Broiler Hatching Egg Quota Limits

Summary#

The Regulations Amending the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Quota Regulations: SOR/2022-103 set specific province-by-province limits for broiler hatching eggs for 2022 and establish initial limits for 2023. Most of the changes took effect on May 19, 2022, and one part becomes effective on January 1, 2023.

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Quota Regulations with new limits for broiler hatching eggs for the year that began January 1, 2022 and ends December 31, 2022.
• Adds a schedule that sets initial limits for the period beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2023.
• The rules list how many broiler hatching eggs each signatory province may move within Canada and how many may be exported. For both years the export column is 0 for every province.

2022 limits (Interprovincial and intraprovincial trade / Export)

• Ontario: 271,899,070 / 0
• Quebec: 222,540,066 / 0
• Manitoba: 38,635,895 / 0
• British Columbia: 124,630,304 / 0
• Saskatchewan: 32,739,959 / 0
• Alberta: 87,229,967 / 0

2023 initial limits (Interprovincial and intraprovincial trade / Export)

• Ontario: 282,249,054 / 0
• Quebec: 230,914,953 / 0
• Manitoba: 40,106,661 / 0
• British Columbia: 129,374,649 / 0
• Saskatchewan: 33,986,282 / 0
• Alberta: 90,550,581 / 0

Who's affected#

• Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (the national agency that manages the marketing plan) and the provincial marketing agencies that work with it.
• Hatcheries and broiler producers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta — these provinces are the ones given specific limits.
• Others in the supply chain (for example, poultry farmers who rely on day-old chicks) may notice effects from changes in egg availability.

Why it matters#

• These limits control how many broiler hatching eggs can be moved within Canada from each listed province. That affects how many chicks hatch and, ultimately, how much broiler meat can enter the market.
• A change in a province’s limit can affect farm planning, production schedules, and how businesses trade eggs and chicks across provincial borders.
• The export column being 0 indicates no export allocation is listed in these schedules for these provinces, which could matter to operations that export hatching eggs.