Review collection of gender statistics to evaluate programs and policies.

What success looks like

More data available from Statistics Canada, disaggregated by gender, allowing more informed decision-making.

Government's narrative on progress

In 2018 the government introduced a new Gender Results Framework (GRF), a whole-of-government tool that articulates Canada’s gender equality goals and outlines relevant indicators to measure progress towards gender equality. The GRF guide future decision-making to maximize the impact of federal policies, programs and initiatives on gender equality, and to allow progress to be monitored and measured. On March 19, 2019, concurrently with Budget 2019, the Department for Women and Gender Equality launched the GRF Portal, an up-to-date source of data and research relevant to the indicators included in the GRF. In parallel, the government has improved the availability and use of gender disaggregated data. Investments in research and data collection initiatives ensure access to a broad set of indicators to track progress on achieving gender equality objectives. In September 2018, Statistics Canada launched a new Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub, the principal component of the Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion, which brings together data from a number of Statistics Canada sources. In addition, Budget 2019 proposes to provide $1.5 million over 5 years, starting in 2019–20 to the Treasury Board Secretariat to work with departments receiving Budget 2019 funding to ensure robust administrative data collection and reporting practices with respect to gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) information for all initiatives. The Secretariat will draw on the expertise of Statistics Canada and the Department for Women and Gender Equality in developing standardized frameworks and tools for GBA+ disaggregated data collection and reporting. This will achieve greater consistency and comparability over time and across programs in the aim of improving the inclusiveness of Government of Canada programs.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.