Program directory · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Assurance Program
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program code
- BWP09 (AGR)
- Core responsibility
- Sector Risk
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Assurance Program provides support to the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector in its endeavour to prevent and control risk to the animal and plant resource base, provide safe food and meet new market demands for assurance. The program also provides funding to support the Canadian sector in identifying, developing, verifying, disseminating and utilizing assurance systems, standards and related tools.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assurance Program | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $85.2M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Spending $13.3M, against $4.5M in 2018-19 (+198%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $6.4M, against $18.2M in 2022-23 (−65%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $14M, against $6.4M in 2023-24 (+121%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2028-29 | Planned spending $0, against $14.1M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 65% – 85% | 2023 | — Actual results will be available in Fall 2023 due to the time required for participants to develop systems, for those systems to be taken up by the sector, and as the projects are multi-year in scope. Recipients are required to submit final performance reports by September 30, 2023. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | 65% – 85% | 2024 | — The current target on GC InfoBase is based on previous framework, Canadian Agricultural Partnership that ended in 2023. A new multi-year target was set with a target date of March 2028 and will be reflected in subsequent reports. Actual results will be available in Fall/Winter of 2028 due to the time required for participants to develop systems, for those systems to be taken up by the sector, and… | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | 65% – 85% | 2025 | — This is a multi-year target. Actual results will be available in Fall/Winter of 2028 due to the time required for participants to develop systems, for those systems to be taken up by the sector, and as the projects are multi-year in scope. Recipients are required to submit final performance reports by September 30, 2028. | 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 | ≥ 80% | 2028 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $15.4M | $4.5M |
| 2019-20 | $15.4M | $13.3M |
| 2020-21 | $15.4M | $13.7M |
| 2021-22 | $15.4M | $15.1M |
| 2022-23 | $14.9M | $18.2M |
| 2023-24 | $0 | $6.4M |
| 2024-25 | $14.9M | $14M |
| 2025-26 | $16.6M | — |
| 2026-27 | $15.8M | — |
| 2027-28 | $14.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $0* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 26 | 17 |
| 2019-20 | 17 | 19 |
| 2020-21 | 18 | 26 |
| 2021-22 | 28 | 33 |
| 2022-23 | 34 | 35 |
| 2023-24 | 33 | 16 |
| 2024-25 | 17 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | 18 | — |
| 2026-27 | 8 | — |
| 2027-28 | 8* | — |
| 2028-29 | 8* | — |
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 | $15,422,554 | $15,422,554 | $15,422,554 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $15,424,941 | $15,424,941 | $15,424,941 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $15,413,004 | $15,413,004 | $15,413,004 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $15,413,004 | $14,913,004 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $14,917,779 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $14,861,088 | $14,861,088 | $14,861,088 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $16,587,589 | $15,787,589 | $14,287,589 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $15,807,023 | $14,107,023 | $0 | ||||||||
| Actual | $4,466,614 | $13,302,711 | $13,748,278 | $15,126,482 | $18,203,395 | $6,358,047 | $14,041,423 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
