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Shopify sales touch 5 of them in Instica’s grouping, so the table below shows every level and marks the ones that apply to this channel.\n\n**Producer roles by packaging level in Yukon**\n\n| Packaging level | Roles named in the hierarchy | For Shopify |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| primary | brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n| secondary | brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n| tertiary | brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace | Not part of a typical Shopify order |\n| shipping | brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n| service | seller and online marketplace | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n| other | brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n\nYukon: at the primary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nPrimary packaging is the pack that directly holds the item and reaches the customer with it: the bag, jar, bottle, can or wrapper. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nYukon: at the secondary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nSecondary packaging groups or presents primary packs, such as an outer box, a sleeve or a multipack carton. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nYukon: at the tertiary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nTertiary packaging moves goods in bulk: pallets, stretch wrap, corner boards and outer cartons for warehouse and freight. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nYukon: at the shipping packaging level the producer hierarchy names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nShipping packaging is what an order travels in to the customer: the mailer or shipping box, void fill, tape and labels. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nYukon: at the service packaging level the producer hierarchy names the seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nService packaging is supplied at the point of sale to hand goods over, such as carrier bags, takeaway containers and gift wrap. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nYukon: at the other packaging level the producer hierarchy names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace (2024).\n\nThe hierarchy also assigns a residual level for packaging that does not fit the other levels, usually to whoever first distributes it. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace, in that order of precedence.\n\nThe roles above are defined by the law, not by the channel. This is what each one means for a seller whose orders come through Shopify, and the tests below are the questions to answer about your own business. On Shopify you run the storefront yourself, so you often hold the seller, packer and shipper positions together. The marketplace roles in the hierarchy do not apply to you, but the product roles do.\n\n- **brand owner**: The brand owner is the owner of the brand or trademark the product is sold under. Look at the trademark on the pack: the business that owns it holds this role, even when another business filled and packed the goods.\n- **importer**: The importer is the business that brings the packaged goods, or the packaging itself, into the jurisdiction. Look at where the goods came from: stock that crossed the border to reach you makes you the importer for that stock.\n- **seller**: The seller is the business that sells the packaged goods to the customer. Look at who sells to the end customer: the business that completes the sale holds this role.\n\nThe statute or regulator text behind the Yukon hierarchy, in its source wording:\n\n> (A) the brand holder of the product, if the brand holder is resident in Canada,\n>\n> Source: laws.yukon.ca: 2024 0019 (https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf), Retrieved: November 4, 2026, Language: en\n\nParaphrase: Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation, O.I.C. 2024/19, s 6. s 6(1)(a) primary, convenience or transport packaging, by who added each portion: (i) portion the brand holder added: (A) the brand holder if resident in Canada, (B) else the importer if resident in Yukon, (C) else the retailer who supplied the product to an end user in Yukon; (ii) portion an importer added: the Yukon-resident importer, else the retailer; (iii) any other portion: the retailer. s 6(1)(b) any other designated material (paper, packaging-like and single-use products): brand holder resident in Canada, then Yukon-resident importer, then retailer. s 6(2): for packaging and paper products a person is a steward only if the material is supplied to an end user for use in residential premises, an institutional facility, a school or a small business in Yukon. s 6(3): franchisor is the steward if it has one or more franchisees resident in Yukon. s 6(4): where the retailer is a marketplace seller, the marketplace facilitator that contracts with it is deemed the steward. s 6(5): among several brand holders, the one most closely connected to production of the product. Level mapping (Instica's): the regulation's levels are primary, convenience (incl. check-out bags and boxes; mapped to service, which in practice the retailer adds, so s 6(1)(a)(iii) applies) and transport packaging (mapped to tertiary and shipping); it has no 'secondary' category, so secondary follows the primary rule; 'other' = s 6(1)(b)." }, { "id": "outcome", "heading": "What Shopify changes about the answer", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What Shopify changes about the answer\n\nThe hub for Yukon gives the default answer, primary: brand owner > importer > seller > online marketplace. For Shopify sales the outcome is primary: brand owner > importer > seller; secondary: brand owner > importer > seller; shipping: brand owner > importer > seller; service: seller; other: brand owner > importer > seller. The difference is the secondary, shipping, service and other levels, which an order placed through Shopify brings into scope and a plain in-store sale does not.\n\nInstica groups the packaging levels an order placed through Shopify produces as primary, secondary, shipping, service and other. That grouping is our reading of how the channel ships goods, not wording from the law, and it is what makes the outcome here different from the default.