Why Canada’s Floods Could Make Your Christmas Tree Cost More

Why Canada’s Floods Could Make Your Christmas Tree Cost More
Christmas trees are loaded into a truck for shipping at Downey Tree Farm and Nursery in Hatley, Quebec, Canada, on Nov. 12, 2021. Christinne Muschi/Reuters
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OTTAWA—Finding the perfect real Christmas tree will be harder and more expensive this year.

Canada, the world’s top exporter of natural Christmas trees, is grappling with a shortage that will likely be exacerbated by historic flooding in British Columbia, where some tree farms are underwater.