Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Supply Management Initiatives
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWN04 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Domestic and International Markets
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Supply Management Initiatives includes programs designed to ensure that those in Canada’s supply-managed sectors receive full and fair compensation for recent trade agreements.
The Dairy Direct Payment Program helps dairy producers adapt to the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) market conditions by replacing foregone income, increasing confidence in the future of the supply management system, and providing producers the opportunity for investments in operations.
The Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program supports on-farm investments in increasing efficiency or productivity; improving on-farm food safety and biosecurity; improving environmental sustainability; and responding to consumer preferences.
The Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken helps increase domestic demand and consumption of Canadian turkey and chicken products through industry-led promotional activities that differentiate Canadian products and producers, and leverage Canada’s reputation for high quality and safe food.
The Supply Management Processing Investment Fund assists dairy, poultry and egg processors adapt to CETA/CPTPP market changes by providing contributions to increase productivity/efficiency, modernize existing operations, support new product development, and respond to consumer expectations.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply Management Initiatives | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $3.14B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of farm investments | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Number of large scale investments ($60,000 - $250,000); Number of small scale investments (less than $60,000) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Spending $428M, against $99.9M in 2018-19 (+329%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Number of marketing activities approved; Number of investments made in new production equipment, improved capacity and/or efficiency, improved environmental impacts, alignment with market, regulatory and/or consumer preferences (e.g., cage free eggs) production; Percentage of supply-managed dairy producers compensated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: Number of facilities and not-for-profit organizations that apply for and receive funding; Percentage increase in volume of industrial or fluid milk and milk components used in production; Percentage reduction of total cost per dairy product unit | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Renamed from “Dairy Programs” to “Supply Management Initiatives”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Percentage increase in volume of raw inputs used in production. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Number of farm investments; Percentage of supply-managed dairy producers compensated | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 124, against 91 in 2024-25 (+36%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Number of investments made in new production equipment by objective types. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Number of investments made in new production equipment, improved capacity and/or efficiency, improved environmental impacts, alignment with market, regulatory and/or consumer preferences (e.g., cage free eggs) production | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 86, against 124 in 2025-26 (−31%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of supply-managed dairy producers that were compensated following identification by the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $195M, against $357M in 2027-28 (−45%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | — | 2023 | 11 Target was not set at the time of establishing the 2022-23 Departmental Plan but will be reported on in future years. Projects with the Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken are multi year projects (in this case project activities take place from 2022 to 2025). 11 activities within those projects are for market development (8 for turkey and 3 for chicken). | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 14 | 2024 | 11 Projects with the Market Development Program for Turkey and Chicken are multi-year projects, and the number of overarching activities can fluctuate. Moreover, it is worth noting that the 11 activities currently being supported (8 for turkey and 3 for chicken), are in actuality, overarching marketing campaigns that are comprised of numerous individual marketing activities (e.g., social media campa… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 14 | 2025 | 24 | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | — | 2024 | — Target was not set at the time of establishing the 2023-24 Departmental Plan, however a multi-year target will be subsequently set in future reports Sufficient data is not yet available to report against the program’s indicators, as recipient performance reporting begins after project completion to ensure that the full benefits of the program can be reported. | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | — | 2025 | — Target has been set, and will be included in the 2025-26 Departmental Plan and Departmental Results Report. | No result reported |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | — | 2023 | 669 Target was not set at the time of establishing the 2022-23 Departmental Plan but will be reported on in future years. 669 Contribution Agreements were signed in fiscal year 2022-23 through the Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program, and projects may meet multiple indicators. 669 projects were for new production equipment, 607 projects were for improved capacity and/or efficiency, 497 projects… | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | — | 2024 | 842 Target was not set at the time of establishing the 2023-24 Departmental Plan, however a new target was subsequently set in the 2024-25 Departmental Plan. For its third year of operation, the Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program approved over $105 million in program funding in 2023-24, representing the 842 on-farm investment projects by poultry and egg producers into: new production equipmen… | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 925 | 2025 | 1,388 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 3,300 | 2022 | 3,454 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 3,300 | 2023 | 3,457 This is a cumulative total, representing investment over the duration of the program (6 years, from 2017-2018 to 2022-2023). | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 96% 96% of the farms eligible for compensation registered for the Dairy Direct Payment Program through the Canadian Dairy Commission. Of those, 100% of the farms identified by the Canadian Diary Commission received direct payments. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 51 | 2021 | 101 | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 51 | 2021 | 103 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 925 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 14 | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Disaggregated target: Dairy - 40%; Eggs - 15% Poultry - 30% | 2030 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $94.2M | $99.9M |
| 2019-20 | $83.3M | $428M |
| 2020-21 | $78.3M | $522M |
| 2021-22 | $526M | $540M |
| 2022-23 | $585M | $576M |
| 2023-24 | $154M | $477M |
| 2024-25 | $501M | $492M |
| 2025-26 | $525M | — |
| 2026-27 | $410M | — |
| 2027-28 | $357M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $195M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 36 | 46 |
| 2019-20 | 50 | 49 |
| 2020-21 | 51 | 36 |
| 2021-22 | 24 | 40 |
| 2022-23 | 61 | 51 |
| 2023-24 | 42 | 70 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 91 |
| 2025-26 | 124 | — |
| 2026-27 | 86 | — |
| 2027-28 | 86* | — |
| 2028-29 | 70* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $94,238,832 | $83,258,832 | $78,288,832 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $83,262,048 | $78,292,048 | $49,951,500 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $78,275,968 | $49,941,500 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $525,941,500 | $468,000,000 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $585,147,581 | $154,333,535 | $165,615,501 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $154,347,411 | $165,630,164 | $164,883,305 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $501,120,588 | $511,936,310 | $406,760,850 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $524,594,932 | $413,919,379 | $357,360,298 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $409,838,041 | $356,803,973 | $195,350,324 | ||||||||
| Actual | $99,881,680 | $428,208,031 | $522,110,100 | $540,234,533 | $576,088,015 | $476,920,883 | $492,422,918 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
