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Wine market in Canada - statistics & facts

Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by fermenting grapes and sometimes other fruits or plants. Wines are typically classed as white or red, sparkling, semi-sparkling or still, dessert and fortified. Ice wine, first produced in North America in British Columbia in 1972, is a variety of dessert wine which is made from frozen grapes. Due to the cold winters, Canada remains a top producer and exporter of ice wine.

Wine production

Around 260 million hectoliters of wine is produced globally each year. Some of the leading wine producing countries include Italy, France, and Spain. Despite Canada not appearing in the list of top wine producers, it is home to over 500 wineries. Provincially, the largest producers of wine in Canada were British Columbia and Ontario, with an collective 428 wineries.

Wine sales

Retail sales of wine in Canada reached over eight billion Canadian dollars in 2021, up 35 percent since 2012, showing that Canadians have a liking for the beverage. In terms of wine's place in the overall alcoholic beverages market in Canada, the beverage accounted for 14.7 percent of volume, compared to 10.1 percent in the neighboring United States. According to per capita sales, consumers in Quebec spent the most wine and those in Saskatchewan the least.

Wine trade

The value of bottled wine imported to Canada has continually increased in recent years, with France being the number one import partner in 2021. In contrast, wine exports declined drastically in 2020 due to restrictions in place from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 saw a rebound but not yet to pre-pandemic levels. China is the largest export market for Canadian wine with ice wine's making up two-thirds of the value.
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Published by Jan Conway, Oct 20, 2022

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Sales value of wine in Canada
8.83bn CAD
Largest provincial wine market
Ontario
Number of wineries in Ontario, Canada
185
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