwards from 2018-19 baseline and 2019-20 results

Ongoing

The CCCS has surpassed the 2018-19 baseline and results from 2020-21^{Footnote 180}

Number of requests for assistance received from Finance and Energy sector partners

Trending upwards from 2018-19 baseline and 2020-21 results

Ongoing

In 2021-22, the CCCS responded to more requests from the Finance and Energy sectors than any year previous, above and beyond the established baseline^{Footnote 181}

Number of information sharing accounts set-up with partners using a cyber-threat sharing infrastructure

Trending upwards from 2019-20 baseline and 2020-21 results

Ongoing

In 2021-22, the CCCS surpassed the 2019-20 baseline and results from 2020-21^{Footnote 182}

Finance and Energy sectors are working cooperatively with CSE and within their sectors to improve their cyber security postures

Number of partners that are engaged in the development of advice and guidance documentation to support the broader Finance and Energy sectors

Trending upwards from 2019-20 baseline and 2020-21 results

Ongoing

In 2021-22, the CCCS surpassed the 2019-20 baseline and met or exceeded the results from 2020-21^{Footnote 183}

Communications Security Establishment^{Footnote 184}

Cyber Security

Interim Quantum Safe Capability

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Public Safety Canada

Critical Infrastructure

Supporting Canadian Critical Infrastructure

$6,983,000

$1,733,000

$1,442,461

Critical infrastructure stakeholders take risk management action

Percentage of originally identified vulnerabilities that have been addressed when reassessed

60%

March 31, 2022

No data available^{Footnote 185}

Canada's critical infrastructure is safer and more resilient

Percentage of owners/operators that demonstrate improved adoption of common cyber security standards

60%

March 31, 2022

No data available^{Footnote 186}

Percentage of Industrial Controls Systems (ICS) participants that indicate they are better prepared to manage ICS risks than in previous years

60%

March 31, 2022

75%

Percentage of exercise participants that indicate they are better prepared to respond to cyber security incidents than in previous year

60%

March 31, 2022

No data available^{Footnote 187}

Canadian Security Intelligence Service^{Footnote 188}

Regional Collection

Cyber Intelligence Collection

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Intelligence Assessment and Dissemination

Cyber Intelligence Collection

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Police Operations

National Cybercrime Coordination Unit (NC3)

$138,648,647^{Footnote 189}

$40,956,412^{Footnote 190}

$25,307,326

Police reduce the threat, impact and victimization of cybercrime in Canada

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that the NC3 Unit's cybercrime operational services and products enable police efforts to detect and pursue cybercriminals

80%

March 31, 2021

No data available^{Footnote 191}

Federal Policing Cybercrime Enforcement

$78,000,235^{Footnote 192}

$22,609,242^{Footnote 193}

$15,558,868

Threats to the safety and security of the people of Canada and Canadian interests are detected, prevented and responded to

Percentage of occurrences cleared related to cybercrime and technology-as-instrument crime investigations

N/A^{Footnote 194}

March 31, 2023

30.14% (63 occurrences)^{Footnote 195}

Increased capacity to respond to and participate in joint investigations with Canada’s key international law enforcement partners

Number (#) and type of cyber-related joint projects or joint force operations internally and with domestic and international partners

9

March 31, 2023

43 ongoing cyber-related assistance occurrences^{Footnote 196}

Innovative and Adaptive Cyber Ecosystem

$36,700,000

$5,714,000

$3,707,595

Canada is positioned to meet the demands of the future in an evolving cyber threat landscape through government assisting Canadian businesses in enhancing their cyber security best practices, and by encouraging skills and knowledge development

Percentage of the funded initiatives that achieve their performance targets

80%

March 31, 2022

66%^{Footnote 197}

Innovation, Science and Economic Development

Companies Investment and Growth

Cyber Security Assessment and Certification for SMEs

$28,400,000

$5,714,000

$3,707,595

Canadian Business are more Cyber Secure

Percentage of SMEs that obtained certification in the first two years that recertify

80%

March 31, 2022

33%^{Footnote 198}

Percentage of SMEs that report using anti-virus / malware software

79%

March 31, 2022

74.8%

Number of SMEs that obtain a certification by March 31, 2022

100%

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 199}

Employment and Social Development Canada

Learning Skills Development and Employment

Student Work Placement Program

$8,300,000

$0

$0

Sustained multi-stakeholder partnerships among post-secondary education (PSE) institutions and industry continue to develop work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for more PSE students

Increased WIL opportunities in cyber security sector over time

400

March 31, 2020

N/A^{Footnote 200}

Percentage of sustained PSE and industry partnerships

5

March 31, 2020

N/A^{Footnote 201}

Effective Leadership, Governance and Collaboration

$209,389,492

$34,380,613^{Footnote 202}

$37,417,775

Federal leadership advance cyber security in Canada and shape the international cyber security environment in Canada’s favour

Percentage of the funded initiatives that achieve their performance targets

80%

March 31, 2022

100%

Public Safety Canada

Cyber Security

Enhanced Strategic Policy Capacity in Cyber Security and Cybercrime

$4,388,724

$1,094,657

$1,094,657

The Government of Canada demonstrated leadership in advancing Canada's interests domestically and abroad

Percentage of partners indicating that Public Safety Canada provides effective leadership in advancing Canada's cyber security interests domestically and abroad

80%

March 31, 2022

89%

Cyber Security Cooperation Program

$8,300,000

$2,000,000

$3,319,108

Non-federal systems and information are less vulnerable and better secured against cyber threats

Percentage of stakeholders that indicate an overall improvement of their cyber security posture

80%

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 203}

Percentage of stakeholders that indicate they are adopting cyber best practices

80%

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 204}

Communications Security Establishment

Cyber Security

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

$171,794,663

$26,125,203^{Footnote 205}

$29,382,865

Establishment of the CCCS enables better collaboration and integration with stakeholders and partners

Results from a pop survey of co-located CCCS employees demonstrate an increase in the ease of collaboration between former CSE, PS-CCIRC, and SSC employees

Increase in ease of collaboration

TBD^{Footnote 206}

N/A^{Footnote 207}

Subsequent Public Service Employee Annual Survey (PSES) Questionnaire results demonstrate an improvement in workplace satisfaction and efficiency

The PSES 2021 survey should show equal results or improvement in workplace satisfaction and efficiency when compared to the improvement observed between the surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019

Ongoing

There was an average improvement of 5.7% in the 2020 PSES for CCCS compared to 2018 PSES results for CSE IT Security, PS-CCIRC, and SSC-SOC.

