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The Canadian hemp sector continues to be driven by the food and nutrition markets, despite the 2018 regulatory changes that legalized recreational cannabis, and opened the potential for new markets for hemp-extracted cannabinoids.

Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR) became law on July 6, 2022. It aims to reduce the carbon intensity of liquid transportation fuels and has the potential to increase the use of low carbon-intensity diesel by an additional 2.2 billion liters and the use of ethanol by an additional 700 million liters by 2030 under the CFR, according to the federal government.

This report highlights certification requirements for food and agricultural products exported to Canada and supplements the FAIRS Country Report CA2023-0025.

Following significant honey bee colony losses in 2022, a number of provinces and the Government of Canada have announced funding availability to beekeepers, through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Program to offset costs of losses and replacements.

Canada will once again implement additional temporary import requirements for U.S. origin romaine lettuce for Fall 2023.

Chicken meat production is forecast to show moderate growth in 2024, based on a steady demand for this protein source.

Growth in Canadian production of milk, cheese, butter and skim milk powder will continue to slow down in 2019, as supply and demand for butterfat stabilize.

FAS/Ottawa forecasts a 1 percent decline in total potato production for marketing year 2018/19, following a challenging growing year for potato growers across Canada due to high temperatures....