Production of certified organic milk and number of producers in Canada

Statistics about organic milk production and producers in Canada.

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Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producers in Canada between 2013/14 and 2022/23
	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Production of certified organic milk in hectolitres	974,302	1,033,416	1,110,664	1,213,649	1,306,888	1,397,966	1,436,387	1,484,709	1,490,378	1,490,620
Number of producers (farms)	215	218	222	232	246	249	247	244	240	253

Production of Certified Organic Milk in Canada
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Nova Scotia [1]	Canada
2022/23	302,600	96,888	392,461	698,671	1,490,620
2021/22	368,772	91,796	389,490	640,320	1,490,378
2020/21	385,968	80,994	385,269	632,478	1,484,709
2019/20	370,030	83,386	370,391	612,581	1,436,387
2018/19	347,570	84,315	365,290	600,791	1,397,966
2017/18	326,646	85,250	340,849	554,143	1,306,888
2016/17	320,077	87,501	328,846	477,225	1,213,649
2015/16	286,459	89,376	297,586	437,242	1,110,664
2014/15	271,147	76,926	267,396	417,947	1,033,416
2013/14	245,888	74,567	260,534	393,313	974,302

Number of producer farms in Canada
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Nova Scotia [1]	Canada
2022/23	23	7	82	141	253
2021/22	27	6	82	125	240
2020/21	28	6	81	129	244
2019/20	26	7	82	132	247
2018/19	28	7	81	133	249
2017/18	30	7	82	127	246
2016/17	31	9	79	113	232
2015/16	27	9	74	112	222
2014/15	26	8	74	110	218
2013/14	20	10	75	110	215
Note: Amounts for other provinces - nil or minute [1] The Province of Quebec: due to a methodology change January 1,2023, numbers aren't comparable with subsequent years. Source: B.C. Milk Marketing Board, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec, Alberta Milk and Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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British Columbia

Monthly Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producer Farms in British Columbia
Month	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.	2022/2023 hl	2022/2023 Prod.
August	29,994	28	32,259	29	33,594	28	25,590	27
September	28,722	27	31,657	29	30,886	28	25,213	26
October	29,331	25	32,089	28	30,648	28	25,777	26
November	28,994	25	30,795	28	29,865	27	24,736	26
December	30,842	25	31,738	28	30,426	27	25,458	25
January	31,168	25	32,740	28	29,660	27	26,864	25
February	28,794	25	29,515	28	27,831	27	23,766	25
March	31,819	26	33,629	28	31,446	27	26,383	25
April	31,320	26	33,601	28	30,383	27	24,913	25
May	32,990	26	35,202	28	31,985	27	25,253	23
June	32,678	26	32,625	28	30,832	27	24,601	23
July	33,379	26	30,118	28	31,216	27	24,046	23
Total	370,030	26	385,968	28	368,772	27	302,600	23
Source: BC Milk Marketing Board Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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Alberta/Manitoba

Monthly Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producer Farms in Alberta and Manitoba
Month	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.	2022/2023 hl	2022/2023 Prod.
August	6,954	7	7,137	7	7,127	6	7,866	7
September	6,515	7	6,650	7	7,074	6	7,725	7
October	6,578	7	6,304	7	7,265	6	7,953	7
November	6,621	7	6,058	6	7,220	6	7,719	7
December	6,933	7	6,544	6	8,010	6	8,251	7
January	7,188	7	6,912	6	7,832	6	8,731	7
February	6,667	7	6,289	6	7,277	6	7,724	7
March	7,300	7	6,945	6	8,119	6	8,127	7
April	6,984	7	6,749	6	7,987	6	8,136	7
May	7,191	7	7,351	6	7,930	6	8,222	7
June	7,312	7	6,848	6	7,936	6	7,977	7
July	7,142	7	7,208	6	8,019	6	8,455	7
Total	83,386	7	80,994	6	91,796	6	96,888	7
Source: Alberta Milk & Dairy Farmers of Manitoba Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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Ontario

Monthly Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producer Farms in Ontario
Month	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.	2022/2023 hl	2022/2023 Prod.
August	30,367	81	32,094	81	32,159	81	32,624	81
September	29,148	81	30,538	81	31,328	83	31,624	82
October	29,972	80	30,897	80	32,997	83	32,496	81
November	28,735	81	30,909	80	31,953	83	32,152	82
December	30,681	82	32,751	80	33,096	83	33,518	82
January	32,206	83	32,746	81	32,794	82	33,520	82
February	30,692	83	30,288	81	29,947	82	30,077	82
March	32,404	82	33,668	81	33,333	82	33,585	82
April	30,637	82	32,731	81	32,970	82	32,528	82
May	32,216	82	33,996	82	34,767	82	34,236	82
June	31,521	82	31,721	82	31,998	82	32,903	82
July	31,813	82	32,930	82	32,148	82	33,197	82
Total	370,391	82	385,269	81	389,490	82	392,461	82
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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Quebec / Nova Scotia

Monthly Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producer Farms in Quebec and Nova Scotia
Month	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.	2022/2023 hl [1]	2022/2023 Prod. [1]
August	50,845	134	51,922	132	52,813	130	54,544	138
September	49,940	135	50,718	132	50,892	130	52,406	137
October	51,580	134	52,435	131	52,699	129	55,137	138
November	50,626	135	51,870	130	52,109	129	54,782	138
December	52,695	134	54,604	129	55,550	129	57,955	138
January	52,831	133	56,160	129	55,536	126	61,940	143
February	49,342	133	49,905	129	50,036	125	56,059	143
March	52,921	133	54,217	129	55,511	125	61,956	143
April	48,766	133	52,175	129	54,030	125	60,047	141
May	50,740	133	54,198	129	55,991	125	63,443	141
June	50,440	133	51,641	129	52,829	125	60,881	141
July	51,855	132	52,634	129	52,324	125	59,521	141
Total	612,581	132	632,478	129	640,320	125	698,671	141
[1] The Province of Quebec: due to a methodology change January 1, 2023, numbers aren't comparable with subsequent years. Source: Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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