The government of Canada designated 32 key federal institutions because of their importance to the development of the official-language minority communities.
These federal institutions consult the minority communities as to their development needs and proceed to draw up an annual or multi-year action plan to illustrate their intentions to support the communities. They also produce status reports to demonstrate their progress in these areas
The Action Plans contain various measures that could further help the development and enhance the vitality of official-language minority communities and promote linguistic duality.