Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
AgriStability
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWP01 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Sector Risk
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
AgriStability is intended to help Canadian producers to manage financial risks that threaten the viability of their farm by helping them protect their farm operations against large declines in farm income. Under the program, governments provide assistance when a producer’s margin falls below seventy percent of their historical reference margin. All producers who derive income from the primary production of agricultural commodities are eligible to participate in the program.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AgriStability | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $2.2B |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Percentage of producers whose income is greater than their allowable expenses in a program year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Program participants' farm market revenues as a percentage of all farm market revenues | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $356M, against $245M in 2021-22 (+46%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $499M, against $356M in 2022-23 (+40%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: Proportion of producers triggering AgriStability payments who are able to cover their allowable expenses after the allocation of benefits | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of producers whose income is greater than their allowable expenses in a program year | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $255M, against $412M in 2027-28 (−38%). | 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 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 92% The most recent data available for this performance indicator is for the 2019 program year, where 92% of participants had income greater then their allowable expenses. This is consistent with previous years. It is expected that the removal of RML will result in increase coverage starting in 2020. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 88% In 2021, 88% of participants had income greater than their allowable expenses, which is consistent with previous years. It is expected that this will increase with the changes under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership framework, with Ministers approving an increase in the compensation rate, starting in 2023. Note: This indicator has a 2 year lag time; most recent results available a… | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 95% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 | $442M | $227M |
| 2019-20 | $442M | $207M |
| 2020-21 | $442M | $231M |
| 2021-22 | $444M | $245M |
| 2022-23 | $501M | $356M |
| 2023-24 | $255M | $499M |
| 2024-25 | $412M | $435M |
| 2025-26 | $411M | — |
| 2026-27 | $412M | — |
| 2027-28 | $412M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $255M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 157 | 153 |
| 2019-20 | 159 | 156 |
| 2020-21 | 162 | 150 |
| 2021-22 | 143 | 143 |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 136 |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 140 |
| 2024-25 | 136 | 141 |
| 2025-26 | 142 | — |
| 2026-27 | 140 | — |
| 2027-28 | 140* | — |
| 2028-29 | 140* | — |
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 | $441,659,248 | $441,659,248 | $441,659,248 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $441,642,647 | $441,669,706 | $441,669,706 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $441,617,418 | $441,617,418 | $441,617,418 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $444,017,418 | $444,017,417 | $198,700,000 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $500,648,713 | $255,310,380 | $255,310,380 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $255,310,380 | $255,310,380 | $255,310,380 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $411,758,778 | $411,758,778 | $411,758,778 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $411,372,910 | $411,596,548 | $411,794,746 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $411,723,834 | $411,925,256 | $255,310,380 | ||||||||
| Actual | $227,271,747 | $207,482,795 | $230,929,126 | $244,690,001 | $356,381,601 | $499,163,529 | $434,914,848 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
