Malting barley is important in western Canada, yet many malting cultivars do not make malt quality, in part due to lodging. Lodging can decrease barley yield and quality thereby reducing the acceptability for malting. In other countries plant growth regulator applications are used to mitigate lodging. Chlormequat chloride (chlormequat), trinexapac-ethyl (trinexapac) and ethephon were tested at five locations over 3 years in western Canada for their ability to limit lodging, as well as their effects on yield, agronomic traits, and pre-malt quality characteristics. PGR applications occurred between GS 30-33 for chlormequat and trinexapac and GS 37-49 for ethephon. Seeding rates of 200, 300, and 400 seeds m-2 of CDC Copeland barley were used to increase the likelihood of lodging. Increased seeding rate decreased tillers per plant, height, days to maturity, kernel protein and kernel weight. Ethephon increased the number of tillers per plant, and decreased plant height, kernel plumpness and kernel weight. Trinexapac decreased plant height and kernel weight. Days to maturity was investigated across site-years with ethephon increasing maturity in 60% of comparisons. Trinexapac and chlormequat had limited effects on maturity. Lodging was investigated across site-years with trinexapac showing the largest number of lodging reductions and scale of reductions. Ethephon reduced lodging in 36% of comparisons, while chlormequat had inconsistent effects. None of the products affected yield, or grain protein. Plant growth regulators may not be the solution to lodging for CDC Copeland barley on the Canadian Prairies, however trinexapac shows the most promise of the products tested.