Dairy barns by type

This section provides statistics about the types of dairy barns in Canada.

Non-robotic milking

Non-robotic milking

Dairy barns without robotic milking system by type in Canada^{table 1 note 1}   2023

Province	# barns Tie Stall	% Tie Stall	Herd Size Tie Stall	# barns Free Stall	% Free Stall	Herd Size Free Stall	# barns Unrecorded	Herd Size Unrecorded	Total Number of barns
British Columbia	6	5.0	31.2	115	95.0	212.5	-	-	121
Alberta	7	3.5	96.7	194	96.5	174.4	-	-	201
Saskatchewan	6	11.5	113.5	46	88.5	236.3	1	467	53
Manitoba	28	41.2	86.6	40	58.8	286.8	-	-	68
Ontario	1,103	66.6	61.6	553	33.4	137.1	3	104	1,659
Quebec	2,375	88.8	70.6	300	11.2	153.1	72	71	2,747
New Brunswick	41	51.9	65.5	38	48.1	176.1	3	-	82
Nova Scotia	41	47.7	63.5	45	52.3	148.3	4	-	90
Prince Edward Island	33	48.5	68.5	35	51.5	112.9	1	71	69
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	-	0	6	100.0	212.2	-	-	6
Canada	3,640	72.6	-	1,372	27.4	-	84	-	5,096
Table 1 Notes Table 1 Note 1 Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program Return to table 1 note 1 referrer

Robotic milking

Robotic milking

Dairy barns with robotic milking system by type in Canada^{table 2 note 1}   2023

Province	# of barns Tie Stall	% Tie Stall	Herd Size Tie Stall	# of barns Free Stall	% Free Stall	Herd Size Free Stall	# barns Unrecorded	Herd Size Unrecorded	Total Number of barns
British Columbia	-	-	-	54	100.0	168	1	75	55
Alberta	-	-	-	83	100.0	160	-	-	83
Saskatchewan	-	-	-	22	100.0	147	-	-	22
Manitoba	1	1.8	52	56	98.2	200	-	-	57
Ontario	3	0.8	117	362	99.2	114	2	93	367
Quebec	59	12.2	89	425	87.8	115	1	-	485
New Brunswick	-	-	-	31	100.0	96	-	-	31
Nova Scotia	1	-	159	21	95.5	118	-	-	22
Prince Edward Island	1	8.3	146	11	91.7	115	-	-	12
Newfoundland and Labrador	-	-	-	3	100.0	114	-	-	3
Canada	65	5.7	-	1,068	94.3	-	4	-	1,137
Table 2 Notes Table 2 Note 1 Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program Return to table 2 note 1 referrer

Source: Lactanet
Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal industry division, Market information section

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