Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Water Infrastructure Divestiture
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWN10 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Domestic and International Markets
- In Departmental Plans
- 2023-24 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The principal activity under this Program is the divestiture by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada of its legacy water infrastructure projects. The purpose is to transfer ownership of the federally-owned assets and in doing so remove liabilities for the federal government.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2022-23. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Infrastructure Divestiture | This program | 2022-23 – 2027-28 | $3.7M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Percent decrease in federal ownership and liability associated with the two dams. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Percent decrease in federal ownership and liability associated with the Irrigation Projects. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $9.4M, against $1.1M in 2024-25 (+749%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $1.4M, against $9.4M in 2025-26 (−85%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 70% Four of the five irrigation projects were divested by March 31, 2024. The fifth project (Rush Lake Irrigation Project) could not be divested because of delays in receiving provincial regulatory approvals, and is now targeted for divestiture in 2024-2025. One divested project (Maple Creek Irrigation Project) had outstanding environmental remediation needs which are expected to be resolved in 2024-… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 95% All five irrigation projects were successfully divested, but the actual result was only 95% achievement of our target to reduce Canada’s ownership and liability by 100% because AAFC continues to repair infrastructure on some projects and to secure full land control including agreements for crossing roads and railways by some canals and drains , in accordance with the terms of the Transfer Agreeme… | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023-24 | $3.5M | $1.4M |
| 2024-25 | $3.2M | $1.1M |
| 2025-26 | $9.4M | — |
| 2026-27 | $1.4M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $1.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | — | 11 |
| 2023-24 | 14 | 11 |
| 2024-25 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | 8 | — |
| 2026-27 | 8* | — |
| 2027-28 | 8* | — |
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 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 plan | $3,492,016 | $3,492,016 | $3,492,016 | ||
| 2024-25 plan | $3,183,503 | $1,402,679 | $1,402,391 | ||
| 2025-26 plan | $9,438,766 | $1,440,101 | $1,440,102 | ||
| Actual | $1,357,265 | $1,112,232 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
