Stewing Beef prices in Canada — average vs. this week's best deals
The official Statistics Canada average, and the best advertised stewing beef deals Lowtein found this week across 69 cities. Updated 2026-09-17.
StatCan average
$11.93
per lb · July 2026
Best advertised this week
$8.99
per lb · Family Foods
Median city-best
$10.99
per lb · across 43 cities
41 of 43 cities with offers have a deal below that benchmark this week. Over the last 12 months the StatCan average ranged $9.56–$11.93 per lb. A year ago (July 2025): $10.71 — up 11% since.
This week's best advertised stewing beef deals
Cheapest first, after unit checks and plausibility bounds. Regional flyers repeat across cities — links go to the city pages that carry the deal.
| Family Foods — fresh lean stewing beefCalgary · Lethbridge · Medicine Hat · Fort McMurray | $8.99/lb |
| Powell's Supermarket — boneless stewing beefSt. John's | $9.99/lb |
| Value Grocer — boneless stewing beefSt. John's · Grand Falls-Windsor | $9.99/lb |
| Thrifty Foods — sterling silver fresh beef stewing cubesVancouver · Surrey · Victoria · Nanaimo | $10.00/lb |
| Safeway — fresh boneless stewing beefCalgary · Edmonton · Lethbridge · Medicine Hat | $10.99/lb |
| Sobeys — fresh boneless stewing beefRed Deer · Fort McMurray · North Battleford · Steinbach | $10.99/lb |
| Sobeys — fresh boneless stewing beef family sizeGatineau | $10.99/lb |
| RCSS — stewing beefWindsor · Toronto · Ottawa · Hamilton | $11.00/lb |
| Loblaws — pc free from boneless stewing beef, 454 g (454 g pack)Toronto | $13.98/lb |
| Fortinos — pc free from boneless stewing beef, 454 g (454 g pack)Toronto · Hamilton | $13.98/lb |
What this measures — read before quoting
The average is the official StatCan series — real shelf prices, published monthly. The deals are the best advertised prices Lowtein observed in store flyers this week — deal prices, not average shelf prices. The gap between them measures how good this week's deals are, not how prices are moving. Full method: how we check.
What is the average price of stewing beef in Canada right now?
The official Statistics Canada average is $11.93 per lb (July 2026, the latest published month).
What is a good stewing beef price this week?
The best advertised deal Lowtein found this week across 69 Canadian cities is $8.99 per lb (fresh lean stewing beef at Family Foods). 41 of 43 cities with offers have a deal below that benchmark.
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