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Ministry of Agriculture

Government Communications and Public Engagement
250 356-1674

Backgrounders

Facts about the 2021 Canada-British Columbia Wildfire and Drought AgriRecovery Initiative

The 2021 Canada-British Columbia Wildfire and Drought AgriRecovery Initiative will cover extraordinary costs including:

  • individualized support for extraordinary feed costs based on a feed need calculation;
  • up to 70% support for transportation costs to help ensure livestock have feed and water through the recovery period;
  • where Crown range or pasture is lost due to fire, specific support for alternative grazing requirements;
  • up to $80 per head to re-establish safe winter-feeding facilities and general cleanup required, as a result of fire damage;
  • up to 70% of the extraordinary veterinary and mustering expenses caused by wildfires;
  • up to 70% of the market value of breeding animals for mortality due to wildfires;
  • up to 70% of extraordinary costs incurred by an industry organization and not paid by another agency or government department;
  • up to 70% of the extraordinary costs required to return to normal crop production, including:
    • critical infrastructure not covered by insurance, damaged by wildfire;
    • labour costs to repair private fences damaged by wildfire; and
    • reseeding/re-establishment of tame forage and other perennials damaged by wildfire.
  • up to 70% of the extraordinary costs to replace wildfire-damaged bee colonies, apiaries and equipment

A suite of Business Risk Management programs is available through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to assist farmers in managing disaster events, including wildfires. These include AgriStability, AgriInvest and AgriInsurance.