The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) found dozens of cases in which major grocers were mislabeling imported items as Canadian-made, amid tensions caused by U.S.-Canada tariffs.

The CFIA told Daily Hive in an email that it saw an increase in complaints “related to country of origin claims on food labels or in advertisements,” receiving a total of 167 complaints between Nov. 1, 2024 and Sept. 1, 2025.

As shown in the table below, complaints spiked between February and August, when the U.S.-Canada tariffs were in full force.

As of Sept. 1, the CFIA has evaluated 137 of the complaints. It identified 48 cases where grocery stores labelled imported food as Canadian.

The agency stated that 45 different stores were involved in these complaints, with 42 stores receiving one complaint each

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