Planned milestones identified in the CCCS Project Schedule identified in the CCCS

IOC 3 - Facility Fit up and Move Complete - facility fit-up complete - employee moves complete - Functional IT learning center

The facility fit-up and moves are completed

TBD^{Footnote 208}

Move of the IT Learning Centre has been completed. Courses have been running in person at the Vanier facility since summer 2021.

Planned milestones identified in the CCCS Project Schedule

Actual budget variance from projected budget

Plus or minus 5%

N/A^{Footnote 209}

N/A^{Footnote 210}

Operational functions on cyber security across the government of Canada are consolidated to provide a single authoritative source of expert technical advice, guidance, services, messaging and support

Percentage of client service requests responded to within established service levels.

65% of client service requests should be responded to (beyond an acknowledgement) within 2 working days.

85% of client service requests should be resolved in 2 months or less.

Ongoing

For FY 2021-22, the CCCS was able to resolve 67% of client service requests within 2 working days and resolve 95% of client service requests in 2 months or less.

Functionality of CCCS IM/IT infrastructure consistently meets the operational requirements of employees (expressed as a % of total system uptime)

TBD^{Footnote 211}

Ongoing^{Footnote 212}

N/A^{Footnote 213}

The Canadian public is informed and able to positively engage with the Cyber Centre's vision and mandate

Web, social media, and media monitoring: - Number of visitors to CCCS website

TBD^{Footnote 214}

Ongoing

N/A^{Footnote 215}

Web, social media, and media monitoring: - Number of visitors to Get Cyber Safe website

TBD^{Footnote 216}

Ongoing

N/A^{Footnote 217}

Natural Resources Canada

Energy Safety and Security and Petroleum Resources

Framework for Canada-U.S. Collaboration on Cyber Security and Energy

$10,000,000

$1,900,000

$1,933,356

Increased R&D activities (e.g., research papers, technology testing, experimental studies) that contribute to more secure and resilient domestic and cross-border energy infrastructure

Percentage of Energy and Utilities Sector Network members that report an increase in R&D activities addressing technical gaps

TBD^{Footnote 218}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 219}

Improved collective knowledge on cyber threats to domestic and cross-border energy infrastructure, including mitigation strategies

Percentage of Energy and Utilities Sector Network members that report an increase in knowledge gained.

TBD^{Footnote 220}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 221}

Increased awareness of best practices to strengthen the resilience of domestic and cross-border energy infrastructure to cyber threats

Number of standards, best practices, and guidelines developed and made available to stakeholders

6

March 31, 2022

10 standards, best practices, and guidelines were developed and shared with stakeholders through EUSN meetings, facilitated workshops, presentations and an extensive table top exercise

Global Affairs Canada

International Security and Diplomacy

International Strategic Framework for Cyberspace

$14,906,105

$3,260,753

$1,687,789

Canada, in coordination with allies, shapes the international cyber security environment in Canada's favour

Evidence of Canadian values integrated into formal or informal international strategies, agreements, or initiatives that are reached internationally supporting a rules-based international order in the cyber domain, rated on a scale of slightly integrated, integrated, or strongly integrated

Integrated

Ongoing

GAC continued to support the Government of Canada in taking a leadership role^{Footnote 222} to advance Canada’s cyber security interests internationally and shape the international cyber security environment in Canada’s favour.

Secure and Resilient Systems

$250,687,223

$71,105,037

$45,795,967

Innovative and Adaptive Cyber Ecosystem

$35,561,408

$5,514,391

$3,507,986

Effective Leadership, Governance and Collaboration

$206,418,404

$33,754,259

$36,791,421

Subtotal, all themes

$492,667,035

$110,373,687

$86,095,374

Internal Services

$21,001,519

$5,356,022

$5,102,407

Total

$513,668,554

$115,729,709

$91,197,781

National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (NSCHT)

Public Safety Canada (PS)

Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA)

Financial Transactions and Report Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

Note: Other government departments (Department of Justice (JUS), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC)) support this federal initiative, but are not captured in this Horizontal Initiative table as they do not receive funding through it.

August 16, 2019

Ongoing

The National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (the "National Strategy" or "NSCHT") delivers on a Budget 2019 commitment to establish a whole-of-government strategy to combat human trafficking. Led by Public Safety Canada, the NSCHT builds on Canada's current investments and response to human trafficking, and seeks to address identified gaps and challenges through an enhanced and strategic response to this issue, leveraging international best practices when appropriate. The NSCHT brings together all federal human trafficking efforts under a cohesive framework in order to ensure enhanced coordination and alignment of initiatives. It is also an evergreen roadmap for federal efforts that allows new activities and initiatives advancing Canada's anti-human trafficking response to be incorporated as priorities evolve and additional actions are taken.

