Variety Registration

The purpose of variety registration is to provide government oversight to ensure that health and safety requirements are met and that information related to the identity of the variety is available to regulators to prevent fraud. It also facilitates seed certification, the international trade of seed and the tracking and tracing of varieties in commercial channels. This oversight is under the authority of the Seeds Act and Seed Regulations (Part III and Schedule III)

What information is available?

• CFIA Recognized Crop Specific Recommending Committees in Canada- Contact information
• Procedures for the Registration of Crop Varieties
• Questions and Answers: use of variety names, import and sale of unregistered varieties
• Registered Varieties and Notifications from the Variety Registration Office
  • List of Varieties which are Registered in Canada
  • List of Varieties with Novel Traits and Their Progeny which are Registered in Canada
• Seed Program Modernization

Additional government and industry information

• Related sites
  • Canada
  • International