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Details on transfer payment programs
Federal Assistance Program (FAP)
Start date: 1997 to 1998
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Contribution
Type of appropriation: Voted appropriation – annually through estimates
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 2014 to 2015
Link to departmental result(s): The FAP is linked to departmental result 1: food sold in Canada is safe and accurately represented to Canadians, departmental result 2: plant and animal resources are protected from diseases and pests and are safe for Canadians and the environment, and departmental result 3: Canadian food, plants and animals and their associated products can be traded internationally; as well as linked to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) internal services
Link to the department's Program Inventory: The FAP is linked to all programs under the CFIA's Program Inventory
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The FAP supports projects and initiatives that advance the CFIA's core responsibility for safe food and healthy plants and animals
Expected results: Projects selected for support with FAP contributions for the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 period will be expected to result in one of more of the following program-level outcomes as laid out in the FAP Performance Measurement Framework:
- promotion and awareness of policies, legislation and science-based regulations
- collaborations contribute to international standards for human, animal and plant related risks
- awareness of risks related to food supply, plant and animal resource base among stakeholders
- preparedness to prevent, address, and manage food, plant, and animal-related emergencies
Performance measures and indicators are included in FAP contribution agreements to demonstrate achievement of one or more of the following FAP project-level outcomes:
- scientific and technical knowledge is advanced and/or enhanced
- individual knowledge and skills are developed and/or improved
- international collaborations are expanded and/or strengthened
- organizations or initiatives are established or sustained
The FAP Performance Measurement Strategy also sets out indicators required for ongoing monitoring and reporting on the performance of the program including quarterly proactive disclosure, annual reporting, and periodic recipient audit.
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2016 to 2017
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: To be determined
General targeted recipient groups: Eligible recipients include those whose goals and objectives are complementary to and supportive of the CFIA's core responsibility. This includes academic institutions, agriculture and commodity associations, and scientific organizations
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Program managers conduct informal outreach and consultation with potential recipients to seek new project proposals that may be considered for support with FAP contributions
Financial information (dollars)
| Type of transfer payment | 2024 to 2025 forecast spending | 2025 to 2026 planned spending | 2026 to 2027 planned spending | 2027 to 2028 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total contributions | 2,410,808 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Total other types of transfer payments | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total program | 2,410,808 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
The FAP is not a typical contribution program, in that it does not have a dedicated operating budget. Rather, funds for contributions are drawn from branch or program operating budgets. The CFIA can fund a maximum of $4.5 million per year.
Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC)
Start date: 2018 to 2019
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Grant
Type of appropriation: Voted appropriation – annually through Supplementary Estimates
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: Original: 2018 to 2019; Updated: 2022 to 2023
Link to departmental result(s): The ISC program is linked to departmental result 1: food sold in Canada is safe and accurately represented to Canadians, departmental result 2: plant and animal resources are protected from diseases and pests and are safe for Canadians and the environment, and departmental result 3: Canadian food, plants and animals and their associated products can be traded internationally; as well as linked to the CFIA's internal services
Link to the department's program inventory: The ISC program is linked to all programs under the CFIA's program inventory
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: The ISC program supports the generation of new and unique intellectual property, stimulation of research and development collaborations, and growth of small businesses in the Canadian innovation ecosystem
Expected results: Due to the Refocusing Government Spending Efforts announced in 2024, which significantly impact the ISC Challenge Stream, the CFIA does not anticipate releasing any new grant-based challenges from 2025 to 2026 onwards
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: Not applicable. The CFIA's Evaluation Directorate has not conducted an evaluation of the CFIA ISC program
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Not applicable
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: To be determined
General targeted recipient groups: For-profit organizations
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, as the lead department, conducts engagement and consultation with applicants and recipients
| Type of transfer payment | 2024 to 2025 forecast spending | 2025 to 2026 planned spending | 2026 to 2027 planned spending | 2027 to 2028 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | 1,049,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total contributions | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total other types of transfer payments | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total program | 1,049,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statutory compensation payments
