Average retail price for onions in Canada 2015-2020

In December 2019, the average retail price for onions in Canada was 2.22 Canadian dollars per kilogram. In December of previous years, the price per kilogram had always remained under the two-dollar mark.

Canadian production of the dry onion

In 2018, approximately 240,000 metric tons of dry onions were produced in Canada. The country’s production volume was at its highest in 2014 however, when over 250,000 metric tons had been produced. In 2018 and 2019, approximately 13,500 acres of dry onions were harvested in Canada.

Onion production across the globe

Large amounts of onions are produced around the world each year. Brazil, for instance, produced just over one and a half million metric tons of onions in 2018. This is, however, only a fraction compared to India’s production volume: during the fiscal year of 2018, the country located in South Asia produced an estimated 23 million metric tons of onions.