By Gazette Staff
December 4th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
CBC reported this morning that the latest Canadian food price report releaseed today is forecasting what most households will not want to hear.
Grocery prices, already high are going to keep rising well into the new year.
Meat prices could rise as much as 7% in 2026
Inflation continues to take a bite out of budgets, especially at the grocery store. Researchers forecast food prices will jump 4 to 6% in 2026. The cost of meat could see the biggest hike as much as 7%
Sylvan Charlebois, a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says “a lot of cattle ranchers are leaving the industry, and that’s impacting inventory.
“Climate change is having a significant impact too. So we need to think about how to make our supply chain more resilient.”
A family of four is expected to spend $17,600 on food in 2026 almost $1,000 more than this year. Sabra Alharthy shops for her groceries in Toronto and says she’ll have to make some adjustments, maybe change diet. “The prices are up, but the paycheck is still the same when it comes to food. There’s only so much you can cut back.
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Trudeau’s mandate was to improve Canada’s climate action by reducing greenhouse gases – and people voted for it – four times.
Eliminating beef consumption helps fight climate change, as the production of beef has a disproportionately large environmental footprint compared to most other foods.
To get rid of beef consumption – it needs to be made more expensive – and that is what is happening.
So you can’t have your beefcake and eat it too.