Corporate initiatives

Strategic outcomes

Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) four strategic outcomes describe the long-term results that the Department’s programs are designed to achieve.

Immigration plan

Every year, the Government of Canada tables in Parliament a plan for the number of immigrants that will be admitted into Canada the following year. In setting this immigration plan, the government considers the country’s economic needs as well as our family reunification and humanitarian goals.

Biometrics

Biometrics is the measurement of unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints and facial features, for the purpose of verifying identity with a high level of certainty.

Beginning in 2013, certain foreign nationals seeking visas to enter Canada will be required to give their fingerprints and have their photograph taken as part of their application.

Three-year plan for transfer payment programs

The main objective of CIC’s three-year plan for transfer payment programs is to provide applicants, recipients, parliamentarians and other stakeholders with information essential to identifying planned departmental activities that might have an impact on specific programs of interest.