Business Redevelopment
Description: Includes information relating to Farm Income, Knowledge/Product/Process Information, and Service Transformation.
Document Types: Business Redevelopment, Farm Income
Record Number: AAFC 6900

Farm Program Delivery
Description: Includes information relating to program administration, client service operations.
Document Types: Farm Program Delivery
Record Number: AAFC 7000

Farm Program Maintenance
Description: Includes information relating to program and agreement approval, revision, and extension, accountability and performance measures, environmental assessment, audit and review.
Document Types: Farm Program Maintenance, agreement approval.
Record Number: AAFC 7100

Information Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Description: Includes information relating to industry economic performance and analysis, advice on compliance with international trade rules, performance measurement, documentation and business continuity, economic analysis and forecasting for program support.
Document Types: Information Monitoring, Analysis, reporting.
Record Number: AAFC 7200

Strategic Policy and Program Development
Description: Includes information relating to the development of Farm Income Risk Management Strategy, Farm Income Risk Management Program design, Integrated Risk Management approach, Policy Review, Policy Research Institute.
Document Types: Strategic Policy, program development.
Record Number: AAFC 7300

Environment Team

Delivering Environmental Tools and Practices
Description: Includes information relating to program development, Federal/Provincial agreements, program implementation, outreach, water management, and water control.
Document Types: Program implementation, environmental stewardship.
Record Number: AAFC 3700

Developing Knowledge for Environmental Tools and Practices
Description: Includes research and information relating to the development of tools and practices for soil use assessment and health, water quality, water quantity, greenhouse gases and air quality, ecological goods and services (EG & S), adaptation to climate change, nutrient cycling, organic residues, reduction and alternatives to chemical pest control, integrated pest management, biodiversity, technology transfer and commercialization.
Document Types: Environmental tools, practices.
Record Number: AAFC 3600

Environmental Awareness
Description: Includes information that fosters and promotes an awareness of agri-environmental issues and serves as a basis for sound decision-making and the resolution of those agri-environmental issues.
Document Types: Environmental Awareness.
Record Number: AAFC 3100

Environmental Monitoring
Description: Includes information relating to National Land and Water Information Service (includes data collected from Geographic Information System-based tools monitoring rural land and water resource management such as flood protection, plant hardiness zones, land use information), National Land and Water Information Service Management Structure; National Agri-environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program, Agri-Environmental Indicators work (in such areas as Environmental Farm Management, Soil Quality, Water Quality, Agroecosystem Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Agroecosystem Biodiversity, and Production Intensity), modeling, economic valuation; National Agroclimate Information Service.
Document Types: Environmental Monitoring, National Land and Water Information Service.
Record Number: AAFC 3200

Environmental Stewardship
Description: Includes information which supports the realization of environmental benefits and the mitigation of environmental risks in the agriculture and agri-food sector.
Document Types: Environmental Stewardship, environmental benefits.
Record Number: AAFC 3500

Environmental Strategy
Description: Includes information relating to strategy Development, Sustainable Development Strategy.
Document Types: Environmental Strategy, sustainable development.
Record Number: AAFC 3400

Environment Health
Description: Includes information which supports the use of environmental resources in a manner that ensures their quality and availability for present and future generations.
Document Types: Environment Health, resources.
Record Number: AAFC 3000

Information to Consumers and the Public
Description: Includes information relating to stakeholder for public opinion research and tracking, communication tools.
Document Types: Consumer and public information.
Record Number: AAFC 3300

Integrated Environmental Tools and Practices
Description: Includes information relating to technical assessments, best management practices and standards.
Document Types: Technical assessments, management practices, standards.
Record Number: AAFC 3800

International Environmental Commitments
Description: Includes information relating to policy development, consultations, international negotiations, market intelligence.
Document Types: Policy development, consultations.
Record Number: AAFC 3900

Food Safety and Quality Team

Safe, nutritious and quality food for consumers
Description: Detect, characterize, determine the origin and fate of food safety hazards on the farm and throughout food production systems and develop strategies for their control; develop knowledge and strategies to enhance food quality to meet consumer expectations; develop knowledge to enhance and preserve nutritional value throughout the food chain; build the knowledge base in support of the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals; develop new processing platform technologies to improve production efficiency and deliver safe, nutritious and quality food; and identify, characterize and optimize bioactive components products that will contribute to the development of products to improve health, vitality and reduce risk of both chronic and acute diseases.
Document Types: Consumer expectations, development, nutrition.
Record Number: AAFC 6200

