In 2024, Canada's total dairy packaging retail volumes rose by 2% to 6.4 billion units, driven mainly by the growing demand for cheese, cream, butter, and yoghurt. The Canadian dairy industry remained relatively shielded from trade disruptions; nevertheless, rising costs of non-dairy imported inputs, including packaging, affected profit margins.
This Dairy Packaging in Canada report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Product coverage: Butter and Spreads, Cheese, Drinking Milk Products, Other Dairy, Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
This Dairy Packaging in Canada report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.
Product coverage: Butter and Spreads, Cheese, Drinking Milk Products, Other Dairy, Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Why buy this report?
- Get a detailed picture of the Dairy Packaging market;
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
- Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
- Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.
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KEY DATA FINDINGS2024 DEVELOPMENTS
- Other packaging leads growth in dairy packaging, driven by artisanal cheese boom
- Cabot switches to PCR film, cutting emissions and water use
- Thin wall plastic containers dominates dairy packaging; tariffs disrupt supply chains in early 2025
- Dairy packaging volumes to rise along with more product lines and innovation
- Sustainability push and policy shifts may challenge dairy packaging supply
