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Snack Food Production in Ontario

Author.Name IBISWorld Canada Last Updated: August 2025 NAICS ON31191CA

Snack Food Production in Ontario industry analysis

Revenue for the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario is expected to decline an annualized -x.x% to $x.x billion over the five years to 2025, while revenue for the national industry will likely decline at -x.x% during the same period. The number of industry establishments has increased an annualized x.x% to xxx locations over the past five years. Industry employment has increased an annualized x% to x,xxx workers during the period, while industry wages have increased an annualized x.x% to $x.x million.

Over the five years to 2030, provincial industry revenue is expected to decline an annualized -x.x% to $x.x billion, while revenue for the national industry will likely grow x.x%. The number of industry establishments is forecast to grow x.x% to xxx locations over the next five years. Industry employment is expected to increase an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers during the outlook period, while industry wages likely increase x% to $x.x million.

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About the Snack Food Production in Ontario Market Research Report

What’s Included in the Snack Food Production in Ontario Market Research Report

Definition of the Snack Food Production in Ontario?

Operators in the Snack Food Production industry in Canada primarily produce chips, including potato, corn and tortilla chips. They also process plain, salted or roasted nuts, seeds and nut butters such as peanut butter. However, operators don't produce cookies, crackers, bakery products, cereal or granola bars.

What’s included in the Snack Food Production in Ontario?

The Snack Food Production in Ontario includes producing chips, such as potato, corn, tortilla and other, processing nuts and seeds and producing nut butters and producing pretzels other snacks. Related terms covered in the Snack Food Production in Ontario industry report includes a spreadable foodstuff created by crushing nuts such as peanuts or almonds, goods that are produced under a retailer's brand name are often positioned as lower cost alternatives to branded products, when producers charge consumers a price for their product that is more than its nominal value, goods that are not made by machines, but rather involve a high degree of human labour and craftsmanship. considered a premium good, a mixture of proteins found in wheat and other grains such as barley and rye. individuals with celiac disease cannot process gluten which is also the ingredient that gives dough its chewy texture, the process of separating seeds and nuts from their outer shell, an agreement that went into effect in 2020 and created a trilateral agreement between canada, mexico and the united states, replacing nafta, machinery that applies a liquid or a powder onto the surface of a product of any possible shape to convey new properties, retailers that possess sufficient market power can purchase goods in bulk directly from manufacturers and forego the additional costs incurred by sourcing goods from wholesalers and the increase in efficiency of production as the number of goods being produced increases.

Industry Performance of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario

Benchmark the Snack Food Production in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.

Snack Food Production in Ontario

#1 in Highest Revenue 47.7% of province's GDP
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Snack Food Production in Canada


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Key Drivers of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario

See how key industry drivers, such as gross domestic product, private investment in non-residential construction, bachelorsed, per capita disposable income, canadian effective exchange rate index and consumer price index for food are impacting Snack Food Production in Ontario

Ontario Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Private Investment in Non-Residential Construction
BachelorsEd

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Canada Key External Drivers

Per capita disposable income
Canadian effective exchange rate index
Consumer price index for food

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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario

Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Snack Food Production in Ontario, such as Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.

Key Statistics of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario

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What is the market size of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario in 2025?

The market size of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario is $2.5bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario in 2025?

There are 263 businesses in the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 19.3% from 2020 to 2025.

Has the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario has been declining at an average annual rate of -1.7% from 2020 to 2025.

How many employees in the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario in 2025?

There are 9,627 employees in the Snack Food Production industry in Ontario, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 9.0% from 2020 to 2025.