Provincial Turkey Marketing Quotas 2025–2026

Summary#

These are final regulations made by the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency that change the schedule in the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990. The change sets the allowed pounds of turkey for each province for the control period April 27, 2025 to April 25, 2026, and took effect on registration (January 20, 2026).

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990 with new provincial pounds for the control period April 27, 2025 to April 25, 2026.
• The new provincial limits are:
  • Ontario — 173,643,800 pounds
  • Quebec — 71,251,997 pounds
  • Nova Scotia — 9,283,405 pounds
  • New Brunswick — 7,381,943 pounds
  • Manitoba — 28,445,317 pounds
  • British Columbia — 40,322,180 pounds
  • Saskatchewan — 11,164,813 pounds
  • Alberta — 30,458,445 pounds
  • Total — 371,951,900 pounds
• The explanatory note says the amendment revises the limits used when determining a producer’s market allotment or when issuing new allotments during that control period.

Who's affected#

• Turkey producers in the provinces listed. These limits are used when assigning or changing market allotments to producers.
• Provincial marketing organizations and the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency, which manage and apply the quota rules.
• The National Farm Products Council is mentioned as having approved the regulation; consumers and retailers are not directly named in the text.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how much turkey can be marketed from each province during the specified control period. That affects production planning and how much each producer is allowed to sell under quota rules.
• It follows the agency’s view that the market size changed significantly, so it updates the practical limits used to allocate supply for that year.
• This is a final, administrative change to quota figures rather than a new policy direction; its main effect is on producers’ allotments for the control period.