Canada has also implemented an aggressive private and public plant breeding strategy. As a result, Canadian plant breeders have developed cultivars adapted for a broad range of climatic zones and soil conditions. They have also incorporated innovative agronomic, processing and nutritional traits into germplasm.  This puts Canada in the enviable position of having a wide selection of seed varieties and hybrids that are sought after world wide.

We continue to develop strong expertise in forages and have cultivated canola as a Canadian success story. Canada can also lay claim to the development of many new and internationally competitive varieties of corn, soybeans, cereals, oilseeds and pulse crops.

Canada is well known for its adoption of leading-edge technologies. Whether it is biotechnology, genomics, molecular toxicology, marker-assisted plant breeding or double haploid techniques, Canada continues to be at the forefront in research and development. In 2007 the private sector invested over CAD 56 million in plant breeding and research, with plans to increase that investment to over CAD 106 million by 2012. 
 
The Canadian seed sector is an important component of the Canadian economy, directly contributing CAD 3.95 billion to Canada's GDP in 2007 and employing over 14,000 Canadians.

For more information contact the Canadian Seed Trade Association:

 Tel:  + 1 613 829 9527
 Fax:  + 1 613 829 3530
 Email: isf2010@cdnseed.org