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Video: Canadian Agricultural Partnership
Video transcript
[Energetic piano music starts.]
[Video opens with two men standing in a greenhouse full of tomato plants. They smile and shake hands. In the far background we see the lines of the CAP logo move between plants.]
Narrator: Collaboration is at the heart of farming and food.
[The shot changes to show a close up of a bright red apple hanging from the branch of an apple tree. The lines from the CAP logo slowly move in from the left of the screen and disappear behind the apple. Moments later the lines reappear and form the entire CAP logo.]
Text on screen: Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Grow. Innovate. Prosper.
In this spirit, your federal, provincial, and territorial governments created the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
[Energetic piano music continues.]
[A series of images of the Canadian agricultural sector appear on screen quickly, one after the other. On top of the images we see some of the objectives of the Partnership.]
Text on screen: Market Access
Text on screen: Science & Innovation
Text on screen: Risk Management
Text on screen: Environmental Sustainability
Text on screen: Diversity
[The images disappear and are replaced by a portion of the CAP logo.]
[Energetic piano music continues.]
Text on screen: Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Innovate. Grow. Prosper.
Find out which programs work for you.
[The lines from the CAP logo appear on screen from the left and form the missing part of the CAP logo.]
Text on screen: To learn more: Canada.ca/Agri-Partnership
[Cut to the Canada wordmark.]
Text on screen: Canada. (c) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food (2018)
[The energetic piano music fades out.]
The Canadian Agricultural Partnership ends on March 31, 2023.
The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) is a new $3.5-billion, 5-year agreement (April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2028), between the federal, provincial and territorial governments to strengthen the competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of the agriculture, agri‐food and agri‐based products sector. The Sustainable CAP is replacing the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a $3 billion five-year (2018-2023), investment by federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments to strengthen and grow Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector with:
- simplified and streamlined programs and services that are easier to access
- improvements to programs that help you manage significant risks that threaten the viability of your farm and are beyond your capacity to manage
- $2 billion in FPT cost-shared strategic initiatives
- $1 billion for federal activities and programs
Federally funded programs
Key areas and programs support sector growth:
- Growing trade and expanding markets
- Innovative and sustainable growth in the sector
- AgriInnovate Program
- AgriScience Program
- Supporting diversity and a dynamic, evolving sector
Find out more about federal programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Cost-shared programs by federal, provincial and territorial governments
Under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides an investment, to support region-specific agriculture programs and services that are tailored to meet regional needs. These program are cost shared between the federal and provincial/territorial governments with the federal government contributing 60% of the costs of the program and the provincial/territorial government contributing 40%.
The programs are developed and delivered by the provinces and territories. The programs' parameters and priorities are jointly defined by federal, provincial and territorial governments in the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
To find out more about programs and services offered by your provincial or territorial government, visit their website.
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec (in French only)
- Saskatchewan
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavut
- Yukon
Improvements to business risk management programs
Under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the following BRM programs will continue to help producers manage significant risks that threaten the viability of their farm and are beyond their capacity to manage.
