Agriculture and Agri-Food
How Agriculture and Agri-Food spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
The federal agriculture and agri-food portfolio supports the farming, food, and agri-based products sector in Canada. It develops policy and programs related to farm income stability, agricultural trade, food safety research, and sector innovation, and carries out regulatory functions for grain handling and dairy markets through affiliated agencies.
Agriculture and Agri-Food spent $4.05B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 0.7% of total federal spending.
The large majority of this spending is administered by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, with smaller amounts flowing through the Canadian Grain Commission and the Canadian Dairy Commission. Among its largest transfer payments are contributions for the AgriInsurance and AgriStability programs under the Farm Income Protection Act, funding delivered jointly with provinces and territories under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, and grant and contribution payments supporting the dairy sector, including the Dairy Direct Payment Program and the AgriInvest program.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$4.05B
was spent by Agriculture and Agri-Food
In FY 2024-25,
0.7%
of federal spending was by Agriculture and Agri-Food
How did Agriculture and Agri-Food spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian Dairy Commission
$4.03B
$16.9M
$5.1M
Agriculture and Agri-Food’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Contribution payments for the AgriInsurance program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $1,264,457,816 |
| Contributions | Contribution payments for the AgriStability program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $323,257,162 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of Provincial/Territorial delivered cost-shared programs under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | $275,752,425 |
| Grants | Grant payments for the Dairy Direct Payment Program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $245,062,681 |
| Grants | Grant payments for the AgriInvest program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $165,286,998 |
| Contributions | Contribution payments in support of the Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program under Supply Management Initiatives | $126,989,545 |
| Contributions | Payments in connection with the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (S.C., 1997, c. C-34) | $122,189,007 |
| Contributions | Contributions to support the On-Farm Climate Action Stream of the Agricultural Climate Solutions | $108,575,593 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Agricultural Clean Technology program | $103,936,797 |
| Grants | Grant payments for the AgriStability program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $97,681,213 |
| Contributions | Contribution payments in support of the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund under Supply Management Initiatives | $87,872,547 |
| Grants | Grants to support the Canadian wine industry | $54,993,269 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the AgriScience program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | $28,418,920 |
| Contributions | Contribution payments for the AgriInvest program (Farm Income Protection Act) | $25,864,162 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the AgriMarketing program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | $21,976,374 |
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Agriculture and Agri-Food figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
