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  <b><font size="5">UNITED STATES <br>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></b><br>
  Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
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  <b><font size="5">FORM S-8<BR>
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  </font></b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER <BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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  <b><font size="6">SUNOPTA INC. <br>
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  <b>Canada </b>
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  (State or other jurisdiction
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  Identification No.)
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  <b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2838 Bovaird Drive West Brampton, Ontario, Canada L7A 0H2<br>
  </b>&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices (Postal Code)</P>
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  <b>EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
  </b>(Full title of the plan) <BR>
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  <b>Eric Davis<br>
  </b>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SunOpta Inc. </P>
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  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;2838 Bovaird Drive West, Brampton, Ontario, Canada L7A 0H2
  </b><BR> (Name and address of agent for service) </P>
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  <b>&nbsp;(905) 455-1990 <br>
  </b>Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service<br>
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  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and
  &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
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  <font face="Wingdings 2">&#163; </font>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company
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  Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font face="Wingdings 2">&#163;</font></TD>
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  <font size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE <br>
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  <font size="2">Title of Securities to
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  Proposed maximum
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  Proposed maximum
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  <font size="2">be registered
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  <font size="2">registered (A)
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  offering price per
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  aggregate offering
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  registration fee </font>
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  share (B)
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  price (C)
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  <p style="margin-left: 15pt"><font size="2">Common Shares,
  without par value
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  <p style="margin-left: 15pt"><font size="2">2,000,000
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  <p style="margin-left: 15pt">&#36;3.57
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  <p style="margin-left: 15pt">&#36;7,140,000
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  <B>&#36;398.41</B> </font>
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  (A) </P>
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  The aggregate number of shares by which the Employee Stock Purchase Plan was
  increased pursuant to shareholder action on May 14, 2009. There are also to be
  registered, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the &#147;Act&#148;), such additional shares as may become issuable under the Plan
  through the operation of applicable anti-dilution provisions. </P>
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   (B) </P>
  
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   Computed in accordance with Rules 457 (c) under the Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee; based on the average of the high and low price of the shares as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock
  Market on August 31, 2009 a date within five (5) days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement. </P>
  
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  <B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B></P>
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  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed solely to register an additional 2,000,000 shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;<B>ESPP</B>") of SunOpta, Inc. (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;),
  which increase in shares was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 14, 2009. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Company&#146;s Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-124911
  (&#147;<B>Original Registration Statement</B>&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference.</P>
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  <B>PART II</B><BR>
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  <B>Item 8. Exhibits <br>
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  See index to Exhibits<BR>
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  <B>SIGNATURES</B><BR>
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  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Brampton, Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 1st day of September, 2009. </P>
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  <B>SUNOPTA INC.</B><BR>
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  By:<U> /s/ Eric Davis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR> </U> Eric Davis
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  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </P>
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  <B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B></P>
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  We, the undersigned officers and directors of SunOpta Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Eric Davis and Jeremy Kendall and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us
  and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our
  capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as
  they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on September 1, 2009
  by the following persons in the capacities indicated. </P>
  
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  Jeremy Kendall
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  Cyril A. Ing
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  Director and Board Secretary
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  Steven Bromley
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  Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
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  Allan Routh
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  Director and President of the SunOpta Grains &amp;
  Foods
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  Katrina Houde
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  Director
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  Douglas Greene
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  Director
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  Victor Hepburn
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  Director
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  (incorporated herein by reference to the Company&#146;s Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2009) </font>
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text: SunOpta Inc.: Form S-8 - Prepared by TNT Filings Inc.
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  SUNOPTA INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Canada
  None
  (State or other jurisdiction
  (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  2838 Bovaird Drive West Brampton, Ontario, Canada L7A 0H2
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices (Postal Code)
  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Eric Davis
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SunOpta Inc.
  2838 Bovaird Drive West, Brampton, Ontario, Canada L7A 0H2
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (905) 455-1990
  Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and
  "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  £
  Accelerated filer
  x
  Non-accelerated filer
  £
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company
  Smaller reporting company
  £
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities to
  Amount to be
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Amount of
  be registered
  registered (A)
  offering price per
  aggregate offering
  registration fee
  share (B)
  price (C)
  Common Shares,
  without par value
  2,000,000
  $3.57
  $7,140,000
  $398.41
  (A)
  The aggregate number of shares by which the Employee Stock Purchase Plan was
  increased pursuant to shareholder action on May 14, 2009. There are also to be
  registered, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the "Act"), such additional shares as may become issuable under the Plan
  through the operation of applicable anti-dilution provisions.
  (B)
  Computed in accordance with Rules 457 (c) under the Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee; based on the average of the high and low price of the shares as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock
  Market on August 31, 2009 a date within five (5) days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement.
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
  Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed solely to register an additional 2,000,000 shares under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "
  ESPP
  ") of SunOpta, Inc. (the "
  Company
  "),
  which increase in shares was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 14, 2009. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Company's Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-124911
  ("
  Original Registration Statement
  ") are hereby incorporated by reference.
  PART II
  Item 8. Exhibits
  See index to Exhibits
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Brampton, Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 1st day of September, 2009.
  SUNOPTA INC.
  By:
  /s/ Eric Davis
  Eric Davis
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of SunOpta Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Eric Davis and Jeremy Kendall and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us
  and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our
  capacities as officers and directors to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as
  they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on September 1, 2009
  by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  ___________________________________
  Jeremy Kendall
  Director and Chairman of the Board
  ___________________________________
  Cyril A. Ing
  Director and Board Secretary
  ___________________________________
  Steven Bromley
  Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
  ___________________________________
  Allan Routh
  Director and President of the SunOpta Grains &
  Foods
  ___________________________________
  Katrina Houde
  Director
  ___________________________________
  Douglas Greene
  Director
  ___________________________________
  Victor Hepburn
  Director
  ___________________________________
  Jay Amato
  Director
  Exhibit Index
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  4.1
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  (incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2009)
  5
  Opinion of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP (Contained in Exhibit 5)