Program directory · Canadian Grain Commission

Grain Research

Department

Canadian Grain Commission

Program code

BGB02 (CGC)

Core responsibility

Grain Regulation

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Canada Grain Act requires the Canadian Grain Commission to undertake, sponsor and promote research in relation to grains and grain products. Research forms the basis of Canadian grain grade specifications and Canada’s grain quality assurance system. The Canadian Grain Commission conducts research to assessing, improving and developing scientific procedures and technologies used in grain quality and safety determination. In addition, the Canadian Grain Commission assesses Canadian grain harvest quality and studies how grading factors affect end-use properties. The Canadian Grain Commission also develops new uses for Canadian grain and evaluates new varieties as part of the variety registration process. This program benefits all Canadians as consumers of Canadian grains and grain products. The Grain Research Program is funded by a combination of service fees revenue and appropriation amounts. The target of this Program is the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Quality Program and the agriculture industry.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

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.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

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.