Guided by five strategic pillars of empowerment, prevention, protection, prosecution and partnerships, the NSCHT will enhance efforts in a number of priority areas, such as the need for increased trauma-informed supports and services to protect victims and survivors as well as the promotion of culturally-respectful approaches. The NSCHT will also aim to increase awareness of human trafficking so Canadians can better understand the signs of the crime, and improve the ability of government officials and front-line staff in key sectors to identify, detect, and protect victims and survivors. In other areas, it will:

• Enhance supports and services to victims affected by this crime
• Increase intelligence and data collection capacity;
• Support law enforcement and the criminal justice system;
• Enhance federal procurement practices; and
• Strengthen partnerships across all levels of government, civil society organizations, the private sector and with international partners.

The NSCHT is funded through an investment of $57.22 million over five years, beginning in 2019-20, and $10.28 million per year ongoing starting in 2024-25.

PS received funding to launch a national public awareness campaign, provide enhanced funding for support services for victims and survivors of human trafficking, provide funding for youth at-risk pilot projects and youth hackathons, develop a national case management standard/guidelines and multi-sectoral training tools, establish a survivors advisory committee, appoint a Chief Advisor to Combat Human Trafficking, host an anti-human-trafficking conference, and hold annual stakeholder engagement sessions;

CBSA received funding to assess immigration enforcement processes and to establish a dedicated team of border officials to strengthen strategies;

WAGE received funding to support the development and implementation of promising practices to enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors;

IRCC received funding to better detect and respond to suspected cases of human trafficking and to provide protection to victims;

PSPC received funding to enhance federal procurement supply chains with the goal of ensuring they are free from human trafficking and labour exploitation; and

FINTRAC received funding to enhance Project PROTECT and increase capacity to produce financial intelligence on money laundering.

For additional information on the National Strategy

Public Safety Canada established a Director General (DG) Steering Committee on Human Trafficking to provide oversight of the horizontal initiative, including addressing operational, implementation, and technical issues. The existing working-level interdepartmental Human Trafficking Taskforce (HTT) will support the work of the DG Steering Committee. The HTT is an interdepartmental group that serves as the working-level governance body for the NSCHT which brings OGD partners together to share information and adapt approaches as needed to respond to emerging trends. The HTT is led by PS and consists of representatives from IRCC, the JUS, the RCMP, ESDC, the CBSA, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), WAGE, GAC, PSPC, Service Canada, Statistics Canada (STATCAN), the FINTRAC, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and the Department of National Defense (DND). Additionally, existing federal, provincial, and territorial forums, including the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Trafficking in Persons (FPT WG TIP) and the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputy Ministers' and Ministers' Public Safety and Justice meetings will be leveraged to coordinate and share information across jurisdictions including providing updates on the status of initiatives under the NSCHT and identifying opportunities for further collaboration.

$56,896,306

$11,412,051 FY 2021-22 Planned.+ $31,148,469 Planned from DRR 2020-21 = $42,560,520

$12,678,669 FY 2021-22 Actual + $10,791,993 Actual from DRR 2020-21 = $23,470,662

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

N/A – No renewal

An Evaluation of the Human Trafficking Hotline is underway with a completion date in 2022-23.

Public Safety Canada

In 2021-22, Public Safety continued to coordinate the Government of Canada’s response to human trafficking and advance initiatives and activities under the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (NSCHT). The Department managed 20 multi-year projects under the Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime (CPCSOC) that provide specialized and integrated support services for victims and survivors, and help youth—including at-risk youth—better identify the signs of human trafficking and the different aspects of the crime.

The Department also continued to lead a national public awareness campaign that focuses on raising awareness among the general public on human trafficking, the warning signs of exploitation, and ways to provide support to victims and survivors.

In order to increase victim identification, Public Safety Canada continued to advance the development of multi-sectoral human trafficking training tools that are culturally relevant and gender-responsive for front-line service providers and target groups from the transportation, hospitality, and healthcare sectors. In addition, Public Safety Canada launched two Request for Proposals to develop guidelines for front-line community workers in order to address the specific needs of survivors, assist in their recovery and healing, and minimize re-traumatization. Both initiatives are expected to be published on Public Safety’s website in 2022-23.

In an effort to enhance collaboration among all levels of government, Public Safety Canada again hosted the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Working Group on Trafficking in Persons. This working group provides a forum for federal, provincial, and territorial partners to come together to leverage one another’s efforts to combat human trafficking.

Public Safety Canada also continued its investment in the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking to operate the multilingual, 24/7 toll-free Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline.

FINTRAC

Project Protect is an important element of the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking: 2019–24 and, since its inception, has played a key role in helping to protect and rescue some of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens. Through Project Protect, FINTRAC worked closely with Canada’s financial institutions to develop an Operational Alert in December 2016, Indicators: The laundering of illicit proceeds from human trafficking for sexual exploitation, in order to increase awareness and understanding of money laundering in relation to human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Following a strategic analysis of its financial intelligence since the beginning of Project Protect, the Centre developed a new Operational Alert with additional indicators, Updated Indicators: Laundering of Proceeds from Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation, in consultation with Canada’s financial institutions and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. These additional indicators are meant to further assist businesses in identifying and reporting to FINTRAC financial transactions related to the laundering of funds associated with human trafficking for sexual exploitation. As a result of these efforts and the ongoing commitment of Canadian businesses, FINTRAC received thousands of suspicious transaction reports related to Project Protect in 2021-22. With this information, the Centre was able to provide 332 disclosures of actionable financial intelligence, including thousands of transactions, to Canada’s municipal, provincial and federal law enforcement agencies in support of their human trafficking investigations.

The Centre provided nine presentations on Project Protect across Canada in 2021-22, including to the Ontario Provincial Police, Correctional Services – Ontario, the Canada Border Services Agency, the Department of Justice Canada, and the Canadian Police College’s Human Trafficking Investigators Course. FINTRAC also presented a human trafficking case study at the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists Financial Crime Summit, along with Scotiabank and a Detective Constable from York Regional Police. To recognize World Day Against the Trafficking in Persons, FINTRAC hosted a virtual panel discussion with two courageous individuals who shared their experiences as survivors of human trafficking and emphasized the importance of the public and private sectors working together to combat these terrible crimes.

