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Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Jack Curran Jack Curran New York, United States Last Updated: September 2024 NAICS 11235CA

Revenue

$4.6bn

2024

$4.6bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

9,776

Businesses

3,404

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada industry analysis

As with most other industries under the supply management system, Canada's Chicken and Turkey Meat Production industry exhibits low to moderate volatility. Fortunately for farmers, effective supply management has helped offset dips in revenue. Industry revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% to $4.6 billion over the five years to 2023 as a result of increased poultry consumption among consumers. However, in 2024, industry revenue is expected to decrease by 0.6% due to a forecast drop in the price of poultry meat alongside general economic uncertainty, which will reduce spending on premium industry goods. Due largely to the high prices enforced by the supply management system, industry profit, defined as earnings before interest and taxes, is expected to account for 19.0% of revenue in 2024, up from 18.3% in 2019. Due to the supply management system, poultry production quotas are set according to expected production costs and consumer demand.

Trends and Insights

  • Poultry farms have brought in greater revenue as poultry prices have grown. Demand for chicken and turkey is consistently high, so revenue is largely based on price.
  • Broiler chickens represent the largest product segment. Large broilers provide the greatest amount of meat for chicken meat processors.
  • Poultry locations are driven by the distribution of the population. While poultry farms need open space for farms, downstream demand is highest in highly populated areas.
  • Price points can differentiate poultry products. Farmers that successfully manage operating costs can offer competitive market prices. Retailers typically enter into supply contracts with large operators that offer low, competitive prices.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 3.6 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $4.6bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Steady demand even amid the COVID-19 pandemic

  • While the COVID-19 pandemic led to many restaurants shutting down, consumers' overall demand for poultry meat remained steady, allowing for a swift recovery from the pandemic.
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Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Price increases promise revenue growth

  • Poultry farms are consistently kept afloat by steady demand for chicken and poultry meat in both Canada and the US. While poultry is often seen as a substitute for red meat, in Canada, per capita poultry consumption is more than double the consumption of red meat.

Biggest companies in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($short_0)
2024
Profit ($short_0)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Large broiler chickens, Small broiler chickens and Turkey . Large broiler chickens is the largest segment of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Large and small broiler chickens

  • This segment includes broilers, the birds predominantly raised for meat. Unlike other chickens, broilers are raised specifically for meat rather than for their eggs or breeding qualities.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Chicken and Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada is composed of farms that raise chicken broilers, hens and turkeys for meat production. Most farmers are contracted suppliers for particular processors. However, since the industry operates under a supply management system, processors are required to pay producers a regulated price for their poultry.

What's included in this industry?

Chicken production (except egg laying)Broiler chicken productionHen productionTurkey production

Companies

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Related Terms

POULTBROILERFRYEREVISCERATED

Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 112320 - Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada

Performance

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Analyst insights

Poultry farms have brought in greater revenue as poultry prices have grown. Demand for chicken and turkey is consistently high, so revenue is largely based on price.

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

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Analyst insight

Broiler chickens represent the largest product segment. Large broilers provide the greatest amount of meat for chicken meat processors.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Poultry locations are driven by the distribution of the population. While poultry farms need open space for farms, downstream demand is highest in highly populated areas.

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

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Analyst insights

Price points can differentiate poultry products. Farmers that successfully manage operating costs can offer competitive market prices. Retailers typically enter into supply c...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

No major companies operate in the poultry farming industry in Canada. The industry is mostly made up of small independent farms.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    Volatile production leads to volatile revenue. Animal health issues, feed costs, demand for substitute meats and weather patterns all contribute to uncertainty for farmers.

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    Wages represent a decreasing share of revenue. This is because of automation investments in production facilities. Chicken feed systems, vaccination machines and automated fe...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
    • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Assets (2017-2022)
    • Liabilities (2017-2022)
    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Average Wage (2014-2029)
    • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
    • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2014-2029)
    • IVA (2014-2029)
    • Establishments (2014-2029)
    • Enterprises (2014-2029)
    • Employment (2014-2029)
    • Exports (2014-2029)
    • Imports (2014-2029)
    • Wages (2014-2029)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada in 2024?

    The market size of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada is $4.6bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada industry in 2024?

    There are 3,404 businesses in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

    Has the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 3.6 % between 2019 and 2024.

    What is the forecast growth of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada is expected to grow.

    What does the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada include?

    Chicken production (except egg laying) and Broiler chicken production are part of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry.

    How competitive is the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada?

    The level of competition is high and steady in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada.

    Related Industries

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    Competitors

    • Beef Cattle Production in Canada
    • Hog & Pig Farming in Canada
    • Meat, Beef & Poultry Processing in Canada

    Complementors

    • Chicken Egg Production in Canada

    International industries

    • Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in the US
    • Poultry Meat Farming in Australia
    • Poultry Meat and Egg Farming in New Zealand
    • Poultry Raising in the UK
    • Poultry Farming in China

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    Key data sources in Canada include:

    • Statistics Canada
    • Industry Canada
    • Canadian Business Patterns

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