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The overall cost of a traditional turkey dinner in Canada went up by less than one per cent from 2024 to 2025, according to a new study by the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
The study found the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for four people in 2024 was $32.30 and it’s risen by just 18 cents to $32.48 in 2025.
The study says the typical Thanksgiving meal includes:
• a frozen seven-pound turkey
• a 10-pound bag of potatoes
• a pumpkin pie
• twelve bread rolls
• cranberries
• a pound of carrots
• stuffing
• gravy According to the study, the cost of the turkey fell from $11.69 in 2024 to $10.43 this year while potatoes went from $5.99 to $6.99.
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