\n\nA Shopify store is your own storefront: you are the seller of record, you choose the packaging and you usually ship the order yourself or through a logistics partner. No marketplace sits between you and the customer, so marketplace roles do not apply.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Yukon, the producer outcome is primary: brand owner then importer then seller.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Yukon, the producer outcome is secondary: brand owner then importer then seller.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Yukon, the producer outcome is shipping: brand owner then importer then seller.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Yukon, the producer outcome is service: seller.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Yukon, the producer outcome is other: brand owner then importer then seller.\n\nThe hierarchy for Yukon also names online marketplace. Those roles describe marketplace operators and their sellers, so they are left out of the Shopify outcome." }, { "id": "thresholds", "heading": "Does a small-seller threshold apply in Yukon?", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Does a small-seller threshold apply in Yukon?\n\n2 thresholds are published for Yukon. A threshold can exempt a small producer, trigger registration or move a producer to a lighter regime, so check these before anything else as a seller on Shopify.\n\n**Thresholds published for Yukon**\n\n| Measure | Amount | Effect | Basis |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| revenue | CA$1,000,000 | exempt below the threshold | revenue in Yukon |\n| tonnage | 1 tonne | exempt below the threshold | supply |\n\nYukon threshold on revenue: CA$1,000,000; effect: exempt below the threshold.\n\nYukon threshold on tonnage: 1 tonne; effect: exempt below the threshold.\n\nYukon measures revenue as gross revenue inside the jurisdiction in CAD, over the completed year.\n\nThe way Yukon counts revenue is set out above. Sales through several channels are added together, so one storefront alone may not tell you where you stand.\n\nSales on Shopify count toward the same totals as every other channel you sell through." }, { "id": "register", "heading": "Registration and the organisation in Yukon", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Registration and the organisation in Yukon\n\nOnce you know you are the producer, the next questions are where to register and with whom. The facts below are the sourced answers for Yukon; Instica prepares the data, and you register and report yourself.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Registration and the organisation in Yukon: not yet published. Reason: Registration wording not read.\n\nYukon organises producer responsibility through a single producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials; membership is required.\n\nYukon uses a single producer responsibility organisation. Instica estimates your fees; the organisation invoices you." }, { "id": "exemptions", "heading": "Exemptions listed for Yukon", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Exemptions listed for Yukon\n\nYukon lists one exemption. An exemption is a rule in the source, so Instica quotes it rather than judging whether you qualify.\n\nYukon exemption: Charity, under CAD 1,000,000 Yukon revenue or under one tonne It does not have to be applied for.\n\nWhether an exemption fits a business selling on Shopify depends on your totals across every channel, not on Shopify alone." }, { "id": "deadlines", "heading": "Dates that matter in Yukon", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Dates that matter in Yukon\n\n3 dates are published for Yukon. Dates come from the regulator or the organisation, and each one shows what it covers.\n\n**Dates published for Yukon**\n\n| Kind | Date | Covers | Note |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| report | May 31 | the previous calendar year | O.I.C. 2024/19 s 19(4): each steward other than a small steward submits to the Minister, on or before May 31, the s 19(1)(d)-(f) records for the preceding year. These are the weight of designated materials supplied to end users in Yukon by type, the list of brands, and for packaging stewards the brands of the products in the packaging. |\n| report | July 1 | the previous calendar year | s 17(1): the operator of a stewardship program (the steward running it, or the PRO running it for stewards, s 1(1) 'operator') submits an annual report on the preceding year to the Minister and makes it public. For packaging this is the PRO, not the individual producer. |\n| report | every three years, on or before September 1, beginning with the second annual report submitted for the program; not annual | verifies the annual report most recently submitted for the program | s 17(4): every three years the operator of a program submits an audit report on or before September 1, beginning with the second annual report submitted for the program. It is not an annual duty. Operator-level (PRO) duty; s 17(5): the operator must make the audit report publicly available. |\n\nYukon: report date May 31, covering the previous calendar year.\n\nYukon: report date July 1, covering the previous calendar year.\n\nYukon: report date every three years, on or before September 1, beginning with the second annual report submitted for the program; not annual, covering verifies the annual report most recently submitted for the program.\n\nPull Shopify orders for the period before each reporting date, so gaps in the destination data show up while there is time to fix them." }, { "id": "penalties", "heading": "Penalties in Yukon", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Penalties in Yukon\n\nNo verified penalty is published for Yukon yet." }, { "id": "data", "heading": "What Shopify data Instica reads", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What Shopify data Instica reads\n\nInstica reads 2 exports from Shopify and maps each column to the fields an estimate needs: the order, the SKU, the quantity and where the order was sent. The destination is what splits your units by jurisdiction.\n\n**How the Shopify order export maps to Instica fields**\n\n| Instica field | Column in the export | Needed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Cancelled at | Canceled at / Cancelled at | Optional |\n| Financial status | Financial Status | Optional |\n| Line fulfilment | Lineitem fulfillment status | Optional |\n| Order date | Created at | Required |\n| Order number | Name | Required |\n| Quantity | Lineitem quantity | Required |\n| Requires shipping | Lineitem requires shipping | Optional |\n| Ship-to country | Shipping Country | Optional |\n| Ship-to postcode | Shipping Zip | Optional |\n| Ship-to state or region | Shipping Province / Shipping Province Name | Optional |\n| SKU | Lineitem sku | Required |\n\nInstica maps 11 columns of the Shopify order export (,-separated) to its own fields.