Provincial Turkey Marketing Quotas 2023–24

Summary#

These final regulations, Regulations Amending the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990, change the provincial limits used to decide how much turkey a producer can market during the control period from April 30, 2023 to April 27, 2024. The new pound limits per province were set when the rules were registered on November 28, 2023.

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the existing Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990 with a new schedule of provincial pound limits for the control period April 30, 2023 to April 27, 2024.
• Those limits are the numbers used when:
  • determining a producer’s market allotment, and
  • issuing a new market allotment within a province.
• The new provincial limits (in pounds) are:
  • Ontario — 187,388,004
  • Quebec — 78,297,917
  • Nova Scotia — 10,082,455
  • New Brunswick — 8,032,137
  • Manitoba — 30,930,533
  • British Columbia — 44,199,084
  • Saskatchewan — 12,074,248
  • Alberta — 33,473,420
  • Total — 404,477,798

Who's affected#

• Turkey producers who receive market allotments within their province.
• The Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency, which administers allotments and applies these limits.
• Other parts of the turkey supply chain (processors, distributors, large buyers) may notice changes indirectly if producers adjust production or allocation.
• If it is unclear who will feel the practical effects most, it will be the individual producers whose allotments are near previous limits.

Why it matters#

• These numbers directly limit how much turkey can be marketed in each province for the stated control period.
• Producers may need to change production plans, sales, or marketing if their allotments are increased or reduced by the new limits.
• The change can affect local supply and the business decisions of farms and buyers in the turkey industry.