B.C. traceability funding programs

Funding is available to agriculture, food and seafood businesses to support the adoption of new or improved traceability systems, practices, technologies and infrastructure in British Columbia. The programs aim to enable businesses to meet existing and emerging market and regulatory requirements for traceability systems.

Programs are jointly funded by Canada and the Province of British Columbia as part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.  

Please refer to the success stories at the bottom of the page to determine which program best fits your business.

Traceability Adoption Program

The Traceability Adoption (TAP) program offers up to $20,000 in cost-shared funding to individual food, seafood and agriculture businesses to implement facility-based traceability practices systems, infrastructure and technologies. Funding is also available for training and consulting services.

Funding is also available to ranchers and abattoirs for up to $3,500 for the purchase of livestock tag readers (handheld or panel readers), reader installation, related software and related training. Tag readers supported under the program must be on the CCIA’s list of approved RFID readers (PDF).

The Traceability Adoption program is closed for applications. Please visit Investment Agriculture Foundation for more information or to sign up for their newsletter. 

Traceability Value Chain Program

The Traceability Value Chain (TVC) program provides cost-shared funding up to $75,000 towards the adoption of information sharing systems that will enhance agrifood and seafood traceability among supply chain partners. 

The TVC program is intended for agriculture, food and seafood sector organizations, commercial food hubs and value chain partners.

The Traceability Value Chain program is closed for applications. Please check back later for more updates. 

Knowledge Transfer for Traceability 

Funding support is available for agriculture, food and seafood industry organizations to educate their membership about traceability systems, practices, infrastructure and technologies. Applications to fund a speaker or events focused on traceability can be submitted during the spring and fall intake periods of the Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program (KTTP).

Industry organizations may apply for funding to support knowledge or skills development on a relevant traceability topic. These topics may include, but are not limited to: 

• General traceability
• Livestock traceability
• Traceability in food production
• Traceability in food processing

Note: Activities focused on livestock traceability must include a discussion about premises identification. Registration with the BC Premises ID Program has been mandatory for BC livestock operators since July 2022. Additionally, BC Premises ID registration forms and brochures must be made available to event attendees.

Funding for traceability knowledge transfer is provided by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. 

For more information, please visit Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program or contact Knowledge.Transfer@gov.bc.ca.

The following success stories were developed under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership from 2018 to 2023.