27 million tonnes of wheat will reach 80 international markets
Cereals Canada has released its annual New Wheat Crop Report, offering global and domestic buyers a detailed look at the performance and quality of Canada’s 2025 wheat harvest. The report outlines key findings on milling characteristics, flour and semolina quality, and how the wheat performs in a range of end-use products.
“Canada has produced another high-quality wheat crop with good functionality,” said Dean Dias, chief executive officer. “Canada is on track to be the third largest wheat exporter and number one exporter of high quality, high-protein wheat. In 2025-2026, 27.4 million tonnes of wheat is expected to reach over eighty international markets, with the quality and protein content that customers expect.”
In total, Canadian growers produced 36.6 million tonnes of wheat in 2025, with most of the crop receiving a No. 1 or No. 2 grade. Despite inconsistent weather patterns across the Prairie provinces, beneficial mid-summer rainfall supported yields that surpassed long-term averages.
In Eastern Canada, winter wheat benefited from favourable conditions throughout the growing season, resulting in strong yields and solid quality. Protein content across wheat classes aligned closely with historical averages. All classes showed strong test weights, and Western composites demonstrated higher-than-average thousand kernel weight values.
As part of its New Crop outreach activities, Cereals Canada will connect with twenty-nine countries that collectively purchased $8.2 billion worth of Canadian wheat in 2024. Alongside value chain partners, producer groups, and the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), the organization shared the technical findings of the 2025 crop during customer webinars on November 18 and 19.
The 2025 report is based on data generated through the organization's Harvest Assessment Program. Historically focused on Western wheat, the program expanded this year through a collaboration with Grain Farmers of Ontario, allowing the inclusion of Eastern wheat classes for the first time.
"This was a milestone year for Cereals Canada,” said Elaine Sopiwnyk, vice president of technical services. “Having the opportunity to analyze wheat from across the country broadened the expertise of our technical team and streamlined the process of preparing this year’s New Wheat Crop Report.”
Prepared annually with support from the CGC, value chain partners, and provincial grower groups, the report draws on representative samples of CWRS, CWAD, CESRW and Wheat, by Specification from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.
Canada’s 2025 New Wheat Crop Report can be downloaded at https://cerealscanada.ca/2025-new-crop-report/.
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