Canada’s fishing industry is spread across Atlantic and Pacific coasts and inland freshwater regions. In Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s 2024 statistics, Atlantic Canada had the largest commercial sea and freshwater landings by both weight and value. Aquaculture—farmed fish, shellfish and aquatic plants—is tracked separately and operates in all three regions.
How Canada’s fishing regions are defined
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) groups commercial sea and freshwater fisheries into three statistical regions. These are broad reporting areas, not evidence that fishing activity is evenly distributed among their provinces, territories or communities.
| Statistical region | Provinces and territories |
|---|---|
| Atlantic | Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec |
| Inland | Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut |
| Pacific | British Columbia and Yukon |
These statistical groupings differ from DFO’s administrative operating regions, which include Pacific, Central and Arctic, Quebec, Gulf, Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Where commercial fishing is concentrated
Atlantic Canada led the 2024 regional totals for commercial sea and freshwater landings. DFO’s 2025 Fast Facts reports the following landings and values:
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| Statistical region | 2024 landings (tonnes) | 2024 landing value (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 546,098 | $3,627,498,000 |
| Pacific | 81,854 | $385,230,000 |
| Inland | 23,160 | $84,005,000 |
These figures combine sea and freshwater commercial landings and refer to 2024, not a current-year local ranking. DFO notes that totals may not add due to rounding. Regional totals also conceal variation among individual ports, communities and fisheries. A landing is the portion of a catch put ashore.
Inland freshwater fisheries
Inland commercial fisheries extend beyond the coast across several provinces and territories. DFO’s 2024 species highlights identify Ontario as the main producing province for yellow pickerel and perch, and Manitoba for whitefish. The agency’s landings information provides freshwater figures by species and province or territory where available.
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Use care when interpreting the regional vessel count: DFO lists 150 registered vessels for Inland in 2024, but that count covers Ontario Great Lakes only. It is not a complete measure of inland fishing activity.
Aquaculture is a separate part of the industry
Aquaculture is the farming of fish, shellfish or aquatic plants in fresh or salt water. DFO reports it separately from wild-capture landings. Its 2024 regional figures show production in Atlantic, Pacific and Inland Canada:
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| Statistical region | 2024 aquaculture production (tonnes) | 2024 establishments |
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| Atlantic | 86,430 | 291 |
| Pacific | 64,154 | 170 |
| Inland | 9,734 | 154 |
DFO reported 160,318 tonnes of Canadian aquaculture production in 2024, valued at CAD $1,364,858,000, citing Statistics Canada aquaculture statistics. The regional Inland figures include Ontario, Quebec and territories, but some provincial values are suppressed, so the regional table does not disclose every province’s production.
Where aquaculture is concentrated depends on the species: DFO identifies British Columbia as the leading salmon and oyster aquaculture producer in 2024, and Prince Edward Island as the leading mussel producer. Those farmed-production locations should not be confused with places where wild fish are landed.
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For a national overview, DFO’s 2024 regional figures show Atlantic Canada as the largest commercial landing region. For a particular species, province or local area, consult the filtered tables rather than assuming a regional total describes every community. DFO’s national landings information covers volume and value from 1990 onward; its page indicates seafisheries data are available from 1990, while freshwater coverage on that page runs through 2021. Because the page is updated frequently, check the displayed year and filters when using it for a local comparison.
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- Landed weight measures the quantity put ashore.
- Landing value reports the monetary value of those landings.
- Vessel counts describe registered vessels within the stated coverage, not necessarily the scale of all fishing activity.
- Aquaculture production measures farmed output and is separate from capture-fishery landings.
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