Quick facts
Quick Facts 2024
- 11.91 million cattle and calves on 71,280 farms and ranches in Canada ( at July 1)
- Alberta accounts for approximately 43% of Canada’s inventory
- 3,178,045 cattle and 185,799 calves slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada
- 1.28 million tonnes of beef and 30,525 tonnes of veal produced.
- Exports: 797,327 head of cattle and calves valued at $2.3 billion; 494,298 tonnes of beef and veal valued at $4.93 billion
- Imports: 406,810 head of cattle and calves valued at $632 million; 209,531 tonnes of beef and veal valued at $2.2 billion
- Farm cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves totaled $16.75 billion, 16.0% of total receipts.
Animal Genetics
Inventories
- Cattle inventory by class and farm type (Semi-Annual, Statistics Canada Table: Table:32-10-0130-01)
- Number of Cattle Farms and Average Number of Cattle Per Farm (Semi-Annual, Statistics Canada Table: Table:32-10-0151-01)
- Cattle on feed (Monthly survey by CanFax)
- Cattle and calves, number by class and calf crop, United States (Semi-Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0140-01)
Revenues and Expenses
- Farm Cash Receipts and Farm Price Index (Annual)
- Livestock: Annual value per head (Annual, Statistics CanadaTable:32-10-0124-01)
- Manufacturing sales/shipments by industry (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table:16-10-0047-01)
Condemnations
Slaughter
- United States and Canada slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly (W007) / Monthly (M007)
- United States slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly (W008) / Monthly (M008)
- Canada slaughter by species – provincially inspected (Annual with Months - A009E)
- Canada cattle and calf slaughter by sex (Annual - A009C)
- Canada beef carcasses graded: Weekly (W026) / Annual (A026)
- Distribution of slaughtering activity and number of federally inspected plants (Annual - cattle and hog)
- Government of Canada Open Data Portal
Carcass Weights
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)
- Supply comparison by species between Canada and the United States (Annual)
- Cattle: supply and disposition (Semi Annual, Statistics Canada Table:32-10-0139-01)
- Food: supply and disposition (Annual, Red Meat Display Chosen, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0053-01)
- Canada's beef supply chain: Interactive dashboard (Statistics Canada)
Supply Sheets by Species
- Beef statistics at a glance (Canadian Meat Council)
- Veal statistics at a glance (Veal Farmers of Ontario)
Protein Available and Demand
- Protein Available and Demand (Annual)
Prices
- The importance of cattle price reporting
- Cattle auction prices (Quebec): Weekly (W042A) / Monthly (M042A)
- Grain fed veal (Quebec) (Monthly - M006B)
- Veal (Ontario and Quebec) (Monthly - A018)
- Weighted average price of livestock - by species (Ontario and Quebec) (Monthly - A016A)
- United States livestock prices for red meat species: Weekly (W042D) / Monthly (M042D) / Annual (A025)
- Value per head of livestock at July 1 (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0124-01)
Trade
Imports
- Livestock imported from the United States (Annual)
- Imports with Monthly breakdown (Report 069): Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Imports with prior-year comparison (Report 066): Week-to-date / Annual
- Imports by country (Report 070): Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Canada's imports of red meat, by commodity, category and sub-category (Report 181): Weekly / Monthly / Annual
Exports
- Live animal exports to the United States (Report 060): 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
- Aggregate import/export agriculture data (Monthly, Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Trade Database)
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