The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program

The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program integrates stabilization and disaster protection into a single program, helping producers protect their farming operations from both small and large drops in income. The CAIS program is a whole-farm program available to eligible farmers regardless of the commodities they produce.

This Web site outlines how the CAIS program works.

December 31 is a date to remember:

• Submit your 2005 harmonized form
  
  
  • Although the September 30 deadline has passed, forms will be accepted until December 31. However, any benefit you are entitled to will be reduced by $500 for each month (or each part of the month) late.
    
    
  • Forms received after this date will not be eligible for any benefit.
    
    
• Pay your 2006 CAIS Fee
  
  
  • Fees paid after this date will have a 20% penalty added
    
    
  • You must pay your fee by April 30, 2007 or you will be ineligible to participate in CAIS for the 2006 and 2007 program years.

As December 31 falls on a Sunday, participants will have until January 2, 2007 to meet the deadline.

Sign-Up for CAIS

Where CAIS is delivered federally, the deadline to sign-up for the 2006 program was September 30, 2006. If you received an Options Notice, you were automatically enrolled for 2006 at the maximum protection level.

Producers who have not participated in CAIS previously and wish to sign-up for 2007 can request an enrolment package by contacting us toll-free at 1-866-367-8506

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Mailing address:

The CAIS Program Administration
P.O. Box 3200
Station Main
Winnipeg, MB
R3C 5R7

Telephone toll free: 1 866 367-8506
Facsimile: 204-983-3947
Email: For general inquiries, please use our Feedback Form.

Information for Status Indians participating in CAIS

If you are a Status Indian farming on a reserve in Canada, you are eligible to participate in CAIS. To participate for 2005, you must:

1. Have already provided historical information to generate an Options Notice if you were new to the program. This includes information on income and expenses, and historical farming information for each reference year in which you farmed. *
   
   
2. Have selected a protection level as outlined in the Options Notice by May 31, 2005.
   
   
3. Submit the information required to calculate a payment using the Statement A Corporations/Co-operatives and Special Individuals by September 30, 2006.
   • If you miss this deadline, you can still submit the form until December 31, 2006. However, any benefit you are entitled to will be reduced by $500 for each month (or each part of the month) late. If your form is not received by December 31, 2006 you will not be eligible for any benefit.

Send your completed 2005 form directly to the Winnipeg CAIS Administration at P.O. Box 3200, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 5R7.

Status Indians farming on a reserve are not required to report farm income, or loss, to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for taxation purposes under Section 87 of the Indian Act. Information provided to the CAIS administration is used solely to calculate program benefits, and is not used or kept by CRA for income tax purposes.