This page contains programs and services offered by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, both under the Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) and those continuing non-APF programs. You can browse program and service information by the categories below or search alphabetically through our A-Z Index. To find out what programs are delivered by your province or territory, please visit the province and territory agriculture Web sites. For a printable version of federal, provincial and territorial programs, you can download the PDF version of the APF Program Book. [About PDFs]
Program Name |
Who can apply |
Managing the risk of your business |
Advance Payments Program (APP) |
Canadian producers of eligible crops through producer organizations designated as program administrators |
Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) |
Producers reporting farm income or loss to CRA, who have at least 6 months of farming activity and have completed a production cycle in the program year. |
Drought Watch |
All Canadians |
Farm Income Payment Program |
General Payment: Producers who reported farming income or loss to CRA in 2002, excluding supply managed.
Direct Payment: Producers who reported farming income or loss to CRA in 2003, and owned cattle or other eligible ruminants as of December 23, 2003.
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Livestock Tax Deferral Plan |
Canadian producers |
Price Pooling Program (PPP) |
Canadian marketing agencies operating under a cooperative plan |
Private Sector Risk Management Program (PSRMP) |
Canadian national and regional producer groups and associations |
Production Insurance (PI) |
Canadian producers |
Spring Credit Advance Program (SCAP) |
Canadian producers of eligible crops through producer organizations designated as program administrators |
Expanding your business options |
Advancing Canadian Agriculture & Agri-Food (formerly Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund) |
Eligible recipients must be legal entities, and may include: individuals; not-for-profit organizations and associations; universities; colleges; cooperatives; marketing boards; aboriginal groups and for-profit companies. |
Agri-Food Trade Service |
Exporters and potential exporters |
Benchmarking for Success and Agricultural Services Website |
Public and producers |
Canadian Agricultural Skills Service (CASS) |
Eligible producers |
Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services (CFBAS)
- Farm Business Assessment
- Specialized Business Planning Services
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Eligible producers, agricultural cooperatives & corporations |
Capturing Opportunities from Science and Innovation |
Activities undertaken are expected to be used by federal, provincial and territorial governments to enhance the suite of policies and programs available to producers |
Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS) |
Insolvent producers and their creditors |
Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act (FIMCLA) |
Canadian producers actively engaged in farming |
Planning and Assessment for Value-added Enterprises (PAVE) |
Eligible producers, agricultural cooperatives & corporations |
Ruminant Slaughter Loan Loss Reserve Program |
Canadian producers and agri-businesses through eligible capital providers |
Ruminant Slaughter Facility Assessment Assistance Program |
All legally established entities in Canada (formal partnership, corporation,
co-operative or other association of persons) with three or more eligible producers (an individual,
formal partnership, corporation, co-operative or other association of persons in Canada actively
engaged in commercial agricultural production), members or shareholders. |
Ruminant Slaughter Equity Assistance program
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Agricultural producers can apply if they are an:
- Individual, partnership, corporation, co-operative or other association of persons actively engaged in commercial agricultural production and;
- They have invested, or have funds held "in trust" to invest, in an eligible ruminant slaughter facility; and
- They have an agreement with the eligible ruminant slaughter facility for the delivery of animals over a five year period.
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Making foods that satisfy consumers and markets |
Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program (CFSQP)
- On-Farm Implementation
- System Development
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National associations |
Positioning you for international markets |
Agri-Food Trade Service |
Exporters and potential exporters |
Canadian Agriculture and Food International (CAFI) |
Organizations and associations in the Canadian agriculture, agri-food, beverage and seafood sectors, and companies working through their associations |
Genetics Marketing Program |
National dairy, goat, sheep, bison, cervid, and llama/alpaca associations undertaking market development activities for their respective sectors. |
Other Ruminants Market Development (ORMD) Program |
National goat, sheep, bison cervid, and veal associations undertaking market development activities for their respective sectors. |
Sustaining the Genetic Quality of Ruminants (SGQR) Program |
National breed association recognized under the Animal Pedigree Act representing cattle, goats, sheep, bison, or llamas/alpacas. |
Protecting the environment |
Agri-Environmental International Exchange |
Internal AAFC program |
Environmental Certification |
Producers, industry, government, non-profit organizations, cooperatives, incorporated environment groups, and educational institutions |
Environmental Farm Planning (EFP) |
Producers and land managers |
Greencover Canada |
Producers, industry, government, non-profit organizations, cooperatives, incorporated environment groups, and educational institutions |
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Program for Canadian Agriculture (GHGMP) |
Industry partners solicit projects and proposals which demonstrate nutrient, soil and livestock GHG mitigation management practices, in addition to other allied awareness activities. |
Information Gaps in Water Quality and Nutrients (GAPS) |
AAFC researchers who lead national teams of researchers from other federal departments, universities and/or provincial governments |
National Agri-Health Analysis and Reporting Program (NAHARP) |
Internal AAFC program |
National Farm Stewardship Program (NFSP)
(Implementation of Environmental Farm Plans) |
Producers/Land Managers with eligible environmental farm plans or equivalent agri-environmental plans |
National Land and Water Information Service (NLWIS) |
All Canadians |
National Water Supply Expansion Program (NWSEP) |
Canadian producers, agri-businesses, rural communities, and governments |
Pesticide Risk Reduction and Minor Use Programs |
The PRR program provides financial support for the implementation of commodity-specific risk reduction strategies. The research community and grower organizations are invited to respond to requests for proposals (RFPs) addressing particular pest management issues. |
Prairie Grain Roads Program (PGRP) |
Municipalities and provincial governments |
Prairie Shelterbelt Program |
Western Canadian producers, governments, conservation groups, and First Nations |
Shelterbelt Enhancement Program (SEP) |
Western Canadian Producers, governments, and owners of rural holdings greater than 39 acres, who receive seedlings from the Prairie Shelterbelt Programs |
Science and research |
Agri-Innovation Program |
Cooperatives, commodity groups, agri-businesses, governments, and education institutions |
Broker Program |
Cooperatives, commodity groups, agri-businesses, governments, and education institutions |
Services for Rural Canadians |
Canadian Rural Information Service |
Rural clients |
Canadian Rural Partnership |
Rural residents, local, municipal, provincial or national rural stakeholder organisations and/or associations, community development associations, and/or rural not-for-profit organisations. |
Co-operatives |
Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) |
Individual co-operatives, co-operative associations and federations, community economic development groups, Aboriginal communities, social development groups, and research and learning institutes engaged in co-operative research. |
Co-operatives Secretariat |
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