GM crops and foods on the market in Canada
Grown in Canada
CBAN Report – July 2026: Gene-Edited Fruits and Vegetables: The Threat of New GMOs in Canada
1. GM Corn
2. GM Canola
3. GM Soy
4. GM Sugar beet (white sugar beet for sugar processing only)
5. GM Alfalfa (for animal feed only)
6. GM Tomato (purple)
Imported to Canada
7. GM Papaya (from Hawaii)
8. GM Pineapple (pink, grown in Costa Rica)
GM crops around the world
Most of the world’s GM crops are grown in just a few countries with highly industrialized, export-oriented agricultural sectors:
- GM corn, canola, soy and cotton account for 94% of the world’s GM crop acres.
- Five countries grow 88% of all the GM crops in the world (US, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, India).
- One country alone – the United States – plants 35% of the global GM crop area.
- 78% of the world’s GM crops are planted in the U.S. (35%), Brazil (32%) and Argentina (11%).
- India (GM cotton) and Canada (GM canola, corn, soy and sugar beet) each plant around 5% of the global acres of GM.
Source: Global GM Crop Area Review 2026, Agbioinvestor.
GM crops in Europe
The only GM crop currently cultivated in the EU is insect-resistant GM corn MON810 grown mainly in Spain and to a lesser extent in a handful of other EU countries, for animal feed. (Source: EFSA) EU countries import approximately GM animal feed, mostly GM soy, from North and South America.
