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Basket item · 2 kg

Whole chicken

United States · September 2026$9.10+0.1% in a year · $4.55 per kg
Canada · September 2026C$14.68+4.1% in a year · ≈ $10.51 US

Three years of whole chicken

Cost of 2 kg, in US dollars.

$7.57$8.85$10.14$11.42$12.71202420252026
United StatesCanada (converted)

US: BLS average price series APU0000706111, converted to kg. Canada: Statistics Canada, "Whole chicken, per kilogram", scaled to 2 kg. Package sizes and grades are similar but not identical between countries; see how we price.

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