Chicken Production Quotas for Period A-166

Summary#

These final regulations — Regulations Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations: SOR/2020-223 — replace the schedule that sets how much chicken can be produced and marketed for period A‑166. They set province-by-province production limits (in live weight) for the period beginning October 25, 2020 and ending December 19, 2020. The changes were made by Chicken Farmers of Canada and came into force on October 25, 2020.

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule to the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations with a new schedule that applies to period A‑166 (the four‑week period from October 25, 2020 to December 19, 2020).
• Sets three types of production limits for each province, measured in live weight (kg):
  • Production subject to federal and provincial quotas.
  • Production subject to federal and provincial market development quotas.
  • Production subject to federal and provincial specialty chicken quotas.
• Overall national totals in the new schedule:
  • Production subject to federal and provincial quotas: 260,375,592 kg
  • Production subject to market development quotas: 9,083,169 kg
  • Production subject to specialty chicken quotas: 2,090,534 kg
• Province-by-province limits (live weight, kg):
  • Ontario: 89,439,325, market development 1,714,300, specialty 883,350
  • Quebec: 69,105,018, market development 3,870,000, specialty 0
  • Nova Scotia: 8,835,830, market development 0, specialty 0
  • New Brunswick: 7,059,207, market development 0, specialty 0
  • Manitoba: 10,524,958, market development 235,000, specialty 0
  • British Columbia: 36,067,373, market development 1,713,869, specialty 1,207,184
  • Prince Edward Island: 956,682, market development 0, specialty 0
  • Saskatchewan: 8,963,235, market development 1,300,000, specialty 0
  • Alberta: 25,968,761, market development 250,000, specialty 0
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: 3,455,203, market development 0, specialty 0

Who's affected#

• Mainly chicken producers who hold federal or provincial quotas.
• Chicken Farmers of Canada and provincial marketing agencies that manage and administer quotas.
• Processors, packers and others in the supply chain who rely on predictable volumes of chicken.
• The notice itself does not list other groups, so it is unclear whether there are any direct effects beyond quota holders and quota administrators.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how much chicken can legally be produced and marketed during the named period.
• That affects farm income for quota holders, the amount of chicken available to processors and retailers, and can influence supply and short‑term availability at the store level.
• This is a routine, periodic quota update rather than a new policy direction; it updates the legal production limits for a specific production period.