Internationally, the Centre continued to work closely with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

(AUSTRAC), sharing insight and best practices related to Project Protect. This included providing a presentation on this seminal public-private partnership to the Australian Fintel Alliance Executive Board in November 2021. In addition, FINTRAC provided 15 significant international presentations related to Project Protect, including at the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe, the International Law Enforcement Training Network, and the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative. FINTRAC also led a presentation on the critical role played by financial intelligence units in public-private partnerships targeting human trafficking at the plenary for the Cercle des Cellules de Renseignement Financiers Francophones du Groupe Egmont in the fall of 2021. FINTRAC is an active participant in this group, which is dedicated to French-speaking financial intelligence units whose focus is on combatting money laundering and terrorist financing.

PSPC

During 2021-22, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has made a number of key advancements to mitigate potential risks of human trafficking and forced labour in federal procurement supply chains.

PSPC completed a risk analysis of PSPC’s supply chains to determine which goods were at the highest risk of exposure to human trafficking, forced labour, and child labour.

PSPC also updated its Code of Conduct for Procurement (the Code), which sets forth human and labour rights expectations for vendors and their subcontractors. In addition, PSPC implemented new anti-forced labour clauses in all goods contracts to ensure that it can terminate contracts where there is credible information that goods have been produced in whole or in part by forced labour or human trafficking.

Continuing to build on an evidence based approach, PSPC posted a Request for Proposals to map international human rights due diligence obligations for businesses to report on actions taken to address risks of forced labour, human trafficking, and human rights violations in their supply chains. In addition, beginning January 2022, PSPC officials have been providing ongoing support to the Minister of Labour in the analysis of new legislation targeting the eradication of forced labour from Canadian supply chains.

CBSA

In 2021-22, Canada Border Services Agency conducted assessments of immigration enforcement processes to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place for victims and survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence more broadly, and has established a dedicated group of border officers that continues to develop enhanced strategies to combat human trafficking.

WAGE

In 2021-22, WAGE continued to support 41 projects through the Human Trafficking Fund. The Fund is designed to develop, deliver, and test innovative prevention programs for at-risk populations, including women and girls, Indigenous women and girls, LGBTQ2 and gender non-binary people, children and youth, as well as short-term continuum of care interventions to support victims and survivors while they transition out of human trafficking, reintegrate into their communities, and begin their healing and recovery process. For example:

• The Women’s Centre for Social Justice is receiving up to $552,500 for a 37-month project to develop and implement promising intervention practices to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Ontario, Alberta, Yukon, British Columbia and Québec.
• The Native Court worker and Counselling Association of British Columbia is receiving $315,768 for a 37-month project that will develop and implement Indigenous-led, community-based, culturally-rooted anti-human trafficking approaches, practices and materials to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk Indigenous populations and survivors of human trafficking throughout British Columbia.

Given the nature of the projects, short and medium term performance results for the 41 projects funded under WAGE’s Human Trafficking Fund will be available starting in the 2022-23 fiscal year.

IRCC

In 2021-22, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has resourced FTEs to conduct administrative investigation into trans-national human trafficking networks, support enforcement partners, and provide valuable information to immigration officers globally, to better detect cases of human trafficking. IRCC continued its efforts to bring focus to how the Department manages human trafficking issues internally and promote effective information sharing through its established internal working group.

IRCC hosts bi-yearly conference calls with officers from across Canada who are responsible for processing Temporary Resident Permits for Victims of Trafficking in Persons (VTIP TRP) applications to ensure that officers have the information and tools they require to make informed decisions and identify victims of human trafficking. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, IRCC was unable to host its annual VTIP Symposium in 2021-22, but efforts are being made to host a VTIP Symposium in 2022-23.

The Department is continuing the policy research and analysis to determine whether the policy tools (i.e. Ministerial Instructions, Public Policy authorities, and program delivery guidance) used by IRCC continue to be sufficient and appropriate to address the changing nature of human trafficking of foreign nationals in Canada and the significant increase in cases coming forward for issuance of a TRP.

Leticia Hernández Frías

Manager, Anti-Human Trafficking Policy

Serious and Organized Crime Division

leticia.hernandez-frias@ps-sp.gc.ca

Theme outcome(s)

Federal suppliers mitigate human trafficking risks in federal procurement supply chains.

Victims and survivors of human trafficking have access to trauma-informed services tailored to their needs.

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations use the platforms to issue recommendations that inform policy and programs.

General public, at-risk and vulnerable populations & international partners detect and report suspected human trafficking activity

Canadians and foreign nationals are protected from all forms of human trafficking and associated harms

Federal government, law enforcement and prosecutors investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking using human trafficking laws

FPTI governments, industry, NGOs and international partners work collaboratively to address cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking

N/A

Public Safety Canada

$6,000,000

$10,719,375

$650,000

$200,000

$3,753,831

$1,353,655

Canada Border Services Agency

N/A

N/A

$1,612,602

$4,764,152

N/A

$1,206,726

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

N/A

N/A

N/A

$2,119,186

N/A

$374,821

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

N/A

N/A

$8,323,518

N/A

N/A

$626,652

Public Services and Procurement Canada

$4,832,315

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$359,373

Women and Gender Equality Canada

$9,647,742

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$352,358

Total

$20,480,057

$10,719,375

$10,586,120

$7,083,338

$3,753,831

$4,273,585

National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking

$56,896,306

$11,412,051

$12,678,669

Human trafficking is prevented and addressed in populations/communities most at risk

Percentage of Canadians who are aware of human trafficking as an issue in Canada

Increase the knowledge of human trafficking reporting procedures by 2% annually against baseline of 66% of Canadians

