Office of the Auditor General of Canada

www.oag-bvg.gc.ca

Skip to content | Skip to institutional links

Common menu bar links

  • Français
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Help
  • Search
  • canada.gc.ca
  • Home
  • » Reports and Publications
  • » Audit Methodology
  • » What to Expect—An Auditee's Guide to the Performance Audit Process

Institutional links

About Us

Reports and Publications

Latest Audit Reports

Reports to Parliament

Reports to Northern Legislative Assemblies

Other Audits

Audit Methodology

  • Discussion Papers
  • Studies and Tools
  • International Publications

Media Room

Environment and Sustainable Development

Site Map

Proactive Disclosure

What to Expect—An Auditee's Guide to the Performance Audit Process

To access the Portable Document Format (PDF) version you must have a PDF reader installed. If you do not already have such a reader, there are numerous PDF readers available for free download or for purchase on the Internet.

PDF version

Table of Contents

A message from the Auditor General

1—Roles and responsibilities

2—Interaction with departmental audit committees

3—Access to entity information by the Office of the Auditor General

4—Handling and treatment of information

5—Long-term audit plan—One-Pass Plan

6—Planning phase of a performance audit

7—Examination phase of a performance audit

8—Reporting phase of a performance audit

9—Developing and responding to recommendations

10—Tabling

11—After the performance audit

12—Multi-entity audits

13—A road map for performance audits

14—Glossary of terms


Date Issued: 2008-06-06
Top of page
Important Notices