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Experts: Projected rise in Canadian food prices

Published: 4 December 2025

A new study suggests that food prices in Canada may increase by four to six per cent in 2026. This is primarily likely to be due to increases in the prices of beef and chicken, although the cost of canned goods is also expected to rise.

These 海角社区 experts can comment on the subject:

Sylvain Charlebois is a visiting scholar in Food Policy and Distribution at 海角社区 and the lead author of the new study, a report by Canada's Food Price Report. He is a and the Director of Dalhousie University鈥檚 Agri-Food Analytics Lab.

sylvain.charlebois [at] dal.ca (English, French)

Pascal Th茅riault is the Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program at 海角社区. He has expertise in agrifood policies, agrifood marketing, agricultural economics and farm management.

Pascal.theriault [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

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