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2023

55% of Canadians (11% decrease)^{Footnote 223}

Percentage increase of human trafficking victims/survivors who have been referred to appropriate support services by Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline (disaggregated by type of assistance provided)

15% increase annually against baseline of 250 referrals to service providers^{Footnote 224}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2023

71% increase^{Footnote 225}

Percentage of police-reported incidents of trafficking in persons

Increase against baseline of 228 police reported incidents of trafficking in persons^{Footnote 226}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 227}

Percentage of adult criminal court cases involving human trafficking offences where human trafficking is the most serious offence

Target is an increase against baseline of 27% of completed court cases^{Footnote 228}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

N/A^{Footnote 229}

Percentage increase in victims or survivors that access trauma-informed and culturally-relevant services offered by funding recipients

An annual increase of 10% of victims or survivors that access services against baseline of 249 victims or survivors accessing funded services

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

. A 273% increase against the baseline^{Footnote 230}

Number of new human trafficking-related initiatives launched by Canada in cooperation with one or more partners

2 new human trafficking-related initiatives/year

End of each fiscal year beginning 2021-22

5

Percentage of suppliers for PSPC high-risk procurements who report on taking mitigation actions to address human trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains

100% of suppliers for PSPC high-risk procurements report on taking mitigation actions to address human trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains

March 31, 2024

N/A^{Footnote 231}

Percentage increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence

20% increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence^{Footnote 232}

March 31, 2024

33% increase^{Footnote 233}

Empowerment

$20,480,057

$5,767,811

$5,072,320

Federal suppliers mitigate human trafficking risks in federal procurement supply chains

Percentage of suppliers for PSPC high-risk procurements who report on taking mitigation actions to address human trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains

100% of suppliers for PSPC high-risk procurements report on taking mitigation actions to address human trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains

March 31, 2024

On track to achieve target by March 31, 2024^{Footnote 234}

Victims and survivors of human trafficking have access to trauma-informed services tailored to their needs

Percentage of identified or known victims or survivors that access services

Target to increase against baseline of 249 victims or survivors accessing services

March 31, 2022

82% of Empowerment Projects enrollment were known victims or survivors who accessed services^{Footnote 235}

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations use the platforms to issue recommendations that inform policy and programs

Percentage of victims or survivors who felt that services offered by funded service providers met their needs

80% of victims or survivors who indicate that services offered met their needs

March 31, 2022

81% of funded organizations stated that victims or survivors indicated that services offered met their needs^{Footnote 236}

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Empowerment Projects

$4,800,000

$1,200,000

$1,542,953

Service providers offer trauma-informed services to victims and survivors

Number of tailored services provided to victims and survivors of human trafficking through CPCSOC

Four (4) projects that offer tailored services for victims and survivors of human trafficking by 2020-21^{Footnote 237}

March 31, 2021

Nine (9) projects^{Footnote 238}

Percentage of victims or survivors who felt that services offered by funded service providers met their needs

80% of victims or survivors who indicate that services offered met their needs

March 31, 2022

81% of funded organizations stated that victims or survivors indicated that services offered met their needs^{Footnote 239}

Service providers have the capacity to provide trauma-informed services for victims and survivors

Percentage of services providers reporting having increased their capacity to offer trauma-informed supports

80% of service provider reporting increased capacity to offer trauma-informed supports^{Footnote 240}

March 31, 2022

100% of Empowerment Project service providers reporting having increased their capacity to offer trauma-informed supports^{Footnote 241}

Percentage of service providers’ employees trained in providing trauma-informed services

Target to be adjusted after first year of funding^{Footnote 242}

March 31, 2022

90% of service providers indicated that their employees were trained in providing trauma-informed services^{Footnote 243}

Survivor-led Advisory Committee

$800,000

$200,000

$0

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations have access to formalized platforms to discuss human trafficking

Percentage of expected participants who attended each platform

80% participation rate of committee members

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 244}

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations use the platforms to issue recommendations that inform policy and programs

Percentage of emerging practices identified in annual report that are considered in policy or programs

60% of emerging practices identified in annual report are considered in policy or programs

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 245}

Percentage of respondents that indicate that the platform is an appropriate place for their voices to be heard (disaggregated by type)

70% of respondents that confirm platform was appropriate

June 30, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 246}

Youth Hackathons

$400,000

$0

$0

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations have access to formalized platforms to discuss human trafficking

Percentage of expected participants who attended each platform

80% of participants

June 30, 2021

Per Project:

Project 1: 37.5% of expected participants attended each platform^{Footnote 247}

Project 2: 60% of expected participants attended each platform^{Footnote 248}

Victims, survivors and vulnerable populations use the platforms to issue recommendations that inform policy and programs

Number of emerging practices^{Footnote 249} identified in youth hackathons

10 per project^{Footnote 250}

June 30, 2021

Per project:

Project 1: 15 emerging practices identified

Project 2: 10 emerging practices identified

Percentage of respondents that indicate that the platform is an appropriate place for their voices to be heard (disaggregated by type)

80% of respondents that confirm platform was appropriate

June 30, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 251}

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Community and Action Innovation

Continuum of Care - Prevention and Interventions for Vulnerable Populations and Survivors

$9,647,742

$4,391,956^{Footnote 252}

$2,851,443

Service providers offer trauma-informed services to victims and survivors

Percentage of services providers who intend to apply trauma-informed promising practices

67% of service providers. The baseline will be established by 2024-25 for projects receiving funding in 2020-21

March 31, 2025

N/A^{Footnote 253}

Service providers have the capacity to provide trauma-informed services for victims and survivors

Percentage of services providers reporting having increased their capacity to offer trauma-informed supports

67% of service providers^{Footnote 254}

March 31, 2025

N/A^{Footnote 255}

Internal Services

N/A

$352,358

$80,644

$75,492

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Acquisitions Program

Ethical Procurement

$4,832,315

$1,082,534

$677,924

Federal suppliers are aware of human and labour rights concerns in their operations and supply chains

