Supplementary Information Tables: 2025-26 Departmental Plan
Gender-based analysis plus
Introduction
In 2018, Parliament passed the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act. The Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports are being used to fulfill the President of the Treasury Board’s obligations to make public, every year, analysis on the impacts of expenditure programs on gender and diversity.
Each department is responsible for conducting their own Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus).
The Policy on Results indicates that Program officials, as designated by Deputy Heads, are responsible for ensuring data collection for meeting policy requirements.
Applicability
All organizations must complete GBA Plus supplementary information tables in departmental plans and departmental results reports on an annual basis.
Section 1: Institutional GBA Plus governance and capacity
Governance
The Canadian Grain Commission is a small science-based and regulatory department with a focused mandate as set out in the Canada Grain Act to, in the interests of the grain producers, establish and maintain standards of quality for Canadian grain and regulate grain handling in Canada.
Despite being a small department, the Canadian Grain Commission is committed to dedicating resources and collaborative cross-organizational efforts towards GBA Plus objectives. The Canadian Grain Commission’s 2021 to 2024 Employment Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Plan (EDIP) outlines a formal governance structure that reports to senior management.
Capacity
Employment Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Plan:
The Canadian Grain Commission continued to actively pursue GBA Plus objectives from its 2021 to 2024 EDIP. This multi-year plan aligns with GBA Plus objectives by identifying and bridging gaps in employment equity through intersectional analysis and aims to create more equitable outcomes by addressing biases and barriers.
The Canadian Grain Commission continued to participate in interdepartmental diversity, inclusion and accessibility networks and committees, including the federal government interdepartmental working group on Inclusive Science, the Indigenous Career Navigator Program, and the Prairie Federal Council’s Regional Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Lens (REDIAL) committee.
In addition, the Canadian Grain Commission continued to regularly analyze its workforce to measure and track progress toward recruitment and representation goals. Twice each year the Executive Management Committee receives a workforce analysis package that includes employment equity metrics, including progress towards goals. As all Canadian Grain Commission managers are expected to contribute to equitable and transparent opportunities for all diversity groups and individuals in the workforce, each division has an action plan to respond to areas of concern and trends from the 2022 Public Service Employee Survey. The 2024 survey is underway, with departmental results available by summer 2025.
In 2025, an Employment Systems Review (ESR) will be conducted to identify systemic and attitudinal barriers to employment opportunities for designated groups. Findings from the ESR will inform the development of the Canadian Grain Commission’s 2025-2028 EDIP, which is expected to be implemented by the middle of 2025.
In addition, the Canadian Grain Commission has been implementing its 2023-2025 Accessibility Plan, guided by the Accessible Canada Act, and publishing annual progress reports. The Canadian Grain Commission’s 2024 Accessibility Progress Report was published in December 2024 with a new 3-year plan to be developed in 2025.
Training and professional development:
The Canadian Grain Commission has made unconscious bias training mandatory for all managers. Two courses on understanding disability are mandatory - one for managers and supervisors, and one for all other employees. The Canadian Grain Commission continues to assess the Grain Inspector Development Program for bias and barriers.
Human resources (full-time equivalents) dedicated to GBA Plus
The Canadian Grain Commission has 0.25 full-time equivalents dedicated to working on GBA Plus during the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Section 2: Gender and diversity impacts, by program
Core responsibility: Grain Regulation
Program name: Grain Quality
Program goals: The Grain Quality Program establishes and maintains Canada’s grain quality standards and regulates grain handling in Canada to ensure a dependable commodity for domestic and export markets.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Canadian Grain Commission’s mandate as set out in the Canada Grain Act is to, “in the interests of the grain producers, establish and maintain standards of quality for Canadian grain and regulate grain handling in Canada, to ensure a dependable commodity for domestic and export markets.” The Canadian Grain Commission considers the varied needs of the Canadian grain sector and Canada’s international grain customers when developing its policy and program initiatives. While the intended outcomes of the Grain Quality program do not lend themselves to data collection to monitor program impact by gender and diversity, the Canadian Grain Commission applies GBA Plus analysis in its decision-making processes when updating services and programs.
Program name: Grain Research
Program goals: Research forms the basis of the Canadian grain grade specifications and Canada’s grain quality assurance system. Through the Grain Research Program, the Canadian Grain Commission carries out a wide range of research on grain and grain products.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
Results from this program inform the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Quality Program and do not impact gender and diversity of individual Canadians. Currently, the Canadian Grain Commission does not collect data to monitor and/or report Grain Research program impacts by gender and diversity.
Program name: Safeguards for Grain Farmers
Program goals: Through the Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program, the Canadian Grain Commission regulates grain handling to ensure that Canadian producers receive fair compensation when they deliver grain to licensed grain companies.
GBA Plus data collection plan
Does this program collect sufficient data to enable it to monitor and/or report program impacts by gender and diversity (GBA Plus)? No
The Canadian Grain Commission’s Safeguards for Grain Farmers program is designed to ensure that licensed grain companies maintain sufficient security to fulfill their financial obligations. The program’s benefit to Canadian producers, while substantial, is largely indirect as the program focuses on licensed grain companies. Data collection on gender and diversity is exceedingly difficult as Canadian producers may or may not be identifiable individuals given the numerous complex corporate arrangements in modern farming. As a result, the Safeguards for Grain Farmers program does not collect sufficient data to monitor or report on the impacts of this program by gender and diversity.