01.09.2020

Gain report: CA2020-0078

Canada projects modest production growth for 2021, with chicken meat production forecast to reach 1.315 million metric tons (MMT), 2 percent above the estimated 2020 level.  
Canada estimates 2020 chicken meat production at 1.29 MMT, down 3 percent from 2019.
Canada projects per capita chicken meat consumption levels will fall to 36.5 kg in 2020, while forecasting a modest recovery in 2021 driving per capita consumption up to 36.7 kg.