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Spending program

Loan Guarantee Programs

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food · Industry, agriculture and fisheries

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food spent $128 million on Loan Guarantee Programs, down from $149 million in 2023–24. That is $4.28 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$128M

0.9% of Industry, agriculture and fisheries spending in 2024–25.

Down $20.4M from $149M in 2023–24.

$4.28per tax filer$3.12per 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.

Loan Guarantee Programs, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Loan Guarantee Programs, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2018–19$41.4M
2019–20$69.1M
2020–21$30.3M
2021–22$36.1M
2022–23$64.6M
2023–24$149M
2024–25$128M

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