Canadian Pork Council

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The Canadian Pork Council is Canada’s national trade association for hog farmers. It represents more than 7,000 farms in nine provinces. The group started in 1966 as the Canadian Swine Council to help develop a new pork grading system and was later renamed the Canadian Pork Council.

The CPC supports its members through policy advocacy and programs on food safety, animal care, traceability, animal health, environmental management, international trade, and nutrition.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit hog producers hard. Slaughterhouses and restaurants closed, causing losses for animals that couldn’t be processed. In the United States, COVID-19 outbreaks at pork plants led to temporary closures and reduced daily hog processing by about 60,000. Prices for finishing pigs fell from about $180 in January 2020 to around $130. Producers want the federal government to restore the set-aside program, a subsidy that pays for feeding hogs kept back from slaughter. The program was first used during the BSE crisis about 25 years ago.