Label requirements · Canada

Canada label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Canada must carry for food and drinks, other consumer goods, item by item, each with the law it comes from. Paste your label below: Drict shows what it found, on which line, and what is missing.

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Drict looks for the items each label law names, by key words. It is not legal advice and does not say a label is compliant: read the official text, and ask the authority or a specialist before you print.

Food and drinks — what a Canada label must show

4 mandatory · 6 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • List of ingredients (ingredients) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Nutrition information (nutrition / energy) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (contains / allergen) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Expiry date (best before / use by) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Storage conditions (store in / store at) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Origin (made in / product of) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Name and address of the importer (imported by / importer) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Food and Drug Regulations B.01 · SFCR

Language: No English found — labels sold in Canada must be in both English and French (FDR B.01.012). No French found — labels sold in Canada must be in both English and French (FDR B.01.012).

Check by eye: Common name: check it yourself — English and French, on the principal display panel. The “Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive” table and the front-of-pack “High in / Élevé en” symbol (required from 1 January 2026) are images — they cannot be found as text.

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Other consumer goods — what a Canada label must show

2 mandatory · 3 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (manufactured by / manufactured for) — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
  • Net quantity (net wt / net weight) — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

Only if it applies

  • Origin (made in / product of) — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
  • Directions for use (directions / how to use) — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act
  • Warnings (warning / caution) — Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act

Language: No English found — labels on consumer goods sold in Canada must be in both English and French (Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations, s. 6). No French found — labels on consumer goods sold in Canada must be in both English and French (Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations, s. 6).

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in the languages the law requires. Safety symbols, logos and certification marks are images — they cannot be found as text.

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