Federal Egg Quota Limits 2023–2024

Summary#

These final regulations, titled Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986, set the federal quota limits for eggs by province for the period starting December 31, 2023 and ending December 28, 2024. The new schedule replaces the previous Schedule 1 and came into force on September 8, 2024.

What it does#

• Replaces Schedule 1 to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 with a new list of federal quota limits (expressed in dozens of eggs) for the period December 31, 2023 to December 28, 2024.
• Specifies the number of dozens of eggs each province and territory may market under federal quotas for that period.
• The change is a final regulation and took effect on September 8, 2024.

The new limits (number of dozens of eggs) are:

• Ontario: 301,045,335
• Quebec: 171,352,370
• Nova Scotia: 25,714,547
• New Brunswick: 16,123,121
• Manitoba: 75,107,927
• British Columbia: 104,161,441
• Prince Edward Island: 4,267,260
• Saskatchewan: 38,381,905
• Alberta: 88,536,480
• Newfoundland and Labrador: 11,503,872
• Northwest Territories: 3,757,213

Who's affected#

• Canadian Egg Marketing Agency-licensed egg producers who operate under the federal quota system.
• Provincial egg boards and quota administrators who coordinate allocations.
• Egg processors, packagers and large buyers who work with quota-holding producers.
• Consumers and retailers may be indirectly affected if these quota limits change supply, though the regulation itself sets producer limits rather than prices.

If you are not sure whether a particular producer or operation is under the federal quota system, that detail is not clarified in the notice.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how many eggs can be legally marketed under the federal quota system in each province and territory for the specified year.
• That affects how much individual quota-holding producers can sell, which in turn can influence farm revenues and how supply flows to processors and retailers.
• For most of the public this is a technical, routine update; for egg producers and supply-chain businesses it is a key administrative rule that sets production limits for the year.