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Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative
Cost-shared biosecurity support for agri-food businesses
Funding available
$ 100,000
Deadline
January 6, 2025
Opened September 19, 2023
Location
Ontario, Canada
Overview
Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative provides 35% to 50% cost-shared support for Ontario primary producers, processors, and service providers to strengthen biosecurity and emergency preparedness. It funds animal health, livestock traceability, plant health assessments, sprayer upgrades, sanitation and isolation measures, and pest monitoring or processing technologies.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Increase performance through digital transformation
- Develop a new product or service
- Develop an online presence
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 100,000 $
- Up to 50% of project cost
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Ontario
Legal structures
- For-profit business
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- 100 employees maximum
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Reducing animal health risks through biosafety improvements, surveillance, management, assessments, awareness, training, and operational planning.
- Improving livestock traceability equipment and processes.
- Conducting plant health evaluations, biosafety procedures, integrated pest management plans, and plant health training.
- Upgrading sprayers and pesticide application equipment.
- Preventing crop pest introduction and spread through isolation, hygiene, controlled access, quarantine, surveillance tools, pest management, and processing technologies.
Documents Needed
- Completed application form (PDF)
Official resources
Program guide
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Primary Producers
- Processors
- Service Providers
Eligible expenses
- Materials, equipment rental, and services for animal health biosecurity projects, including access control, cleaning and disinfection, isolation, segregation, and quarantine structures.
- Materials, equipment rental, and services for livestock traceability projects, including identification systems, information-sharing systems, and building or installation modifications.
- Third-party training and awareness activities, first evaluations and recommendations from an accredited crop advisor or integrated pest management specialist, planning and decision-support tools, and laboratory analyses for LAI reference data.
- Materials, equipment rental, and services for sprayer upgrades and selected pesticide-application equipment components.
- Materials, equipment rental, and services for pest monitoring and management tools, hygiene or treatment equipment, water treatment systems, and processing technologies to reduce crop pest contamination.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Routine maintenance, replacement of worn parts, certification or degree training, recurring sampling and analysis, and any other activity not listed as eligible.
- Activities that do not prevent or reduce biosecurity risks, including work on areas not under biosecurity measures, production-expansion changes, routine diagnostics, treatment, vaccination, and production-related health and safety compliance.
- New buildings not attached to existing production areas, adding an antechamber in a facility built after 1 April 2023 except for quarantine, new water sources, and fences or demarcation for areas not under biosecurity protocols.
- Aquaponic activities and aquaculture, algae, fish, and seafood production or processing activities, except international marketing and traceability for fish and seafood products; land or building purchases and related taxes and fees.
- Application costs, pre- or post-approval costs, non-independent purchases, ordinary operating expenses, incomplete deposits, travel, meals, hotel, report submission costs, duplicate claims, and in-kind expenses.
How to apply
- Read the guidelines on the relevant page.
- Download and complete the application form (PDF) on the page of the required annex.
- Email the completed application form to SustainableCAP3@ontario.ca.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative Program
What is the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative?
Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative provides 35% to 50% cost-shared support for Ontario primary producers, processors, and service providers to strengthen biosecurity and emergency preparedness. It funds animal health, livestock traceability, plant health assessments, sprayer upgrades, sanitation and isolation measures, and pest monitoring or processing technologies.
How much funding can be received?
Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative Funds up to 50% of admissible expenses, capped at $100,000 per project.
What is the deadline to apply?
The application deadline for this grant program was January 6, 2025.
Who is eligible for the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative program?
To be eligible for the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative program, you must:
The project must fit one of the initiative’s seven project categories.
Each category has specific requirements and applicant restrictions.
What expenses are eligible under Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative?
Reducing animal health risks through biosafety improvements, surveillance, management, assessments, awareness, training, and operational planning.
Improving livestock traceability equipment and processes.
Conducting plant health evaluations, biosafety procedures, integrated pest management plans, and plant health training.
Upgrading sprayers and pesticide application equipment.
Preventing crop pest introduction and spread through isolation, hygiene, controlled access, quarantine, surveillance tools, pest management, and processing technologies.
Who can I contact for more information about the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative?
You can contact Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) by email at SustainableCAP3@ontario.ca.
Where is the Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative available?
The Ontario — Biosecurity Enhancement Initiative program is available the province of Ontario.