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Did Cascades Fluff Enviro toilet paper, 12 rolls (Canada) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before253 sheets/roll
After242 sheets/roll
−4.3%smaller
Price per sheet · if the price stayed the same+4.5%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 38th-largest of 38 documented toilet paper cuts; a bigger cut than 4% of all 1,394 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 23 Aug 2023
Country
Canada
Brand
Cascades
Category
Toilet Paper
Source
ici.radio-canada.ca

Source and evidence

Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) ici.radio-canada.ca

Source fetched 2026-11-06.

Same 12-roll pack. Cascades told Radio-Canada it cut the roll to line up with similar competing products and to absorb higher production costs without raising prices.

Evidence
Typenews organisation database (Radio-Canada, old and new formats checked against dated photos or web archives; companies asked to respond)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: StatCan CPI (CA) “paper supplies” changed +10.3% (12 months to Aug 2023). The size cut alone raises the price per sheet by +4.5% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“Radio-Canada database record: Cascades Fluff Enviro (Cascades), product type "Papier hygiénique". Old format: 253 sheets, 12 rolls. New format: 242 sheets, 12 rolls (documented 2023).”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Cascades Fluff Enviro toilet paper, 12 rolls (Canada) shrink? 253 sheets/roll → 242 sheets/roll”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/cascades-fluff-enviro-toilet-paper-12-rolls-canada-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-07. Original source: Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) (https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2023/reduflation/base-donnees-produits-aliments-epicerie-formats-taxes/).

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