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Evaluation Division
Evaluation of the Federal Business Immigration Program
June 2014

This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the federal Business Immigration Program (BIP), including its three classes: the Entrepreneur (EN) class, the Self-employed persons (SE) class and the Investor (IN) class. The evaluation was conducted from January to December 2013, in fulfilment of requirements under Section 42.1 of the Financial Administration Act and the 2009 Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation.

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Table of contents

• Acronyms
• Executive summary
• Evaluation of the Federal Business Immigration Program - Management Response Action Plan
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Purpose of the Evaluation
  • 1.2. Program Profile
    • 1.2.1.   Program description and objectives
    • 1.2.2.   Governance
    • 1.2.3.   Beneficiaries
    • 1.2.4.   Numbers of BIP admissions
    • 1.2.5.   Characteristics of BIP immigrants
    • 1.2.6.   BIP costs, 2006/07 to 2011/12
• 2. Methodology
  • 2.1. Evaluation Issues and Questions
  • 2.2. Evaluation Scope
  • 2.3. Data Collection Methods
    • 2.3.1.   Literature and document review
    • 2.3.2.   Key informant interviews
    • 2.3.3.   Case study site visits
    • 2.3.4.   Telephone survey
    • 2.3.5.   Administrative data analysis
    • 2.3.6.   Analysis of program costs
  • 2.4. Limitations and Considerations
• 3. Relevance
  • 3.1. Continued Need
    • 3.1.1.   Rationale for the SE class under BIP
  • 3.2. BIP Consistency with Priorities
  • 3.3. BIP Consistency with Federal Role
• 4. Management Outcomes
  • 4.1. BIP Application Management
    • 4.1.1.   BIP immigration levels target
    • 4.1.2.   BIP application processing and inventory management
    • 4.1.3.   Average processing times and perceptions of timeliness
  • 4.2. Application Processing and Effectiveness
    • 4.2.1.   Coordination
    • 4.2.2.   Consistency in processing
    • 4.2.3.   Training of Visa Officers
    • 4.2.4.   Objectivity
    • 4.2.5.   Clarity of application process
  • 4.3. Monitoring the EN Class
• 5. Program Performance
  • 5.1. Economic Outcomes
    • 5.1.1.   Introduction to Economic Outcomes
    • 5.1.2.   Self-employment activities
    • 5.1.3.   Investment capital mobilized through the IIP
    • 5.1.4.   Post-admission investment
    • 5.1.5.   Employment income
    • 5.1.6.   Taxable income and taxes paid
    • 5.1.7.   EI and SA benefits received
    • 5.1.8.   Profile of income sources
    • 5.1.9.   Summary
  • 5.2. Interprovincial Mobility & Out-migration
    • 5.2.1.   Interprovincial mobility
    • 5.2.2.   Out-migration
  • 5.3. Unintended Impacts
• 6. Resource Utilization
  • 6.1. Efficiency
    • 6.1.1.   Program budget and costs
    • 6.1.2.   Efficiency of BIP
  • 6.2. Selection Criteria and Alternatives
• 7. Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 7.1. Relevance
  • 7.2. Management Outcomes
  • 7.3. Program Outcomes
  • 7.4. Recommendations
• Appendix A:  Business Immigration Program Logic Model
• Appendix B:  Evaluation Issues, Questions and Indicators
• Appendix C:  IMDB Capture Rate
• Appendix D:  Weighting of the Survey Results
• Appendix E:  Glossary of Economic Concepts
• Appendix F:  Income Profile

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