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Posting on social media, Sid Seixeiro, host of Breakfast Television on the Citytv network, noted Canadians are paying closer attention to product labels.

“I encourage all Canadian businesses to keep ‘Buy Canadian’ signage up in stores,” Seixeiro said on X, formerly Twitter. “Some people might want to change their shopping habits going forward. It’s helpful.”

Consumers will notice two main categories of Canadian-produced products: “Made in Canada” and “Product of Canada.” Here’s what they mean.

Canada’s Competition Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act and the Textile Labelling Act do not require a product’s country of origin to be identified, but the acts prohibit the making of false or misleading representations.

mark a distinction between “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada.”

Goods marked “Product of Canada” must contain 98 per cent Canadian content. Items listed as “Made in Canada” are subject to a 51 per cent threshold of Canadian content but should also be accompanied by a qualifying statement indicating the product contains imported content.

So when choosing between “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada,” consumers should opt for “Product of Canada” where possible to ensure the highest level of Canadian content.

Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of Dalhousie University’s , has highlighted a third Canadian content category to watch for at the grocery store.

“There’s ‘Prepared in Canada’ as well,” Charlebois told . “Prepared in Canada (means) the last step of manufacturing in Canada, but the ingredients will be foreign.”

Canadians who want to make the biggest “Buy Canadian” impact at the grocery store should choose “Product of Canada” whenever possible, Charlebois noted.

Posting to X on Tuesday, Charlebois said the current “Buy Canadian” sentiment could grow.

“With Donald Trump constantly in the news, Canadians are reminded every day of what he’s trying to do,” said Charlebois. “But it faded last time.”