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Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency

International Standards Setting

Program code
BUH13 (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 develops and maintains a predictable and science-based international regulatory framework so Canada can influence international standards and trade rules that facilitate safe international trade, increase confidence in Canadian food, plants and animals, and increase market access.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29International Standards Setting 2018-19: $4MInternational Standards Setting 2019-20: $6.8MInternational Standards Setting 2020-21: $6MInternational Standards Setting 2021-22: $6.2MInternational Standards Setting 2022-23: $6.7MInternational Standards Setting 2023-24: $6.7MInternational Standards Setting 2024-25: $6.9MInternational Standards Setting 2025-26: $4.5MInternational Standards Setting 2026-27: $4.8MInternational Standards Setting 2027-28: $4.8MInternational Standards Setting 2028-29: $4.8MInternational Standards Setting
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
International Standards SettingThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$43.3M

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.

No significant changes detected.

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

Degree to which, on a scale of 1 to 5, Canadian approaches are reflected in standards and bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade negotiations/agreements
Expected result: Canadian approaches are reflected in an international regulatory framework that is predictable, transparent and science-based
42018-19✓ met4.12019-20✓ met4.42020-21✓ met4.162021-22✓ met4.22022-23✓ met4.12023-24✓ met4.32024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-194 – 420194Met
2019-20≥ 420204.1Met
2020-21≥ 420214.4Met
2021-22≥ 420224.16Met
2022-23≥ 420234.2Met
2023-24≥ 420244.1Met
2024-25≥ 420254.3Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Degree to which, on a scale of 1 to 5, Canadian approaches are reflected in standards and bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral trade negotiations/agreements
Expected result: Canadian approaches are reflected in an international regulatory framework that is predictable, transparent and science-based
42026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 42027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $3.1M2018-19: $4M2018-192019-20: $3.9M2019-20: $6.8M2019-202020-21: $3.9M2020-21: $6M2020-212021-22: $4M2021-22: $6.2M2021-222022-23: $4M2022-23: $6.7M2022-232023-24: $2.7M2023-24: $6.7M2023-242024-25: $4M2024-25: $6.9M2024-252025-26: $4.5M2025-262026-27: $4.8M2026-272027-28: $4.8M2027-282028-29: $4.8M2028-29
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$3.1M$4M
2019-20$3.9M$6.8M
2020-21$3.9M$6M
2021-22$4M$6.2M
2022-23$4M$6.7M
2023-24$2.7M$6.7M
2024-25$4M$6.9M
2025-26$4.5M—
2026-27$4.8M—
2027-28$4.8M*—
2028-29$4.8M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 262018-19: 292018-192019-20: 302019-20: 442019-202020-21: 302020-21: 412020-212021-22: 302021-22: 422021-222022-23: 302022-23: 412022-232023-24: 222023-24: 422023-242024-25: 282024-25: 402024-252025-26: 292025-262026-27: 302026-272027-28: 302027-282028-29: 302028-29
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
2018-192629
2019-203044
2020-213041
2021-223042
2022-233041
2023-242242
2024-252840
2025-2629—
2026-2730—
2027-2830*—
2028-2930*—

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.