Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
AgriInnovate
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWO03 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Science and Innovation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The AgriInnovate program provides repayable contributions to incent targeted commercialization, demonstration and/or adoption of commercial-ready innovative technologies and processes that increase agricultural and agri-food sector competitiveness and sustainability benefits.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AgriInnovate | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $163M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $35.7M, against $25.4M in 2019-20 (+41%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $14.6M, against $28.1M in 2021-22 (−48%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Number of innovative processes and technologies implemented. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Number of innovative technologies (products, processes, practices or systems) and/or services implemented by participating firms | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $13.3M, against $20.5M in 2025-26 (−35%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $2.7M, against $13.3M in 2026-27 (−80%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | — | 2028 | 19 The target for this program is cumulative and projects can report for up to 5 years after project completion. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 63 | 2028 | 87 Note that results are cumulative over the life of the program | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 43 | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $25.2M | $27M |
| 2019-20 | $25.2M | $25.4M |
| 2020-21 | $25.2M | $35.7M |
| 2021-22 | $25.2M | $28.1M |
| 2022-23 | $25.2M | $14.6M |
| 2023-24 | $0 | $16M |
| 2024-25 | $20.5M | $15.8M |
| 2025-26 | $20.5M | — |
| 2026-27 | $13.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $2.7M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 21 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | 21 | 20 |
| 2020-21 | 20 | 29 |
| 2021-22 | 31 | 37 |
| 2022-23 | 39 | 29 |
| 2023-24 | 29 | 31 |
| 2024-25 | 32 | 17 |
| 2025-26 | 17 | — |
| 2026-27 | 14 | — |
| 2027-28 | 14* | — |
| 2028-29 | 15* | — |
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 | $25,231,185 | $25,231,185 | $25,231,185 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $25,233,852 | $25,233,852 | $25,233,852 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $25,220,521 | $25,220,521 | $25,220,521 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $25,220,521 | $25,220,521 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $25,225,853 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $20,456,733 | $20,456,733 | $13,617,732 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $20,493,368 | $13,654,367 | $3,036,701 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $13,311,975 | $2,707,601 | $0 | ||||||||
| Actual | $27,019,058 | $25,416,330 | $35,723,614 | $28,082,207 | $14,615,509 | $15,954,202 | $15,751,250 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
