Our research demonstrates that:

Canola oil contains the least saturated fat of any cooking oil, making it one of the healthiest options available, making it ideal for use at home and on a commercial scale.

In Canada, canola oil qualifies for a health claim related to replacing saturated fat with unsaturated fat and blood cholesterol lowering.

Canola is a high quality domestically sourced, sustainable biofuel feedstock that plays a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in transportation fuel.

Both of our national canola organizations are currently participating in the development of the federal Clean Fuel Standard in which canola biofuels would play an important role.

Production Resources

SaskOilseeds’ Agronomists are currently working to review and update flax production resources for Saskatchewan growers, including latest recommendations for each stage of the growing season:

• Seeding
  
• Field Management – including weed, pest and disease control
  
• Harvest

Click the button below to explore our ever-growing Resource Library…

Registered Buyers

Are you a buyer of flaxseed or flax straw grown in Saskatchewan? Do you know your buyer responsibilities? Under the Oilseeds Development Plan Regulations, any person who buys flaxseed or flax straw produced in Saskatchewan must:

• Register with SaskOilseeds each crop year (August 1 to the following July 31)
• Deduct a levy of $2.36 per tonne of seed and $0.50 per tonne of straw from any payment made to flax producers
• Report to SaskOilseeds, by the 20th of each month, the total volume of flaxseed and/or flax straw acquired from each producer for the previous month. The following information is required:
  • The amount of flaxseed and/or flax straw purchased from the producer;
  • The amount of levy being paid on behalf of the producer;
  • The name and address of the producer.
• Remit the levy to SaskOilseeds within 55 days from the end of the month within which the levy was collected.

Production Resources

SaskOilseeds works strategically with the canola network to provide Saskatchewan growers with the resources and tools needed to optimize canola production and profitability on their individual farms.

• Canola Encyclopedia – your complete guide to growing canola in Canada.
• Canola Digest – the official magazine of Canada’s canola growers.
• Canola Watch – canola research-focused weekly e-newsletter.

Click the button below to visit our Resource Library for so much more…

Registered Buyers

Are you a buyer of canola grown in Saskatchewan? Do you know your buyer responsibilities? Under the Oilseeds Development Plan Regulations, any person who buys canola produced in Saskatchewan must:

• Register with SaskOilseeds each crop year (August 1 to the following July 31)
• Deduct a levy of 75 cents per metric tonne from any payment made to canola producers
• Report to SaskOilseeds, by the 20th of each month, the total volume of canola acquired from each producer for the previous month. The following information is required:
  • The amount of canola purchased from the producer;
  • The amount of levy being paid on behalf of the producer;
  • The name and address of the producer.
• Remit the levy to SaskOilseeds within 55 days from the end of the month within which the levy was collected.

Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program

For the 2025 crop/tax year, 25.5% of producers’ levy is eligible for the federal SR&ED tax credit (by means of cash refunds and/or reduction to taxes payable). The tax credit percentage is based on the dollar amount SaskOilseeds has invested in R&D that meets the criteria laid out by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

The program gives registered producers access to investment tax credits (by means of cash refunds and/or reduction to taxes payable) for their levy contributions that are spent on qualifying research.

Investment tax credits may be claimed by filing form T2038(IND) for farm individuals or T2SCH31 for farm corporations.