Canadian government agency acknowledges national maple syrup prowess

As part of its plans to celebrate Canada Day, which was celebrated on July 1, the agency StatCan recently honoured the nation’s maple syrup production efforts.

Canada’s national statistical agency, which is responsible for delivering objective statistics and data about the country to help Canadians make informed decisions, listed figures that showed areas where Canada currently leads the world.

The agency cited that Canada has the longest coastline in the world, measuring 243,042 kilometres, a statistic that combines the country’s mainland coast and offshore island coasts.

The celebratory report also looked at crops produced in Canada like lentils and canola. Lentils have been grown in Canada since the 60s and, today, the nation accounts for around a quarter to a third of the world’s lentil production. Canola, on the other hand, was developed in Canada and the versatile crop’s name combines the Latin word for oil with “Can” from Canada. Currently, the country provides a fifth of total global production.

Understandably, no article offering statistics to support Canada’s successes could forget maple syrup. The most quintessentially Canadian condiment, maple syrup is a national export that is now enjoyed all over the world.

Last year, maple producers in Canada harvested a total of 8.9 million gallons of maple syrup and the nation was responsible for 75 per cent of total global production. The epicentre of organic Canadian maple syrup production, Quebec is the nation’s top producing province and provided 90 per cent of Canada’s syrup in 2025. It is also home to the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, an emergency stockpile of syrup.