Food Quality Systems
Description: Includes information relating to the development of food quality assurance systems throughout the chain, capacity within the industry to verify.
Document Types: Food quality assurance.
Record Number: AAFC 6300

Food Safety Systems
Description: Includes information relating to the development and implementation of on-farm Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)-based systems, development and implementation of HACCP-based systems throughout the chain, capacity within the industry to verify.
Document Types: Food Safety Systems, hazard analysis.
Record Number: AAFC 6400

Identity Preservation, Tracking and Tracing Systems
Description: Includes information relating to the development of tracking and tracing systems throughout the chain including provision of financial assistance, capacity within the industry to verify, promotion of e-commerce and Internet use at all levels of the agri-food value chain, breeder and buyer protection under Animal Pedigree Act, creation of domestic structures, promotion of genetic innovations, and branding Canadian genetics.
Document Types: Identity preservation, tracking system.
Record Number: AAFC 6500

Information to Consumers
Description: Includes information relating to stakeholder for a (Canadian Partnership for Consumer Education), public opinion research and tracking, communication tools, assistance for the agri-food sector in development of accurate public communications on the safety and reliability of Canadian Agri-Food Products.
Document Types: Information to Consumers, stakeholders, communication.
Record Number: AAFC 6600

Integrated Food Safety Strategy Development
Description: Includes information which supports the production, processing and distribution of safe and reliable food to meet the needs and preferences of consumers.
Document Types: Production, processing, distribution.
Record Number: AAFC 6000

Policy and Strategy Development
Description: Includes information relating to common federal policy, Federal, Provincial coordination, research international initiatives (initiatives of other countries) aimed at food safety and quality.
Document Types: Federal policy, research international initiatives.
Record Number: AAFC 6700

Renewal Team
Description: Includes information for agriculture families on access to assistance aimed at developing the skills and knowledge to help them thrive in the 21st century and to respond to consumer and market demands; training which will help increase their profitability through on-and-off farm opportunities and opportunities to help them improve family income. Specifically, this information relates to farm business advisory services, capturing opportunities from science and innovation, benchmarking and best management practices. Renewal also includes programs to address emerging issues related to transformation or adjustment of the agricultural sector such the Canadian Farm Families Options Program (Options) and the Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program (OVTP).
Document Types: Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services (CFBAS) including Farm Business Assessment (FBA) and Specialized Business Planning Services (SBPS); Planning and Assessment for Value-Added Enterprises (PAVE), Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program (OVTP).
Record Number: AAFC 5400

Canadian Farm Families options Program (Options)
Description: A two-year pilot program announced in August 2006 that provides short-term income assistance to lower-income farmers and their families while they pursue training and advice to improve their on or-off farm income prospects for the long-term.
Document Types: Canadian Farm Families options Program (Options)
Record Number: AAFC 10001

Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program (OVTP)
Description: This programs runs until March 31, 2011, provides assistance to tree fruit and grape producers to help cover some of the costs associated with removing fruit trees or vines and to fund the development of strategic commodity plans that will help improve the industry profitability.
Document Types: Orchards and vineyards transition
Record Number: AAFC 10017

Skills
Description: Includes information on services designed to help farmers and their spouses increase their family income through improved farm practices or increased off-farm income. Another facet of the Renewal Skills initiative is the provision of support to organizations involved in farm Skills development and enhancement of the sector's Skills and learning infrastructure.
Document Types: Canadian Agricultural Skills Services (CASS), Canadian Farm Business Management Council (CFBMC), Canadian 4-H Council, Canadian Young Farmers Forum, Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers' Program, Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, and Agriculture Sector Council.
Record Number: AAFC 5000

Innovation/Science Team

Business Climate, Policies and Regulations
Description: Includes information relating to the implication of human resource, policy and regulatory constraints and issues related to investment, growth and competitiveness in the sector, provision of rapid response teams to address irritants identified by agri-food and life science sector firms and providing case by case problem solving.
Document Types: Policies, regulations, business climate.
Record Number: AAFC 5200

