Insights and Stories on Statistics Canada

Dec. 17, 2024 at 3:54 pm CST

Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Dec. 12, 2024 at 10:51 am CST

Canadian honey production was down by 18 per cent in 2024 despite an increase in the number of beekeepers and colonies.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 8, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

Canada recorded a bigger-than-expected trade deficit of C$1.1 billion in August, its sixth consecutive monthly shortfall, as imports rose while exports declined, Statistics Canada data showed on Tuesday.

By Ismail Shakil, Promit Mukherjee, Reuters

Sep. 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm CDT

Average prices for the majority of crops grown in the Prairies were lower this July compared to the year before, while cattle prices continued to rise, according to Statistics Canada's (StatCan) monthly farm product prices released on Sept. 10.

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 9, 2024 at 9:52 am CDT

Canadian canola ending stocks for 2023/24 were up significantly from the carryout the previous year, while revisions to the year-ago data saw wheat stocks tighten, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released Sept. 9.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin