The Facilitating Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program

Deadline: the Program will end on March 31, 2028.

The purpose of the Facilitating Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program is to support Sector businesses and organizations to enter markets beyond Ontario. By expanding markets beyond Ontario, a number of cross cutting outcomes are achieved which include improved Sector resiliency, food security, animal welfare, environmental performance and increased processing capacity.

Eligible Activities

The following activities are eligible to be undertaken under the Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program, including any Initiative established thereunder:

1. Analysis, feasibility assessments, needs or readiness assessments and gap analysis for agri-food sector organizations and businesses to enter markets beyond Ontario;
2. Addressing barriers to expanding markets and support efforts to enter markets and marketing approaches through innovative solutions;
3. Implementing upgrades to facilities and processes to position them for success outside of Ontario through Cost Share Funding;
4. Pilots, partnerships and collaborations to modernize agriculture and agri-food businesses, facilities and operations to enhance the agri-food sector’s ability to enter markets beyond Ontario while maintaining high food safety standards;
5. Interprovincial trade knowledge translation and transfer activities, awareness training, resources, education, skill development and advisory services to support the agri-food sector’s understanding of the requirements needed to successfully operate beyond Ontario as well as adopt risk management/mitigation strategies, close knowledge gaps and adopt best management practices;
6. Applied research to inform risk management, policy and support for interprovincial trade;
7. Communicating success stories that build public trust and improve understanding of the Sector’s successes related to interprovincial trade; and
8. Any activity set out in:
   1. A Recipient’s Transfer Payment Agreement or a Vendor’s Service Level Agreement, or
   2. Any Designated Program Guidelines for the Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program or any Initiative Guidelines for any Initiative established under the Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program,

provided that activity falls within the purpose of the Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program.

Eligible Persons

The following are eligible to participate in the Interprovincial Trade of Regulated Product Designated Program, including any Initiative established thereunder:

1. 1. Primary Producers;
   2. Processors;
   3. Industry Organizations;
   4. Research Bodies;
   5. Retailer/Wholesalers;
   6. Service Providers;
   7. P/T/M Governments; and
   8. Indigenous Peoples.