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Program directory · Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Market Access Support

Program code
BUH15 (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 supports market access, expands existing and creates new trade opportunities for Canadian commodities. It negotiates import conditions of Canadian products with foreign regulators.

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Market Access Support 2018-19: $8.3MMarket Access Support 2019-20: $10MMarket Access Support 2020-21: $10.6MMarket Access Support 2021-22: $15.3MMarket Access Support 2022-23: $17.1MMarket Access Support 2023-24: $18.2MMarket Access Support 2024-25: $18.6MMarket Access Support 2025-26: $15.3MMarket Access Support 2026-27: $18.8MMarket Access Support 2027-28: $19.8MMarket Access Support 2028-29: $15MMarket Access Support
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
Market Access SupportThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$98.3M

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.

YearWhat changedSource
2021-22Employees (FTEs) 111, against 85 in 2020-21 (+30%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 51, against 132 in 2024-25 (−61%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Planned employees (FTEs) 83, against 51 in 2025-26 (+63%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators added: Number of international markets that are opened or maintained based on CFIA activities, by yearDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Number of market access issues resolvedDepartmental Results Framework (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

Number of market access issues resolved
Expected result: Resolution of market access issues with trading partners
572018-19✓ met732019-20✓ met762020-21✓ met722021-22✓ met782022-23✓ met782023-24✓ met922024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 45201957Met
2019-20≥ 45202073Met
2020-21≥ 45202176Met
2021-22≥ 45202272Met
2022-23≥ 45202378Met
2023-24≥ 75202478Met
2024-25≥ 75202592Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Number of international markets that are opened or maintained based on CFIA activities, by year
Expected result: Resolution of market access issues with trading partners
752026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 752027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $6.1M2018-19: $8.3M2018-192019-20: $6.5M2019-20: $10M2019-202020-21: $7.8M2020-21: $10.6M2020-212021-22: $8.6M2021-22: $15.3M2021-222022-23: $8.7M2022-23: $17.1M2022-232023-24: $8.2M2023-24: $18.2M2023-242024-25: $14.6M2024-25: $18.6M2024-252025-26: $15.3M2025-262026-27: $18.8M2026-272027-28: $19.8M2027-282028-29: $15M2028-29
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$6.1M$8.3M
2019-20$6.5M$10M
2020-21$7.8M$10.6M
2021-22$8.6M$15.3M
2022-23$8.7M$17.1M
2023-24$8.2M$18.2M
2024-25$14.6M$18.6M
2025-26$15.3M—
2026-27$18.8M—
2027-28$19.8M*—
2028-29$15M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 512018-19: 672018-192019-20: 502019-20: 732019-202020-21: 622020-21: 852020-212021-22: 652021-22: 1112021-222022-23: 652022-23: 1202022-232023-24: 652023-24: 1292023-242024-25: 542024-25: 1322024-252025-26: 512025-262026-27: 832026-272027-28: 842027-282028-29: 852028-29
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
2018-195167
2019-205073
2020-216285
2021-2265111
2022-2365120
2023-2465129
2024-2554132
2025-2651—
2026-2783—
2027-2884*—
2028-2985*—

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.