

The Literacy and Essential Skills Program (hereafter, "the Program") aims to help adult Canadians improve their essential skills levels to ultimately be successful in the labour market. This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the Literacy and Essential Skills Program.

Figure 4-2: Participants' employment status at the time of training across vulnerable groups.Figure 4-1: The percentage of participants that experienced challenges with the program-funded training by under-represented group.List of abbreviations ESDC Employment and Social Development Canada ALLESP Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program NESI National Essential Skills Initiative PIAAC Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development LES Literacy and Essential Skills LMDA Labour Market Development Agreements WDA Workforce Development Agreements ISET Indigenous Skills and Employment Training SPF Strategic Partnerships Funds YESS Youth Employment and Skills Strategy OF Opportunities Funds IRCC Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ISED Innovation, Science and Economic Development PTs Provinces and territories CFP Call for Proposals SFS Skills for Success ES Essential Skills PIP Performance Information Profile CMEC Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Canada List of figures
