This section host statistics on inventory of livestock in Canada represented by total number of heads per year.
Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Dairy cattle * | ||||||||
Dairy cows | 943,700 | 945,000 | 975,100 | 976,200 | 979,200 | 974,500 | 969,400 | 968,500 |
Dairy heifers | 428,600 | 422,100 | 429,800 | 42,000 | 421,900 | 411,500 | 413,300 | 409,500 |
Beef cattle * | ||||||||
Beef cows | 3,675,200 | 368,600 | 3,743,800 | 3,741,700 | 3,668,400 | 3,711,100 | 3,652,800 | 3,562,400 |
Beef heifers | 564,800 | 567,800 | 566,100 | 581,300 | 555,600 | 572,700 | 576,000 | 551,500 |
Swine * | ||||||||
Boars, 6 months and over | 18,600 | 19,100 | 19,000 | 17,400 | 16,600 | 16,800 | 16,900 | 16,000 |
Sows and gilts | 1,235,900 | 1,240,900 | 1,234,800 | 1,233,400 | 1,246,200 | 1,240,000 | 1,230,800 | 1,230,800 |
All other hogs | 12,680,000 | 12,985,100 | 12,817,800 | 12,815,000 | 12,857,000 | 12,913,100 | 12,683,200 | 12,683,200 |
Sheep * | ||||||||
Rams | 24,500 | 24,000 | 23,600 | 23,400 | 23,200 | 23,100 | 23,900 | 24,000 |
Ewes | 516,800 | 511,100 | 512,900 | 509,400 | 502,700 | 501,500 | 503,100 | 508,800 |
Lambs for breeding | 74,300 | 75,500 | 78,900 | 79,200 | 76,600 | 88,400 | 97,700 | 95,900 |
Goats ** | 230,034 | 253,278 | ||||||
Horses ** | 291,561 | 183,733 | ||||||
Bison ** | 119,314 | 149,539 | ||||||
* as of January 1st ** Census: May 2016 and May 2021 Source: Statistics Canada |
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