Canadian Organic Standards and Regulations
Canadian Organic Standards
Documents
- General Principles and Management Standards (CAN/CGSB-32.310-2020)
- Permitted Substances List (CAN/CGSB-32.311-2020)
- Organic Aquaculture Standards (CAN/CGSB 32.312-2018)
Revisions to the Canadian Organic Standards
- Review of the 2020 Canadian Organic Standards - Highlights and articles
- Livestock health and nutrition: A compromise about feed supplements and vaccines
- Lighting for crops grown in structures: A final decision to prohibit 100% artificial lighting
- Feed for livestock: Pandemic and drought on the agenda of the review of the Canadian Organic Standards
- Solving P shortage on organic farms: Recycling P from livestock urine
- Organic bee feeding: Helping honeybees survive Canadian winters the organic way
- Protecting biodiversity: All operators will be required to demonstrate that they are protecting and enhancing the ecosystem health of their operation
- Parallel production: Relaxation of the standard for farms already certified
- Poultry welfare: Overhead cover for shade and protection
- Comparison of the 2015 and 2020 standards
- Organic Federation of Canada. 2020
Questions and answers regarding the National Standards for Organic Agriculture
- The complete list of Questions and Answers generated by the Standards Interpretation Committee
Certification bodies
Canadian Organic Regulations
Documents
Opinions
- Aquaponics – an organic production system? Have your say.
- To Certify or Not To Certify: The perspective of small-scale organic farmers
- A new OFC blog initiated by the Small Scale Organic Certification working group
- No Intraprovincial Organic Regulations in Canada: what is the impact on the organic sector development?
- Organic Federation of Canada. 2011
- OFC Survey Results: Non-Compliances Under Organic Management [PDF - 697 kB]
- Organic Federation of Canada. 2017
- Organic Product Regulations - How do they Impact Your Activities? [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Organic Federation of Canada. 2010