Canadian Food Inspection Agency · Contribution program
CFIA Federal Assistance Program
The Federal Assistance Program enables the Agency to support projects and initiatives led by external organizations that advance the CFIA's core responsibility for safe food and healthy plants and animals.
- Total value
- $6.5M
- Agreements
- 28
- Apr 2018 to Oct 2025
- Median agreement
- $115K
- Typical range
- $44K–$196K
- the middle half of agreements
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.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 1 agreements ($47K) 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.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | $810K |
| 2019 | 2 | $187K |
| 2020 | 1 | $150K |
| 2021 | 5 | $651K |
| 2022 | 7 | $763K |
| 2023 | 3 | $2M |
| 2024 | 3 | $1.8M |
| 2025 | 2 | $110K |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 14 | $3.3M |
| British Columbia | 3 | $2M |
| Quebec | 5 | $638K |
| Alberta | 1 | $240K |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 1 | $140K |
| Saskatchewan | 3 | $135K |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | $47K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 21 | $5M |
| Academia | 5 | $1.3M |
| International (non-government) | 1 | $140K |
| Individuals and sole proprietorships | 1 | $47K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Prairie Swine Centre | Enhancing Small-Scale Pork Producers’ Engagement and Education: Grassroots outreach and biosecurity awarenessContribution | $50,000 |
| Apr 2025 | Université de Montréal | Capacity Development in Applied Animal Population Health Research in the One Health Context (2025-2026 to 2027-2028)Contribution | $60,000 |
| Aug 2024 | Animal Health Canada | Moving Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness Forward for African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth DiseaseContribution | $697,950 |
| Apr 2024 | Équipe québécoise de santé porcine | African Swine Fever Emergency Response Plan Validation for QuebecGrant | $228,172 |
| Jan 2024 | Canadian Academy of Health Sciences | An assessment on: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Use (AMU) in Food-Producing AnimalsContribution | $884,031 |
| Dec 2023 | Prairie Swine Centre | Enhancing Small-Scale Pork Producers' Engagement and Education: A Comprehensive Communications and Social Media StrategyContribution | $50,000 |
| Jun 2023 | Ontario Pork | Testing of Ontario Pork’s Emergency Mass Depopulation Trailer SystemContribution | $161,750 |
| Apr 2023 | BC Poultry Association | Enhancing British Columbia Poultry Industry Preparedness for Foreign Animal Disease OutbreaksContribution | $1,811,640 |
| Dec 2022 | Canadian Council on Invasive Species | Strengthening Public Awareness and Indigenous Partnerships to Help Prevent the Spread of Invasive SpeciesContribution | $185,403 |
| May 2022 | Canadian Cattlemen's Association | Risk Analysis to Support a Review of Canada's List of Specified Risk MaterialContribution | $240,000 |
| Apr 2022 | Animal Health Canada | Finalization of an African Swine Fever Integrated Emergency Response Plan (ASF IERP) and Associated Communications PlanContribution | $108,320 |
| Jan 2022 | Canadian Centre for Food Integrity | Building public trust in the Canadian food safety system by creating transparent two-way communications, research and resourcesContribution | $25,000 |
| Jan 2022 | Producteurs de bovins du Québec | Assessing several diets during the transportation rest period of unweaned calves - Phase 1: Literature review and data collectionContribution | $144,599 |
| Jan 2022 | Prairie Swine Centre | Developing effective communications for small-scale pig farmersContribution | $35,000 |
| Jan 2022 | Canadian Kennel Club | Promotion of accountable Canadian dog breeders as an alternative to purchasing imported dogsContribution | $25,000 |
| Dec 2021 | Humane Canada | Increasing awareness of local dog adoption options as an alternative to purchasing imported dogsContribution | $25,000 |
| Dec 2021 | Friends of Humane Society International | Increasing awareness of responsible rescue and local dog adoption options as an alternative to purchasing importing dogsContribution | $25,000 |
| Aug 2021 | University of Guelph | Metabarcoding of environmental DNA as early threat detection for plant and animal pests of concern in CanadaContribution | $300,000 |
| Apr 2021 | Veterinarians Without Borders | VWB/VSF Northern Animal Health InitiativeContribution | $121,000 |
| Apr 2021 | Université de Montréal | Capacity development in applied animal population health in the "One Health" contextContribution | $180,000 |
| Apr 2020 | University of Guelph | Building Canada's capacity for using molecular tools to respond to emerging threats to animal health and plant resourcesContribution | $150,000 |
| Sep 2019 | International Food Safety Authorities Network │ Réseau international des autorités de sécurité sanitaire des aliments | Contribution | $140,000 |
| Dec 2018 | Invasive Species Centre | Enhance citizen science capacity and compliance promotion for plant pestsContribution | $20,000 |
| Dec 2018 | Canadian Council on Invasive Species │ Conseil Canadien sur les Espèces Envahissantes | Stopping forest pest movement: public outreach resourcesContribution | $20,000 |
| Aug 2018 | Canadian Veterinary Medical Association │Association canadienne des médecins vétérinaires | National Antimicrobial Use Veterinary Surveillance System Development : Phase 3Contribution | $100,000 |