Retail prices potatoes Canada 2024

The average retail price for potatoes was at 5.80 Canadian dollars per 4.54 kilograms in March 2024. As well as monthly fluctuations, the price has risen over the survey period.

Why do prices fluctuate?

Changes in demand or a bad harvest can affect the retail price of potatoes for consumers in grocery stores. A bad harvest could be caused by unexpected changes in weather, such as heatwaves, droughts or too much rain, and cold weather. Such conditions can hinder harvests and decrease production volumes, pushing up prices. Average expenses of potato farms in Canada have gradually risen over the past few years, reaching a high of 1.37 million Canadian dollars in 2018, this could also have a knock-on effect on retail prices.

Canadian potato production

Canadian potato production seems to, as of yet, not be too adversely affected by such changes in weather. The production volume of fresh white potatoes has, for example, gradually increased to around 4.8 million metric tons in 2017. Canada imported around 166,660 metric tons of fresh potatoes in the 2016/17 marketing year and exported around 438,670 metric tons of fresh potatoes worldwide.

Average retail price for potatoes in Canada from January 2017 to March 2024 (in Canadian dollars per 4.54 kilograms)

Characteristic	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Dec	3.72	4.19	4.03	3.87	4.22	4.37	5.04	-
Nov	3.78	4.05	3.96	4.15	4.22	4.99	5.03	-
Oct	3.6	3.6	3.35	3.39	3.43	3.69	3.93	-
Sep	3.72	3.79	4.02	3.94	4.11	4.61	4.62	-
Aug	4.55	4.85	4.89	4.67	4.64	5.6	5.87	-
Jul	5.07	5.04	5.72	4.64	4.96	5.24	5.75	-
Jun	4.75	4.88	5.54	4.98	5.07	4.9	5.95	-
May	4.28	4.12	5.15	5.05	5.19	5.26	5.58	-
Apr	3.99	3.92	4.3	5.15	5.1	4.36	5.28	-
Mar	4.15	3.82	4.56	4.91	4.17	4.42	4.95	5.8
Feb	4	4.03	4.42	4.48	4.2	3.95	4.83	5.64
Jan	4.2	3.92	5.07	4.76	4.47	4.63	5.24	5.39

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Release date

May 2024

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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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