What Your Canada Day BBQ Actually Costs This Year

Food professor Sylvain Charlebois has real-time grocery data for Canada Day weekend, and the news is mixed depending on what's on your grill. Ground beef, pork chops, and chicken breasts are all up this year. Strawberries and blueberries are more expensive, soft drinks are pricier thanks to aluminum costs, and potatoes are a little higher than last year. The bright spots: hamburger buns are cheaper, ice cream is holding steady or down in most of the country, and Okanagan cherries are tracking toward a solid season. Charlebois also explains why Quebec's moving day makes pizza the most ordered food in the province on July 1st, and why roadside berry stands charge more without apology. If you're shopping for the long weekend, this is the breakdown the grocery store receipt won't give you. Topics: Canada Day food prices, grocery prices Canada, Sylvain Charlebois, food inflation, summer groceries GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois | @‌foodprofessor Originally aired on 2026-07-02