| ONTARIO VQA WINE INDUSTRY KEY FACTS AND STATISTICS |
| Contribution of VQA Wineries to Ontario's Economy |
| Sales (total retail value for 2011) |
$ 288 million |
| Volume |
15.6 million litres |
| Every bottle of Ontario VQA wine sold in the province generates $12.29 in added value (above sales and direct markups) to the Ontario economy (source - KPMG Study of the Ontario Economic Impact of Ontario VQA wines, Nov 2011). The total value-add of the Ontario VQA wine industry is approximately $200 million. |
| Other Key Statistics of the VQA Wine Industry |
| VQA Wines - Sales (2011) |
| Retail value of VQA sales by sales channel (total $288 million) |
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| LCBO |
$103.8 million |
| Winery Retail Stores |
$ 99.9 million |
| Wine delivered directly to licencees |
$ 46.8 million |
| Interprovincial and Export |
$ 37.2 million |
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| VQA Wines - Production (2011) |
| Total - all VQA wine |
20.6 million litres |
| Icewine production (2011) |
700,000 litres |
| Total volume of Late Harvest wines (2011) |
120,000 litres |
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| GRAPE GROWING |
| Wine grape acreage |
16,000 acres (6,500 hectares) |
| Wine grape production (2011) |
62,000 tonnes (metric tonnes) |
| of which, Vinifera grape production |
42,000 tonnes |
| Value of wine crop (2011) |
$ 85 million |
| Value of vineyard land in Niagara |
$ 40,000 per acre |
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| Number of VQA wineries |
| 2012 |
135 |
| vs. number in 2006 |
94 |
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| EXPORT |
| Wholesale value of VQA Sales (fiscal 2011) |
$30 million |
| (exports are split approximately 50% Icewine & 50% table wine) |
| Top 10 Countries for Export |
United States, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Malaysia, France |
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| TOURISM |
| Estimated number of visitors to wineries (per year) |
1 million |
