Retail prices onions Canada 2024

In March 2024, the average retail price for onions in Canada was 5.80 Canadian dollars per kilogram. During the period under consideration, the price steadily increased.

Canadian production of the dry onion

In 2022, approximately 287.5 thousand metric tons of dry onions were produced in Canada. The country’s production volume was at its highest in 2014 however, when over 250,000 metric tons had been produced. In 2022, approximately 14,380 acres of dry onions were harvested in Canada.

Onion production across the globe

Large amounts of onions are produced around the world each year. Brazil, for instance, produced just over one and a half million metric tons of onions in 2018. This is, however, only a fraction compared to India’s production volume: during the fiscal year of 2020, the country located in South Asia produced an estimated 26 million metric tons of onions.

Average retail price for onions in Canada from January 2017 to March 2024 (in Canadian dollars per kilogram)

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Release date

May 2024

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

January 2017 to March 2024

Supplementary notes

Statistics Canada collects prices for food, household supply and personal care items from food supermarkets and drugstores, prices for cigarettes from supermarkets, department stores, drug stores and tobacco shops, and prices for regular, unleaded gasoline from gas stations.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, January 2017 to March 2024. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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