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 2012/13 and 2021/22
	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Production of certified organic milk in hectolitres	950,486	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
Number of producers (farms)	209	215	218	222	232	246	249	247	244	240

Production of Certified Organic Milk in Canada
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Nova Scotia	Canada
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
2012/13	204,640	98,264	263,652	383,931	950,486

Number of producer farms in Canada
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Nova Scotia	Canada
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
2012/13	17	11	77	104	209
Note: Amounts for other provinces - nil or minute 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	2018/2019 hl	2018/2019 Prod.	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.
August	29,994	28	29,994	28	32,259	29	33,594	28
September	28,722	27	28,722	27	31,657	29	30,886	28
October	26,741	29	29,331	25	32,089	28	30,648	28
November	28,004	30	28,994	25	30,795	28	29,865	27
December	29,609	30	30,842	25	31,738	28	30,426	27
January	30,169	30	31,168	25	32,740	28	29,660	27
February	26,594	30	28,794	25	29,515	28	27,831	27
March	29,738	28	31,819	26	33,629	28	31,446	27
April	29,261	28	31,320	26	33,601	28	30,383	27
May	29,978	28	32,990	26	35,202	28	31,985	27
June	28,964	28	32,678	26	32,625	28	30,832	27
July	29,797	28	33,379	26	30,118	28	31,216	27
Total	347,570	28	370,030	26	385,968	28	368,772	27
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	2018/2019 hl	2018/2019 Prod.	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.
August	6,825	7	6,954	7	7,137	7	7,127	6
September	6,415	7	6,515	7	6,650	7	7,074	6
October	6,477	7	6,578	7	6,304	7	7,265	6
November	6,599	7	6,621	7	6,058	6	7,220	6
December	7,487	7	6,933	7	6,544	6	8,010	6
January	7,525	7	7,188	7	6,912	6	7,832	6
February	6,674	7	6,667	7	6,289	6	7,277	6
March	7,421	7	7,300	7	6,945	6	8,119	6
April	7,121	7	6,984	7	6,749	6	7,987	6
May	7,300	7	7,191	7	7,351	6	7,930	6
June	7,244	7	7,312	7	6,848	6	7,936	6
July	7,225	7	7,142	7	7,208	6	8,019	6
Total	84,315	7	83,386	7	80,994	6	91,796	6
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	2018/2019 hl	2018/2019 Prod.	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.
August	30,218	82	30,367	81	32,094	81	32,159	81
September	28,734	81	29,148	81	30,538	81	31,328	83
October	28,449	82	29,972	80	30,897	80	32,997	83
November	28,021	82	28,735	81	30,909	80	31,953	83
December	30,327	82	30,681	82	32,751	80	33,096	83
January	31,048	81	32,206	83	32,746	81	32,794	82
February	28,663	82	30,692	83	30,288	81	29,947	82
March	32,615	83	32,404	82	33,668	81	33,333	82
April	32,569	83	30,637	82	32,731	81	32,970	82
May	33,085	83	32,216	82	33,996	82	34,767	82
June	31,071	82	31,521	82	31,721	82	31,998	82
July	30,490	81	31,813	82	32,930	82	32,148	82
Total	365,290	81	370,391	82	385,269	81	389,490	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	2018/2019 hl	2018/2019 Prod.	2019/2020 hl	2019/2020 Prod.	2020/2021 hl	2020/2021 Prod.	2021/2022 hl	2021/2022 Prod.
August	48,287	128	50,845	134	51,922	132	52,813	130
September	47,417	128	49,940	135	50,718	132	50,892	130
October	49,144	131	51,580	134	52,435	131	52,699	129
November	48,376	131	50,626	135	51,870	130	52,109	129
December	51,488	130	52,695	134	54,604	129	55,550	129
January	52,585	132	52,831	133	56,160	129	55,536	126
February	47,311	132	49,342	133	49,905	129	50,036	125
March	52,127	132	52,921	133	54,217	129	55,511	125
April	50,796	132	48,766	133	52,175	129	54,030	125
May	52,033	131	50,740	133	54,198	129	55,991	125
June	50,263	130	50,440	133	51,641	129	52,829	125
July	50,964	133	51,855	132	52,634	129	52,324	125
Total	600,791	133	612,581	132	632,478	129	640,320	125
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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