Canadian fields cultivated for hemp grain rebounded sharply as total hemp acreage remained comparatively steady in 2025, in line with the most recent annual statistics from the federal government.
Grain, which has traditionally shaped the spine of Canada’s hemp trade, jumped 53% to 12,859 hectares from roughly 8,400 in 2024, Well being Canada, the federal government well being company, reported. Grain accounted for greater than 80% of all reported hemp fields in 2025.
The rise seems to assist observations final 12 months that grain demand was strengthening after shortages emerged available in the market. Canadian suppliers have longstanding markets for hempseed meals – primarily within the USA as a result of American hemp farmers develop little meals seed – whereas lower-grade or surplus grain has discovered a fallback market in European birdseed.
Growers reported 15,380 complete hemp hectares planted in 2025, down simply 2.5% from 15,774 hectares a 12 months earlier. However the mixture of crops modified dramatically.
Flower retreats
Canada’s temporary hemp flower growth evaporated in 2025 as fields dedicated to CBD and different cannabinoids all however disappeared, with simply 516 hectares, in comparison with about 4,600 in 2024, when fields had practically quintupled amid expectations that Canada would possibly finally open a broader marketplace for over-the-counter CBD merchandise. Primarily hit was Quebec, the place growers planted 3,629 hectares for flower in 2024, however simply 42 hectares final 12 months.
CBD stays tightly managed in Canada below the federal Hashish Act, which usually restricts cannabinoid merchandise to the regulated hashish system. The federal government has thought-about making a pathway for some CBD merchandise to be offered exterior hashish dispensaries, however no such market has but opened. Nonetheless, world sentiment relating to CBD has cooled. European regulators successfully pushed a lot of the ingestible CBD market out of existence, most just lately by setting a provisional secure consumption stage of simply 2 mg per day.
Fiber falls once more
Fiber manufacturing additionally continued to retreat in Canada. Fields planted for fiber fell by half, to 933 hectares from 1,865 in 2024. That adopted a decline of practically 50% the earlier 12 months, when fiber acreage dropped from 3,260 hectares in 2023.
The 2-year slide leaves Canadian fiber cultivation at lower than one-third its 2023 stage, regardless of rising worldwide curiosity in hemp for building supplies, biocomposites, textiles and different industrial functions.
Cultivation seed accounted for an additional 1,072 hectares in 2025.
Western base
Canada’s hemp crop stays overwhelmingly concentrated within the Prairie provinces. Alberta led the nation with 6,999 hectares in 2025, adopted by Saskatchewan with 4,225 and Manitoba with 2,917. Collectively, the three provinces accounted for roughly 92% of reported cultivation.
Finola, a Finnish selection, remained by far the dominant cultivar, planted on 8,955 hectares, or roughly 58% of all Canadian hemp fields. Canadian cultivar Rak ranked second at 4,456 hectares.Licenses decline
The variety of energetic industrial hemp licenses additionally continued to fall, dropping to 585 on the finish of 2025 from 624 a 12 months earlier. Canada had 1,269 energetic hemp licenses on the sector’s current peak in 2020.
