As of December 2022, Quebec was home to almost *** retail bakeries, making it the Canadian province with the highest number of them. Ontario ranked second with *** retail bakeries.
Industrial and artisanal bread in Canada
Canadian retail sales for both packaged, industrial bread, and unpackaged, artisanal bread are projected to grow in the coming years. Leavened industrial bread retail sales stood at roughly *** billion U.S. dollars in 2017 and are expected to reach almost *** billion by 2022. Retail sales numbers for leavened artisanal bread amounted to some *** million U.S. dollars in 2017 and are forecast to grow to an estimated *** billion dollars five years later.
Canada’s favorite bread products
In 2020, the most popular bread products among Canadian consumers were bagels and packaged sliced bread. Over a quarter of Canadians reported that each of these bread types was their favorite. Naans and rolls each accounted for just over ten percent of the votes.
Figures refer to active businesses with employees.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, December 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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