Greenhouse vegetable and fruit sales hit $2 billion

Sales in the greenhouse vegetable and fruit sector were up 9.3 per cent to top $2 billion, reports Statistics Canada in its first reporting of the 2021 landscape.

This increase in sales is mainly attributed to higher production of peppers (+16.1%) and tomatoes (+8.5%). Sales of cucumbers also increased by 12 per cent despite a decline in production.

Greenhouse operations supply more than domestic markets. In 2021, total exports of greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers reached 489.9 million kg – an increase of 12.3 per cent over 2020.