Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWO05 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Science and Innovation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program supports the agricultural sector to adapt to new and emerging issues, opportunities and challenges in order to remain competitive. The program funds national or sector-wide projects to develop a new idea, product, niche, or market opportunity or respond to new and emerging issues.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2027-28 | $182M |
| Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program | Later program (name match, high confidence) | 2026-27 – 2028-29 | — |
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 | Renamed from “Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program” to “Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2020-21 | Spending $119M, against $1.7M in 2019-20 (+6810%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $31.7M, against $119M in 2020-21 (−73%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $12.6M, against $31.7M in 2021-22 (−60%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $1.3M, against $11.5M in 2023-24 (−89%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $20.9M, against $1.3M in 2024-25 (+1516%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Appears to be replaced by Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $8.4M, against $20.9M in 2026-27 (−60%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 25 | 2019 | 56 | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 25 | 2020 | 1 The target for this program is cumulative over the lifetime of the program and this is the first year of reporting. The date to achieve target has been changed from March 2020 to March 2024, and the target minimum changed to 30. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 25 | 2021 | 13 The target for this program is cumulative over the lifetime of the program and this is the second year of reporting. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 30 | 2024 | 48 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 30 | 2025 | 51 | 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
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $11.1M | $4.6M |
| 2019-20 | $9.6M | $1.7M |
| 2020-21 | $10.1M | $119M |
| 2021-22 | $8.4M | $31.7M |
| 2022-23 | $14.4M | $12.6M |
| 2023-24 | $5.9M | $11.5M |
| 2024-25 | $8.4M | $1.3M |
| 2025-26 | $20.9M | — |
| 2026-27 | $20.9M* | — |
| 2027-28 | $8.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019-20 | 12 | 9 |
| 2020-21 | 8 | 12 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 12 |
| 2022-23 | 12 | 6 |
| 2023-24 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | 6 | — |
| 2026-27 | 6* | — |
| 2027-28 | 6* | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $11,065,503 | $11,053,778 | $11,053,778 | |||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $9,554,247 | $11,057,981 | $11,057,981 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $10,113,906 | $10,122,688 | $11,124,642 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $8,408,135 | $8,410,087 | $11,140,087 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $14,405,657 | $11,135,657 | $11,135,657 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $5,919,591 | $8,419,590 | $8,419,591 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $8,389,798 | $8,374,445 | $8,375,004 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $20,941,137 | $20,898,085 | $8,387,180 | |||||||
| Actual | $4,578,844 | $1,720,946 | $118,915,408 | $31,745,737 | $12,619,844 | $11,483,451 | $1,296,096 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
