In 2025, Alberta exported $17.1 billion in agri-food products, including $7.8 billion in primary commodities and $9.3 billion in value-added products, accounting for 18.4% of Canada’s total agri-food exports. Alberta is the third-largest exporter of agri-food products in Canada.
Services
The Alberta government provides the following services to Alberta companies:
- information about Alberta’s agriculture and food sector
- Alberta supplier capabilities
- buyer-seller connections
- incoming mission support
Quick facts
- In 2025, Alberta exports of agricultural and food products totalled $17.1 billion. The province’s top 5 agri-food exports were beef ($4 billion), wheat ($3.2 billion), canola seed ($1.5 billion), live cattle ($1.5 billion) and crude canola oil ($1billion).
- Alberta is Canada’s largest cattle-producing province, with 4.9 million head of cattle and calves as of January 1, 2026, representing 43.6% of Canada’s total. In 2025, Alberta exported $4 billon worth of beef.
- Over three-quarters of Canadian beef processing occurs in Western Canada with the vast majority concentrated in Alberta. In 2025, Western Canadian cattle slaughter reached 2.3 million head or 76.9% of Canadian total.
- Our province leads the nation in honey production at 15,520 tonnes in 2025, accounting for 40.7% of national total.
- Alberta set a record for field crop production in 2025 at 36.4 million tonnes with records for spring wheat, lentils, rye, mixed grains and corn silage. The province produced 54.6% of Canada’s barley, 46.3% of its dry peas, 30.7% of its wheat and 29.1% of its canola.
- Alberta’s largest export markets in 2025 were the United States ($8.7 billion), Japan ($1.7 billion), China ($1.4 billion), Mexico ($800 million) and South Korea ($500 million), together accounting for 75.8% of total agri-food exports.
- Alberta produced 27.1% of Canadian potatoes in 2025, maintaining its position as the largest potato producer in Canada. Our potatoes are well-suited for French fries.
Export Catalogue
The online Alberta Agri-Food Products and Services Export Catalogue features products and services that Alberta exports internationally. The Export Catalogue is designed specifically for importers, distributors and buyers located outside of Canada.
Product brochures
- Alberta agriculture
- Alberta Barley
- Alberta beef
- Alberta Canola
- Alberta Honey
- Alberta pork
- Alberta pulses
- Alberta wheat
- Livestock genetics
Contact
Connect with trade development officers:
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