Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Cost-shared Science, Research, Innovation and Environment
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWO06 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Science and Innovation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
Under Federal, Provincial and Territorial Cost-shared Science, Research, Innovation and Environment, transfer payments are provided to the provinces and territories for programming to accelerate the pace of innovation in the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector. A key focus of such innovation is the research, development and commercialization of products, practices, processes and systems that enhance the productivity, competitiveness, economic growth and adaptability to environment and climate change in the sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal, Provincial and Territorial Cost-shared Science, Research, Innovation and Environment | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $835M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Spending $158M, against $120M in 2023-24 (+32%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Reduction of national GHG emissions throughout the framework. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Number of new technologies (products, practices, processes and systems) that attain Intellectual Property protection | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $0, against $147M in 2027-28 (−100%). | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 72 | 2022 | 199 | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 72 | 2023 | 240 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 72 | 2024 | 311 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 72 | 2025 | — There are no results available since these are the old Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) indicators and the new Sustainable CAP indicators are captured starting in 2025-26. Actual result for the last year of CAP on this indicator was reported in 2023-24 and met its target. | No result reported |
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 | 3 – 5 | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $120M | $94.4M |
| 2019-20 | $123M | $112M |
| 2020-21 | $125M | $117M |
| 2021-22 | $115M | $117M |
| 2022-23 | $115M | $116M |
| 2023-24 | $0 | $120M |
| 2024-25 | $148M | $158M |
| 2025-26 | $148M | — |
| 2026-27 | $147M | — |
| 2027-28 | $147M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 11 | 14 |
| 2019-20 | 15 | 17 |
| 2020-21 | 17 | 23 |
| 2021-22 | 19 | 27 |
| 2022-23 | 28 | 28 |
| 2023-24 | 29 | 33 |
| 2024-25 | 32 | 36 |
| 2025-26 | 36 | — |
| 2026-27 | 31 | — |
| 2027-28 | 31* | — |
| 2028-29 | 32* | — |
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 | $119,604,220 | $124,565,180 | $124,565,180 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $123,066,003 | $124,566,003 | $114,681,743 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $124,561,885 | $114,679,725 | $114,679,725 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $114,679,725 | $114,679,725 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $114,680,532 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $147,604,665 | $147,604,666 | $147,604,665 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $147,622,800 | $147,622,800 | $147,622,800 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $147,346,418 | $147,356,846 | $0 | ||||||||
| Actual | $94,381,816 | $112,132,818 | $116,926,444 | $116,892,166 | $116,458,716 | $120,189,248 | $158,493,354 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
