2019–20 Departmental Plan

Additional Information

Corporate Information

Organizational Profile

Appropriate Minister: The Honourable Karina Gould, PC, MP, Minister of Democratic Institutions

Institutional Head: Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada

Agency: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Year of incorporation/commencement: 1920

Enabling instruments:

• Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9^{Footnote viii}
• Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. E-3^Footnote ix
• Referendum Act, S.C. 1992, c. 30^Footnote x

Raison d'être, Mandate and Role: Who We Are and What We Do

"Raison d'être, Mandate and Role: Who We Are and What We Do" is available on the Elections Canada website.^Footnote xi

Reporting Framework

Elections Canada's Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory of record for 2019–20 are shown below:

There were no changes to this Reporting Framework from 2018–19 to 2019–20.

Supporting Information on the Program Inventory

Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources and results related to Elections Canada's Program Inventory is available in the GC^{Footnote xii}

Supplementary Information Tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on Elections Canada's website:^{Footnote xiii}

• Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy^{Footnote xiv}
• Details of transfer payment programs of $5 million or more^Footnote xv
• Gender-based analysis plus^{Footnote xvi}

Federal Tax Expenditures

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures.^{Footnote xvii} This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs. The tax measures presented in this report are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

Organizational Contact Information

General Enquiries

Address

Elections Canada
30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0M6

Telephone

1-800-463-6868 (toll-free in Canada and the United States)

001-800-514-6868 (toll-free in Mexico)

613-993-2975 (from anywhere in the world)

For people who are deaf or hard of hearing:

TTY 1-800-361-8935 (toll-free in Canada and the United States)

Fax

613-954-8584

1-888-524-1444 (toll-free in Canada and the United States)

Website

www.elections.ca

Email

info@elections.ca

Media information

Telephone

1-877-877-9515

819-939-1900

TTY 1-800-361-8935

Fax

613-954-8584

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