Veterans Affairs Canada

In 2011, Veterans Affairs Canada initiated a five-year Transformation Agenda to respond to the changing needs and expectations of the Veteran population. The goal was to fundamentally change how the Department delivers programs and services. The targeted efforts of the Department included...

Policies related to Funds.

Policies related to the Supplementary Retirement Benefit.

The evaluation of the Financial Benefits Program was conducted in accordance with the Veterans Affairs Canada Multi-Year Risk-Based Evaluation Plan 2014-19. The program was last evaluated as part of an overall New Veterans Charter Evaluation in 2010-11. The Financial Benefits Program was...

Policies related to the Canadian Forces Income Support.

Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is in the process of implementing risk management with the goal of it becoming a natural part of Departmental culture. Ensuring effective learning from experience by undertaking regular reviews of the risk management process is significant to the advancement of the...

Policies related to Exceptional Incapacity Allowance.

On April 1, 2006, the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (the New Veterans Charter) came into force. The New Veterans Charter (NVC) was designed to give Canadian Forces (CF) Veterans and their families access to services and programs that would meet their...

Responsibility for the integrity and objectivity of the accompanying financial statements for the year ended March 31st and all information contained in these statements rests with the management of Veterans Affairs Canada. These financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance...

This evaluation of the Health Care Benefits and Services Program was conducted in accordance with Veterans Affairs Canada's (VAC) approved multi-year, risk-based Evaluation Plan 2012-2017. The Health Care Benefits and Services Program, commonly referred to as the Treatment Benefits Program,...

The Privacy Act gives Canadian citizens and those present in Canada the right to access and request correction of personal information about themselves held by federal government institutions. The Act also outlines obligations related to the collection, retention, accuracy, use, disclosure and...

The Career Transition Services (CTS) Program evaluation was conducted in accordance with Veterans Affairs Canada’s (VAC) approved Multi-Year Risk-Based Evaluation Plan 2012-17. The Terms and Conditions of CTS were valid until March 31, 2016. The Career Transition Services Program was established...

Policies related to the Caregiver Recognition Benefit.

Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) are used to identify potential privacy issues of new or redesigned federal government programs or services. PIAs examine how government departments protect personal information through its lifecycle of collection, use, disclosure, storage, and disposition. For...

Policies related to the Education and Training Benefit.

Our Departmental Results Report is tabled in Parliament in the fall of each year. This report provides Parliamentarians and Canadians with information on the Portfolio's performance over the last fiscal year, based on commitments made in our previous Departmental Reports. Also included are...

Policies related to Transition Services.

Policies related to the Veterans Emergency Fund.

Veterans Affairs Canada's Facts & Figures contains current and forecasted statistics about Veterans and other clients of Veterans Affairs Canada, as well as numbers related to departmental programs and services, such as expenditures and program uptake.

The following briefing material was provided to Minister Lawrence MacAulay following his swearing in as Minister of Veterans Affairs on November 20, 2019. The material provides an overview of the mandate of the Department, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. VAC is...