Provincial Broiler Hatching Egg Quotas 2025-26

Summary#

These final regulations, SOR/2025-191, amend the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Quota Regulations to set province-by-province limits for broiler hatching eggs for 2025 and revised limits for 2026. Most of the rules took effect on registration (September 18, 2025), and the 2026 schedule comes into force on January 1, 2026.

What it does#

• Replaces the schedules that set annual limits for broiler hatching eggs for the signatory provinces.
• Sets the limits for the period January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025:
  • Ontario: 288,947,609 (interprovincial/intraprovincial trade), export column 0
  • Quebec: 233,408,395, export 0
  • Manitoba: 38,040,642, export 0
  • British Columbia: 130,561,150, export 0
  • Saskatchewan: 32,342,808, export 0
  • Alberta: 101,153,655, export 0
• Sets the revised limits for the period January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026:
  • Ontario: 296,137,987, export 0
  • Quebec: 239,169,128, export 0
  • Manitoba: 38,987,712, export 0
  • British Columbia: 133,811,635, export 0
  • Saskatchewan: 33,148,023, export 0
  • Alberta: 103,671,748, export 0
• Timing:
  • The amendments (except the 2026 schedule) came into force on registration day (September 18, 2025).
  • The 2026 schedule (subsection 1(2)) is effective January 1, 2026.

Who's affected#

• Broiler hatching egg producers in the signatory provinces.
• Provincial marketing agencies and quota administrators in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
• Hatcheries and anyone who plans supply or production of broiler chicks in those provinces.

If it is unclear who else is affected, the regulation is focused on setting provincial quotas, so its direct reach is mainly the producers and agencies that manage those quotas.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how many broiler hatching eggs each province can supply for domestic trade in 2025 and 2026. That affects the supply of chicks to poultry farms.
• The export column is set to 0 for all listed provinces, so the quotas are aimed at domestic use rather than exports.
• Producers, hatcheries and provincial quota managers need to know the exact limits and the effective dates for planning production, sales and contracts.