Office of the Auditor General of Canada

This audit focused on whether the design of Export Development Canada’s Environmental and Social Review Directive was suitable, whether its requirements are being implemented, and whether it is aligned with Government of Canada environmental and social commitments.

The report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the OAG had the authority to set in the 2022–23 fiscal year.

Information collected in this questionnaire is used to create the Annual Report on the Operation of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. This report is tabled in Parliament every year and describes the federal government’s efforts in raising their workforce and society’s awareness and acceptance of...

Information collected in this questionnaire is used to create the Annual Report on the Operation of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. This report is tabled in Parliament every year and describes the federal government’s efforts in raising their workforce and society’s awareness and acceptance of...

Information collected in this questionnaire is used to create the Annual Report on the Operation of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. This report is tabled in Parliament every year and describes the federal government’s efforts in raising their workforce and society’s awareness and acceptance of...

This audit focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Shared Services Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and selected federal departments had adequate and effective governance, guidance, and tools in place to prevent,...

This audit focused on whether Employment and Social Development Canada and Infrastructure Canada prevented and reduced chronic homelessness through interventions that helped those at risk of or experiencing homelessness and chronic homelessness obtain housing and supports needed to remain housed....

This audit focused on whether the Canada Revenue Agency and Employment and Social Development Canada ensured that COVID‑19 benefit payments were accurate and paid to eligible applicants and undertook timely procedures to recover overpayments and/or payments made to ineligible recipients. The...

This audit focused on whether Public Services and Procurement Canada provided adequate procurement support to secure COVID‑19 vaccines, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada efficiently provided access to COVID‑19 vaccines, and the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada’s...

This report provides information on travel, hospitality, and conference expenditures for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) for the fiscal year ended 31 March, except for information withheld under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act.

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada’s annual Departmental Results Report presents its accomplishments, its actual results in relation to its performance measures, its financial performance, and its financial statements for the previous year.

This audit focused on whether key federal organizations built the maritime domain awareness needed to respond to safety and security risks and incidents associated with increasing vessel traffic in Arctic waters. The federal organizations deemed key to the surveillance of Arctic waters and...

This audit focused on whether Indigenous Services Canada provided the emergency management support needed by First Nations communities. We examined the department’s activities related to floods, wildfires, landslides, and severe weather events, because these are the most prevalent types of...

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) is required, under section 147 of the Financial Administration Act, to disclose its costs incurred in preparing annual audit and special examination reports on Crown corporations. The costs stated for joint audits include only the costs incurred...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at The Jacques‑Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. were providing the corporation with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed...

Our objective for this audit was to determine whether the systems and practices we selected for examination at the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and efficiently,...

This report highlights the results of the financial audits we—the Office of the Auditor General of Canada—conducted in federal organizations for the fiscal years ended between 31 July 2021 and 30 April 2022. (We refer to these as the 2021–2022 financial audits.) This report provides a commentary...

The report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the OAG had the authority to set in the 2021–22 fiscal year.

This backgrounder provides general information on Canada’s commitments to protect biodiversity. It also addresses species at risk status and trends. It provides a background to the performance audit reports on specific biodiversity topics that the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable...