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Plastic Bags in Canada Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Plastic bags are a type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film that is commonly used for carrying and transporting goods. They come in various sizes and types, including shopping bags, trash bags, and special-purpose bags like zip-locks and vacuum-seal bags. The typical buyers of plastic bags are a wide range of businesses including grocery stores, supermarkets, retail outlets, restaurants, and waste management services. These businesses rely on plastic bags for the purpose of providing carrying solutions for their customers, for storage, or for waste disposal.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Plastic Bags procurement and pricing environment in Canada includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Plastic Bags market in Canada includes Standard Grocery Bags, Reusable Plastic Shopping Bag, Garbage Bags, Zip-Lock Storage Bags for Food, Compostable Bags and Custom Plastic Bags. Standard coding in this coverage includes HS-392329-Plastics; Sacks And Bags (Including Cones), For The Conveyance Or Packing Of Goods, Of Plastics Other Than Ethylene Polymers, ISIC-222-Manufacture of plastics products, NACE-22.22-Manufacture Of Plastic Packing Goods, NAICS-326111-Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing and UNSPSC-24111503-Plastic bags.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Plastic Bags procurement coverage includes Polyethylene (One of the most common types of plastic, which is primarily used to manufacture plastic bags, plastic films and containers.), High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) (A material typically used to make thin plastic bags, such as grocery bags.), Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) (A type of material used to manufacture heavier plastic bags.), Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) (The most common material for manufacturing heavy-duty plastic bags that are tear-resistant.) and Biodegradable Bags (Bags made from polyethylene and additives that have the ability to disintegrate over a period of time.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Plastic Bags procurement report as suppliers are Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc., Polynova Industries Inc., Uline, Inc., CKS Packaging Inc. and Winpak Ltd..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Plastic Bags market in Canada category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per pack of 1,000 bags, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Plastic Bags market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Plastic Bags procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Plastic Bags market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Plastic Bags market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Plastic Bags?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Plastic Bags is $49.8 per pack of 1,000 bags. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 2.02 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Plastic Bags market?
The top vendors in the Plastic Bags market include Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc., Polynova Industries Inc., Uline, Inc., CKS Packaging Inc. and Winpak Ltd..
What factors affect the price of Plastic Bags?
Thicker plastic bags are typically more expensive due to the higher amount of raw materials used in production. The added thickness adds to durability, particularly for reusable plastic bags.
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