The cash income gave farmsteads access to manufactured goods and imported food such as cane sugar from the West Indies in lieu of local maple products.

It is today used to flavor some maple products and can be used as an alternative to cane sugar.

By 1680, European settlers and fur traders were involved in harvesting maple products.

It plays a role in the collective marketing of maple products and in organizing an effective sale process in and outside the province.

In addition, it includes a market where vendors sell maple products, including syrup, sugar, salad dressing, and maple-flavoured alcoholic beverages.

There are several producers of maple products in Sainte-Thècle.

Today, consumers can buy maple products year round.

The production of maple syrup and maple products is a major industry in the entire area, even giving the regional county municipality its name (érable is French for "maple").

It showcases local area maple producers and their delicious maple syrup and maple products.

Another unique feature of Quebec is the sugar shack, a family culinary tradition of eating maple products to the rhythms of Quebec folklore.