Start date: 1997 to 1998
End date: Ongoing
Type of transfer payment: Compensation payments
Type of appropriation: Statutory authority under the Health of Animals Act (S.C. 1990, c. 21) and the Plant Protection Act (S.C. 1990, c. 22)
Fiscal year for terms and conditions: 1997 to 1998
Link to departmental result(s): Statutory compensation payments are linked to departmental result 2: plant and animal resources are protected from diseases and pests and are safe for Canadians and the environment
Link to the department's program inventory: Monitoring and enforcement for plant health, monitoring and enforcement for animal health
Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program: Compensate Canadians, in accordance with the appropriate regulations, for plants or animals ordered destroyed for the purpose of disease control
Expected results: In accordance with the Health of Animals Act and the Plant Protection Act, owners and/or producers will be compensated for ordered destruction of animals or plants for the purpose of disease control, where compensation will be provided according to the market value of the animals or plants
Fiscal year of last completed evaluation: 2019 to 2020
The evaluation of the Terrestrial Animal Health Program was completed in 2020 and included elements related to compensation
Decision following the results of last evaluation: Continuation
Fiscal year of next planned evaluation: To be determined
General targeted recipient groups: Producers in Canada who have had animals and/or plants ordered destroyed for the purpose of disease control
Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients: Information is provided to the eligible producers when animals and/or plants are ordered to be destroyed
| Type of transfer payment | 2024 to 2025 forecast spending | 2025 to 2026 planned spending | 2026 to 2027 planned spending | 2027 to 2028 planned spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total grants | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total contributions | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Total other types of transfer payments | 62,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 |
| Total program | 62,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 | 12,500,000 |
Gender-based Analysis Plus
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus governance and capacity
Governance
The CFIA's approach to ensure that Gender-based Analysis (GBA) Plus is integrated into agency-wide governance and decision-making processes during the 2025 to 2026 fiscal year includes:
Gender-based Analysis (GBA) Plus Policy Framework: The CFIA uses the Health Portfolio Sex- and Gender-based Analysis (SGBA) Plus Policy Framework to deliver the CFIA's commitment to GBA Plus and intersectional considerations. The objective of this policy is to strengthen the integration and application of GBA Plus activities to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion. The policy outlines the roles and responsibilities of employees to apply GBA Plus to their work.
GBA Plus Champion: The Associate Vice-President of the Policy and Programs Branch is the CFIA's GBA Plus Champion and a member of GBA Plus Champion's Network led by Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE). The CFIA's GBA Plus Champion provides leadership and coordination in the promotion, implementation, and monitoring of GBA Plus in the development of effective policies, programs, and legislation.
GBA Plus Responsibility Centre: This team provides guidance on the application of GBA Plus within the CFIA, acting as a challenge function to ensure robust analyses, and contributing to agency planning and reporting on GBA Plus. In their work, they verify that key GBA Plus considerations are reflected throughout the policy and program development cycle. The team also acts as agency representatives on GBA Plus collaboration with other government departments, including those in the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada GBA Plus Advisors Network, the Health Portfolio and WAGE.
GBA Plus Community of Practice: The community consists of members from across the agency and functions as a collaborative body that shares information for robust GBA Plus assessments and facilitates GBA Plus training and tools for analysts. Members act as GBA Plus contact points for their respective branches to guide the development of GBA Plus assessments.
Capacity
The GBA Plus Responsibility Centre serves as the focal point to help the agency consider the impact of its programs, policies, and services on diverse sub-populations and underrepresented groups in Canada. The team works to raise awareness of the GBA Plus requirements and guides the application of available disaggregate data to inform Cabinet documents and budget proposals.
The CFIA seeks to enhance the agency's understanding of GBA Plus by conducting training sessions, presentations, consultations, and providing comprehensive support for GBA Plus analysis and the collection of disaggregated data. These efforts, combined with other reporting and monitoring practices, aim to establish a baseline for disaggregated GBA Plus data. The dissemination of this knowledge is expected to positively impact analysis and program design, fostering more responsive and inclusive initiatives.
Human resources (full-time equivalents) dedicated to GBA Plus
In 2025 to 2026, the CFIA will have a team of 1.75 full-time equivalents (FTE) dedicated to supporting the overall integration of GBA Plus.
Approximately 0.50 FTE Manager and 0.25 FTE Director will oversee GBA Plus activities, signing approvals, and directing others to GBA Plus resources. A GBA Plus Champion at the Associate Vice-President level was appointed in October 2024, and will continue to serve in this role in 2025 to 2026.
There are approximately 0.50 FTE program officers across the agency that will continue to engage in GBA Plus by conducting GBA Plus analysis as part of their ongoing activities (for example, supporting GBA Plus analysis for Cabinet documents).
