Program directory · Canadian Grain Commission
Safeguards for Grain Farmers
- Department
- Canadian Grain Commission
- Program code
- BGB03 (CGC)
- Core responsibility
- Grain Regulation
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
In accordance with the Canada Grain Act, the Canadian Grain Commission regulates grain handling to ensure that Canadian grain producers receive fair compensation when they deliver grain to licensed grain companies. This includes a payment protection program for farmers when they deliver grain to a Canadian Grain Commission licensed facility, services that provide grade information to farmers prior to delivery, and binding determination of grade and dockage when there is a grade or dockage dispute. The Canadian Grain Commission also allocates available producer cars for grain farmers and producer groups that wish to by-pass the primary elevator system and ship their own grain. Service fee revenue entirely funds this program.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safeguards for Grain Farmers | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $20.5M |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≥ 86% | 2021 | 88% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 86% | 2021 | 81% In 2021-22, Canadian grain farmers were hit hard by extreme weather, including the drought across western Canada and northern Ontario, which resulted in reduced grain production and export levels. The lower grain supply impeded the ability of exporters to source grain to fulfill contracts for large bulk vessels through licensed facilities. However, the lower grain supply did not impede the abilit… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 86% | 2022 | 91.3% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 86% | 2022 | 89.6% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 86% | 2022 | 90% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ≤ 14% | 2021 | 12% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≤ 14% | 2021 | 19% In 2021-22, Canadian grain farmers were hit hard by extreme weather, including the drought across western Canada and northern Ontario, which resulted in reduced grain production and export levels. The lower grain supply impeded the ability of exporters to source grain to fulfill contracts for large bulk vessels through licensed facilities. However, the lower grain supply did not impede the abilit… | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≤ 14% | 2022 | 8.7% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≤ 14% | 2022 | 10.4% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≤ 14% | 2022 | 10% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 86% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 14% | 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 | $0 | $2.8M |
| 2019-20 | $630K | $2.3M |
| 2020-21 | $833K | $2.1M |
| 2021-22 | $848K | $2.9M |
| 2022-23 | $863K | $3.3M |
| 2023-24 | $0 | $3.9M |
| 2024-25 | $633K | $3.1M |
| 2025-26 | $1.2M | — |
| 2026-27 | $4.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $3M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $2.6M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 34 | 39 |
| 2019-20 | 39 | 39 |
| 2020-21 | 38 | 35 |
| 2021-22 | 36 | 36 |
| 2022-23 | 40 | 43 |
| 2023-24 | 43 | 42 |
| 2024-25 | 43 | 42 |
| 2025-26 | 52 | — |
| 2026-27 | 41 | — |
| 2027-28 | 41* | — |
| 2028-29 | 41* | — |
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 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $630,315 | $833,286 | $847,955 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $833,286 | $847,955 | $862,893 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $847,955 | $862,893 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $862,893 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $633,202 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $1,211,558 | $1,061,558 | $0 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $4,313,756 | $2,961,253 | $2,553,880 | ||||||||
| Actual | $2,753,250 | $2,342,030 | $2,132,108 | $2,886,501 | $3,343,976 | $3,859,599 | $3,135,570 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
