Margarine and shortening — Production in Canada
Canada: Margarine and shortening — Production was 101,000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Margarine and shortening — Production in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Canada recorded 101,000 t for margarine and shortening — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in Canada peaked at 163,630 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 75,830 t, in 1965.
That places Canada 21st out of 97 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Margarine and shortening — Production in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83,460 t | — |
| 1962 | 84,640 t | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 77,980 t | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 79,570 t | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 75,830 t | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 82,160 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 85,610 t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 87,830 t | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 97,720 t | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 90,700 t | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 89,950 t | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 96,580 t | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 98,230 t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 110,100 t | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 122,720 t | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 125,590 t | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 140,000 t | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 138,270 t | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 127,670 t | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 129,510 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 151,370 t | +16.9% |
| 1982 | 159,440 t | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 158,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 152,990 t | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 163,630 t | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 155,640 t | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 147,690 t | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 150,720 t | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 152,710 t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 151,060 t | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 155,610 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 151,130 t | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 156,140 t | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 144,700 t | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 153,013 t | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 148,072 t | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 126,132 t | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 126,670 t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 127,530 t | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 126,130 t | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 124,480 t | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 125,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 126,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 120,000 t | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 118,000 t | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 117,000 t | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 117,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 119,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 118,000 t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 116,000 t | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 113,000 t | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 112,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 111,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 110,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 98,305 t | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 100,952 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 103,733 t | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 106,698 t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 93,133 t | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 107,000 t | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 105,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 102,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 101,000 t | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,867 t | 75,830 t | 97,720 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,981 t | 89,950 t | 140,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,170 t | 129,510 t | 163,630 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 144,006 t | 126,132 t | 156,140 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,061 t | 117,000 t | 126,130 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,482 t | 93,133 t | 116,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,750 t | 101,000 t | 107,000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.93 (2022)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.93 (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in Canada?
- Margarine and shortening — production in Canada was 101,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 163,630 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,830 t in 1965.
- How does Canada rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- Canada ranks 21st out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Margarine and shortening — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.