Annual goats slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada

Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by region)
  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
British Columbia 4,032 3,328 2,616 3,561 4,105
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba 9,216 8,273 6,455 7,653 8,416
Ontario 64,341 68,135 70,875 75,646 79,365
Quebec 7,742 4,847 5,757 7,390 6,931
Atlantic provinces 1,277 1,089 949 758 686
Total 86,608 85,672 86,652 95,008 99,503
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments
 

Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)"

2023
2023 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2023
Total
2022
January 360 687 5,783 412 43 7,285 5,922
February 230 623 5,252 226 32 6,363 6,614
March 383 747 6,861 891 52 8,934 8,616
April 308 585 6,748 370 32 8,043 8,641
May 197 663 5,269 523 23 6,675 6,411
June 585 1,018 9,591 664 42 11,900 7,642
July 202 612 5,958 648 90 7,510 9,683
August 294 611 6,555 636 69 8,165 7,373
September 445 588 6,220 432 46 7,731 7,377
October 325 793 6,328 626 112 8,184 8,037
November 328 810 7,000 644 30 8,812 8,836
December 448 679 7,800 859 115 9,901 9,856
Total 2023 4,105 8,416 79,365 6,931 686 99,503 95,008
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments
2022
2022 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2022
Total
2021
January 153 566 4,802 384 17 5,922 5,293
February 186 520 5,419 446 43 6,614 5,162
March 379 784 6,677 708 68 8,616 7,660
April 346 635 6,907 678 75 8,641 6,887
May 208 519 4,983 645 56 6,411 6,241
June 225 639 6,198 520 60 7,642 6,583
July 604 729 7,789 462 99 9,683 9,590
August 191 587 5,917 606 72 7,373 7,169
September 362 593 5,754 574 94 7,377 7,855
October 249 698 6,219 809 62 8,037 7,629
November 288 742 6,985 756 65 8,836 7,301
December 370 641 7,996 802 47 9,856 9,282
Total 2022 3,561 7,653 75,646 7,390 758 95,008 86,652
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments
2021
2021 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2021
Total
2020
January 180 343 4,386 337 47 5,293 6,408
February 150 475 4,072 449 16 5,162 6,226
March 167 660 6,260 515 58 7,660 7,611
April 133 495 5,736 452 71 6,887 6,892
May 130 435 5,211 407 58 6,241 5,945
June 107 409 5,618 395 54 6,583 6,247
July 513 476 8,127 338 136 9,590 8,611
August 153 571 5,806 547 92 7,169 7,215
September 267 637 6,353 512 86 7,855 7,204
October 222 645 6,204 458 100 7,629 7,433
November 259 683 5,674 559 126 7,301 7,112
December 335 626 7,428 788 105 9,282 8,768
Total 2021 2,616 6,455 70,875 5,757 949 86,652 85,672
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2020
2020 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2020
Total
2019
January 163 508 5,122 508 107 6,408 5,624
February 214 628 4,751 536 97 6,226 5,140
March 256 762 5,804 673 116 7,611 6,056
April 365 637 5,400 448 42 6,892 8,356
May 235 620 4,608 406 76 5,945 7,315
June 201 648 4,886 420 92 6,247 6,125
July 160 843 7,400 134 74 8,611 6,748
August 396 633 5,850 255 81 7,215 10,155
September 261 804 5,675 319 145 7,204 6,755
October 287 777 5,890 389 90 7,433 8,273
November 362 652 5,593 397 108 7,112 7,267
December 428 761 7,156 362 61 8,768 8,794
Total 2020 3,328 8,273 68,135 4,847 1,089 85,672 86,608
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2019
2019 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2019
Total
2018
January 312 703 4,067 454 88 5,624 4,891
February 237 598 3,654 584 67 5,140 4,761
March 358 592 4,386 637 83 6,056 6,970
April 245 843 6,173 1000 95 8,356 4,915
May 251 769 5,592 603 100 7,315 6,265
June 256 512 4,803 457 97 6,125 6,321
July 191 769 4,965 713 110 6,748 6,351
August 612 942 7,806 623 172 10,155 10,267
September 397 787 4,690 753 128 6,755 5,728
October 308 975 6,203 668 119 8,273 7,116
November 335 812 5,405 603 112 7,267 6,777
December 530 914 6,597 647 106 8,794 7,873
Total 2019 4,032 9,216 64,341 7,742 1,277 86,608 78,235
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
Number of goats slaughtered in federally inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by month)
  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 107 71 20 16 8
February 184 62 26 30 16
March 197 117 81 45 20
April 279 137 58 39 20
May 169 101 54 32 32
June 157 95 24 15 10
July 64 88 0 5 24
August 112 94 4 0 16
September 160 122 31 2 16
October 172 105 49 0 22
November 123 73 30 3 6
December 203 134 39 10 41
Total 1,927 1,199 416 197 231
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
 

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