Section 2: Gender and diversity impacts, by program
Animal Health Compliance Promotion
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Animal Health Compliance Promotion
Program Goals: The program informs, motivates, and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's animal health and welfare protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, services, and guidance. Veterinarians, farm operators, and the Canadian animal product industry are the targeted beneficiaries. However, further analysis is needed to determine barriers to access/participation or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Animal Health Compliance Promotion program completed the development of its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data and employment size data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion
Program Goals: The program informs and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's food safety and consumer protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language and user-centric tools, products, and services. Improving the effectiveness of these activities is anticipated to provide an indirect benefit to those of lower income levels, younger and older Canadians, women, persons with disabilities, persons with physical or mental health issues, rural and Indigenous communities, and those who experience food insecurity by ensuring that the food they have access to is safe. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access and participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Food Safety and Consumer Protection Compliance Promotion program completed the development of its GBA Plus Data Strategy and identified gender or sex, English or French as first language, ethnicity, race, Indigeneity, and age data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue to establish a baseline of internal GBA Plus data and monitored and gather relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision making.
International Regulatory Cooperation and Science Collaboration
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: International Regulatory Cooperation and Science Collaboration
Program Goals: The program directs and coordinates the CFIA's international relations and engagements, promotes regulatory alignment, facilitates technical assistance or advice to trade partners, and ensures that Canada implements international trade measures. All Canadians are anticipated to benefit from this program, directly or indirectly.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The CFIA does not collect GBA Plus data for the International Regulatory Cooperation Science Collaboration program, since the program does not seek to have unique impacts for any particular population group. This limits the ability of the program to monitor and report on the GBA Plus impacts. Given the scope of the program, there are no current initiatives to enable future monitoring or reporting on how the program impacts specific groups.
International Standards Setting
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: International Standards Setting
Program Goals: The program develops and maintains a predictable and science-based international regulatory framework so Canada can influence international standards and trade rules that facilitate safe international trade, increase confidence in Canadian food, plants, animals, and increase market access. It is not anticipated that the program favours or discriminates against any population group. It benefits all Canadians, and Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector, including food importers and exporters.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The CFIA does not collect GBA Plus data for the International Standards Setting program, since the program does not pose barriers that would tend to weaken gender equity, diversity, or inclusion. This limits the ability of the program to monitor and report on the GBA Plus impacts. Given the scope of the program, there are no current initiatives to enable future monitoring or reporting on how the program impacts specific groups.
Market Access Support
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Market Access Support
Program Goals: The program supports market access, expands existing and creates new trade opportunities for Canadian commodities. It negotiates import conditions of Canadian products with foreign regulators. The program is not anticipated to pose barriers that would tend to weaken gender equity, diversity, or inclusion. All Canadians, and Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector, including exporters, are expected to benefit uniformly from international market access and trade.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The CFIA does not collect GBA Plus data for the International Market Access Support program, since the program does not pose barriers that would tend to weaken gender equity, diversity, or inclusion. This limits the ability of the program to monitor and report on the GBA Plus impacts. Given the scope of the program, there are no current initiatives to enable future monitoring or reporting on how the program impacts specific groups.
Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health
Program Goals: The program designs and carries out inspection, surveillance, and testing activities to verify that the industry complies with regulatory and program requirements for animal health and welfare, aquatic animal health, veterinary biologics, animal feeds, aquatic animal products, and animal products and by-products. The program also carries out enforcement action when the rules are not met. This program is anticipated to be gender balanced. It may directly impact rural or remote populations and those employed as farmers or livestock producers. However, further analysis is needed to determine barriers to access/participation or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Monitoring and Enforcement for Animal Health program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic or regional data, employment size data, and sector or industry data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Monitoring and Enforcement for Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Monitoring and Enforcement for Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Program Goals: The program designs and carries out inspection and surveillance programs to verify, through inspection, surveillance, and laboratory testing, the industry's compliance with food safety, labelling, and food compositional standards. The program takes enforcement action when the required rules are not met, takes control and responds when risk is present, engages with the industry on program delivery, and/or monitors and evaluates the overall effectiveness of the food program requirements. Improving the effectiveness of these activities is anticipated to provide a direct benefit to all Canadians by verifying that the food they have access to is safe. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Monitoring and Enforcement for Food Safety and Consumer Protection program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data, sector or industry data, gender or sex data, English or French as first language data, ethnicity, race, Indigeneity data, and income level data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision making.
