With the calendar flipping to October and Thanksgiving just one week away, the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University recently released their findings from a report calculating the average cost for a Thanksgiving dinner here in Canada.

Taking a look at the average Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, potatoes, pumpkin pie, stuffing, cranberries, gravy, and more; they found that compared to last year, Canadian’s will be paying 18 cents more to fill their plates. Sylvain Charlebios, Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, says the reason Thanksgiving is slightly more expensive is not what you’d expect.

“So essentially, we always look at the main staples of a Thanksgiving dinner. Obviously, we can't cover the whole gamut of products, but we focus on seven or eigh

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