Percentage of federal suppliers who have been provided with materials for their awareness of human and labour rights in their operations and supply chains

100% of federal suppliers are provided with materials for their awareness of human and labour rights in their operations and supply chains

November 30, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 256}

Percentage increase in federal suppliers for high-risk procurements who are aware of human and labour rights concerns in their operations and supply chains

10% increase in federal suppliers for high-risk procurements who are aware of human and labour rights concerns in their operations and supply chains

March 31, 2022

Over 10 % of suppliers of high-risk goods have signed contracts since November 2021^{Footnote 257}

Federal suppliers identify human trafficking risks in their operations and supply chains

Percentage of suppliers for PSPC high-risk procurements who have identified risks in their operations and supply chains

100% of suppliers for PSPC high risk procurements who have identified risks in their operations and supply chains

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 258}

Internal Services

N/A

$359,373

$75,343

$75,343

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Prevention

$10,719,375^{Footnote 259}

$2,623,001^{Footnote 260}

$2,249,197^{Footnote 261}

General public, at-risk and vulnerable populations and international partners detect and report suspected human trafficking activity

Percentage increase of hotline signals received by the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline

10% annual increase against baseline^{Footnote 262}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2023

184% increase^{Footnote 263}

Percentage increase of tips and enquiries triaged and reported to enforcement and investigative agency

15% annual increase against baseline^{Footnote 264}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2023

14% decrease^{Footnote 265}

Percentage increase of human trafficking victims/survivors who have been referred to appropriate support services by Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline (disaggregated by type of assistance provided)

15% annual increase against baseline^{Footnote 266}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2023

71% increase^{Footnote 267}

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

National Public Awareness Campaign

$6,002,427 + $526,948 CW^{Footnote 268}

$1,457,199 + $125,802 CW^{Footnote 269}

$1,348,327 + $125,802 CW^{Footnote 270}

The general public and at-risk and vulnerable populations are aware of human trafficking in Canada and abroad

Percentage of respondents who indicate being aware of human trafficking and reporting procedures (disaggregate by type)

Increase the percentage of intended audience who are aware of human trafficking as an issue in Canada by 2% annually against baseline^{Footnote 271}

March 31, 2022

55% of Canadians (11% below the baseline)^{Footnote 272}

Increase the knowledge of human trafficking reporting procedures by 2% annually against baseline^{Footnote 273}

March 31, 2023

82% of Canadians (8% above the baseline)

Pilot Projects for at-risk youth

$3,200,000

$800,000

$575,068

The general public and at-risk and vulnerable populations are aware of human trafficking in Canada and abroad

Percentage of respondents who indicate being aware of human trafficking and reporting procedures (disaggregate by type)

Increase the percentage of intended audience who are aware of human trafficking as an issue in Canada by 2% annually against baseline

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 274}

Increase the knowledge of human trafficking reporting procedures by 2% annually against baseline

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 275}

Research projects

$260,000

$40,000

$0

The general public and at-risk and vulnerable populations are aware of human trafficking in Canada and abroad

Number of funded projects on human trafficking that were made publicly available (disaggregated by type)

2 research projects

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 276}

FPTI governments, industry, NGOs and international partners are aware of cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that the research/data projects improved their awareness of cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking (disaggregated by type)

80%

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 277}

Data Collection projects

$730,000

$200,000

$200,000

The general public and at-risk and vulnerable populations are aware of human trafficking in Canada and abroad

Number of funded projects on human trafficking that were made publicly available (disaggregated by type)

2 projects

March 31, 2021

1 data collection project was made publicly available: Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2019^{Footnote 278}

FPTI governments, industry, NGOs and international partners are aware of cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that the research/data projects improved their awareness of cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking (disaggregated by type)

80%

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 279}

Protection

$10,586,120

$2,189,160

$2,250,660

Canadians and foreign nationals are protected from all forms of human trafficking and associated harms

Percentage of cases classified as human trafficking cases by the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline via public reporting

Target to increase against baseline of 36% of cases classified as human trafficking cases

March 31, 2022

44.6% of cases classified as human trafficking cases in reporting period^{Footnote 280}

Percentage of respondents who agreed or strongly agreed that the national case management standard was useful in developing policies and practices to protect victims and survivors of human trafficking

80% of respondents

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 281}

Number and percentage of active large-scale administrative investigations actively pursued into human trafficking that identify potential foreign national victims and/or perpetrators of human trafficking

100% of approximately 40 active large-scale administrative investigations conducted into human trafficking to identify potential victims and/or perpetrators

March 31, 2022

In 2021-22, there were approximately 10 large-scale administrative investigations into human trafficking initiated by IRCC^{Footnote 282}

100% of 10 investigations identify potential foreign national victims and/or perpetrators of human trafficking

Percentage of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) reviewed

100 % of immigration enforcement policy framework reviewed (legislative and regulatory)

Ongoing

42% of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and 40% of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations have been reviewed

Number of policy proposals based on gaps identified in assessment of immigration enforcement policy frameworks

>1 amendments to the legislative and/or regulatory framework governing immigration enforcement identified

March 31, 2024

On track for March 31, 2024

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

Case management standard

$400,000

$0

$0

Federal government, industry and NGOs have the capacity to detect and identify suspected cases of human trafficking

Number of downloads of tools (disaggregate by type)

Target is to increase against baseline^{Footnote 283}

End of each fiscal year beginning 2021-22

N/A^{Footnote 284}

Federal government, industry and NGOs implement measures to protect victims and survivors of human trafficking

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that the case management standard was comprehensive

80% of respondents

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 285}

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that the case management standard was useful in informing their practices and policies to protect victims and survivors of human trafficking