Monitoring and Enforcement for Plant Health
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Monitoring and Enforcement for Plant Health
Program Goals: The program monitors and enforces regulatory standards to protect Canada's agriculture, forestry, and natural environment to support domestic and international trade. The rules being monitored and enforced apply to anyone conducting business in Canada. This includes the public, Indigenous Peoples, industry, not-for-profit organizations, research bodies, and parties delivering programs and services on behalf of the CFIA such as alternate third-party service providers. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Monitoring and Enforcement for Plant Health program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Permissions for Animal Products
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Permissions for Animal Products
Program Goals: The program provides regulatory permission in the form of licenses, permits, and registrations, as well as certificates and other documentation in a timely manner so Canadian businesses and/or residents can operate and/or move animal products. All Canadians, veterinarians, farmers, and the animal product industry, including import and exporters, are expected to benefit from the program. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Permissions for Animal Products program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Permissions for Food Products
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Permissions for Food Products
Program Goals: The program processes and issues permissions in the form of licenses and permits, as well as certificates and other documentation so Canadian businesses and non-resident importers can operate and/or move products. Food producers, food importers, and food exporters are anticipated to benefit from this program, however, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Permissions for Food Products program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data, sector, or industry data, and English or French as first language data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Permissions for Plant Products
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Permissions for Plant Products
Program Goals: The program provides regulatory permission in the form of licenses, permits and registrations, as well as certificates and other documentation in a timely manner, so Canadian businesses and residents can operate and/or move plant products. Plant health stakeholders and plant importers and exporters are expected to benefit. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Permissions for Plant Products program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data, sector, or industry data, and English or French as first language data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Plant Health Compliance Promotion
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Plant Health Compliance Promotion
Program Goals: The program informs, motivates, and encourages industry and public compliance with the CFIA's plant production and resource protection regulations and policies by delivering accessible, plain language, and user-centric tools, products, services, and guidance. Plant health stakeholders are expected to benefit, along with regulated plant businesses. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Plant Health Compliance Promotion program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data, employment size data, and industry or sector data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Setting Rules for Animal Health
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Setting Rules for Animal Health
Program Goals: The program develops and reviews rules documents using input such as current science, risk analysis, international standards, research and surveillance of animal diseases, and other hazards to animals. These, along with stakeholder collaboration, form the basis of the agency's risk-based, One Health approach to its program design and content. The program is anticipated to be gender-neutral and to provide benefits to Indigenous Peoples, rural or remote populations; individuals in the animal agriculture and aquatics industry; and youth and future generations in Canada. Further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Setting Rules for Animal Health program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data, sector or industry data and certification level data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.
Setting Rules for Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Setting Rules for Food Safety and Consumer Protection
Program Goals: The program includes developing and maintaining rules such as regulations, guidelines, standards, and policies to reduce risks to food safety and consumer protection in Canada's food supply chain. It is risk-based and aims to protect the health of Canadians, keep them safe from harmful and/or misleading practices, and facilitate domestic and international trade. Improving the effectiveness of these activities is anticipated to provide an indirect benefit to those of lower income levels, younger and older Canadians, rural and Indigenous communities, and those who experience food insecurity, by ensuring that the food they have access to is safe. However, further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus) No
The Setting Rules for Food Safety and Consumer Protection program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data and sector or industry data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the CFIA 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue to establish a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision making.
Setting Rules for Plant Health
Core Responsibility: Safe food and healthy plants and animals
Program name: Setting Rules for Plant Health
Program Goals: The program puts in place rules to protect Canada's plants, plant products and the environment. The purpose of these rules is to:
- prevent the entry and spread of plant pests and noxious weeds in Canada
- verify the quality of seeds
- safeguard the safety of plants with novel traits, fertilizers, supplements and other plant products to Canadians and the environment
This program is anticipated to be gender neutral and to provide benefits to individuals employed in the farming, agriculture, and horticulture industries. Further analysis is needed to determine demographic outcomes, barriers to access/participation, or negative impacts.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Setting Rules for Plant Health program completed its GBA Plus Data Plan and identified geographic data as available for future collection and analysis. The goal, as laid out in the 4-year GBA Plus Data Strategy, will be to apply a comprehensive and consistent GBA Plus data approach across all CFIA programs by 2026. The agency will continue establishing a baseline of internal GBA Plus data, and monitoring and gathering relevant qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making.