Development and Adoption of New Value-Added Bioproducts and Bioprocesses
Description: Includes research and development and technology transfer relating to bioproducts and bioprocesses such as bioenergy, biomass conversion, biochemicals, and underlying fundamental research and development (R & D) in biochemistry, natural products chemistry, genomics and proteomics. This section also includes increased R & D network activities on innovative technologies, techniques, processes, tools and strategies leading to new products, new uses and new markets for agri-based biomass. One such example is the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP), which seeks to increase value-added opportunities for the agri-food sector by the innovative use of agricultural bioresources as a result of R & D network activities, technology transfer and commercialization of bioproducts and bioprocesses.
Document Types: Natural products chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, bioproducts.
Record Number: AAFC 4300

High Quality Personnel
Description: Includes information relating to entrepreneurial skill requirements, sector capacity and gaps.
Document Types: Entrepreneurial skills, sector capacity.
Record Number: AAFC 5300

Innovation and Discovery
Description: Includes information about discovery research relating to agricultural products, processes, technologies and practices, as well as programs and services related to technology transfer and their adoption.
Document Types: Innovation, discovery.
Record Number: AAFC 4100

Innovation for Growth
Description: Includes information relating to programs and services that help the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector capture opportunities in diversified domestic and global markets by supporting innovation in the development of food and other agri-based products.
Document Types: Innovation, growth.
Record Number: AAFC 4000

Markets and Trade Team

Branding Canada
Description: The brand strategy provides a platform expanding and deepening the sector's strengths in areas such as national traceability, food safety, animal health and sustainable agriculture practices, attributes that can be leveraged in the marketplace, increasing the ability to gain product recognition and customer loyalty. Program record includes information related to the Canada brand for food and agriculture products, including best practices in country and company branding, how to apply for and use the brand and how to apply the common graphics to promote the brand. In addition, there are the results of research with consumers and buyers in various key markets around the world (e.g. United States, Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan). The research explores what respondents think about Canada and Canadian agriculture and food products, what they look for when they buy these products and how they think Canada can respond to these requirements. Analysis of the information includes segmenting and positioning information to assist in the development of business strategies.
Document Types: Brand Canada
Record Number: AAFC 4600

Value Chain Roundtables (VCRTs)
Description: Includes information related to commodity and activity-specific sectors with ongoing opportunities through VCRTs to undertake market research and analysis, share market intelligence, discuss common issues and priorities, and develop and implement value chain strategies that will help them to differentiate from competitors and capitalize on current and future market opportunities.
Document Types: Value Chain Roundtables.
Record Number: AAFC 10020

Multilateral Cooperation
Description: Includes information relating to advancing key trade policy and market access issues and overall standard setting at bilateral and multilateral fora.
Document Types: Multilateral agricultural institutions, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Record Number: AAFC 4700

Bilateral Relations
Description: Includes information relating to the management of bilateral trade relationships, bilateral/regional free trade agreements and resolution of market access issues; trade advocacy initiatives; export trade development and promotion (e.g. Agri-Food Trade Service exporter development services, missions, international events, etc.); tools available to help Canadian exporters compete in overseas markets, including market intelligence and analysis and the development of strategies for emerging and established markets, through programs such as Canadian Agriculture and Food International Program (CAFI), expanded representation in the United States and abroad; efforts aimed at maximizing and capturing opportunities for Canadian producers in both domestic and international markets; and efforts to brand Canada's agriculture and food sector and ensure that Canada's excellence is recognized around the world, in cooperation with the value chain roundtables.
Document Types: International markets, strategy, market opportunities, trade advocacy.
Record Number: AAFC 4800

Sector Development and Analysis
Description: Includes information related to commodity and food processing sector, from traditional (e.g. grains, horticulture, meat) to emerging sectors (e.g. functional foods); more specifically, information relating to traceability, market systems, policy and regulatory analysis and advice in support of sustainable value chain development and to industry, market and competitive information collection and analysis to ensure that Canadian agriculture and food sector remains competitive in an ever-changing marketplace and is able to effectively respond to market demands and sectoral issues.
Document Types: Sector, development, analysis, industry intelligence, food processing, traceability.
Record Number: AAFC 4900

International Science Cooperation
Description: Includes information on the International Scientific Cooperation Bureau of Research Branch such as lists of Memorandum of Understanding, Academic Exchange Agreements and International Treaties, as well as on the governance for specific cooperation, cooperation with international organizations, funding opportunities for scientists and a calendar of events. The objective of the Bureau is to leverage AAFC science capacity internationally, to enhance trade opportunities through innovation and to enhance multilateral participation in science and innovation.
Document Types: Cooperation with key countries.
Record Number: AAFC 4810

Technical Trade Issues
Description: Includes information relating to the policy development and improvement of Canada's capacity to analyze and negotiate Technical Trade Issues to allow the Canadian agri-food sector to take advantage of market opportunities. This includes in the international arena.
Document Types: Technical trade, World Trade Organization (WTO), Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS), Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Committee on trade and Environment (CTE), Codex Alimentarius, World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD)
Record Number: AAFC 7800

Trade Agreements
Description: Includes information relating to bilateral, regional and multilateral agriculture negotiations (including World Trade Organization (WTO) and development of enhanced multilateral rules on domestic support and export competition in the area of agriculture. Management of bilateral trade relationships and resolution of market access issues.
Document Types: Commercial negotiations, WTO, bilateral negotiations, regional negotiations.
Record Number: AAFC 7900

Trade Disputes
Description: Includes information relating to impediments to domestic and international trade, resolution of Trade Disputes, defence of Canadian programs and policies against potential trade challenges, advancement of Canada's trade policy interests through strategic participation in offensive trade cases and the Trade Litigation Fund.
Document Types: Impediments to trade, Trade Disputes, trade litigation.
Record Number: AAFC 10021

Enabling Teams:

Asset Management Team

National Emergency Management and Business Continuity Planning Program
Description: Coordination with Federal, provincial/territorial and international partners in response to a National Emergency. Departmental Business Continuity Planning Program and related facility business continuity plans.
Document Types: Emergency coordination with Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and provinces/territories and federal organizations, Disaster Financial Assistance Agreement (DFAA), National Exercise Program, Critical Infrastructure Protection, NATO-Food and Agriculture Planning Committee (FAPC) and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI).
Record Number: AAFC 225

Engineering and Environmental Services
Description: Information on delivery of long-term major capital program, engineering support for the delivery of infrastructure related projects that range from small health and safety construction projects to large office laboratory research facilities. Also includes the delivery of central agencies programs such as the federal contaminated sites program, and data on key performance indicators that support our Sustainable Development Strategy.
Document Types: Engineering, infrastructure.
Record Number: AAFC 250

Facilities Management
Description: Information pertaining to day-to-day building operations, minor capital delivery, maintenance of equipment, buildings and infrastructure, and minor repairs.
Document Types: Facilities Management, building operations.
Record Number: AAFC 275

Leased Accommodations
Description: Information on office leases including current and future planning, requirements for expansion, allocation of space, floor layouts and office design.
Document Types: Office leases.
Record Number: AAFC 280

Life-cycle management
Description: Information on Life-cycle management (e.g., procurement activities, contracts, requests for services, inventory, maintenance, disposal) of assets under AAFC's control. Includes management of capital assets which are high value moveable items valued over $10,000 such as major technical equipment, vehicles, and machinery.
Document Types: Procurement, contracts, requests.
Record Number: AAFC 200

Materiel Management
Description: Information on requirements, procurement, cataloguing, acquisition, distribution, storage, maintenance and disposal of materiel.
Document Types: Materiel Management.
Record Number: AAFC 300

Real Property
Description: Documents pertaining to the acquisition and disposal of lands and buildings, leases and easements, licenses of occupation, property taxes, accommodation, federal identity for facilities, titles holders, heritage properties, First Nations consultations and land claims.
Document Types: Acquisition, disposal of lands
Record Number: AAFC 325

Security
Description: Physical Security (including threats and risk assessment, guards services, access to buildings, contingency planning, investigations, protection, theft, vandalism), personnel Security (including Security clearances and reliability checks, building passes, employee identification cards), information technology Security (including electronic network monitoring logs), visits and visitors, inspections, surveys, regulations and orders.
Document Types: Physical Security, personnel Security.
Record Number: AAFC 350

Communications and Consultations Team

E-Communications
Description: Information on management and development of the Department's corporate Web site (AAFC online), AgriSource (intranet) and multimedia projects.
Document Types: Website, multimedia.
Record Number: AAFC 750

Internal Communications
Description: Provide advice and support for the development of Internal Communications tools and products, monitoring and evaluating of Internal Communications initiatives within the Department.
Document Types: Internal, communications.
Record Number: AAFC 655

Translation and Text Revision Services
Description: Information on management of management of translation services for the Department and the coordination of revision activities.
Document Types: Translation, revision.
Record Number: AAFC 775

Communications Services (Operations)
Description: Information on advertising, corporate and rural exhibits, corporate marketing, public opinion research, publishing and creative services. Information on professional services that support communications initiatives for AAFC's programs and services.
Document Types: Advertising, exhibits, marketing, public opinion research, publishing.
Record Number: AAFC 725

Regions, Outreach and Event
Description: Provide information, advice, coordination and logistical support for announcements, consultations, internal trade shows and missions, federal-provincial and territorial meetings and value chain roundtable; full communications advice, support and coordination to regional clients (including provinces and territories) by regional officers).
Document Types: Regions, outreach, events.
Record Number: AAFC 10023

Media Relations
Description: Distribute news releases and related products, prepare media analyses, arrange media interviews and provide media training. Management of media calls and public inquiries
Document Types: Media, coverage.
Record Number: AAFC 700

Strategic Planning, Advice and Coordination
Description: Provide issues management, advice, services and related communication products for the Minister and Departmental officials. Prepare communication plans, products and activities to support Government and departmental priorities.
Document Types: Communication, strategic.
Record Number: AAFC 650

Finance Team

Accounting
Description: Information relating to Accounting systems, account reports, balance sheets, financial statements, appropriations and disbursements, registers, cost Accounting, and statements of revenue.
Document Types: Accounting, finance.
Record Number: AAFC 825

Accounts Payable
Description: Information pertaining to any monies owed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as a result of a purchase of goods or services from an outside source on a credit basis. Includes information such as invoices, vouchers, ledgers and registers, imprest accounts, advisory, professional and technical services rendered to the Department, services to other institutions, statements, utilities, abstracts, bills of lading, cheque requisitions, contracts, credits to advances, purchase orders and requisitions including local, refunds, travel claims, travel advance and mileage allowances.
Document Types: Accounts Payable, invoices.
Record Number: AAFC 850

Accounts Receivable
Description: Information related to any monies owed to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada as a result of a purchase of goods or services from it on a credit basis, or as a result of a refund for the return of goods and containers. Information includes credit notes, ledgers and registers including refund and drawbacks ledgers, statements, bills, credits, official receipts, sales slips from all sources including accounts recoverable from concessions, claims, fees, rentals.
Document Types: Accounts Receivable, refunds, credits.
Record Number: AAFC 875

Budgets and Estimates
Description: Information pertains to budget forecasts by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, or any of its organizations, of its expenditures and revenues for a specified time period, financial planning, budget management, forecasting and variance analysis, budgetary approval, institutional Budgets and Estimates, team Budgets and Estimates.
Document Types: Budgets, financial planning, forecasting.
Record Number: AAFC 900

Finance and Resource Management
Description: Information on departmental resource allocation process; acquisition card administration; financial policy development; financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis; collection, validation and reconciliation of financial information for internal and external reporting; accounts payable and accounts receivable processing; employee relocation; acquisition card administration; gating, sampling and monitoring pursuant to section 33 of the Financial Administration Act; Treasury Board submissions and Memoranda to Cabinet; key financial documents include the monthly Financial Situation Report, Public Accounts, Financial Statements, the Report on Plans and Priorities and the Departmental Performance Report; and Financial policy development, dissemination and training.
Document Types: Finance, resource management, allocation.
Record Number: AAFC 800

Financial Audits
Description: Information related to external audits and/or program evaluations conducted by a central agency, common service agency or by the Auditor General, internal audits and/or program evaluations.
Document Types: Financial Audits.
Record Number: AAFC 950

Human Resources Team

Classification
Description: Occupational groups and categories, relative salaries, pay rates, Classification standards, Classification review, application of standards, conversion of positions, development, review and promulgation of Classification standards, and Classification delegation, corporate Classification, executive Classification.
Document Types: Classification, categories, groups.
Record Number: AAFC 1125

Diversity
Description: All aspects of employment equity, including enabling equitable representation of women, Aboriginal people, members of visible minority groups, and persons with disabilities. Includes records related to workforce survey questionnaires, workforce analyses, reviews of employment systems, employment equity plans, including monitoring of implementation, employment equity activities and information provided to employees.
Document Types: Diversity, equity, minority groups.
Record Number: AAFC 1150

Employee Benefits
Description: Compensation and benefits packages, annual leave, statutory holidays, life insurance, severance packages, retirement, hours of work and overtime.
Document Types: Employee Benefits.
Record Number: AAFC 1175

Health and Safety
Description: Health and Safety awareness programs, accident claims and investigations, Employee Assistance Program (includes policy and routine information relating to contracts for outside services, advice, medical diagnosis, referrals, training, monitoring and audits).
Document Types: Health and Safety, accident, medical.
Record Number: AAFC 1200

Human Resources Planning
Description: The planning, management and development of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada's human resources; and the corresponding development of planning guides, templates, demographic dashboards and other HR planning tools to facilitate the Department's planning process.
Document Types: Human Resources Planning.
Record Number: AAFC 1100

Official Languages
Description: The Official Languages data includes: training applications; enrolment and attendance records; cost of language training, second language proficiency requirements; second language evaluation results; approved extensions and exemptions to meeting Official Languages requirements; and AAFC Official Languages policies and guidelines.
Document Types: Official Languages, training.
Record Number: AAFC 1225

Staff Relations
Description: Employee-management relations and services, certification, designated employees, strikes and work stoppages, administration of grievance adjudication, anti-discrimination complaints, appeals, collective agreements (includes guidelines, interpretations, agreements by category), discipline (includes policy and routine information relating to misconduct, intoxication, misuse of government property), managerial and confidential exclusions (includes casual, part time, managerial and confidential exclusions from collective bargaining agreements), union relations (includes use of employer's facilities, union dues).
Document Types: Staff Relations, grievances, strikes, collective agreements, union.
Record Number: AAFC 1250

Staffing
Description: Delegated Staffing, selection standards, statements of merit criteria, work descriptions, language results, security confirmation, proof of education, recruitment programs, advertised processes and exams, screening board reports, and documentation related to the Priority Administration System (includes priority lists), Public Service Staffing Advertisements and Notifications, co-operative programs with universities and colleges, Federal Student Work Experience Program, work experience.
Document Types: Staffing, recruitment.
Record Number: AAFC 1275

Learning and Development
Description: Administration of training and learning functions and activities, directives, Human Resources development plans and programs, learning plans, orientation, training schedules, internal and external courses, policy and routine information relating to performance appraisals, and career management.
Document Types: Training, Learning and Development, orientation, courses, competencies, performance management, organizational development, teambuilding, required training.
Record Number: AAFC 1300

Information Systems Team

Access to Information and Privacy
Description: Information relating to requests for access to records under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, privacy impact assessments, reports, registrations, and complaints.
Document Types: Access requests, Access to Information Act, Privacy Act.
Record Number: AAFC 1425

Forms Management
Description: Information relating to the analysis, design and control, identification, authorization, review, preparation and physical characteristics of forms.
Document Types: Forms Management, information.
Record Number: AAFC 1450

Information Management and Technology
Description: Information relating to technological tools, electronic document management systems, portal technology, knowledge management strategies, information technology strategies, web content management, and business intelligence tools.
Document Types: Information management, business intelligence.
Record Number: AAFC 1400

Library
Description: Information related to the delivery of Library services, documentation and reference services, and research tools.
Document Types: Library, references, research.
Record Number: AAFC 1475

Mail and Distribution
Description: Information pertaining to the delivery of mail, messenger and postal services, bulk payment system, liaison with public and private service providers, mailing lists, and registers and registration related to mail.
Document Types: Mail, distribution, postal services, messenger.
Record Number: AAFC 1500

Records Management
Description: Information related to the management of Departmental records and documents, records and document classification, records retention, disposition of records, disposition authorities, lists, indices and registers of files or records destroyed, information on essential records program and protection of essential records, micrographics and imaging program.
Document Types: Records Management, document classification, records retention.
Record Number: AAFC 1525

Systems and Operational Support
Description: Information related to electronic systems development, maintenance, and technical assistance (includes information relating to problem ticket systems) for office systems and databases that support common administrative functions.
Document Types: Systems, operations support, technical assistance.
Record Number: AAFC 1550

Policy and Planning Team

Policy Analysis and Planning
Description: Includes information relating to Departmental policy and planning initiatives, Team policy and planning initiatives, development and maintenance of the Department's forward planning agenda, development and maintenance of the Department's strategic and business planning and accountability frameworks, departmental progress and performance measures against plans and policy objectives.
Document Types: Policy analysis, planning initiatives.
Record Number: AAFC 1650

Program Delivery Team

Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) Program
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the national and regional components of the ACCAF program.
Document Types: Applications for participation, application review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 2010

Agri-Opportunities Program
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to support and document due diligence and monitoring processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the Agri-Opportunities Program.
Document Types: Applications for participation, application review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 10003

ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital (ecoABC) Initiative
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to support and document due diligence and monitoring processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the ecoABC Initiative.
Document Types: Applications for participation, application review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 10002

Minor Use Pesticide Program
Description: Activities to improve access to minor use pesticides for Canadian producers. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) conducts field trials and collects data on crop tolerance, product efficacy and pesticide residues in order to prepare submissions to Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for approval of registered uses.
Document Types: Regulatory, submissions, field trials, efficacy, tolerance, residue level.
Record Number: AAFC 10018

Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program (CFSQP)

Systems Development Component
Description: The Systems Development Component is a partnership between Canadian governments and national Agriculture and Agri-food organizations. Holdings include information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities designed to facilitate industry momentum in developing and implementing government-recognized food safety and food quality process-control systems and traceability initiatives throughout the entire food chain.
Document Types: Application for participation, application review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 1508-01

On-Farm Implementation Component
Description: The On-Farm Implementation Component will contribute funding to national producer organizations to help offset the costs of providing services to producers. Holdings include information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities designed to help with the implementation of on-farm food safety systems based on Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) at the farm level.
Document Types: Application for participation, application review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and project proponents, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 1508-02

Food Safety Initiative component
Description: The Food Safety Initiative is geared towards regional or provincial initiatives. Holdings include information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document federal-provincial agreements to implement food safety systems in non-federally registered processing facilities in participating provinces.
Document Types: Collateral agreements between AAFC and participating provinces, monitoring and evaluation reports and database programs for tracking purposes. Agreements are currently in place with British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Record Number: AAFC 1508-03

Program Delivery and Controls
Description: Holdings include information created, collected, or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document business functions, programs, processes, transactions, services, and all other activities uniquely or specifically assigned to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through legislation, regulation, or policy.
Document Types: Application for participation from Canadian National or Regional non-profit organizations or from provinces, approval review processes, contribution agreements between AAFC and projects proponents; financial information and reports; database programs for tracking purposes.
Access: Access by project identification number.
Format: Electronic and paper.
Record Number: AAFC 10015

Plum Pox Eradication Program (PPEP)
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the Plum Pox Program.
Document Types: Plum Pox Program, eradication
Record Number: AAFC 2200

Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program, part of the BSE recovery program Phase III.
Document Types: Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program, BSE crisis.
Record Number: AAFC 10006

Feeder Calf Set-Aside Program
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the Feeder Calf Set-Aside Program, part of the BSE Recovery Program Phase III.
Document Types: Feeder Calf Set-Aside Program, BSE crisis.
Record Number: AAFC 10007

Program Delivery and Monitoring
Description: Includes information created, collected, or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document business functions, programs, processes, transactions, services, and all other activities uniquely or specifically assigned to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through legislation, regulation, or policy.
Document Types: Application for participation from Canadian agricultural procedures, contribution agreements between AAFC and the participating provinces; financial information and reports; database programs for tracking purposes.
Access: Access by personal identification number.
Format: Electronic and paper.
Record Number: AAFC 2000

Tobacco Adjustment Assistance Program
Description: Includes information created, collected or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document processes, transactions and other activities related to the implementation of the TAAP in Ontario and Quebec.
Document Types: Tobacco assistance, TAAP.
Record Number: AAFC 2500

