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Canadian Agri-Food Sector:
Overview and Commentary
Bob SeguinExecutive Director,
GMCGuelph, March 2013
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Overview
Insights of Agri-food sector• Historic developments, scale,
diversity, and fragility• Key agri-food policy issues-
national/global
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Source: Statistics Canada, OMAFRA
Canada Ontario
Landmass (sq. km) 9,976,140 1,076,395
Arable Lands (sq. km) 498,807 36,138
Population 35,002,447 13,546,112
Canada/Ontario Quick Facts
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Farm Sector Growth/Shifts (1)
Source: Statistics Canada
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Farm Sector Growth/Shifts (2)
Source: Statistics Canada
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Stability in Food Processing
Source: Statistics Canada
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Stability in Employment
Source: Statistics Canada
Food Manufacturing: 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
Canada 216,070 213,999 231,613 233,388 224,085
Ontario 79,025 78,940 82,558 85,873 82,191
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Retail Food – Dominating
Source: Statistics Canada
Food and Beverage Retail Sales - Canada (CDN $)
1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
52,226,998
58,326,480
71,048,945
88,743,439
104,134,083
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Agri-Food Evolving
Source: Statistics Canada
Census Data in Farm and Food Operations - Canada
1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
Number of Census Farms 280,043 276,548 246,923 229,373 205,730
Farms between $50,000 and $99,999 48,550 42,541 35,315 31,422 25,455
Farms over $1,000,000 1,477 1,870 2,809 3,691 6,304
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Comparing Ag Sectors
Source: FAO
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Canada’s Trade Performance (1)
Source: Statistics Canada
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Canada’s Trade Performance (2)
Source: Statistics Canada
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Policy Outlook: Markets
International trade policy: ambitious, rules-
focused, unique positioning, “hot”
buttons
Tough competition within domestic markets
Tougher competition at the global level-past
performance, innovation, new
investments?
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Inconsistent Policy Measures
Canadian constitution- unique joint role
National policy-now more fully developed- Growing Forward II
Range of other Federal, Provincial policies
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Key Agri-Food Issues
Capacity of sector
Competition- past policies no longer enough
New investments, innovation needed
Scale and productivity
Sustainability and Management-Talent
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Agri-Food: Where next?
Canada- large country, urbanized population, historic access to resources, middle power
Both policy (global and regional) and attitudes shift but not dramatic
A global player, competitive-but not in first place in most agri-food
Caught by history and comfort of location
Need to invest scarce $$ to catch up and lead