REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TORONTO - Canadian halal industry continues to grow as shown in the Toronto Halal Food Festival at the International Center in Toronto on June 1-2. The festival was attended by thousands visitors from the Greater Toronto Area, as well as from cities across Canada, and the United States.

Director of Marketing of Toronto Halal Food Festival, Salima Jivraj said that he has been managing halalfoodie.ca for the past two years. She found that more and more Muslims needed variety in their choices of halal food. Previously, their choices were very limited.

"Now you can get halal Italian cuisine and even Japanese dishes," she said as quoted on Onislam.net.

This development shows potential of Canadian economy. Therefore, Canadian Muslims need to take advantage of this momentum to further develop the halal industry. 

Based on data of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Canada, Canadian domestic halal meat market is estimated to be 214 million USD with an average Muslim household expenditure up to 1,623 USD per year. Muslim made around 1.9 percent of Canada's 32.8 million population. 

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