This section houses reports on manufacturing of dairy products, sales of fluid milk and cream, value of manufactured shipments along with other reports with manufacturing information in various formats.
Changes to data publication frequency
Monthly Statistics Canada data for production and supply and disposition of dairy products is available to December 2024 and will be published quarterly as of 2025. First Quarter 2025 data will be available in June 2025.
Canadian food manufacturing industry
2024
| Products | Billion $ | % |
|---|---|---|
|
Dairy products
|
$19.26 | 11.5% |
|
Beverages
|
$15.53 | 9.3% |
|
Meat & meat products [1]
|
$32.73 | 19.5% |
|
Poultry products
|
$10.60 | 6.3% |
|
Fruits and vegetables
|
$11.37 | 6.8% |
|
Bakery products
|
$18.48 | 11.0% |
|
Seafood products
|
$6.80 | 4.1% |
|
Grains and oilseeds
|
$18.04 | 10.7% |
|
Sugar and confectionery
|
$6.61 | 3.9% |
|
Animal food
|
$10.11 | 6.0% |
|
Others
|
$18.32 | 10.9% |
| Source: Statistics Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section |
Links to sales & manufacturing of dairy products reports provided by Statistics Canada:
Sales of fluid milk and cream
Reports displays commercial sales of milk and cream, Canada and provinces (in kilolitres).
(Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0114-01)
- Commercial sales of milk and cream (Monthly up to December 2024, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0114-01)
- Commercial sales of milk and cream, quarterly (Quarterly from 2025, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0484-01)
Production of selected dairy products
Reports displays production of selected products, by dairy manufacturers, Canada and provinces (tonnes unless otherwise noted). Data is available on a monthly basis up to december 2024 and quarterly afterwards.
- Production of selected dairy products (Includes cheese, yogurt and ice cream. Monthly up to December 2024, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0112-01)
- Production of selected dairy products, quarterly (Includes cheese, yogurt and ice cream. Quarterly from 2025, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0483-01)
- Production of selected butter products (Monthly up to December 2024, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0111-01)
- Production of selected butter products, quarterly (Quarterly from 2025, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0482-01)
- Production of concentrated milk products (Includes powdered and concentrated milk products. Monthly up to December 2024, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0247-01 )
- Production of concentrated milk products, quarterly (Includes powdered and concentrated milk products. Quarterly from 2025, Statistics Canada table: 32-10-0485-01 )
Manufactured shipments
- Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by industry (dollars unless otherwise noted)
- Reports displays monthly Canadian manufacturers' sales, new orders, unfilled orders, raw materials, goods or work in process, finished goods, total inventories, inventory to sales ratios and finished goods to sales ratios for durable and non-durable goods by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), in dollars unless otherwise noted. Unadjusted and seasonally adjusted values available from January 1992 to the current reference month.
(Monthly, Statistics Canada table: 16-10-0047-01)
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