The GoodLeaf Farms Calgary vertical farm is a 96,000 square foot indoor growing facility located in the industrial southeast of Calgary, Alberta, and it has now moved into profit. GoodLeaf confirmed on 11 August 2026 that all three of its Canadian farms are profitable, which the company says makes it the first vertical farming operator in North America to reach that mark across every site.

What the GoodLeaf Farms Calgary Farm Delivered Against Its Original Plan

Announced in 2021 as a 74,000 square foot build, the farm opened larger, at a reported CAD 52 million, and now yields more than two million pounds of leafy greens a year. Company revenue climbed from CAD 6.4 million in 2023 to CAD 34 million in 2025. Ottawa is funding the regulatory side of the same food security agenda through the CAD 768.6 million RSS Main science campus, which will house Canadian Food Inspection Agency laboratories.

Project Overview

• Project Name: GoodLeaf Farms Calgary Vertical Farm
• Location: Industrial southeast Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Project Value: CAD 52 million, per Calgary Herald reporting at the opening
• Public Funding: CAD 2.73 million from the Government of Alberta’s Investment and Growth Fund, the first project backed by that fund
• Client and Owner: GoodLeaf Farms
• Key Components: 96,000 square foot climate controlled indoor vertical farm, expanded from an initial 74,000 square foot design
• Output: More than two million pounds of leafy greens a year, with roughly 40 microgreen harvests and 20 baby green harvests annually
• Jobs: Over 100 positions, per the Government of Alberta
• Status: Operating and profitable, serving Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
• Strategic Impact: Canada’s largest vertical farm and the anchor of GoodLeaf’s national network alongside sites in Guelph and Montreal

Project Team

• Client and Owner: GoodLeaf Farms
• Parent Company: TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture
• Lead Investor: McCain Foods
• Co-Investor: Power Sustainable Lios
• Public Funder: Government of Alberta, through the Investment and Growth Fund
• Main Contractor: Not publicly disclosed

Reported 3rd December 2021: A vertical farm being built in southeast Calgary, Alberta, by GoodLeaf Farms has been chosen as the first project to receive funding from the Alberta government’s new investment and growth fund. GoodLeaf Farms, located in Ontario, is constructing its largest indoor farm in Calgary’s southeast after getting a CAD$2.73 million subsidy from the provincial government to place its next facility in Alberta. The funds come from the government’s new CAD$10 million Investment and Growth Fund, which is designed to encourage businesses to the province. Once operational, GoodLeaf Farms’ Calgary plant will be a 74,000-square-foot indoor farm in the city’s industrial district along 108 Avenue S.E., providing 70 full-time jobs.

More on the GoodLeaf Vertical Farm

The Calgary farm will be the company’s first in Western Canada, following the establishment of operations in Nova Scotia and Ontario. Vertical farming technology is used by the firm to generate leafy-green lettuce products all year. According to Jeff McKinnon, senior vice-president of network development at GoodLeaf Farms, a vertical farm consumes around 95% less water than traditional agriculture and generates roughly 50 times the production capacity thanks to LED lighting, water management, ventilation, and automation. “From the outside, it seems to be a typical warehouse industrial facility. Our concept is resistant to weather events and weather patterns, allowing us to cultivate a safe and clean product indoors. And we can do it without using any chemicals.”

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