The retail price of a whole chicken reached 6.57 Canadian dollars per kilogram in Canada in March 2024, marking the highest amount in the time period under consideration. The price of chicken had remained relatively constant over the past few years, staying between five and seven dollars per kilogram.
Fluctuations in the Canadian chicken market
Despite chicken prices remaining relatively stable, household expenditure on the white meat has varied recently, with average annual spending hitting a six-year low in 2017 at 230 Canadian dollars. Regardless of a decrease in household spending, chicken production reached an all-time high in 2022, with around 1.34 million metric tons of chicken produced in Canada. However, the volume of chicken exported from Canada has not increased in line with this increase in production. This suggests that Canadians are purchasing and consuming more chicken, yet they are purchasing cheaper cuts or varieties as expenditure is declining.
*Whole chicken price per kilogram. Statistics Canada collects prices for food, household supply and personal care items from food supermarkets and drugstores, prices for cigarettes from supermarkets, department stores, drug stores and tobacco shops, and prices for regular, unleaded gasoline from gas stations. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, January 2017 to March 2024. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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