Animal Health Canada: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Elora, ON · grants and contributions register

Animal Health Canada: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $19.9M value; 2 departments; 4 programs.

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7agreements
$19.9Mvalue
2departments
4programs

Largest agreements

Animal Health Canada Emergency Management Project$5.0Mvalue2023start2028end

This project aims to protect Canada’s agricultural resources through enhanced emergency management practices and will develop tools and systems that will ensure the health, safety and welfare of people and animals. This process will build industry resilience through improved emergency preparation, response and recovery which will promote public trust in the livestock sector.

Promoting Sustainable Animal Welfare Advances Through Codes of Practice$4.8Mvalue2023start2028end

This project aims to update five Codes of Practice: Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chicken, and Turkeys; beef cattle; equine; pigs; and sheep. The Pullets and Laying Hens Code will be amended. Three 5-year-old Codes will undergo Code reviews to ensure that they continue to mitigate evolving risks. Communication activities will support Code awareness and implementation, while building public trust for the Codes and the collaborative and inclusive process by which they are developed.

Promoting Sustainable Animal Welfare Advances Through Codes of Practice$4.8Mvalue2023start2028end

This project aims to update five Codes of Practice: Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chicken, and Turkeys; beef cattle; equine; pigs; and sheep. The Pullets and Laying Hens Code will be amended. Three 5-year-old Codes will undergo Code reviews to ensure that they continue to mitigate evolving risks. Communication activities will support Code awareness and implementation, while building public trust for the Codes and the collaborative and inclusive process by which they are developed.

Building Resilient Animal Health Surveillance Through a One Health Lens$3.5Mvalue2023start2028end

This project aims to expand the AHC's surveillance network of networks, with information and intelligence sharing amongst Canadian stakeholders to address critical animal and One Health related challenges. Increased surveillance capacities of the project will support emergency management of large scale animal health scenarios in Canada.

African Swine Fever Executive Management Board Coordination and Support Project$923Kvalue2023start2025end

This project aims to provide leadership, management, and support to the ASF Executive Management Board, through the refinement of the 'Revised Framework for the Prevention and Control of ASF' and related activities.

Moving Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness Forward for African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease$698Kvalue2024start2025end

This project is comprised of five distinct sub-projects, each contributing to the overall objective of enhancing Canada’s preparedness for foreign animal disease incursions, specifically African swine fever (ASF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD): Sub-project 1: CanSpotASF Epidemiologic Surveillance Analysis Sub-project 2: ASF Large-Scale Depopulation Training Project Sub-project 3: ASF/FMD - Defining Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments and Industry Partners (FPTI) Roles and Responsibilities Project Sub-project 4: Foot

Finalization of an African Swine Fever Integrated Emergency Response Plan (ASF IERP) and Associated Communications Plan$108Kvalue2022start2023end

The draft ASF IERP will be finalized and an associated communications plan will be developed. This plan could be used by Canadian industry stakeholders and provincial/territorial and federal governments should ASF be detected in North America.

Departments

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada5agreements$19.1Mvalue3programs
  • AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association Component
  • AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association
  • African/swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Prevention and Preparedness Stream

All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Canadian Food Inspection Agency2agreements$806Kvalue1programs

Years

20241agreements$698Kvalue1programs
  • CFIA Federal Assistance Program
20235agreements$19.1Mvalue3programs
  • AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association Component
  • AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association
  • African/swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program: Prevention and Preparedness Stream
20221agreements$108Kvalue1programs
  • CFIA Federal Assistance Program

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.