Dairy Innovation and Investment Fund
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
Assist the sector in making investments in dairy processing plants to increase competitiveness over the long-term and adapt to new market realities.
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $74,000,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, Agropur Cooperative, holds $93,000,000 (51% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2026-04-01.
By fiscal year
By recipient province
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agropur Cooperative | 2 | $93,000,000 | 2026-04-01 |
| Vitalus Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $74,000,000 | 2023-07-01 |
| Lactalis Canada Inc. | 1 | $16,692,234 | 2025-04-01 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | Agropur Cooperative | Investing in Canada’s Dairy Future: Agropur’s Advanced Processing Capabilities at the Beauceville, Québec Processing Plant | QC | $75,000,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | Agropur Cooperative | Investing in Canada’s Dairy Future: Consolidating and Expanding Agropur’s Processing Capacity at the Bedford, Nova Scotia Plant | NS | $18,000,000 |
| 2025-04-01 | Lactalis Canada Inc. | Victoriaville SNF Modernization Project | QC | $16,692,234 |
| 2023-07-01 | Vitalus Nutrition Inc. | P500 Western Canadian Dairy Expansion | BC | $74,000,000 |
Method & sources
Source: Government of Canada "Proactive Disclosure – Grants and Contributions" (Open Government Licence – Canada). We include agreements with for-profit recipients that started on or after April 1, 2021, and keep the latest amendment of each agreement, so values are the current agreement value, not money paid out. Departments report on their own schedule, so the most recent quarter is incomplete. Recipients are linked to company pages by exact name match. This is not an endorsement or an eligibility determination — check each program's official page.
Dataset on open.canada.ca · Search the official grants records