This information is part of the core labelling requirements. Other requirements may also apply for specific products.
Prepackaged products must have a net quantity declaration with the following exceptions:
The CPLA and CPLR require net quantity declarations on labels of foods packaged for consumers and prescribe how the declaration must appear. The Weights and Measures Act and Regulations require a declaration of net quantity for foods that have not been prepackaged for retail sale (i.e., those foods not covered by the CPLA).
The net quantity must be declared in metric units on the principal display panel on consumer packages in both French and English. The following metric symbols are considered to be bilingual (and should not be followed by any punctuation):
In general, the net quantity must be indicated [21, CPLR]:
The net quantity must be rounded to three figures, unless the net quantity is below 100, when it may be rounded to two figures.
For example:
A minimum type height of 1.6 mm, based on the lowercase letter "o", is required for all information in the net quantity declaration, except for the numerals which are to be shown in bold face type and in the size shown in the table.