Spending program
Food Policy Initiatives
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food · Industry, agriculture and fisheries
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food spent $9.1 million on Food Policy Initiatives, down from $32.6 million in 2023–24. That is $0.30 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$9.1M
0.1% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.
Down $23.5M from $32.6M in 2023–24.
$0.30per tax filer$0.22per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2019–20 | $26.6M |
| 2020–21 | $206M |
| 2021–22 | $157M |
| 2022–23 | $27.7M |
| 2023–24 | $32.6M |
| 2024–25 | $9.1M |
Source and basis
- GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.
← All industry, agriculture and fisheries spendingHow the figures are calculated