\n\nThe Shopify order export needs Order number, Order date, SKU and Quantity to be mapped before an estimate can run.\n\n**How the Shopify product CSV maps to Instica fields**\n\n| Instica field | Column in the export | Needed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| GTIN | Barcodes / Variant Barcode / Barcode | Optional |\n| Product name | Title | Optional |\n| SKU | SKU / Variant SKU | Required |\n\nInstica maps 3 columns of the Shopify product CSV (,-separated) to its own fields.\n\nThe Shopify product CSV needs SKU to be mapped before an estimate can run.\n\nOrders are matched to Yukon by the ship-to state or region column. Rows outside your chosen jurisdictions are left out of this page’s estimate and counted elsewhere.\n\nAn export from Shopify carries the destination of every order, so one file can feed estimates for Yukon and every other jurisdiction your orders reach." }, { "id": "steps", "heading": "What to do next as a seller on Shopify", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What to do next as a seller on Shopify\n\n1. Confirm your role for Shopify sales in Yukon against the table above.\n2. Check the thresholds and exemptions with your total sales across every channel.\n3. Review how Circular Materials registers and invoices producers.\n4. Export your Shopify orders and let Instica match the destinations and estimate the weights.\n5. Review the estimate, correct any figure you know better, then sign and submit the report yourself.\n\nInstica measures, estimates and prepares the Shopify data. It does not decide your role, sign for you or submit anything." }, { "id": "faq", "heading": "Questions sellers ask", "kind": "faq", "markdown": "\n\n## Questions sellers ask\n\n### Am I the producer if I sell on Shopify in Yukon?\n\nIt depends on the facts of each product. The sourced hierarchy for Yukon names the brand owner, importer, seller and online marketplace for primary packaging. If you made the product, own its brand or imported it, you are probably in that list; if you only resell another brand’s goods, someone else may be the producer. Instica estimates the likely role from your answers and you confirm it.\n\n### Does Shopify register or report for me?\n\nThe hierarchy names online marketplace for Yukon, so the marketplace can carry a role in some cases. Do not assume it covers your own products: read the source and keep your own records.\n\n### What is different about Shopify compared with selling in a shop?\n\nAn order placed through Shopify is shipped to the customer, so shipping packaging enters the picture. For Yukon the outcome is primary: brand owner > importer > seller; secondary: brand owner > importer > seller; shipping: brand owner > importer > seller; service: seller; other: brand owner > importer > seller. The hub for Yukon describes the default for primary packaging only.\n\n### Is there a size threshold for Shopify sellers in Yukon?\n\nYukon threshold on revenue: CA$1,000,000; effect: exempt below the threshold. The threshold counts all your sales, not only Shopify.\n\n### When is the next date I should know about?\n\nYukon: report date May 31, covering the previous calendar year.\n\n### What happens if I do not register?\n\nNo verified penalty is published for Yukon yet. Instica does not predict penalties.\n\n### Do I need an organisation to handle this for me?\n\nYukon works through Circular Materials. Instica estimates your fees and prepares your data; the organisation registers you and issues the invoice." }, { "id": "estimate", "heading": "How these figures are made", "kind": "boilerplate", "markdown": "\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is read from a sourced record or computed from one, and each carries its data quality. The customer signs and submits the report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rules; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser." } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-04", "status": "verified", "quote": "(A) the brand holder of the product, if the brand holder is resident in Canada,", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "On or before May 31 of each year, a steward must", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "completed year of less than $1,000,000,", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-22", "status": "verified", "quote": "imported into or supplied in Yukon in the most recently completed year less than one tonne of designated materials", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-04", "status": "verified", "quote": "On or before May 31 of each year, a steward must submit the records described in paragraphs (1)(d) to (f)", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-04", "status": "verified", "quote": "On or before July 1 of each year, the operator of a stewardship program must", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://laws.yukon.ca/cms/images/LEGISLATION/SUBORDINATE/2024/2024-0019/2024-0019.pdf", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-11-05", "status": "verified", "quote": "Every three years, the operator of a program must submit an audit report on or before September 1", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/managing-orders/exporting-orders", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-08", "status": "verified", "quote": "Order export CSV columns: Name, Financial Status, Fulfillment Status, Created at, Lineitem quantity, Lineitem name, Lineitem SKU, Lineitem requires shipping, Lineitem fulfillment status, Shipping Zip, Shipping Province, Shipping Province Name, Shipping Country, Canceled at", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/import-export/using-csv", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-08", "status": "verified", "quote": "Product CSV columns: Title, URL handle, SKU, Barcodes ... If you previously used a CSV file that had the old singular Barcode column, then it's updated to Barcodes on the next occasion that you export a products CSV file. ... 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