What is the price of octopus in Canada?

As of January 2025, octopus in Canada is US$ 4.76 per kg (6.43 CAD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is Canada's world rank in octopus exports?

Canada ranks #14 out of 45 exporters.

What percentage of global octopus exports does Canada represent?

Canada represents 1.4% of global octopus exports.

Octopus Price in Canada - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Octopus Prices in Canada

US$ 4.76 / kg

6.43 CAD / kg

MoM ▼ 1.3% YoY ▼ 1.3%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (CAD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	4.76	6.43	▼ 1.3%	▼ 1.3%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the octopus price in Canada available is US$ 4.76 per kg (6.43 CAD), down 1.3% year-on-year.

Canada exported 261 tonnes of octopus in 2024, valued at US$1,259,895, ranking #14 among 45 global exporters and accounting for 1.4% of world exports. Export volumes declined by 4.6% year-on-year. The latest export unit value for Canadian octopus is US$4.763 per kg. Canada is a net exporter of octopus under HS code 0307.91.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - octopus in Canada

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $1.3M (261 t) of octopus▼ 4.6% YoY. That ranks #14 worldwide (1.4% of global exports).

$1.3M

Export value

261 t

Export volume

#14 / 45

World rank

1.4%

Global share

$4.83

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top octopus exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 South Korea $14.7M · 16.2%
#2 France $11.8M · 13%
#3 China $11.7M · 12.9%
#4 United Kingdom (UK) $8.8M · 9.7%
#5 Hong Kong $8.3M · 9.2%

Annual export data Canada · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$1.3M	261 t	$4.83
2023	$1.3M	290.6 t	$4.55
2022	$1M	225.1 t	$4.52
2021	$1.7M	329.3 t	$5.12
2020	$1.4M	344.7 t	$4

HS Code

octopus is traded under Harmonized System code 0307.91. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

Canada octopus - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The quantity of octopus sold by Canada in 2020 was 5 metric tonnes. In 2019 Canada exported 35 tonnes of octopus. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Canada octopus (seafood category) has gone up, changing by 191.667 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, octopus' exports grew by 9.38 pc netting the exporter US$0.36m for the year 2019. Canada's octopus exports are categorised as:

Octopus "Octopus spp.", live, fresh or chilled (HS code 030751)
Octopus "Octopus spp.", smoked, frozen, dried, salted or in brine (HS code 030759)
Octopus "Octopus spp.", frozen (HS code 030752)
Octopus, prepared or preserved (excluding smoked) (HS code 160555)

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Canada octopus export values

In 2019, Canada supplied octopus with a value of 0.36m USD, an improvement of 79.10% from 2018's total octopus export of 0.201m USD. The yearly growth in value of Canada octopus between 2017 to 2018 was -31.864 percent.

The yearly change in the amount of Canada's octopus exports between 2017 and 2019 was 9.38% compared to a variation of 191.667% in the period between 2018 and 2019.

Export markets for Canada octopus ( in '000$ )

Canada brought in 2,088 tonnes of octopus in 2019.

Other Seafood Prices in Canada

Latest prices for other seafood in Canada:

Lobster$3.75/kg Crab$20.53/kg Oysters$12.07/kg Scallops$32.34/kg Sea Bass$6.10/kg Sea Bream$6.10/kg Sea Cucumber$6.75/kg Shrimps & Prawns$10.16/kg Caviar$43.22/kg Conch Snails$13.26/kg Crustaceans$18.20/kg Cuttlefish & Squid$3.76/kg Blue Mussel$32.34/kg Clams, cockles and ark shells$14.71/kg Mussels$32.34/kg

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