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Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

AgriRecovery

Program code
BWP03 (AGR)
Core responsibility
Sector Risk
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

AgriRecovery is a disaster relief framework that allows governments to work efficiently together to assess the impacts of disasters on Canadian producers and respond when needed with targeted, disaster-specific initiatives. Initiatives developed under the program are intended to help producers beyond the support available through existing programming to cover the extraordinary costs necessary to recover from a disaster event and resume business operations as quickly as possible.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29AgriRecovery 2018-19: $1.5MAgriRecovery 2019-20: $10.1MAgriRecovery 2020-21: $22.3MAgriRecovery 2021-22: $445MAgriRecovery 2022-23: $51.3MAgriRecovery 2023-24: $181MAgriRecovery 2024-25: $16MAgriRecovery 2025-26: $124MAgriRecovery 2026-27: $124MAgriRecovery 2027-28: $124MAgriRecovery 2028-29: $0AgriRecovery
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
AgriRecoveryThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$728M

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
2019-20Spending $10.1M, against $1.5M in 2018-19 (+560%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $22.3M, against $10.1M in 2019-20 (+120%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $445M, against $22.3M in 2020-21 (+1899%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022Budget 2022 measure “AgriRecovery Response for B.C. Floods”: $120M in total over its years (linked to this program by name, a best-effort match).Budget 2022, PDF page 272
2022-23Spending $51.3M, against $445M in 2021-22 (−88%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Spending $181M, against $51.3M in 2022-23 (+253%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2024-25Spending $16M, against $181M in 2023-24 (−91%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $124M, against $16M in 2024-25 (+676%).Latest Departmental Plan
2028-29Planned spending $0, against $124M 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

Percentage of AgriRecovery recipients for whom payments played an important role in their recovery from a disaster
Expected result: AgriRecovery initiatives support producers’ recovery from natural disasters
66%2022-23✗ not met98%2023-24✓ met90%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2022-23≥ 70%202366%
In 2022-2023, on average 66% of respondents across the three AgriRecovery initiatives implemented that year, indicated that the program was helpful and did assist in relieving financial pressure from disaster, falling short of the performance target of 70%.
Not met
2023-24≥ 70%202498%Met
2024-25≥ 70%202590%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of AgriRecovery recipients for whom payments played an important role in their recovery from a disaster
Expected result: AgriRecovery initiatives support producers’ recovery from natural disasters
70%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 70%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: $124M2018-19: $1.5M2018-192019-20: $124M2019-20: $10.1M2019-202020-21: $124M2020-21: $22.3M2020-212021-22: $124M2021-22: $445M2021-222022-23: $124M2022-23: $51.3M2022-232023-24: $02023-24: $181M2023-242024-25: $124M2024-25: $16M2024-252025-26: $124M2025-262026-27: $124M2026-272027-28: $124M2027-282028-29: $02028-29
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$124M$1.5M
2019-20$124M$10.1M
2020-21$124M$22.3M
2021-22$124M$445M
2022-23$124M$51.3M
2023-24$0$181M
2024-25$124M$16M
2025-26$124M—
2026-27$124M—
2027-28$124M*—
2028-29$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 22018-19: 32018-192019-20: 32019-20: 42019-202020-21: 42020-21: 52020-212021-22: 42021-22: 92021-222022-23: 102022-23: 102022-232023-24: 102023-24: 132023-242024-25: 112024-25: 132024-252025-26: 122025-262026-27: 132026-272027-28: 132027-282028-29: 132028-29
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
2018-1923
2019-2034
2020-2145
2021-2249
2022-231010
2023-241013
2024-251113
2025-2612—
2026-2713—
2027-2813*—
2028-2913*—

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.