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Invest in the Maple Region

Agri-food transformation

The agricultural territory constitutes a large part of the socio-economic development of the Maple Region. Leader in the industry of maple sugaring mostly because of the surprising magnitude of the operations found here, and also because of the presence of the Citadelle cooperative and other institutions related to maple sugaring.

We can find close to 800 farms on the territory of the Maple Region that cover 58% of the agricultural zone, including both maple groves and cranberry bogs.

Number of companies in the industry of the agri-food industry21
Number of employees1239

Cranberries

The industry of cranberry growing and transformation has grown tremendously in the last decade in the region to become a flourishing sector for the regional economy.

Note that the companies mentioned only represent a part of all companies in this industry branch.

  • Fruit d’or External link.
    Canadian leader in the cranberry and blueberry transformation industry. Fruit d’Or is currently the largest biologic cranberry transformer in North America.
  • Les Atocas de l'Érable External link.  
    Important cranberry grower and conditioner.

Porc

Located at the heart of pork production in Quebec, the businesses in the Maple Region transform this animal breeding into different forms.

  • Olymel External link.
    A leader in the slaughtering and transformation of pork products in Canada. Olymel is a familiar name that is greatly appreciated by consumers for their great tasting pork products.
  • Aliments Prince and Aliments Vermont
    These companies specialize in the transformation of pork products. The very high quality of their cuts and smoking of pork has given these businesses international renown.

Maple

World capital of Maple, the region counts several maple syrup producers and is home to the largest business in this industry in the world.

  • Citadelle External link.
    Citatelle is the world leader in the production, transformation and marketing of maple syrup and maple sugar. Citadelle is a cooperative that reunites the maple syrup producers in Québec. Citedelle products are found in 35 countries around the globe.

Milk

The Centre-du-Québec region being the core of milk production in Québec, the transformation of milk products is done in different ways in the Maple Region.

  • Agropur External link.
    Leader in the production of butter, powdered skim milk and whole milk and partially skimmed, butter powder and lacto serum butter.
  • Fromages Princesse (Saputo) External link.  
    Canadian leader in the production of cheese. Internationally renown for their fine cheeses as well as for their leadership in the making of kird cheddar used for the making of poutine.
  • Fromagerie Madame-Chèvre (Woolwich Dairy)
    Canadian leader in the transformation of goat cheese. Renown for the quality of their flavored cheeses.
  • Fromagerie Éco-Délices
    Producer of fine cheeses. Eco-Délices produce cheeses of the soil as well as cheese under French licensing that is very famous, the Mamirolle.

Production for animal consummation

  • Vétoquinol External link.
    French leader in the pharmaceutical and veterinary industries. Vétoquinol is a veterinary pharmaceutical laboratory that is entirely dedicated to animal health. They distribute their products across America. Their main office is located in France.
  • Semican External link.  
    Canadian leader in the production of high quality sowing seeds for horses and other animals. Their research center is located in Princeville.

Discover all of the manufacturing companies of the Maple Region by the following link: http://www.cld-erable.qc.ca/english/entreprises.asp External link.