My CFIA online services

With My CFIA online services, businesses and individuals can securely manage and track requests – anywhere, anytime.

Create a profile so that you can access a growing number of CFIA services including:

  • permissions (licences, permits, registrations, authorizations)
  • export certificates

Available and upcoming online services are listed below. Check back regularly to verify when specific export certificates become available to your sector.

Services currently online

Business line Service type Service
Animal Export certificates Live bovine certificates (cattle and bison) to the United States
Pre-market Permissions Application for a veterinary biologics product registration
Pre-market Permissions Application for a veterinary biologics establishment registration
Animal Permissions Application for Permit to Import Aquatic Animals and/or their Offal – CFIA/ACIA 5670
Animal Permissions Application for Permit to Import Live Animals, Hatching Eggs and Animal Germplasm – CFIA/ACIA 5860
Animal Permissions Application for Permit to Import Animal Pathogens – CFIA/ACIA 5858
Animal Permissions Application for Permit to Import Animal Products and By-Products – CFIA/ACIA 5859
Animal Permissions Application for Permit to Import Unprocessed/Raw Grains, Oilseeds or Plant-Based Meals Under the Health of Animals Act – CFIA/ACIA 5861
Food Export certificates Apply for all dairy certificates to all destinations (except the European Union)
Food Export certificates Certificate for the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration regulated meat and poultry products to the United States
Animal Permissions Licence to operate a hatchery
Food Export certificates Certificate of Free Sale – CFIA/ACIA 5786
Food Permissions Safe Food for Canadians Licence
Plant Export certificates Phytosanitary certificates to the United States
Plant Permissions Application for Permit to Import Plants and other things under the Plant Protection Act – CFIA/ACIA 5256
Pre-market Permissions Application for a confined or unconfined environmental release of a plant with novel traits
Pre-market Permissions Amendment or renewal of a fertilizer or supplement product registration
Pre-market Permissions Applications for a novel supplement research authorization
Pre-market Feed – Approval or registration Application for a feed approval or registration (new, amendment or renewal)
Pre-market Feed – Data review or opinion request Request for an opinion or data review for a livestock feed – CFIA/ACIA 5917
Pre-market Feed – Research permission Application for a feed research exemption or authorization
Pre-market Permissions Application for a crop variety registration

Services to be released

Business line Service type Service
Food Export certificates Food export certificates for all commodities to all destinations (already available for dairy)
Plant Export certificates Phytosanitary certificate for all countries
Plant Export certificates Re-export phytosanitary certificate
Plant Permissions Application for Registration under the Canadian Heat Treated Wood Products Certification Program (HT Program) – CFIA/ACIA 5340
Pre-market Permissions Application for approval of a veterinary biologics product label or production outline
Pre-market Permissions Application for a multiplication agreement for a crop variety
Pre-market Permissions Application for approval of a veterinary biologics serial release
Pre-market Permissions Application for a veterinary biologics import permit – CFIA/ACIA 5213