In June 2025, Deputy Minister Gina Wilson approved the Indigenous Services Canada Five-Year Evaluation Plan and submitted it to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

The blueprint will guide assessments of $25.15 billion in programs for health, education, child welfare, and economic development serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

It rejects isolated program reviews. Services are now clustered to reveal how they shape overall community well-being. Family violence prevention sits alongside safe communities initiatives, while primary health care, oral health, and eHealth form one continuum.

Three innovation projects drive the change. Frameworks center community-determined well-being and relationships. One replaces colonial logic models with pillars of Spirit, Relationships, and Process. Another integrates video storytelling and translations into Plains Cree, Inuktitut, and other Indigenous languages.

The plan schedules forty evaluations. They will examine 99 percent of planned departmental spending through 2029-30. Every review now assesses progress toward service transfer to Indigenous control.

As these reports emerge over the next five years, their evidence will shape how billions in federal programs support self-determination in communities across the country.