QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — The Quebecois can spot tourists at 40 paces. They’re the ones who order maple syrup pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, maybe not at breakfast. But the cuis… ...

But that figure has dropped to 72 per cent, with U.S. producers gaining at Quebec's expense. Quebec maple syrup producers like Steve Côté blame the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers.

It’s sugar season in the maple forests of the U.S. and Canada. We’ll look at the secrets of the maple syrup industry, and how it’s dealing with climate change.

Over 45mn kilogrammes of Canadian maple syrup — enough to smother 3bn American pancakes — went across the border in 2024, amounting to almost 60 per cent of the country’s total demand.