Canadian Dairy Commission

Canadian Dairy Commission
Agency overview
Formed1966
JurisdictionGovernment of Canada
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario
Employees72[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Benoit Basillais, Chief Executive Officer[3]
  • Jennifer Hayes, Chair[3]
  • Shikha Jain, Commissioner[3]
Parent departmentAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada[4]
Websitewww.cdc-ccl.gc.ca

The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) (French: Commission canadienne du lait) is an Ottawa-based Government of Canada Crown Corporation that provides a framework for managing Canada's dairy industry.[5]

The CDC's mandate is to "ensure fair compensation to producers and provide consumers with access to a quality product."[6]

Canada's dairy industry operates under a supply management system, so among the most important roles of the CDC are to plan national production (including by the allocation of producer milk quotas), to set farmgate milk prices, and to control dairy imports.[7] The CDC also coordinates federal and provincial dairy policies.[5]

Milk for sale in Canada
  1. ^ "Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Dairy Commission – Special Examination Report – 2021".
  2. ^ Government of Canada (June 7, 2024). "The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, MP".
  3. ^ a b c Canadian Dairy Commission (November 28, 2023). "Organizational Structure".
  4. ^ Government of Canada (November 2, 2021). "Canadian Dairy Information Centre".
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WWD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ The Canadian Dairy Commission (June 23, 2022). "The Canadian Dairy Commission" (PDF).
  7. ^ Government of Canada. "Fact sheets".