Partnering and collaborative arrangement profile pages template: Canada.ca design

A partnering/collaborative arrangement profile page represents the single landing page on Canada.ca for an entity that is associated with 1 or more Government of Canada institutions.

For the purposes of these profile pages, partnering/collaborative arrangements are defined in the Federal Identity Program (FIP) glossary as follows:

“Joint activities or transactions involving another government, a company, an organization, a group or an individual with shared or associated objectives, with a written agreement to combine financial or in-kind inputs.”

Partnering/collaborative arrangement profile pages:

• provide a clear indication of the relationship between 1 or more institutions and the partnering/collaborative entity
• provide a consistent, concise and timely overview of the partnering/collaborative entity’s mandate, partners and information and services
• facilitate a person’s need to understand the scope of the partnering/collaborative entity’s activities
• prioritize content and navigation to support the topics, information and services related to the partnering/collaborative entity

On this page

• When to use this template
• How to use this template
• User navigation

When to use this template

Use the partnering/collaborative arrangement profile page template under the following conditions:

• at least one of the partners in the partnering/collaborative arrangement is in the Listing of Government of Canada Organizations under the Financial Administration Act (FAA) , or in the Registry of Applied Titles
• at least one other partner involved in the arrangement is a non- GC entity

Use the Canada.ca institutions list to find out which profile to apply.

How to use this template

The departments and agencies page provides links to all partnering/collaborative arrangement profile pages (see the Departments and agencies page ).

1: Title of partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

Provides the title of the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

• Content

  • the title of the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity is used
  • do not use acronyms or abbreviations
• Presentation

  • the title of the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity must be a unique H1
  • must be the first element on the page

2: Partnering/collaborative arrangement mandate

Provides 1 or 2 sentences that describe the Partnering/collaborative arrangement’s mandate

• Content

  • provides a brief, plain language overview of how the partnering/collaborative arrangement serves the public
  • keep the text short and concise
  • written for a grade 6-8 reading level
• Presentation

  • appears directly below the title of the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

3: Partnering/collaborative arrangement entity social media channels

Features social media channels specific to the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

• Content

  • use the Social media channels block (follow box) pattern

4: Latest news

Features current news items related to the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

• Content

  • use the Latest news pattern
• Presentation

  • appears below the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity social media channels
  • heading is labelled “Latest”

5: Services and information

Drives people to entity-specific services and information

• Content

  • use the Services and information pattern
• Presentation

  • appears below the latest news block and to the left of “Most requested”
  • heading is labelled “Services and information”

6: Contact information

Provides access to entity-specific contact information

• Content

  • go to Contact information , use either the contact address pattern or contact links pattern as appropriate

7: Most requested

Features organization-specific top tasks

• Content

  • use this component to provide shortcuts to the top tasks of the partnering/collaborative arrangement. However, it should not be used if all of the top tasks are already included as direct links under Services and information
  • use the Most requested pattern
• Presentation

  • appears to the right of “Services and information” and below “Contact us”
  • heading is labelled “Most requested”

8: More information for

Links to related audience information

• Content

  • use the More information for pattern
• Presentation

  • appears below “Most requested”
  • heading is labelled “More information for”

9: About partnering arrangement

Provides consistent access to key corporate information related to the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity

• Content

  • it consists of a series of links to entity-specific content that is not presented elsewhere on the page
  • order and label headings as follows:

    Mandate

    • links to a page providing the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity’s mandate, vision and objectives

    List of Partners

    • links to a page providing the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity’s partners (i.e. federal/provincial/territorial, international or non-governmental organizations)

    Organizational structure

    • links to a page providing the partnering/collaborative arrangement entity’s organizational chart or structure

• Presentation

  • heading is labelled “About [name of partnering arrangement]”

10: Associate features

Promotes entity-specific current activities being led by the organization

• Content

  • use the Context-specific features pattern
• Presentation

  • heading is labelled “Features”

11: FIP or partner identifiers

Provides partner identification plus links to partner sites

• Content

  • this component provides a visual representation of the partners within the partnering/collaborative arrangement
• Presentation

  • appears at the bottom of the page
  • appears below Features
  • images are hyperlinked
  • a text link below the image is hyperlinked to the organization’s home page

User navigation

The user navigation for partnering/collaborative arrangement profile pages includes information and services, and corporate information.

Figure 2 – Text version

Partnering/collaborative arrangement profile pages can be accessed from the Canada.ca departments and agencies page and topic pages.