Canadian Heritage

Briefing binder used by the Hon. Bardish Chagger, Before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Study on the Review of the Safeguards in Place to Prevent Conflicts of Interest.

Briefing binder used by the Hon. Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, Standing Committee on Finance Contribution agreement with WE Charity.

Canada’s response to questions raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in the Concluding Observations in follow-up to Canada’s 2017 UN appearance for the review of its combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report on the International Convention on the...

Response to questions raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in the Concluding Observations in follow-up to Canada’s 2016 UN appearance for the review of its Eighth and Ninth Reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against...

Briefing binder used by the Hon. Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth before Senate Committee of a Whole (Senate) to consider the Government’s role in ending systemic racism.

This report provides Canada’s response to the Committee’s 2012 Concluding Observations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/CAN/CO/3-4), 2006 Concluding Observations on the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/CAN/CO/1), and 2012 Concluding...

Briefing binder used by the Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Canadian Heritage Before the Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) regarding the Canadian response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Common Core Document should be read in conjunction with Canada’s periodic reports under the seven United Nations (UN) human rights treaties to which Canada is a party. Together, these documents outline the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures that implement Canada’s...

Briefing binder used by the Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Canadian Heritage Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Regarding the Minister’s Mandate Letter.

On April 3 and 4, 2017, Canada appeared before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee), for the review of its initial report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee issued its concluding observations for...

Transition material 2019 including an overview of the Department of Canadian Heritage, its portfolio and strategic advice.

This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act and section 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that Canadian Heritage had the authority to charge in the 2018 to 2019 fiscal year. This report contains...

The Journalism and Written Media Independent Panel of Experts presents its final report and recommendations for the effective and equitable implementation of the tax measures in support of Canadian news media provided in Budget 2019.

Canada's 3rd report was prepared collaboratively by federal, provincial and territorial governments. It provides examples of measures adopted by governments to address issues raised during Canada’s second Universal Periodic Review.

This plan sets out our approach to integrate experimentation into all elements of our department’s core business. All funding programs are pursuing experimentation to test, measure and compare the effectiveness of new approaches. All of our internal service offices are supporting the pursuit of...

The Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) receives applications under both the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) and the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC) programs. CAVCO provides monthly updates on its processing of applications under each...

Research is decentralized in the Department of Canadian Heritage. This document was developed by the Policy Research Group (PRG) whose mandate is to provide coordination and support to Sectors and Branches in the area of research, and optimize the dissemination and use of data and statistics...

This infographic was created for internal briefing purposes by the Policy Research Group, Department of Canadian Heritage as it is a clear, effective and artistic way of presenting complex data, while keeping the attention of the viewer. It is a visual representation of data from Police-reported...

This report presents the results of a review of the Government of Canada’s approach to Targeted Excellence funding for Olympic and Paralympic sports.

Promoting bilingualism and the development of official language minority communities in Canada are key elements of our success. This report presents several of the actions taken by the Government of Canada, through its federal institutions in 2015–16 to achieve these goals.