Tins packaging EPR Québec: what a steel tin costs per 1,000 packs, 2027

What this page estimates for a steel tin in Québec

The steel tin on this page is a tin of tinplate or steel with a metal lid, used for tea, candles, balms, mints or biscuits. It has one component, each matched to the published rates of the 2027 schedule of Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) for Québec; weight times rate gives a fee per 1,000 packs in CAD. The figures are estimates built on starting weights.

What is in a steel tin

The tin is one steel component. The lid is part of the same weighed unit in the starting estimate.

Starting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: tin (steel, 60 g).

Tin

steel, 60 g (Instica starting estimate)

Worked example: 1,000 steel tins in Québec

One steel tin of the Medium (tea or candle tin) size weighs 60 g in total. For each component the table gives its weight, the matched published rates, and the fee for 1,000 packs.

Added together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is CA$42.19.

Divide by 1,000 for a single pack: about CA$0.0422.

What the fee tool returns for 1,000 steel tins in Québec

Entered into the public fee tool for Québec (2027 schedule, effective January 1, 2027), 1,000 steel tins give the figures below. The tool is the same engine that prices a report, so this page and the tool agree.

The tool total is CA$42.19.

Which published rates were matched in Québec

One published rate was matched to the pack in Québec from the 2027 schedule. Each is quoted from the programme’s own fee table; the page does not change the rate or round it.

Tin, 60 g: one matched rate

How size changes the fee for a steel tin

The weight of a steel tin depends on its size. The table prices each of the 3 sizes with the same matched rates, so the only thing that changes between rows is the weight.

Each component of the steel tin priced at every size, at the matched rates for Québec.

What if the steel tin used another material?

Suppose the main component of the steel tin, weighing 60 g, were made of another material. The table prices the same weight in each material class that Québec publishes a rate for, at the lowest published rate in that class.

A fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too.

What a larger run of steel tins costs in Québec

Fees scale with the number of packs, because the schedule charges by mass. The table repeats the worked example for larger runs of the Medium (tea or candle tin) steel tin in Québec. Nothing else changes between rows: the same weights and the same matched rates apply.

Taken as a whole, the pack is priced at CA$0.7032 per kilogram of packaging, so a heavier pack costs more in proportion to its weight.

Flat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table.

How the fee for steel tins has moved on Québec schedules

Québec has published 2 per-mass fee schedules that price this pack. The same Medium (tea or candle tin) steel tins are priced on each below, with the same weights and the same matching rules, so only the published rates differ.

The same matched categories on each Québec schedule, per kilogram; a dash means the schedule does not publish that category.

The fee schedule behind these figures for Québec

The rates come from the 2027 schedule of Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) for Québec, effective January 1, 2027. The facts below record where it was published and what else the schedule charges.

The schedule also lists 4 flat fee bands for small producers. They can replace the per-kilogram fee and are not part of the estimate on this page.

Ways to lower the fee on a steel tin

Tinplate is heavy for its size, so the tin body usually carries most of the weight and most of the fee.

A plastic or paper insert, such as a candle liner or a tissue wrap, is a separate packaging component and is not priced here.

Where a schedule groups all metals under one line, aluminium and steel tins are priced the same; where it splits them, steel is read on its own line.

Gift and candle sellers often reuse a tin as a keepsake, but a published fee schedule prices the pack at the point of sale, not after reuse.