- Beef Industry
- Chicken Industry
- Dairy Industry
- Egg Industry
- Pork Production
- Sheep Production
- Turkey Industry
- Aquaculture
Beef Industry (top)
- Farm Cash Receipts from the sale of beef cattle and calves in 2005 totalled $6.4 billion. (Stats Canada, 2006)
- The estimated number of beef farms in Canada on January 1, 2009 was 86,520 (Stats Canada, 2009)
- Average beef consumpation by Canadians, 2008: 29.3 kg (Stats Canada, 2009)
- Estimated number of cattle & calves in Canada: 13.2 million (Stats Canada 2009)
Links to common Canadian Beef Websites:
Blonde d'Aquitaine Association
Canadian Angus Association
Canadian Beef Breeds Council
Canadian Charolais Association
Canadian Gelbvieh Association
Canadian Hereford Association
Canadian Limousin Association
Canadian Murray Grey Association
Canadian Simmental Association
Salers Association of Canada
Chicken Industry (top)
- The average chicken consumption by Canadians in 2008 was 31.7 kg. (Chicken Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- There were 2,794 registered chicken farmers with the Chicken Farmers of Canada in 2008. (Chicken Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- The total Farm Cash Receipts from the sale of broiler chicken meat in Canada in 2008 was $1,987,926,000. (Statistics Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- In 2008, 1,017,216,000 kg of chicken was produced in Canada.
- Canada’s leading exports of chicken in 2008 went to: United States, Phillipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia among others.
Links to useful websites on Chicken Production:
Chicken Farmers of Canada
Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency
Further Poultry Processors Council of Canada
Canadian Poultry and Egg Processor’s Council
Poultry Industry Council
Dairy Industry (top)
- In 2008, dairy production in Canada generated total net farm receipts of $5.3 Billion and accounted for dairy product sales valued at $13.1 Billion. (Canadian Dairy Information Centre, 2009)
- Estimated number of dairy cows in Canada on January 1, 2009: 978,400 (Canadian Dairy Information Centre, 2009)
- Dairy Farms in Canada in 2008: 13,587 (Canadian Dairy Information Centre, 2009)
- Fluid milk consumption by Canadians in 2008 was an average of 82.0 Litres. (Canadian Dairy Information Centre, 2009)
- Cheese consumption by Canadians in 2008 was on average 12.4 kg, Butter: 2.6 kg, Yogurt: 7.7 L; Ice Cream 7.2 L. (Canadian Dairy Inforamation Centre, 2009)
- The average dairy farm in Canada has a herd of about 70 cows. (Canadian Dairy Information Centre, 2009.)
Links to common Canadian Diary Websites:
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Canadian Dairy Commission
Canadian Dairy Information Centre
Dairy Breeds:
Ayrshire Canada
Holstein Canada
Jersey Canada
For information on other Canadian dairy breeds such as the Canadian Brown Swiss or Guernsey; visit the Canadian Livestock Records Corporation website.
Egg Industry (top)
- Farm Cash Receipts from the sale of eggs in 2005 was $547.1 million. (Stats Canada, 2006)
- The average hen in Canada lays about 285 eggs a year. (CEMA, 2003)
- There are about 1,100 regulated egg producers in Canada. (CEMA, 2004)
- Canadian egg producers supply approximately 535 million dozen eggs a year from 20.2 million hens. (CEMA, 2004)
- In 2003, Canadians ate an average of 15.6 dozen eggs per person. (CEMA, 2004)
Links to useful websites on Egg Production:
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
Canadian Poultry and Egg Processor’s Council
Poultry Industry Council
Pork Production (top)
- In 2005, Canadian pork exports were valued at $2,839,759,000 (Cdn) amounting to 1,029,004,000 kg. (Canada Pork International, 2006)
- There were an estimated 12,405 pork producers operating in Canada in 2001, with an average of 995 pigs per farm. (Canadian Pork Council, 2006)
- In 2008, the average Canadian consumed 25.3 kg of pork. (Stats Canada, 2009)
- Export markets account for over 50% of Canadian hog production, which totalled approximately 31 million hogs in 2005. (Canada Pork International, 2006)
- Canadian pork products are currently exported to over 130 countries. Our top 5 countries for pork exports in 2005 were to the United States, Japan, Australia, Mexico and China/Hong Kong. (Canada Pork International, 2006)
Websites related to pork:
Canadian Pork Council
Canada Pork International
Canadian Swine Breeders Association
Sheep Production
Websites related to sheep:
Canadian Sheep Federation
Canadian Sheep Breeders Association
Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Limited
Turkey Industry (top)
- Farm Gate Receipts from turkey production in 2008 were: $388,500,000. (Turkey Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- In 2008, Canada had 548 registered turkey growers. (Turkey Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- Turkey exports in 2008 amounted to a total of 25,400,000 kg. (Turkey Farmers of Canada, 2009)
- Canadians consumed on average 4.5 kg of Turkey per person in 2008. (Turkey Farmers of Canada, 2009)
Websites related to turkey:
Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency
Further Poultry Processors Council of Canada
Canadian Poultry and Egg Processor’s Council
Aquaculture (top)
- Aquaculture is the cultivation and harvesting of finfish, shellfish and aquatic plants.
- Canada is the world's 6th largest fish and seafood experter, exporting more than 75% of its fish and seafood production to more than 80 countries. Total exports reached a record $4.7 billion in 2002. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2004)
- Atlantic and Pacific Salmon, Rainbow trout, tilapia, Arctic charr, mussels, oysters, clams and scallops are the basic species utilized in Canadian aquaculture. (Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, 2003)
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Aquacultural production facilities operate in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces, the Yukon, and British Columbia. Many experts regard aquaculture as the fastest growing sector of agriculture, expanding at nearly 11% per annum over the last decade. (University of Guelph Aquaculture Centre, 2003)
- Aquaculture production provides jobs for more than 5,200 Canadians in the production, supply and services sectors. (University of Guelph Aquaculture Center, May 2003)
Websites related to aquaculture:
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance
University of Guelph Aquaculture Centre
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