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Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health

Program code
BUH07 (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 regulatory and program requirements for animal health and welfare, aquatic animal health, veterinary biologics, animal feeds, aquatic animal products and animal products and by-products. The program also carries out 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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2018-19: $76.2MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2019-20: $66.2MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2020-21: $67.9MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2021-22: $73.5MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2022-23: $188MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2023-24: $194MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2024-25: $156MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2025-26: $110MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2026-27: $64.9MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2027-28: $64.5MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health 2028-29: $64.5MMonitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health
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
Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal HealthThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$822M

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
2022-23Spending $188M, against $73.5M in 2021-22 (+155%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $110M, against $156M in 2024-25 (−29%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Planned employees (FTEs) 336, against 497 in 2025-26 (−32%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned spending $64.9M, against $110M in 2025-26 (−41%).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

Canada's official disease status on the WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health) lists remains either "free", "controlled risk", or "negligible risk"
Expected result: Incident Containment
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19Status Maintained2018Status MaintainedMet
2019-20Status Maintained2020Status MaintainedMet
2020-21Status maintained2021Status improved
As recognized by the OIE, Canada has an improved status of "negligible risk" for BSE.
Met
2021-22Status maintained2022Status MaintainedMet
2022-23Status maintained2023Status MaintainedMet
2023-24Status maintained2024Status maintainedMet
2024-25Status maintained2025Status maintainedMet

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Canada's official disease status on the WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health) lists remains either "free", "controlled risk", or "negligible risk"
Expected result: Incident Containment
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27Canada’s disease status is maintained (or improves)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: $73.1M2018-19: $76.2M2018-192019-20: $56.2M2019-20: $66.2M2019-202020-21: $72.2M2020-21: $67.9M2020-212021-22: $77M2021-22: $73.5M2021-222022-23: $77.7M2022-23: $188M2022-232023-24: $82.6M2023-24: $194M2023-242024-25: $67M2024-25: $156M2024-252025-26: $110M2025-262026-27: $64.9M2026-272027-28: $64.5M2027-282028-29: $64.5M2028-29
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
2018-19$73.1M$76.2M
2019-20$56.2M$66.2M
2020-21$72.2M$67.9M
2021-22$77M$73.5M
2022-23$77.7M$188M
2023-24$82.6M$194M
2024-25$67M$156M
2025-26$110M—
2026-27$64.9M—
2027-28$64.5M*—
2028-29$64.5M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 4612018-19: 4822018-192019-20: 3452019-20: 4742019-202020-21: 4452020-21: 4502020-212021-22: 4512021-22: 4842021-222022-23: 4532022-23: 5582022-232023-24: 4702023-24: 5752023-242024-25: 3652024-25: 5602024-252025-26: 4972025-262026-27: 3362026-272027-28: 3292027-282028-29: 3282028-29
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
2018-19461482
2019-20345474
2020-21445450
2021-22451484
2022-23453558
2023-24470575
2024-25365560
2025-26497—
2026-27336—
2027-28329*—
2028-29328*—

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.