Evaluation reports: Correctional Service of Canada

Evaluation reports provide credible, timely and neutral advice for senior management to make evidence-based decisions about Correctional Service Canada programs. The reports examine questions of program relevance, effectiveness and efficiency, and can inform shifts in policy or changes to expenditure management. 

2026

• Summary of the Evaluation of Offender Case Management: Readiness for Parole
• Evaluation of Offender Case Management: Readiness for Parole

2025

• Evergreen Risk-based Audit and Evaluation Plan 2025 to 2030
• CSC Audit and Evaluation of Structured Intervention Units, June 8, 2025
• Joint Audit and Evaluation of Structured Intervention Units: Internal Audit and Evaluation Sector, Correctional Service of Canada
• Evaluation of the Correctional Officer Recruitment Allowance (CORA)
• Summary of the Evaluation of the Correctional Officer Recruitment Allowance (CORA)

2024

• Evergreen Risk-based Audit and Evaluation Plan 2024 to 2029

2023

• Evaluation of Offender Case Management: Offender Intake Assessment and Institutional Supervision
• Summary of the Evaluation of Offender Case Management: Offender Intake Assessment and Institutional Supervision

2021

• The Correctional Programs: Supplementary Evaluation of the Integrated Correctional Program Model: Community Program
• Summary of the Correctional Program: Supplementary Evaluation of the Integrated Correctional Program Model: Community Program
• Summary of Evaluation of CSC's Engagement and Intervention Model
• Evaluation of CSC's Engagement and Intervention Model

2020

• Summary of Evaluation of Correctional Reintegration Programs
• Evaluation of Correctional Reintegration Programs

2019

• Summary of Evaluation of CSC’s Institutional Chaplaincy Services
• Evaluation of CSC’s Institutional Chaplaincy Services

2017

• Summary of Evaluation of CSC's Health Services
• Evaluation of CSC's Health Services

2016

• Evaluation Report: CSC’s Grants Program

2015

• Evaluation of CSC's Institutional Security
• Evaluation of CSC's Education Programs and Services

2013

• Community Correctional Operations: Chapter 4: Integrated Community Corrections - Conclusions and Recommendations
• The Strategic Plan for Aboriginal Corrections
• Community Correctional Operations: Chapter 3: Community Engagement

2012

• Evaluation of Exchange of Service Agreements
• Community Correctional Operations: Chapter 2: Community Supervision Strategies and Staff Safety

2011

• Intensive Intervention Strategy for Women Offenders
• Report of the Evaluation of Grants and Contributions Programs
• Report of the Evaluation of CSC’s Community Corrections Chapter 1: Correctional Interventions
• Strategic Plan for Aboriginal Corrections - Chapter One: Aboriginal Healing Lodges

2010

• Community Maintenance Program
• Motivation Based Intervention Strategy

2008

• Integrated Police and Parole Initiative
• Community Mental Health Initiative

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• Evaluation Report: Community Employment Centres Initiative,
  January 2010
  PDF (865 kb)
• Evaluation Report: National Victim Services Program,
  February 2010
  PDF (653 kb)
• National Employability Skills Program,
  May 2010
  full report: PDF (0.9 mb) | image descriptions: PDF (0.05 mb)
• Ontario Region Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Inflammatory Spray Pilot Project,
  May 2010
  PDF (476 kb)
• Evaluation of CSC’s Community Corrections: Phase 1 –Report of the Focus Group Sessions with Community Partners and Stakeholders,
  August 2010
  PDF (367 kb)

• Evaluation Report: Correctional Service Canada's Correctional Programs,
  January 2009
• Evaluation of Correctional Service Canada’s Safer Tattooing Practices Pilot Initiative,
  Janurary 2009
  PDF (1.82 mb)
• Evaluation Report: Community Residential Alternatives,
  November 2009
• Aboriginal Community Development Officers,
  December 2009
  full report: PDF (0.6 mb) | image descriptions: PDF (0.01 mb)
• Evaluation Report: LifeLine Program,
  December 2009
• Evaluation Report: Electronic Monitoring Program Pilot,
  December 2009

• Correctional Service Co-ordination Agreement
  Exchange of Services Agreement between CSC and
  New Brunswick Department of Public Safety,
  June 2008
  full report: PDF (0.9 mb) | image descriptions: PDF (0.05 mb)
• Correctional Service of Canada’s Employment Strategy: Institutional Component File # 394-2-74,
  June 2008
• Correctional Service Canada Contract with the Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal,
  July 2008
  full report: PDF (1.3 mb)

• Section 81 Agreement between the O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation and the Correctional Service of Canada – The O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi Healing Lodge,
  November 2007
  full report: PDF (0.7 mb) | image descriptions: PDF (0.03 mb)

• Management Action Plan (Map), Native Counselling Services of Alberta,
  March 2006
• Final Report - Effective Corrections Initiatives - Aboriginal Reintegration
  June 2006

• Excom Presentation - Evaluation Report of Employment and Employability Program,
  January 2005
  PDF (47 kb)
• Report on the Evaluation of the Enhancing Community Corrections Infrastructure: Volunteers Initiative
  March 2005
• Report on the Evaluation of the Enhancing Community Corrections Infrastructure: Community Employment Centres Initiative,
  March 2005
  PDF (2.69 mb)
• Literature Review on Public Opinion and Corrections: Recent Findings in Canada,
  March 2005
• Evaluation Report: The Section 81 Agreement between the Native Counselling Services of Alberta and the Correctional Service of Canada; The Stan Daniels Healing Centre,
  October 2005

• Final Report - Effective Corrections Initiatives - Aboriginal Reintegration
  June 2004
• Formative Evaluation of the National Contribution Program and the National Aboriginal Contribution Program,
  November 2004
  PDF (687 kb)
• Evaluation of Citizens’ Advisory Committees: CSC Perspective,
  November 2004
  PDF (1.18 mb)

• Evaluation of the Employment and Employability Program,
  March 2003
  PDF (242 kb)
• Final Evaluation of the Canada-New Brunswick Initiative
  December 2003
  PDF (490 kb)

• Evaluation of the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge,
  September 2002
• Report on the Review of the National Aboriginal Recruitment Strategy,
  October 2002
  PDF (209 kb)

• Action Plan: Evaluation of the Impact of Uniforms in Women Offender Facilities
  PDF (15.1 kb)
• Management Action Plan: Formative Evaluation of the National Contribution Program and the National Aboriginal Contribution Program
  PDF (31.5 kb)
• Action Plan in Response to Report on the Evaluation of the Enhancing Community Corrections Infrastructure: Community Employment Centers Initiative
  PDF (92.5 kb)
• Question & Answer - Evaluation of the Employment and Employability Program
• Final Action Plan - Evaluation of Citizens’ Advisory Committees: CSC Perspective
  PDF (23.2 kb)
• Final Action Plan: Evaluation of the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge
  PDF (35.2 kb)
• Final Action Plan: Review of the National Aboriginal Recruitment Strategy
  PDF (17.6 kb)
• Questions & Answers: National Aboriginal Recruitment Strategy
  PDF (17 kb)
• Final Action Plan - Evaluation of the Canada - New Brunswick Initiative
  PDF (15.2 kb)