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Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Licensing Regulations (SOR/87-516)

Regulations are current to 2026-03-17 and last amended on 2016-11-18. Previous Versions

  •  (1) These Regulations do not apply to buyers — whose province of operation is set out in column 1 of the table to this subsection — engaged in the interprovincial trade of chicks produced for chicken production and who, in a calendar year, purchase for on-farm consumption no more than the permitted number of chicks set out in column 2.

    TABLE

    Column 1Column 2
    ItemProvincePermitted Number of Chicks per Calendar Year
    1Ontario300
    2Quebec100
    3Nova Scotia50
    4New Brunswick200
    5Manitoba999
    6British Columbia200
    7Prince Edward Island500
    8Saskatchewan999
    9Alberta2,000
    10Newfoundland and Labrador100
  • (2) Buyers referred to in subsection (1) must not knowingly engage in the marketing in interprovincial trade of chicks produced for chicken production except with a person who holds an appropriate licence issued by the Agency under these Regulations and, in the case of chicks produced in a non-signatory province, unless the person holds an orderly marketing quota issued under the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Orderly Marketing Regulations.

  • SOR/2008-12, s. 1

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