80% of respondents

March 31, 2024

N/A^{Footnote 286}

Multi-sectoral training tools

$250,000

$0

$181,798

Federal government, industry and NGOs have the capacity to detect and identify suspected cases of human trafficking

Number of downloads of tools (disaggregate by type)

Target is to increase annually against baseline^{Footnote 287}

End of each fiscal year beginning 2021-22

N/A^{Footnote 288}

Percentage of respondents who agree or strongly agree that training tools improved awareness of reporting procedures of suspected cases human trafficking

80% of respondents

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 289}

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Visitors, International Students & Temporary Workers

Protection of foreign national Victims of Trafficking in Persons

$8,323,518

$1,849,744

$1,636,215

Federal government, industry and NGOs implement measures to protect victims and survivors of human trafficking

Number of temporary resident permits (TRPs) issued to victims of trafficking in persons (VTIPs) per year broken down by initial TRPs, subsequent TRPs, and by gender, age, and country of origin

N/A^{Footnote 290}

N/A^{Footnote 291}

In 2021-22, 81 VTIP TRPs issued in total^{Footnote 292}

Breakdown as follows:

• 22 initial VTIP TRPs issued, and 59 subsequent VTIP TRPs issued.
• Gender: 37 VTIP TRPs issued to females (13 initial, 24 subsequent), 44 VTIP TRPs issued to males (9 initial, 35 subsequent).
• Age: 8 TRPs issued to victims under the age of 18 (6 initial, 2 subsequent); 11 TRPs issued to victims ages 18-24 (3 initial, 8 subsequent); 62 TRPs issued to victims ages 25-54 (13 initial, 49 subsequent).
• Nationality:
  • 5 Guatemala (1 initial, 4 subsequent),
  • 2 Hong Kong SAR (1 initial, 1 subsequent),
  • 3 India (2 initial, 1 subsequent),
  • 51 Mexico (9 initial, 42 subsequent),
  • 2 Nepal (2 initial)
  • 8 Philippines (4 initial, 4 subsequent),
  • 2 USA (2 subsequent) and
  • 1 for each of the following countries:
  • Brazil (1 subsequent), Republic of Guinea (1 subsequent), Haiti (1 subsequent), Italy (1 initial), Morocco (1 initial), Nigeria (1 initial), UK-British Citizen (1 subsequent), Ukraine (1 subsequent).

Number of VTIP TRPs refused each year broken down by initial TRPs, subsequent TRPs, and by gender, age, and country of origin

N/A^{Footnote 293}

N/A^{Footnote 294}

In 2021-22, 10 VTIP TRPs refused. Breakdown as follows:

•3 initial VTIP TRPs refused versus 7 subsequent VTIP TRPs refused.

•Gender: 3 VTIP TRPs refused to females (2 initial, 1 subsequent), 7 VTIP TRPs refused to males (1 initial, 6 subsequent).

•Age: 0 refused to victims under the age of 18; 1 refused to victims ages 18 to 24 (1 subsequent); 9 refused to victims ages 25 to 54 (3 initial, 6 subsequent).

Nationality: 1 Antigua and Barbuda (1 subsequent), 1 the Bahama Islands (1 initial), 1 Honduras (1 initial), 2 Mexico (2 subsequent), 5 Philippines (1 initial, 4 subsequent).

Percentage of VTIP TRP applications submitted processed to a final decision^{Footnote 295}

100% of submitted applications

Ongoing

Percentage of VTIP TRP applications submitted processed to a final decision in 2021-22:

100% of TRP applications received in 2021-22 were processed to final decision.

VTIP:

Passed: 71

Failed: 10

Total: 81

Dependants of VTIPs:

Passed: 8

Total: 8

Grand total: 89^{Footnote 296}

Federal government, industry and NGOs have the capacity to detect and identify suspected cases of human trafficking

Number and percentage of active large-scale administrative investigations actively pursued into human trafficking that identify potential foreign national victims and/or perpetrators of human trafficking

100% of approximately 40 active large-scale administrative investigations conducted into human trafficking to identify potential victims and/or perpetrators

March 31, 2022

In 2021-22, there were approximately 10 large-scale administrative investigations into human trafficking initiated by IRCC^{Footnote 297}

100% of 10 investigations identify potential foreign national victims and/or perpetrators of human trafficking.

Internal Services

N/A

$626,652

$139,256

$139,256

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Canada Border Services Agency

Management & Oversight

Policy capacity to protect victims of human trafficking in the immigration enforcement system

$1,612,602

$339,416

$332,647

Federal government, industry and NGOs implement measures to protect victims and survivors of human trafficking

Percentage of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) reviewed

100 % of immigration enforcement policy framework reviewed (legislative and regulatory)

Ongoing

42% of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and 40% of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations have been reviewed

Number of policy proposals based on gaps identified in assessment of immigration enforcement policy frameworks

>1 amendments to the legislative and/or regulatory framework governing immigration enforcement identified

March 31, 2024

One (1) regulatory amendment has been identified.

Internal Services

N/A

$303,519

$69,326

$69,326

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Prosecution

$7,458,159

$1,543,378

$1,544,336

Federal government, law enforcement and prosecutors investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking using human trafficking laws

Percentage of adult criminal court cases involving human trafficking offences where human trafficking is the most serious offence

An increase against baseline of 27% of completed court cases^{Footnote 298}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 299}

Number of CBSA criminal investigations cases involving suspected human trafficking, including those referred to police, pursued jointly with police, and cases of CBSA human trafficking charges secondary to other IRPA charges

3 cases per year, based on current volumes

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

Two (2) CBSA cases^{Footnote 300}

Percentage increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence

20% increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence^{Footnote 301}

March 31, 2024

33% increase^{Footnote 302}

Canada Border Services Agency

Intelligence Collection & Analysis

Establish a Dedicated Exert Group

$4,764,152

$1,033,871

$1,077,448

Federal government, industry and NGOs have the capacity to detect and identify suspected cases of human trafficking

Number of intelligence products developed to support the identification of suspected cases of human trafficking

11 intelligence products (in various forms, examples may include shift briefings, targets, trend analyses) produced per fiscal year to aid targeting, risk assessment, detection and identification of suspected cases of human trafficking

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2022

Seventy-one (71) intelligence products

Targeting; Immigration

Number of scenario-based rules developed for human trafficking

3 new scenario based targeting rules produced per fiscal year, plus annual review and maintenance of existing scenarios

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

Three (3) new scenarios were created and eleven (11) existing ones were reviewed.

