Departmental Results Framework 2023 to 2024

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Core Responsibility: Crown-Indigenous Relations

Supporting Indigenous organizations, individuals, communities and governments in advancing reconciliation and self-determination through strengthening Crown-Indigenous relationships based on respect, cooperation, partnership, the affirmation and implementation of Indigenous rights.

Departmental Result 1: Past injustices are recognized and resolved

Departmental Indicators

  1. Number of specific claims resolved by the department
  2. Number of additions to reserves completed
  3. Percentage of former residential schools for which investigation work has been conducted
  4. Percentage of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action that are implemented

Departmental Result 2: Indigenous Peoples advance their institutional structures and governance

Departmental Indicators

  1. Percentage of First Nations that have opted into an Indian Act alternative
  2. Percentage of First Nations that assert jurisdiction over fiscal management
  3. Percentage of First Nations that assert jurisdiction over land management
  4. Percentage of Indigenous groups that have enhanced their governance capacity

Departmental Result 3: Peoples determine their political, economic, social and cultural development

Departmental Indicators

  1. Annual number of priorities identified through the permanent bilateral mechanisms that result in policies, funding or legislation
  2. Percentage of Indigenous Peoples that have reached preliminary types of co-developed agreements
  3. Number of treaties, self-government agreements and other constructive arrangements that have been concluded
  4. Percentage of Indigenous Peoples with whom treaties, self-government agreements and other constructive arrangements have been concluded

Departmental Result 4: Indigenous Peoples strengthen their socio-economic conditions and well-being

Departmental Indicators

  1. Average Community Well-Being Index score for modern treaty and self-government agreement holders
  2. Percentage of Indigenous groups with concluded arrangements demonstrating an increase in the Community Well-Being Index score
  3. Percentage of First Nations schools associated with a sectoral education agreement that provides culturally-based curriculum
  4. Number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls family members and survivors who have received supports from a culturally-relevant provider for their healing journey

Program Inventory

  • Negotiations of Treaties, Self-Government Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements
  • Management and Implementation of Agreements and Treaties
  • Consultation and Accommodation
  • Indigenous Engagement and Capacity Support
  • Indigenous-led Services
  • First Nation Jurisdiction over Land and Fiscal Management
  • Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
  • Residential Schools Legacy
  • Other Claims
  • Specific Claims

Core Responsibility: Northern Affairs

Supporting Canada's Arctic and northern organizations, individuals, communities and governments in the pursuit of a strong, inclusive, vibrant, prosperous and self-sufficient North, the vision of Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework. This includes federal coordination, science leadership, natural resource and environmental management, effective delivery of federal programming, as well as Indigenous and territorial relations.

Departmental Result 5: Northerners and Indigenous Peoples advance their political, economic and social governance development

Departmental Indicators

  1. Average Community Well-Being Index score for communities in the North
  2. Number of devolution phases in Nunavut completed
  3. Percentage of reports produced by the Arctic Council that include Canadian content
  4. Percent change in recipient self-assessment of food sovereignty
  5. Percentage of income required to purchase sufficient nutritious food

Departmental Result 6: Northern and Indigenous communities are resilient to changing environmental conditions

Departmental Indicators

  1. Litres of diesel avoided annually with clean energy
  2. Percentage of climate change assessments and plans for which measures have been implemented
  3. Percentage of contaminant information available to inform public health guidance and individual food choices

Departmental Result 7: Northern lands, waters, and natural resources are sustainably managed

Departmental Indicators

  1. Percentage of high-priority northern contaminated sites that are being actively managed
  2. Percentage of Indigenous and northern groups who report that their participation improved completed impact assessments
  3. Percentage of regulatory requests for which measures are taken to ensure long-term sustainability of water and land resource in the North

Program Inventory

  • Canadian High Arctic Research Station
  • Climate Change Adaptation and Clean Energy
  • Northern and Arctic Environmental Sustainability
  • Northern and Arctic Governance and Partnerships
  • Northern Contaminated Sites
  • Northern Regulatory and Legislative Frameworks
  • Northern Strategic and Science Policy
  • Nutrition North

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