Quick facts
Quick Facts 2022
- 13.91 million hogs on 7,160farms in Canada ( at Jan 1)
- Quebec (31%) , Ontario (26%) and Manitoba (24%) account for 81% of Canada’s inventory
- 21,761,208 hogs slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada
- 2.29 million tonnes of pork produced
- Exports: 6.75 million hogs (of which 60% are weanlings) valued at $635.3 million; 1.35 million tonnes of pork valued at $4.71 billion
- Imports: 6,535hogs valued at $2.9 million; 256,756 tonnes of pork valued at 1.64 billion
- Farm cash receipts from the sale of hogs totaled $5.9 billion, 5.9% of total receipts.
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Animal Genetics
Animal Genetics -
Inventories
- Number of hogs on farms at end of semi-annual period (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0160-01)
- Number of hog farms and average number of hogs per farm (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0202-01)
- Canada and United States hog and pig inventories (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0203-01)
- United States hog and pig inventories (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0204-01)
- Hogs statistics, sows farrowed, pigs born and sows bred to farrow (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0201-01)
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Revenues and Expenses
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Condemnations
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Slaughter
- Hogs slaughtered – federally and/or provincially inspected Weekly / Monthly
- United States and Canada slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
- United States slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
- Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lamb slaughtered – provincially inspected (Annual)
- Distribution of slaughtering activity and number of federally inspected plants (Annual)
- Origin of hogs slaughtered – federally and provincially inspected Weekly / Monthly / Annual
- Open Data Portal - Red Meat Slaughter Weekly / Monthly
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Carcass Weights
- Average warm carcass weights of hogs, cattle, calves - federally Inspected (Annual with monthly breakdown)
- Red meat conversion factors
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Stocks, Supply, Disposition
- Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, domestic and imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0137-01)
- Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table:32-10-0138-01)
- Food available in Canada (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0054-01)
- Hogs, sheep and lambs: farm and meat production (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0126-01)
- Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by industry (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 16-10-0047-01)
- Hogs: supply and disposition (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0200-01)
- Food in Canada: supply and disposition (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0053-01)
- Supply comparison by species between Canada and the United States (Annual)
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Supply Sheets by Species
- Hog statistics at a glance (Annual, Canadian Pork Council)
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Protein Available and Demand
- Protein Available and Demand (Annual)
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Prices
- Hogs (Canada and United States) Weekly / Monthly
- Sales and weighted average prices per 100 Kilos for hogs, sows and boars by categories and provinces (Annual, Average monthly prices for live sows and boars are calculated based on data available)
- Average hog prices and sales volume (Annual with Months)
- Weighted average price of livestock - by species (Ontario and Quebec) (Annual)
- United States livestock prices for red meat species Weekly / Monthly / Annual
- Hog feed ratios Weekly / Monthly / Annual
- Monthly average retail prices for selected products, by province (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 18-10-0245-01)
- Value per head of livestock at July 1 (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0124-01)
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Trade
Imports
- Livestock imported from the United States (Annual)
- Red meat imports with Monthly breakdown: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Red meat imports with prior-year comparison: Week-to-date / Annual
- Red meat imports by country: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Canada's imports of red meat, by commodity, category and sub-category: Weekly / Monthly / Annual
Exports
- Live animal exports to the United States : Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Beef, Veal and Pork Exports by month (Monthly, Year-to-date)
- Beef, Veal and Pork Exports by country (Monthly, Year-to-date)
- Canadian red meat export percentages
Trade - General
- Trade
- Livestock and meat tariffs
- Foreign market opportunity reports by region
- Aggregate import/export agriculture data (Monthly, Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Trade Database)
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Other Resources
- Livestock associations
- Weekly livestock report schedule/calendar
- An analysis of recent issues faced by the Canadian pork industry (a discussion of the issues impacting the Canadian pork industry from 2018 to July 2020).
If you have any questions or require additional information, please send an e-mail to aafc.redmeat-vianderouge.aac@agr.gc.ca