Corporate Offices

The Office of Audit and Evaluation

Audit and Evaluation
Description: Information, working papers and reports of the effectiveness and efficiency of AAFC programs, policies and operations.
Document Types: Audit, evaluation.
Record Number: AAFC 500

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA)
Description: The CPMA is responsible for providing daily auditing of all betting activities; for providing expertise, and conducting research in the areas of photo-finish, video race patrols, totalizer systems and equine drug control. The agency also ensures 99.9 per cent accuracy in all betting transactions; provides efficient and effective pari-mutuel supervision within the resource level of the federal levy and provides and promotes services that contribute to the positive image of racing.
Document Types: Auditing, betting, racing.
Record Number: AAFC 8000

Pari-Mutuel Supervision
Description: Information on the regulation and supervision of pari-mutuel betting on horse races.
Document Types: Daily pari-mutuel betting activities; pool distribution; investigation reports into alleged race fixing; betting dates; tests of totalizator equipment; race track facilities; racing commissions; conferences; betting systems; betting permits; security of bets and betting data; federal levy on wagering.
Access: Files arranged by racing associations, topic, event and date.
Record Number: AAFC 8100

Race Surveillance
Description: Information on the surveillance of horse races.
Document Types: Daily supervision reports; photo finish service; race patrol service; drug control service.
Access: Files arranged by racing association, event and date.
Format: Film, videotapes and photographic print.
Record Number: AAFC 8200

Surveillance Research
Description: Information on all aspects of research into race track surveillance.
Document Types: Diagnostic activities; drug detection; recording of races on video tape; effect of drug administration on horses.
Access: Files arranged by drug study.
Format: Videotapes, digital and analog photographic prints and hard copy reports.
Record Number: AAFC 8300

Executive Offices

Deputy Minister's Office
Description: Includes information created, collected, or received by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to support and document internal administrative and service-oriented functions that are common to or shared by all federal government institutions. Includes general administrative correspondence and correspondence management, general information relating to meetings and seminars, internal office procedures and office services, duplication and reproduction services.
Document Types: Administrative correspondence, internal office procedures.
Record Number: AAFC 100

Rural and Co-operatives Secretariats

Models for Rural Development and Community Capacity Building and Networking Initiative
Description: The testing of approaches to community development and community capacity building undertaken under Models for Rural Development and Community Capacity Building will contribute to the understanding of what approaches work in rural, remote and northern communities. The information collected will be used to inform all levels of government to support their decisions on programs and services for rural Canadians, as well as future policy directions. This information will also benefit individuals and organizations involved with community development and capacity building.
Document Types: Proposals from proponents; contribution agreements between AAFC and the proponents: financial information and reports; database program for tracking purposes.
Record Number: AAFC 10000

Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI)
Description: The Co-operatives Development Initiative (CDI) provides technical advice and assistance to individuals, groups and communities wishing to develop new co-operatives or strengthen existing ones, as well as providing funding to research and test innovative applications of the co-operative model in areas of federal priority. The CDI has two components: Advisory Services are available in all provinces and territories, in both official languages and are designed to improve the availability and accessibility of advisory services provided by the Canadian co-operative sector; the Innovation and Research component provides funding to individuals, groups and communities who wish to study or demonstrate innovative uses of the co-operative model. Expected applicants include individual co-operatives and co-operative associations and federations; community economic development groups; aboriginal communities; social development groups; and research and learning institutes engaged in co-operative research.
Document Types: Proposals from applicants; contribution agreements between AAFC and the proponents; financial information and reports; database program for tracking purpose.
Record Number: AAFC 8200

Agricultural Co-operative Development Initiative
Description: The Agricultural Co-operative Development Initiative (Ag-CDI) is a complimentary program to CDI which provides technical assistance for farmer-led agricultural biofuel and other value-added agricultural co-ops to create new business start-ups and/or diversification of processing activities. Ag-CDI is structured around two main sets of activities: Technical Assistance and Capacity-building which include learning and skill development activities. This program is delivered jointly by the Canadian Co-operative Association and the Conseil Canadien de la Coopération.
Document Types: Proposals from applicants; contribution agreement between AAFC and the proponents: financial information and reports; database program for tracking purpose.
Record Number: AAFC 10019