New Levies for Broiler Hatching Eggs

Summary#

This is an order that changes the per-egg marketing levies charged under the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Levies Order. It sets the Quebec levy at $0.012450 per broiler hatching egg and sets a levy of $0.016471 per egg for producers, dealers and hatchery operators in non-signatory provinces when those eggs move into signatory provinces. The order came into force on March 18, 2025.

What it does#

• Replaces paragraph 2(1)(b) of the levy order to set the levy for producers in the Province of Quebec at $0.012450 per broiler hatching egg marketed in interprovincial or export trade.
• Replaces subsection 2(2) to impose a levy of $0.016471 per broiler hatching egg on a producer, dealer or hatchery operator in a non-signatory province when eggs produced there are marketed in interprovincial trade into a signatory province.
• States the order comes into force on the day it was registered (see March 18, 2025).

Who's affected#

• Producers of broiler hatching eggs in Quebec.
• Producers, dealers and hatchery operators in non-signatory provinces who ship eggs into signatory provinces.
• The Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (the agency that administers these levies) and the National body that oversees levies through the Farm Products Agencies Act.
• It is not specified in the order which provinces are “signatory” or “non-signatory”; that distinction matters for who pays the $0.016471 levy.

Why it matters#

• These are per-egg charges that add a small cost to each broiler hatching egg sold across provincial lines or exported.
• For individual farms the amounts are small, but over many eggs they can meaningfully affect margins, pricing or the economics of moving eggs between provinces.
• The change clarifies who pays which levy depending on whether a province has signed the underlying marketing plan, which can influence interprovincial trade decisions.