Quality of western Canadian oats in 2025

This report presents harvest quality data and production statistics for western Canadian oats grown in 2025. Oat samples were submitted to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Harvest Sample Program by producers. Quality data are compiled from the results of analytical tests performed in the Grain Research Laboratory and will be updated as more samples are received.

Harvest quality data

Results are preliminary and based on samples of oats received by the Harvest Sample Program as of October 24, 2025. Sixty-three samples were received from various growing districts in Manitoba (33), Saskatchewan (24), and Alberta (6). The majority of samples were graded No. 2 Canada Western (CW) based on their test weight (Figure 1). The protein content of No. 1 and No. 2 was slightly below the 5-year average for each grade (Figure 2).

description follows — **Figure 1** Comparison of test weight (kg/hL) for oat samples received by the Harvest Sample Program from 2020 to 2025. Sample numbers for each year are in parentheses. Data for 2025 are as of October 24.

Test weight (kg/hL)
Year	Weighted average	Min	Max
2020	54.2	48.0	62.5
2021	51.8	48.0	62.5
2022	54.1	48.0	59.1
2023	54.1	48.0	59.1
2024	52.3	48.0	62.3
2025	54.5	49.0	59.1

Protein content (%, db)
Year	No. 1 CW	No. 2 CW	No. 3 CW
2020	11.2	11.8	11.9
2021	12.7	13.3	13.2
2022	11.7	11.9	11.9
2023	11.9	12.2	12.0
2024	11.7	11.9	12.1
2025	11.5	12.1	12.3
5-year average	11.8	12.2	12.2

Table 1 Protein content (%, db) and test weight (kg/hL) by variety for oat samples received by the Harvest Sample Program as of October 24, 2025

Oats, No. 1 Canada Western
Variety	Number of samples	Protein content ^{Footnote 1}, % db		Test weight, kg/hL
Variety	Number of samples	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
AAC Douglas	2	12.3	0.2	54.1	0.6
AC Morgan	1	12.8	NS^{Footnote *}	58.9	NS
CDC Anson	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
CDC Arborg	1	9.6	NS	55.9	NS
CDC Endure	3	10.2	0.2	56.9	0.5
CS Camden	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
Legget	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
Summit	0	NS	NS	NS	NS

Oats, No. 2 Canada Western
Variety	Number of samples	Protein content ^{Footnote 1}, % db		Test weight, kg/hL
Variety	Number of samples	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
AAC Douglas	4	12.3	1.0	54.1	0.7
AC Morgan	2	11.6	0.6	54.7	0.4
CDC Anson	4	12.0	1.0	54.2	1.0
CDC Arborg	4	12.2	0.6	53.8	0.5
CDC Endure	4	11.4	0.5	54.3	0.2
CS Camden	3	12.8	0.3	54.7	1.1
Legget	2	13.1	0.9	55.3	0.1
Summit	1	11.3	NS^{Footnote *}	54.0	NS

Oats, No. 3 Canada Western
Variety	Number of samples	Protein content ^{Footnote 1}, % db		Test weight, kg/hL
Variety	Number of samples	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
AAC Douglas	1	12.4	NS^{Footnote *}	52.4	NS
AC Morgan	2	12.4	1.3	57.0	2.9
CDC Anson	2	12.7	0.9	53.2	1.4
CDC Arborg	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
CDC Endure	5	11.9	1.1	53.4	1.8
CS Camden	3	11.9	1.3	51.8	1.3
Legget	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
Summit	2	13.2	0.1	54.0	0.3

Oats, No. 4 Canada Western
Variety	Number of samples	Protein content ^{Footnote 1}, % db		Test weight, kg/hL
Variety	Number of samples	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
AAC Douglas	0	NS^{Footnote *}	NS	NS	NS
AC Morgan	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
CDC Anson	1	13.3	NS	53.2	NS
CDC Arborg	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
CDC Endure	1	10.8	NS	53.4	NS
CS Camden	1	13.1	NS	49.2	NS
Legget	0	NS	NS	NS	NS
Summit	1	12.7	NS	54.6	NS

Table 2 Distribution of deoxynivalenol (DON) levels (ppm) for all grades of oat samples received by the Harvest Sample Program as of October 24, 2025
DON (ppm)	Western Canada (n = 53)	Alberta (n = 4)	Saskatchewan (n = 17)	Manitoba (n = 32)
Below limit (< 0.3)	64.2	100	82.4	50.0
0.3 to 0.5	26.4	0	17.6	34.4
0.6 to 1.0	9.4	0	0	15.6
1.1 to 2.0	0	0	0	0
2.1 to 5.0	0	0	0	0
5.1 to 6.0	0	0	0	0
Above limit (> 6.0)	0	0	0	0

Production statistics

Table 3 Area (million hectares) seeded with oats in Canada in 2025 and 2024^{Footnote a}
Location	2025	2024	5-year average^{Footnote b}
Manitoba	0.225	0.212	0.254
Saskatchewan	0.520	0.511	0.672
Alberta	0.340	0.319	0.340
British Columbia	0.037	0.032	0.032
Western Canada	1.122	1.074	1.253
Canada	1.213	1.174	1.370
Table 3 Notes Table 3 Note 1 Source: Statistics Canada, estimated as of September 17, 2025 Return to table 3 note a Table 3 Note 2 5-year average from 2020 to 2024 Return to table 3 note b

