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Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

AgriRisk

Program code
BWP05 (AGR)
Core responsibility
Sector Risk
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2022-23 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

AgriRisk aims to increase the ability of Canadian producers to address risk by supporting research and development as well as the implementation and administration of new risk management tools for use in the agriculture sector. Under the program, governments provide financial assistance to facilitate the development and adoption of risk management tools, including insurance-based products.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25AgriRisk 2018-19: $2.9MAgriRisk 2019-20: $6.3MAgriRisk 2020-21: $5.8MAgriRisk 2021-22: $7.4MAgriRisk 2022-23: $7.1MAgriRisk 2023-24: $0AgriRisk 2024-25: $0AgriRisk
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
AgriRiskThis program2018-19 – 2024-25$29.5M

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: Number of risk management tools developedDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Indicators dropped: Percentage of respondents indicate that their understanding of the risks they face increased over the last five yearsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Planned spending $0, against $7.1M in 2022-23 (−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

Number of risk management tools developed
Expected result: Industry is developing and examining risk management tools and services that engage producers
142021-22✗ not met362022-23✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2021-22≥ 40202214
The target for this program is cumulative over the lifetime of the program. This is the fourth year of reporting. As this is a research-based program stream, risk management tools are more likely to be developed in the last year of the program.
Not met
2022-23≥ 40202336
Note that results are cumulative over the life of the program; these results are based on performance reports received and approved as of July 2023. It is expected that the target will be met once all of the 2022-23 performance reports have been finalized.
Not 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

2018-19: $12M2018-19: $2.9M2018-192019-20: $12M2019-20: $6.3M2019-202020-21: $12M2020-21: $5.8M2020-212021-22: $9.6M2021-22: $7.4M2021-222022-23: $9.6M2022-23: $7.1M2022-232023-24: $02023-242024-25: $02024-25
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
2018-19$12M$2.9M
2019-20$12M$6.3M
2020-21$12M$5.8M
2021-22$9.6M$7.4M
2022-23$9.6M$7.1M
2023-24$0*—
2024-25$0*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 112018-19: 112018-192019-20: 112019-20: 72019-202020-21: 62020-21: 72020-212021-22: 62021-22: 102021-222022-23: 102022-23: 52022-232023-24: 102023-242024-25: 102024-25
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
2018-191111
2019-20117
2020-2167
2021-22610
2022-23105
2023-2410*—
2024-2510*—

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.