Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
What Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada spent in fiscal year 2020-21: its net expenditure by standard object, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II.
Reports through Agriculture and Agri-Food; the overview shows it in that ministry.
What Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada does
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada supports the growth and stability of Canada's agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector. Its work includes farm income protection and risk-management programs, support for sustainable agricultural practices, and efforts to expand trade and market access for Canadian producers and food processors.
Spending, 2020-21
Net spending, 2020-21
$3.04B
spent by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, less revenues it kept
Share, 2020-21
0.7%
of the net spending of every federal organization
How did Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada spend its budget in 2020-21?
By standard object. Revenues it kept are negative and netted against its spending. Transfer payments are broken into their largest named programs.
Spending by standard object, 2020-21
Transfer payments
Personnel
Professional and special services
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
Utilities, materials and supplies
Acquisition of land, buildings and works
Repair and maintenance
Other subsidies and payments
Information
Rentals
Transportation and communications
External revenues
Internal revenues
$2.3B
$543M
$116M
$32.9M
$29.3M
$21.4M
$11.1M
$10.3M
$8.6M
$7.6M
$2.6M
-$21.5M
-$27.2M
Total: $3.04B.
Spending by program, 2020-21
The same net spending by program, as GC InfoBase reports program actuals: $3.04B in all. Select a program for its history, plans and results.
$649M
$522M
$379M
$231M
$206M
$167M
$119M
$117M
$78.3M
$72.6M
$66.2M
$51.7M
$49.1M
$45.8M
$41.5M
$35.7M
$30.3M
$26.8M
$25.6M
$22.3M
$20.4M
$18.9M
$13.7M
$13.1M
$10.2M
$9.3M
$5.8M
$5.7M
$4.5M
$4M
$3.1M
$2.6M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$323K
-$11.9M
Workforce, 2020-21
Full-time equivalents
4,865
the actual FTEs of its programs, as GC InfoBase reports them
Personnel spending
$543M
salaries, wages and benefits (the personnel standard object)
Personnel spending per FTE
$112K
personnel spending divided by full-time equivalents
A full-time equivalent is a measure of employment, not a headcount: two half-time employees are one FTE. Personnel spending includes benefits and pension contributions, so per FTE it is not an average salary.
Transfer payment programs, 2020-21
The grants, contributions and other transfers Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada paid, program by program: $2.3B in all, against $2.3B for the transfer payments object above (the Public Accounts publish the two tables separately).
| Contribution payments for the AgriInsurance program (Farm Income Protection Act)Payments | Contribution | $645,912,746 |
| Grant payments for the Dairy Direct Payment Program (Farm Income Protection Act)Payments | Grant | $459,400,130 |
| Contributions in support of Provincial/Territorial delivered cost-shared programs under the Canadian Agricultural PartnershipPayments | Contribution | $210,030,334 |
| Contribution payments for the AgriStability program (Farm Income Protection Act)Payments | Contribution | $189,939,788 |
| Grant payments for the AgriInvest program (Farm Income Protection Act)Payments | Grant | $129,092,905 |
| Payments to the Local Food Infrastructure Fund pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments ActPayments | Contribution | $125,000,000 |
| Payments for the Emergency Processing Fund pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments ActPayments | Contribution | $62,500,000 |
| Contributions to support Investments in the Dairy SectorPayments | Contribution | $57,713,268 |
| Contributions to support the Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities programPayments | Contribution | $49,857,714 |
| Payments for the Surplus Food Purchase Program pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments ActPayments | Contribution | $48,543,048 |
| Payments to support temporary foreign workers pursuant to the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments ActPayments | Contribution | $36,875,444 |
| Contributions in support of the AgriScience program under the Canadian Agricultural PartnershipPayments | Contribution | $36,382,024 |
| Contributions to Assist Farmers, Fish Harvesters, and all Food Production and Processing Employers of Temporary Foreign Workers in Addressing COVID-19 Mandatory Isolation MeasuresPayments | Contribution | $34,793,144 |
| Contributions in support of the AgriInnovate program under the Canadian Agricultural PartnershipPayments | Contribution | $32,200,000 |
| Contribution payments for the AgriInvest program (Farm Income Protection Act)Payments | Contribution | $26,338,404 |
| 40 programs | $2,303,265,384 | |
Contracts of $10,000 and under
Contracts this small are not published one by one: Treasury Board publishes each organization's totals, by calendar year, for contracts of $10,000 and under (their original value and their amendments) and for acquisition card purchases. They are the value of contracts entered into, not what was paid in a fiscal year, so they are not part of the net expenditure above, and the years are calendar years.
| Calendar year | Goods | Services | Construction | Acquisition cards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,583,231 | $6,923,341 | $909,301 | $28,365,992 | $45,781,866 |
| 2023 | $13,991,620 | $9,523,205 | $967,434 | $22,128,284 | $46,610,543 |
| 2022 | $15,279,085 | $9,578,414 | $973,637 | $21,662,172 | $47,493,307 |
| 2021 | $15,254,969 | $8,780,595 | $1,037,723 | $15,520,828 | $40,594,116 |
| 2020 | $13,635,518 | $8,210,497 | $890,508 | $15,819,889 | $38,556,413 |
| 2019 | $14,218,620 | $9,950,569 | $658,197 | $21,846,720 | $46,674,107 |
| 2018 | $13,375,163 | $9,283,250 | $831,099 | $21,533,458 | $45,022,969 |
| 2017 | $16,392,018 | $10,338,490 | $485,383 | $18,794,432 | $46,010,322 |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s share of federal net spending
Other organizations in Agriculture and Agri-Food
Sources
- Public Accounts of Canada 2021, Volume II: Ministerial expenditures by standard object (Table 3)
- Public Accounts of Canada, Volume II: Transfer payments (multi-year open data)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Spending (programs_spending.csv)
- GC InfoBase – Federal Programs – Actual and Planned Employees (programs_ftes.csv)
- Proactive Publication - Contracts: Aggregated Total - Contracts $10K and under
Department figures are net expenditure (Public Accounts, Volume II), which doesn’t add up to the accrual expenses of the overview’s headline. See the methodology.