Area seeded with oats (million hectares)
Year	Canada	Western Canada	Alberta	Saskatchewan	Manitoba
2015	1.360	1.190	0.293	0.668	0.198
2016	1.232	1.098	0.333	0.559	0.180
2017	1.295	1.190	0.279	0.672	0.210
2018	1.235	1.117	0.322	0.569	0.196
2019	1.455	1.331	0.364	0.727	0.213
2020	1.554	1.418	0.357	0.751	0.281
2021	1.502	1.382	0.358	0.691	0.301
2022	1.593	1.463	0.382	0.764	0.282
2023	1.026	0.926	0.283	0.418	0.192
2024	1.174	1.074	0.319	0.511	0.212
2025	1.213	1.122	0.340	0.520	0.225

Table 4 Oat production (million tonnes) in Canada in 2025 and 2024^{Footnote a}
Location	2025	2024	5-year average^{Footnote b}
Manitoba	0.879	0.934	0.928
Saskatchewan	1.514	1.470	1.704
Alberta	0.677	0.631	0.735
British Columbia	0.072	0.061	0.067
Western Canada	3.142	3.096	3.434
Canada	3.370	3.358	3.740
Table 4 Notes Table 4 Note 1 Source: Statistics Canada, estimated as of September 17, 2025 Return to table 4 note a Table 4 Note 2 5-year average from 2020 to 2024 Return to table 4 note b

Production of oats (million tonnes)
Year	Canada	Western Canada	Alberta	Saskatchewan	Manitoba
2015	3.425	2.974	0.393	1.928	0.595
2016	3.231	2.903	0.625	1.653	0.569
2017	3.733	3.469	0.609	1.989	0.821
2018	3.436	3.171	0.700	1.689	0.709
2019	4.227	3.901	0.835	2.215	0.794
2020	4.576	4.273	0.802	2.296	1.117
2021	2.899	2.549	0.547	1.153	0.767
2022	5.226	4.857	1.055	2.567	1.169
2023	2.643	2.396	0.642	1.034	0.653
2024	3.358	3.096	0.631	1.470	0.934
2025	3.370	3.142	0.677	1.514	0.879

% of area seeded with oats
Year	Milling	Feed and Forage	Hulless	Not specified
2020	84.44	7.33	0.11	8.12
2021	86.40	7.64	0.00	5.95
2022	86.30	6.88	0.00	6.83
2023	81.60	10.60	0.00	7.80
2024	82.50	9.60	0.00	7.90
2025	84.30	8.40	0.00	7.30

% of area seeded with oats in 2025
Location	Milling	Feed and Forage	Not specified
Alberta	17.6	3.5	0.1
Saskatchewan	40	3	6.8
Manitoba	23.9	0.6	0.4

% of area seeded with oats in 2024
Location	Milling	Feed and Forage	Not specified
Alberta	17.7	4	0
Saskatchewan	38.1	3.7	7.1
Manitoba	24.4	0.8	0.5

% of area seeded with oat varieties in western Canada
Year	CS Camden	AC Morgan	CDC Arborg	Summit	CDC Endure	AAC Douglas	CDC Anson	Triactor
2020	33.16	18.12	3.69	16.65	0.00	0.01	0	3.24
2021	31.01	18.04	9.82	15.42	1.02	0.07	0	1.89
2022	28.23	19.93	12.83	13.23	4.56	0.58	0	1.56
2023	21.34	18.25	13.60	13.12	7.00	2.86	0	2.08
2024	18.86	18.60	17.40	12.12	8.39	4.83	0.02	1.91
2025	16.78	19.56	16.68	10.52	7.93	2.63	9.99	1.68

% of area seeded with oat varieties in western Canada
Year	CDC Baler	CDC Nasser	CDC Haymake	AC Mustang	CDC SO-I
2020	0.68	1.04	2.00	1.27	1.54
2021	0.54	0.92	2.01	1.83	1.93
2022	0.64	0.94	1.76	1.62	1.49
2023	1.15	1.58	3.12	1.75	2.72
2024	0.87	1.00	3.29	2.46	1.90
2025	0.63	1.01	2.47	2.24	1.80

% of area seeded for oat varieties in Alberta
Variety	Area seeded
AC Morgan	12.06
CS Camden	2.18
CDC Arborg	2.74
Summit	0.00
CDC Anson	0.31
CDC Endure	0.54
AAC Douglas	0.05
CDC Haymaker	0.90
AC Mustang	0.68

% of area seeded for oat varieties in Saskatchewan
Variety	Area seeded
AC Morgan	5.54
CS Camden	10.80
CDC Arborg	11.61
Summit	2.06
CDC Anson	3.25
CDC Endure	4.76
AAC Douglas	0.53
CDC Haymaker	1.32
AC Mustang	0.26

% of area seeded for oat varieties in Manitoba
Variety	Area seeded
AC Morgan	0.14
CS Camden	3.79
CDC Arborg	1.37
Summit	8.46
CDC Anson	6.41
CDC Endure	2.57
AAC Douglas	1.99
CDC Haymaker	0.21
AC Mustang	0.00

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Protein content in oats was determined using the Foss Infratec™ 1241 whole grain analyzer using near-infrared (NIR) transmittance technology. NIR calibration was verified by the Combustion nitrogen Analysis reference method. Protein is expressed as Nitrogen x 6.25 on a dry weight basis (db).

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Footnote 2

Data based on crop insurance statistics from each province. Source: Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation, Alberta's Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, British Columbia AgriStability and Production Insurance.

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