Production of certified organic milk and number of producers in Canada

Statistics about organic milk production and producers in Canada.

Canada

Hectolitres

Producers

	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24
Production of certified organic milk in hectolitres	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	1,541,835
Number of producers (farms)	218	222	232	246	249	247	244	240	253	245

Production of Certified Organic Milk in Canada
(in hectolitres)
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Atlantic Provinces	Canada
2023/24	339,876	97,323	395,628	709,008	1,541,835
2022/23 ^[1]	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

Number of producer farms in Canada
Year	British Columbia	Alberta / Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec / Atlantic Provinces	Canada
2023/24	24	8	83	130	245
2022/23 ^[1]	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
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	2020/ 2021 hl	2020/ 2021 Prod.	2021/ 2022 hl	2021/ 2022 Prod.	2022/ 2023 hl	2022/ 2023 Prod.	2023/ 2024 hl	2023/ 2024 Prod.
August	32,259	29	33,594	28	25,590	27	27,837	23
September	31,657	29	30,886	28	25,213	26	27,328	23
October	32,089	28	30,648	28	25,777	26	27,957	24
November	30,795	28	29,865	27	24,736	26	26,880	24
December	31,738	28	30,426	27	25,458	25	28,228	24
January	32,740	28	29,660	27	26,864	25	28,832	24
February	29,515	28	27,831	27	23,766	25	27,879	24
March	33,629	28	31,446	27	26,383	25	29,097	24
April	33,601	28	30,383	27	24,913	25	28,867	24
May	35,202	28	31,985	27	25,253	23	30,220	24
June	32,625	28	30,832	27	24,601	23	28,194	24
July	30,118	28	31,216	27	24,046	23	28,557	24
Total	385,968	28	368,772	27	302,600	23	339,876	24
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	2020/ 2021 hl	2020/ 2021 Prod.	2021/ 2022 hl	2021/ 2022 Prod.	2022/ 2023 hl	2022/ 2023 Prod.	2023/ 2024 hl	2023/ 2024 Prod.
August	7,137	7	7,127	6	7,866	7	8,783	7
September	6,650	7	7,074	6	7,725	7	8,158	7
October	6,304	7	7,265	6	7,953	7	8,530	7
November	6,058	6	7,220	6	7,719	7	8,409	7
December	6,544	6	8,010	6	8,251	7	9,006	7
January	6,912	6	7,832	6	8,731	7	8,920	7
February	6,289	6	7,277	6	7,724	7	7,752	7
March	6,945	6	8,119	6	8,127	7	7,542	7
April	6,749	6	7,987	6	8,136	7	7,156	7
May	7,351	6	7,930	6	8,222	7	7,162	7
June	6,848	6	7,936	6	7,977	7	7,798	8
July	7,208	6	8,019	6	8,455	7	8,106	8
Total	80,994	6	91,796	6	96,888	7	97,323	8
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	2020/ 2021 hl	2020/ 2021 Prod.	2021/ 2022 hl	2021/ 2022 Prod.	2022/ 2023 hl	2022/ 2023 Prod.	2023/ 2024 hl	2023/ 2024 Prod.
August	32,094	81	32,159	81	32,624	81	33,070	82
September	30,538	81	31,328	83	31,624	82	32,578	82
October	30,897	80	32,997	83	32,496	81	33,576	82
November	30,909	80	31,953	83	32,152	82	32,292	82
December	32,751	80	33,096	83	33,518	82	34,151	82
January	32,746	81	32,794	82	33,520	82	34,217	82
February	30,288	81	29,947	82	30,077	82	30,829	82
March	33,668	81	33,333	82	33,585	82	34,089	82
April	32,731	81	32,970	82	32,528	82	32,633	82
May	33,996	82	34,767	82	34,236	82	34,089	82
June	31,721	82	31,998	82	32,903	82	31,468	83
July	32,930	82	32,148	82	33,197	82	32,636	83
Total	385,269	81	389,490	82	392,461	82	395,628	83
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 / Atlantic Provinces

Monthly Production of Certified Organic Milk and Number of Producer Farms in Quebec and Atlantic Provinces
Month	2020/ 2021 hl	2020/ 2021 Prod.	2021/ 2022 hl	2021/ 2022 Prod.	2022/ 2023 hl	2022/ 2023 Prod.	2023/ 2024 hl	2023/ 2024 Prod.
August	51,922	132	52,813	130	54,544	138	59,809	139
September	50,718	132	50,892	130	52,406	137	56,473	137
October	52,435	131	52,699	129	55,137	138	57,297	135
November	51,870	130	52,109	129	54,782	138	56,987	136
December	54,604	129	55,550	129	57,955	138	60,869	136
January	56,160	129	55,536	126	61,940	143	61,181	136
February	49,905	129	50,036	125	56,059	143	57,603	135
March	54,217	129	55,511	125	61,956	143	60,600	134
April	52,175	129	54,030	125	60,047	141	59,251	133
May	54,198	129	55,991	125	63,443	141	61,669	131
June	51,641	129	52,829	125	60,881	141	58,242	131
July	52,634	129	52,324	125	59,521	141	59,027	130
Total	632,478	129	640,320	125	698,671	141	709,008	130
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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