The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s website says a “product of Canada” label denotes that all, or nearly all, of the food, processing and labour used to make the product is Canadian.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s website says a “product of Canada” label denotes that all, or nearly all, of the food, processing and labour used to make the product is Canadian. Products with ...

Determining how Canadian a product is can be so much of a minefield that experts say anyone attempting to support homegrown options will need to do their research and prepare to make tough choices.

For non-food products, the label can only be used on items when at least 98 per cent of the costs or producing or manufacturing the good have been incurred in Canada. "That's a very high threshold ...

For example, the CFIA says the processing of cheese, dough, sauce and other ingredients to create a pizza would be considered a substantial transformation. For non-food products to use the label ...