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The minister of agriculture and agri-food () is a
minister of the Crown Minister of the Crown is a formal constitutional term used in Commonwealth realms to describe a minister of the reigning sovereign or viceroy. The term indicates that the minister serves at His Majesty's pleasure, and advises the sovereign ...
in the
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, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC; sometimes Ag-Canada; )''Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (). is the Structure of the Can ...
, the Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, the National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission. The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture (), a position that existed since
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in 1867. The post was temporarily discontinued in 2025, being merged with the Minister of Rural Economic Development to create a new post, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.


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* Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)


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Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)
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