Variety Registration

The CFIA's Variety Registration Office (VRO) registers varieties of most agricultural crops in Canada. Variety registration is critical to the function of the seed certification system.

The key acts and regulations we enforce are:

• Seeds Act
  • Seeds Regulations [part III]

Information we provide for the plant industry includes:

• Flexible Variety Registration System
  • Questions and Answers
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement and Approved Amendment (Canada Gazette website)
  • Canada Gazette, Part I comments - detailed response
• National Wheat Variety De-registration Protocol Adopted
• Registered Varieties and Notifications
  • Procedures for the Registration of Crop Varieties
  • Recommending Committees - Contact names and addresses
• Seed Program Modernization