Plant Breeders' Rights Office

The Plant Breeders' Rights Office administers the Plant Breeders' Rights Act (1990) and Regulations which provide legal protection to plant breeders for new plant varieties for up to 18 years.

The key acts and regulations we enforce are:

• Plant Breeders' Rights Act
  • Regulations

Information we provide for the plant industry includes:

• Guide to Plant Breeders' Rights - a general overview of the PBR system
• Applying for Plant Breeders' Rights - A Three Part Process
  • Cost of Protection
  • Variety Naming Guidelines
• Ten Year Review of Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Act
• Plant Varieties Journal
• Status of Plant Breeders' Rights Applications and Grant of Rights (March 2010)
  • List of Varieties by Crop Kind
  • List of Varieties by Denomination
  • List of Varieties by Botanical Name
• Related information
  • Plant Biosafety
  • Variety Registration
  • UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) - Member countries

For further information please contact the Plant Breeders' Rights Office.