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The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program

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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.

2007 Sign-up

Information on program participation deadlines will be available soon.

Previously, participants who missed the 2006 fee deadline were ineligible for both the 2006 and 2007 program years. Now, producers who missed this deadline will no longer be ineligible for the 2007 program year.

If you have never participated in CAIS before, you can request a 2007 New Participant Package (for producers farming in BC, MB, SK, NB, NS, NL and YT).

The deadlines to participate in CAIS 2003, 2004 and 2005 have passed.

For more details contact us toll-free at 1-866-367-8506.

Collection of CAIS overpayments

On May 5, 2006, the federal government announced that the collection of CAIS overpayments would be deferred and no interest charged until January 1, 2007. The collection of CAIS overpayments has now resumed. However, the federal government recognizes that repaying overpayments may pose a challenge for some producers, and as a result, no interest will be charged on overpayments until January 1, 2008.

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 2006, 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 September 30, 2006

  3. Submit the information required to calculate a payment using the Statement A Corporations/Co-operatives and Special Individuals by September 30, 2007.
    • If you miss this deadline, you can still submit the form until December 31, 2007. 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, 2007 you will not be eligible for any benefit.

Send your completed 2006 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.

 

The CAIS program is delivered in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Yukon by the federal government. The information on this website refers to deadlines and other delivery details for these provinces only.

If you are in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, or Prince Edward Island, the CAIS program is delivered provincially. Please click on your respective province to be linked to the provincial administration.