Chicken production quotas: Feb 9–Apr 5, 2025

Summary#

The Regulations Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations set the allowed chicken production and marketing limits for the period A‑194, from February 9, 2025 to April 5, 2025. The schedule was issued by Chicken Farmers of Canada and comes into force on February 9, 2025.

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the existing Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations with new provincial quotas for period A‑194 (the 8‑week period starting February 9, 2025 and ending April 5, 2025).
• Sets three kinds of provincial limits (all in live weight, kilograms):
  • Production subject to federal and provincial quotas (main production quota).
  • Production subject to federal and provincial market development quotas.
  • Production subject to federal and provincial specialty chicken quotas.
• Gives the total national limits for the period:
  • Production quota: 286,748,678 kg
  • Market development quota: 7,056,685 kg
  • Specialty chicken quota: 2,199,624 kg
• Lists specific limits for each province (production / market development / specialty, in kg):
  • Ontario: 99,785,362 / 2,830,000 / 924,375
  • Quebec: 75,902,815 / 2,878,085 / 0
  • Nova Scotia: 9,585,038 / 0 / 0
  • New Brunswick: 7,585,270 / 0 / 0
  • Manitoba: 11,054,922 / 350,000 / 0
  • British Columbia: 39,206,842 / 248,600 / 1,275,249
  • Prince Edward Island: 1,059,120 / 0 / 0
  • Saskatchewan: 9,545,362 / 600,000 / 0
  • Alberta: 29,251,440 / 150,000 / 0
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: 3,772,507 / 0 / 0

Who's affected#

• Primary: chicken producers (farmers) who hold quota and plan production for the period.
• Provincial marketing agencies and local quota administrators who implement these limits.
• Processors and distributors who schedule slaughter, processing and transport based on available supply.
• Indirectly: retailers and consumers, because quota levels influence how much chicken enters the market.
• The notice is a routine quota-setting action by Chicken Farmers of Canada; it does not itself create new policy beyond setting the period A‑194 numbers.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how much chicken may be produced and marketed in each province for the eight‑week period. That affects farm income, processing schedules and regional supply.
• Changes in quota can influence availability and upward or downward pressure on prices, though this document only sets limits for one specific period.
• Because this is a scheduled quota update, it is mainly relevant to industry planning (farms, processors, distributors) rather than an immediate change for most consumers.