Criminal Investigations^{Footnote 303}

Number of leads involving suspected human trafficking cases referred to CBSA Criminal Investigations

26 cases per year, based on current volumes

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

Eight (8) leads^{Footnote 304}

Number of CBSA criminal investigations cases involving suspected human trafficking, including those referred to police, pursued jointly with police, and cases of CBSA human trafficking charges secondary to other IRPA charges

3 cases per year, based on current volumes^{Footnote 305}

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

Two (2) CBSA cases^{Footnote 306}

Immigration Enforcement^{Footnote 307}

Federal government, law enforcement and prosecutors investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking using human trafficking laws

Number of suspected human trafficking cases identified by immigration investigations for IRPA inadmissibility

3 investigations per year, based on current volumes

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

Three (3) investigations were reviewed

Training and Development

Federal government, industry and NGOs have the capacity to detect and identify suspected cases of human trafficking

Major update of training product developed (yes/no)

Target is to complete the updates by end of Q2 fiscal year 2021-22

Q2, FY 2021-2022 (for possible residuals)

Complete – Updated training was launched on December 17, 2021

Ongoing incremental updates to training

Target is to complete the incremental updates by end of Q2 fiscal year 2021-22

Q2, FY 2021-2022 (for possible residuals)

In 2021-22, the People at Risk lesson in the Officer Induction Training Program and the Minister’s Delegate Review courses were updated

Internal Services

N/A

$903,207

$211,168

$211,168

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

Intelligence Program

Project Protect

$2,119,186

$509,507

$466,888

Federal government, law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners are aware of the scope, scale and sensitivities around human trafficking

Percentage increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence

20% increase in the number of financial intelligence disclosures regarding money laundering with human trafficking as a predicate offence

March 31, 2024

33% increase^{Footnote 308}

Percentage increase in the number of strategic intelligence products related to human trafficking

One strategic intelligence product on money laundering relating to human trafficking per fiscal year

End of each fiscal year until March 31, 2024

1 (Operational alert:

Updated Indicators -

Laundering of

proceeds from human trafficking for sexual exploitation)

Percentage increase in the number of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) received by FINTRAC related to human trafficking

Greater than 15%

March 31, 2024

727%^{Footnote 309}

Internal Services

N/A

$374,821

$104,090

$104,090

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Public Safety Canada

Serious and Organized Crime

International Conference on Human Trafficking

$200,000

$0

$0

Federal government, law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners are aware of the scope, scale and sensitivities around human trafficking

Percentage of participants of International Conference who indicate improved knowledge of the scope, scale and sensitivities around human trafficking

80% of participants

March 31, 2021

N/A^{Footnote 310}

Partnerships

$3,753,831

$949,481

$705,087

FPT governments, industry, NGOs and international partners work collaboratively to address cross-cutting issues and trends related to human trafficking

Percentage of new opportunities or initiatives completed by Canada in cooperation with one or more partners

50% of new opportunities or initiatives completed by Canada in cooperation with one or more partner

March 31, 2023

N/A^{Footnote 311}

Number of committees, contact groups, working groups or expert groups chaired, co-chaired or convened by Canada

24 committees, contact groups, working groups or expert groups chaired, co-chaired or convened.

March 31, 2022

18 committees, contact groups, working groups or expert groups chaired, co-chaired or convene by Public Safety Canada^{Footnote 312}.

Percentage increase in new partnerships or opportunities identified by the Chief Advisor

Target is to be established once baseline is set. Baseline to be set by March 31, 2021^{Footnote 313}

March 31, 2022

N/A^{Footnote 314}

Empowerment

PSPC: $4,832,315

WAGE: $9,647,742

PS: $6,000,000

PSPC: $1,082,534

WAGE: $3,285,277

PS: $1,400,000

PSPC: $677,924

WAGE: $2,851,443

PS: $1,542,953

Prevention

$10,649,375

$0

$2,249,197

Protection

CBSA: $1,612,602

IRCC: $8,323,518

PS: $650,000

CBSA: $339,416

IRCC: $1,849,744

PS: $0

CBSA: $332,647

IRCC: $1,636,215

PS: $181,798

Prosecution

CBSA: $4,764,152

FINTRAC: $2,494,007

PS: $200,000

CBSA: $1,033,871

FINTRAC: $509,507

PS: $0

CBSA: $1,077,448

FINTRAC: $466,888

PS: $0

Partnerships

$3,753,831

$949,481

$705,087

Subtotal, all themes

$52,622,721

$10,449,830

$11,721,600

Internal Services

IRCC: $626,652

FINTRAC: $374,821

WAGE: $352,358

PSPC: $359,373

CBSA: $303,519

CBSA 903,207

PS: $1,353,655

IRCC: $139,256

FINTRAC: $104,090

WAGE: $80,644

PSPC: $75,343

CBSA: $69,326

CBSA: $211,168

PS: $282,394

IRCC: $139,256

FINTRAC: $104,090

WAGE: $75,492

PSPC: $75,343

CBSA: $69,326

CBSA: $211,168

PS: $282,394

Total

$56,896,306

$11,412,051

$12,678,669