Major grain deliveries across Canada rose 10.8% year over year in September 2026, led by a 43.5% increase in canola deliveries.
Deliveries reach 8.1 million tonnes
Canadian deliveries of major grains totalled 8.1 million tonnes in September 2026, up 10.8% from the same month a year earlier, Statistics Canada reported on October 26. The agency defines major grains as wheat excluding durum, durum wheat, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed and canola. The latest figures describe deliveries during September; October 26 is the release date, not the reference month. The national total combines the grains covered by the program rather than describing a single crop.
Canola records the strongest increase
Canola deliveries rose 43.5% year over year to 2.8 million tonnes. Wheat excluding durum increased 6.5% to 3.6 million tonnes, while barley deliveries grew 2.2% to 869,900 tonnes. Together, those gains contributed to the national increase reported for the month. The release does not provide comparable September changes for every grain included in the broader major-grains category, so the published figures should not be extended to crops that were not separately quantified.
Prairie provinces account for most deliveries
Saskatchewan represented 46.7% of all major-grain deliveries in September, the largest provincial share. Alberta accounted for 31.5% and Manitoba for 16.1%. Combined, the three Prairie provinces represented 94.3% of the national total. Statistics Canada also noted a change in publication cadence: the program’s dissemination frequency has moved from monthly to quarterly, although monthly data continue to be collected and are now published on a quarterly basis. That timing change affects when the figures are released, not the September period measured in this update.
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Statistics CanadaSource release: Major grain deliveries, September 2026
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Major grain deliveries, September 2026, 2026-10-26. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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