Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Monitoring and Enforcement for Plant Health
- Department
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Program code
- BUH03 (CFIA)
- Core responsibility
- Safe food and healthy plants and animals
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The program designs and carries out inspection, surveillance and testing activities to verify that industry complies with plant health regulatory and program requirements, as well as enforcement action when the rules are not met.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring and Enforcement for Plant Health | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $362M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Spending $70.8M, against $51.2M in 2022-23 (+38%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned employees (FTEs) 437, against 361 in 2024-25 (+21%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 333, against 437 in 2025-26 (−24%). | FTEs (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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 0 – 0 | 2019 | 0 | Met |
| 2019-20 | 0 – 0 | 2020 | 3 Importers must ensure they comply with the Canadian regulations, while CFIA surveillance activities monitor the success of control measures on importer activities. Should regulated plant pests enter and become established in Canada, CFIA has controls in place to mitigate their risks. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 0 – 0 | 2021 | 2 Importers must ensure they comply with the Canadian regulations, while CFIA surveillance activities monitor the success of control measures on importer activities. Should regulated plant pests enter and become established in Canada, CFIA has controls in place to mitigate their risks. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 0 – 0 | 2022 | 1 Managing the number of harmful foreign plant pests entering and establishing themselves in Canada involves many key players and other government departments (such as provinces, citizen scientists, CBSA). There are a variety of entry pathways for plant pests. From time to time plant pests enter Canada and need to be controlled. Should regulated plant pests enter and become established in Canada, C… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 0 – 0 | 2023 | 0 | Met |
| 2023-24 | 0 – 0 | 2024 | 1 Oak wilt was discovered for the first time in Canada at 3 locations in the province of Ontario. Infected and suspected infected trees were removed and destroyed. Additional surveys will be conducted in 2024 to verify eradication efforts, determine whether this pest is present elsewhere in Canada, and inform possible regulatory decisions. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 0 – 0 | 2025 | 0 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 0 – 0 | 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 | $44.5M | $48.4M |
| 2019-20 | $44.5M | $38.4M |
| 2020-21 | $46M | $39.9M |
| 2021-22 | $55.9M | $44.2M |
| 2022-23 | $64.9M | $51.2M |
| 2023-24 | $69.2M | $70.8M |
| 2024-25 | $66M | $68.9M |
| 2025-26 | $60.4M | — |
| 2026-27 | $47.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $47.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $47.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 365 | 374 |
| 2019-20 | 365 | 366 |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 369 |
| 2021-22 | 396 | 386 |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 385 |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 389 |
| 2024-25 | 414 | 361 |
| 2025-26 | 437 | — |
| 2026-27 | 333 | — |
| 2027-28 | 324* | — |
| 2028-29 | 322* | — |
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 | $44,491,406 | $43,943,843 | $43,953,048 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $44,491,000 | $44,491,000 | $44,491,000 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $45,991,000 | $50,321,000 | $56,746,000 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $55,895,000 | $64,969,000 | $64,469,000 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $64,891,000 | $64,569,000 | $50,799,000 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $69,246,000 | $52,569,000 | $50,956,000 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $66,018,000 | $53,024,000 | $53,124,000 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $60,366,000 | $55,875,000 | $55,871,000 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $47,741,000 | $47,377,000 | $47,329,000 | ||||||||
| Actual | $48,376,670 | $38,389,145 | $39,944,893 | $44,221,356 | $51,236,190 | $70,791,694 | $68,912,743 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
