Canada is well known for its production of maple syrup and ice wine, but another sweet treat is our focus today.
World Chocolate Day is celebrated on July 7. OntarioBets.com took a snack break from our Ontario online casinos reviews to honour the day. We wanted to know which provinces love chocolate the most, then discover which chocolate bars are favourites among Ontario locals. The search was done from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2024. We ranked each item based on search interest score compared to other topics.
Rank | Province | Search Interest Score |
1 | Nova Scotia | 100 |
2 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 99 |
3 | Manitoba | 93 |
4 | Ontario | 90 |
5 | British Columbia | 86 |
Ontario was fourth on our list among provinces who were searching online for chocolate, with a search interest score of 90 compared to other topics. It’s also the home of legal Ontario sports betting.
The love of chocolate extends from coast to coast in Canada. Nova Scotia was the top-ranking province with a search interest score of 100. The top two provinces were in the Eastern part of the country –Newfoundland and Labrador (99) came in second – but Manitoba, in the middle of the nation, was third (93). And way out West, British Columbia rounded out the top five with 86 points.
According to Statistia, the U.S. chocolate market is more than nine times bigger than Canada’s. But then again, with about 341 million people, America’s population is 8.8 times larger, so the chocolate-consuming discrepancy between the nations isn’t that great in terms of proportion.
The same website also tracks the number of “chocolate producing manufacturing establishments” in Canada by province. Quebec (32) and Ontario (24) are the runaway leaders in that category.
The revenue in what Statistia calls the “chocolate confectionery market” is projected to hit $3 billion USD (or about $4.1 billion Canadian at the current exchange rate) in 2024.
Rank | Chocolate Bar | Search Interest Score |
1 | Mirage | 33 |
2 | Caramilk | 22 |
3 | Coffee Crisp | 19 |
4 | Crispy Crunch | 7 |
5 | Mr. Big | 4 |
Much like the dozens of operators offering Ontario casino apps that you won’t find in the United States, Canada also has candy bars that are either hard to find or all but unknown south of the border.
In America, brands such as Snickers, Reese’s, Milky Way, Hershey’s and Twix dominate similar lists of favorite candy bars by state. But in Canada, it’s all about brands such as Mirage (33 points), Caramilk (22) and Coffee Crisp (19). Those three are the leaders by far on our list of most popular candy bars in Ontario.
What would be sweet for Canadian sports fans is a strong showing by the nation's athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Check out our Canada Olympic medal tracker as the Paris Games get underway.
USA Today Network photo by Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Jim Tomlin is an editor and writer specializing in sports, gambling and the intersection of those industries. He has 30+ years of journalism experience and his work has appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, FanRag, Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition.
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