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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

Canadian provincial ministry in Ontario

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
nativename
logo	[[File:Ont-Gov-Shield-Logo.png	150px	class=skin-invert]]
logo_caption	Arms of the Government of Ontario
formed
preceding1	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
headquarters	1 Stone Road West
Guelph, Ontario
N1G 4Y2
minister1_name	Trevor Jones
minister1_pfo	Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
keydocument1	[Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90m16)
website
agency_type	Government ministry

Guelph, Ontario N1G 4Y2 The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness is a ministry of the Government of Ontario responsible for the food, agriculture and agribusiness sectors of the Canadian province of Ontario. The Minister responsible is Trevor Jones.

Foodland Ontario

According to the Ministry, Foodland Ontario commercials such as the "Good things grow in Ontario" campaign reach more than 90% of the target audience including television, radio, billboard and print media campaigns. Food retailers such as grocery stores and farmer's markets display the logo to promote Ontario foods and capture niche markets for products such as health food. In 2011-12, over 700,000 copies of Foodland calendars and 250,000 copies of two Foodland cookbooks were distributed across the province.

Ministry agencies

The Ministry is responsible for the following agencies, boards and commissions:

Agricorp
Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal
Business Risk Management Review Committee
Grain Financial Protection Board
Livestock Financial Protection Board
Livestock Medicines Advisory Committee
Normal Farm Practices Protection Board
Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission
Ontario Food Terminal Board

Organization history

Prior to confederation, the Bureau of Agriculture of the Province of Canada was responsible for collecting facts and statistics relating to the agricultural, mechanical and manufacturing interests.

Under the terms of the British North America Act 1867, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario was empowered to appoint, as one of the executive officers of the government, a Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works.

On March 4, 1868, the Act for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Horticulture, Arts, and Manufactures received royal assent, establishing the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. The Commissioner was referred to simply as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts when dealing with matters relating to arts and agriculture, and as the Commissioner of Public Works, when dealing with matters relating to public works. However, a separate Department of Public Works was established in 1869, taking over the public works functions. However, one individual continued to be commissioner for both portfolios until 1874.

The agricultural and arts functions of the department were carried out by the Commissioner through the Bureau of Agriculture and Arts. "Arts", at the time, referred to the practical application of an industrial, manufacturing, or scientific pursuit, rather than to its current meaning. Additionally, a variety of both agricultural and arts-related agencies were required to report to the commissioner, and to provide statistical information to the bureau. The department also had responsibility over immigration between 1869 and 1874. In 1874, a separate Commissioner for the Department of Public Works was created.

In 1877, the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts was formally established. The Commissioner acted as head of the Bureau of Agriculture and Arts from 1877 until 1882, as well as the Bureau of Industries, which replaced the Bureau of Agriculture and Arts, from 1882 until 1888.

In 1880, the "arts" related responsibilities of the Commissioner, and the bureau, were transferred to the Department of Education. The name of the department, however, remained the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts until 1888.

In 1888, the department was renamed the Department of Agriculture. With this change, the head of the department was renamed to the Minister of Agriculture, with cabinet standing. Prior to the First World War, the department were responsible for a wide range of functions including the Office of the Registrar General (until 1891); the Clerk of Forestry (until 1895); the Inspector of Factories (until 1915); the Inspector of Mines (until 1891); and the Provincial Inspector in Road-making (until 1900). After the First World War, the department's function became increasingly more focused in the regulation and promotion of agricultural activities. The department was briefly responsible for telephone services between 1960 and 1971.

In 1966, the department was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Food. By this time, rural development has emerged distinctly as an area of focus. With the reorganization of the government in 1972, the department was renamed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In 1994, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food was renamed the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

