GrantTrail

NAICS Sector 11

Federal grants for agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Programs that fund recipients the department coded with this industry. Departments record an industry code on about one agreement in ten, mostly business programs, so this is a guide to which programs fund businesses like yours, not a full count.

Total value
$3.5B
Agreements
10,467
To named organizations
7,992
$3B
To individuals or unnamed
2,475
$446M; never named here

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

Within this industry

IndustryAgreementsTotal
111 Crop production4,918$673M
112 Animal production and aquaculture4,106$579M
115 Support activities for agriculture and forestry1,173$300M
113 Forestry and logging44$13.1M
114 Fishing, hunting and trapping57$12.5M

Programs that fund this industry

The programs that put the most money here.

ProgramAgreementsTotal
Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP)12$1.5B
Global Innovation Clusters2$355M
Agricultural Clean Technology488$302M
AgriScience Program- Cluster Component25$136M
Dairy Farm Investment Program (DFIP)1,525$102M
Youth Employment and Skills Program6,071$66.7M
AgriMarketing Program60$64.6M
AgriScience Program - Project Component74$63.9M
SIF Stream 4 - Demonstration1$57.5M
AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association Component28$57M
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation38$54.9M
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms410$50.2M
AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association48$49.8M
Supply Management Processing Investment Fund (SMPIF)19$48.1M
REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity134$43.9M
AgriMarketing Program: National Industry Association40$34.8M
AgriInnovate Program12$32.7M
Market Development Program For Turkey and Chicken (MDPTC)7$32.5M
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation62$30.1M
Agri-Recovery- Business Risk Management2$26.7M
Indigenous Tourism Fund2$26.3M
SIF Stream 5 - National Innovation Ecosystems1$25M
AgriMarketing Program: National Industry Association Component25$23.6M
AgriCompetitiveness Program44$22.4M
Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF)6$21.3M

Top recipients

Organizations with the most funding.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Protein Industries Canada Inc.2$355M
Alberta1$305M
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture1$291M
Quebec1$220M
Government of Manitoba1$133M
British Columbia1$86.3M
Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Inc.1$57.5M
Canola Council of Canada8$36.3M
New Brunswick Ministry of Agriculture1$27.8M
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture1$27.8M
Nova Scotia1$27.8M
Dairy Farmers of Canada8$27.4M
Canadian Pork Council11$26.4M
Natural Products Canada1$25M
Toppits Foods Ltd.5$24M
Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency4$21.1M
Chicken Farmers of Canada5$20.2M
Canadian Swine Research and Development Cluster4$20.2M
Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency5$19.5M
Pulse Crops (Canada) Association9$18.9M
Animal Health Canada4$18.3M
National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association1$16.3M
Canadian Poultry Research Council3$15.5M
Cooke Aquaculture Inc.8$15.2M
Le Gouvernement du Québec1$13.3M

Plus 2,475 agreements ($446M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
20063$145K
20073$555K
20081$22K
20096$4.8M
20104$4M
20121$725K
20141$290K
20152$461K
201662$9.9M
20171,388$92.8M
2018232$469M
2019446$76M
20201,286$152M
20212,455$226M
2022608$176M
20231,385$1.9B
20241,125$136M
20251,064$87.8M
2026395$126M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
Government31$1.5B
Not-for-profit organizations and charities1,368$959M
For-profit organizations7,124$828M
Not stated by the department269$72.2M
Individuals and sole proprietorships1,121$41.1M
Indigenous recipients441$30.9M
Academia47$25.2M
International (non-government)8$1.3M
Other organizations58$714K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientProgramValue
Jul 2026J4 Agri-Science LimitedIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$130,000
Jul 2026Sault Ste. Marie Innovation CentreRegional Economic Growth through Innovation ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario$467,000
Jul 2026513872 Ontario LimitedRegional Economic Growth through Innovation ProgramFederal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario$1,714,637
Jun 2026Family Advancement AssociationYouth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$16,124
Jun 2026LP Consulting LimitedIndustrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$18,509
Jun 2026Staniland Farms Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$12,000
Jun 2026Fort Whyte Foundation Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000
Jun 2026Fireweed Food Community Service Co-op Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000
Jun 2026Ghawk Enterprises Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,500
Jun 2026Ghawk Enterprises Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,500
Jun 2026Geneva Farms Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$4,000
Jun 2026Two Rivers Farm Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$5,440
Jun 2026Groupe Ramo inc.Industrial Research Assistance ProgramNational Research Council Canada$22,100
Jun 2026Carrots and Goat Land and Food Education Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000
Jun 2026Select Fresh Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000
Jun 2026B.C. Shellfish Grower's AssociationRegional Economic Growth through InnovationPacific Economic Development Canada$363,800
Jun 2026Soy Canada Inc.AgriMarketing ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$311,850
Jun 2026Seeds CanadaAgriMarketing ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$90,915
Jun 2026Prairie East Veterinary Clinic P.C. Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$16,400
Jun 2026Lussier Farms Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000
Jun 2026Kirk Ag LimitedAgricultural Clean TechnologyAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$2,000,000
Jun 2026Keichinger Farms Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$13,440
Jun 2026Country Lane Poultry Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$12,000
Jun 202614123018 Canada Inc.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$5,760
Jun 2026Red Fox Ag Research Ltd.Youth Employment and Skills ProgramAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada$14,000