Office of the Auditor General of Canada

This audit focused on whether Employment and Social Development Canada and selected organizations were implementing a national approach for achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and had made progress toward achieving selected national targets that would result in...

This audit focused on whether the Public Health Agency of Canada was prepared to effect a pandemic response that would protect public health and safety and would be supported by accurate and timely public health surveillance information. This audit also focused on whether the Public Health Agency...

On 29 January 2020, the House of Commons passed a motion asking the Auditor General to conduct an audit of the Investing in Canada Plan. This audit focused on whether Infrastructure Canada and key federal organizations could demonstrate that the Investing in Canada Plan was meeting its objectives...

This audit focused on whether the Department of Finance Canada provided analysis on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, taking into account the Government’s objective of providing financial relief to employers and facilitating a return to economic activity. This audit also focused on whether the...

This audit focused on whether the Canada Revenue Agency ensured that Canada Child Benefit recipients were eligible for the benefit and that payments were made in a timely and accurate manner.

This audit focused on whether Employment and Social Development Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Shared Services Canada, and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat planned and carried out procurements for complex IT solutions that support the achievement of business outcomes and the...

This audit focused on whether the large vessel fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard were being renewed in a timely manner. We examined whether shipbuilding was on schedule and whether the new ships were being delivered in time for the retirement of the old ships. We also...

This audit focused on whether Indigenous Services Canada provided adequate support to First Nations communities to ensure that they have access to safe drinking water. We also examined whether the department determined and provided the amount of funding necessary to operate and maintain drinking...

This audit focused on whether Transport Canada implemented selected recommendations from our 2013 audit regarding the department’s oversight of the safe transportation of people and goods. In particular, we examined the risk-based planning process and whether the department confirmed that railway...

Briefing Package for the hearing Report 3, Supplying the Canadian Armed Forces—National Defence, of the 2020 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 19 November 2020.

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 Canada Deposit Insurance 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 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 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 Telefilm Canada were providing it with reasonable assurance that its assets were safeguarded and controlled, its resources were managed economically and efficiently, and its operations...

This audit focused on the extent to which Transport Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator implemented the Commissioner’s 2011 and 2015 recommendations about these organizations’ compliance and enforcement responsibilities, to ensure that dangerous goods are transported safely.