List of ministers

Name	Term of office	Tenure	Political party
(Ministry)	Note			colspan=4	Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works	ON	Liberal-Conservative}};"	Liberal
Conservative
(MacDonald)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Blake)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Mowat)			colspan=3	Commissioner of Agriculture			colspan=4	Minister of Agriculture	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Hardy)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Ross)	ON	Conservative}};"	Conservative
(Whitney)	ON	Conservative}};"	Conservative
(Hearst)	ON	United Farmers}};"	United Farmers
(Drury)	ON	Conservative}};"	Conservative
(Ferguson)	ON	Conservative}};"	Conservative
(Henry)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Hepburn)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Conant)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Nixon)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Drew)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Kennedy)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Frost)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Robarts)			colspan=3	Minister of Agriculture and Food	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Davis)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Miller)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Peterson)	ON	NDP}};"	NDP
(Rae)			colspan=3	Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Harris)	ON	PC}};"	PC
(Eves)	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(McGuinty)			colspan=4	Minister of Agriculture and Food	ON	Liberal}};"	Liberal
(Wynne)			colspan=3	Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs			ON	PC}};"rowspan=5	PC
(Ford)			colspan=4	Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
ON	Liberal-Conservative}};"		John Carling				Carling later served as federal Minister of Agriculture between 1885 and 1891 under Prime Ministers Macdonald and Abbott.
ON	Liberal}};"		Archibald McKellar
ON	Liberal}};"		Archibald McKellar			Concurrently Provincial Secretary and Registrar (April 4, 1874 – July 23, 1875)
ON	Liberal}};"		Samuel Casey Wood				Concurrently Provincial Secretary and Registrar (July 23, 1875 – March 19, 1877), Treasurer (March 19, 1877 – June 2, 1883)
ON	Liberal}};"		James Young				Concurrently Treasurer
ON	Liberal}};"		Alexander McLagan Ross				Concurrently Treasurer
ON	Liberal}};"		Charles Alfred Drury				Styled as Minister of Agriculture with cabinet status
ON	Liberal}};"		John Dryden
ON	Conservative}};"		Samuel Nelson Monteith
ON	Conservative}};"		James Stoddart Duff
		Died in office
ON	Conservative}};"		William Hearst				Concurrently Premier
ON	Conservative}};"		George Stewart Henry
ON	United Farmers}};"		Manning Doherty
ON	Conservative}};"		John Strickler Martin
ON	Conservative}};"		Thomas Laird Kennedy
(first instance)
ON	Liberal}};"		Duncan Marshall
ON	Liberal}};"		Patrick Michael Dewan
ON	PC}};"		Thomas Laird Kennedy
(second instance)
13 years, 88 days in total
		Concurrently Premier
ON	PC}};"		Fletcher Stewart Thomas
ON	PC}};"		William Arthur Goodfellow
ON	PC}};"		William Atcheson Stewart
ON	PC}};"		William Atcheson Stewart
ON	PC}};"		Bill Newman
ON	PC}};"		Lorne Henderson
ON	PC}};"		Dennis Timbrell
ON	PC}};"		Philip Andrewes
ON	PC}};"		K. Ross Stevenson
ON	Liberal}};"		Jack Riddell
ON	Liberal}};"		David Ramsay
ON	NDP}};"		Elmer Buchanan
ON	NDP}};"		Elmer Buchanan
ON	PC}};"		Noble Villeneuve				Concurrently Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
ON	PC}};"		Ernie Hardeman
(first instance)
ON	PC}};"		Brian Coburn
ON	PC}};"		Helen Johns
ON	Liberal}};"		Steve Peters
ON	Liberal}};"		Leona Dombrowsky
ON	Liberal}};"		Carol Mitchell
ON	Liberal}};"		Ted McMeekin
ON	Liberal}};"		Kathleen Wynne				Concurrently Premier.
Jeff Leal is Minister of Rural Affairs for this period.
ON	Liberal}};"		Jeff Leal				Total tenure including time as Minister of Rural Affairs.
ON	PC}};"		Ernie Hardeman		June 17, 2021
(second instance)
ON	PC}};"		Lisa Thompson
ON	PC}};"		Rob Flack
ON	PC}};"		Trevor Jones		Incumbent

References

Notes

Citations

References

(13 March 2018). "Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness".
(2025-03-19). "Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new cabinet unveiled with changes in major portfolios".
"About us".
"Good Things Grow in Ontario".
(1868). "''An Act for the encouragement of Agriculture, Horticulture, Arts and Manufactures ''".
(1877). "''The Agriculture and Arts Act''".
(1888). "''An Act respecting the Department of Agriculture and other Industries''".

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