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Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

AgriInvest

Program code
BWP02 (AGR)
Core responsibility
Sector Risk
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

AgriInvest encourages Canadian producers to set money aside which they can draw upon for any reason including to recover from income declines or to make investments to reduce on-farm risks. Under the program, governments provide matching contributions to producers who make annual deposits to an AgriInvest savings account.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29AgriInvest 2018-19: $186MAgriInvest 2019-20: $168MAgriInvest 2020-21: $167MAgriInvest 2021-22: $166MAgriInvest 2022-23: $172MAgriInvest 2023-24: $199MAgriInvest 2024-25: $200MAgriInvest 2025-26: $191MAgriInvest 2026-27: $191MAgriInvest 2027-28: $192MAgriInvest 2028-29: $165MAgriInvest
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
AgriInvestThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$1.26B

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2021-22Indicators added: Percentage of participants using AgriInvest funds to address income declines or make investments to reduce on-farm risks or increase farm revenuesDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Indicators dropped: Program participants' farm market revenues as a percentage of all farm market revenuesDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)

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

Percentage of participants using AgriInvest funds to address income declines or make investments to reduce on-farm risks or increase farm revenues
Expected result: Account balances help producers manage risk and make on-farm investments in a timely fashion
93%2022-23✓ met90%2023-24✓ met89%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ 75%202393%Met
2023-24≥ 75%202490%Met
2024-25≥ 75%202589%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of participants using AgriInvest funds to address income declines or make investments to reduce on-farm risks or increase farm revenues
Expected result: Account balances help producers manage risk and make on-farm investments in a timely fashion
80%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 80%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $170M2018-19: $186M2018-192019-20: $152M2019-20: $168M2019-202020-21: $152M2020-21: $167M2020-212021-22: $152M2021-22: $166M2021-222022-23: $152M2022-23: $172M2022-232023-24: $132M2023-24: $199M2023-242024-25: $191M2024-25: $200M2024-252025-26: $191M2025-262026-27: $191M2026-272027-28: $192M2027-282028-29: $165M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$170M$186M
2019-20$152M$168M
2020-21$152M$167M
2021-22$152M$166M
2022-23$152M$172M
2023-24$132M$199M
2024-25$191M$200M
2025-26$191M—
2026-27$191M—
2027-28$192M*—
2028-29$165M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1312018-19: 1272018-192019-20: 1222019-20: 1252019-202020-21: 1222020-21: 1172020-212021-22: 1102021-22: 1072021-222022-23: 1112022-23: 1022022-232023-24: 972023-24: 1082023-242024-25: 1032024-25: 1002024-252025-26: 992025-262026-27: 1022026-272027-28: 1022027-282028-29: 1022028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19131127
2019-20122125
2020-21122117
2021-22110107
2022-23111102
2023-2497108
2024-25103100
2025-2699—
2026-27102—
2027-28102*—
2028-29102*—

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.