This section host statistics on inventory of livestock in Canada represented by total number of heads per year.
Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dairy cattle * | ||||||||||
Dairy cows | 975,100 | 976,200 | 979,200 | 974,500 | 969,100 | 964,600 | 962,800 | 962,400 | ||
Dairy heifers | 429,800 | 420,000 | 421,900 | 411,500 | 413,200 | 409,800 | 407,100 | 406,900 | ||
Bulls (dairy) | 7,100 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 7,800 | 7,900 | 6,200 | 7,700 | 6,700 | ||
Beef cattle * | ||||||||||
Beef cows | 3,743,800 | 3,741,700 | 3,668,400 | 3,711,100 | 3,652,900 | 3,531,900 | 3,419,500 | 3,378,700 | ||
Beef heifers | 566,100 | 581,300 | 555,600 | 572,700 | 576,000 | 540,500 | 516,600 | 520,700 | ||
Bulls (Beef) | 214,100 | 209,400 | 205,100 | 207,800 | 205,300 | 203,700 | 197,800 | 195,000 | ||
Swine * | ||||||||||
Boars, 6 months and over | 19,000 | 17,400 | 16,600 | 16,800 | 16,800 | 15,900 | 15,600 | 15,200 | ||
Sows and gilts | 1,240,900 | 1,234,800 | 1,233,400 | 1,246,200 | 1,236,500 | 1,225,200 | 1,214,500 | 1,195,300 | ||
All other hogs | 12,985,100 | 12,817,800 | 12,815,000 | 12,857,000 | 12,901,700 | 12,653,900 | 12,754,900 | 12,644,500 | ||
Sheep * | ||||||||||
Rams | 23,600 | 23,400 | 23,200 | 23,100 | 23,800 | 23,700 | 23,500 | 23,500 | ||
Ewes | 512,900 | 509,400 | 502,700 | 501,500 | 499,600 | 496,500 | 481,500 | 476,500 | ||
Lambs for breeding | 78,900 | 79,200 | 76,600 | 88,400 | 95,200 | 92,900 | 90,500 | 87,100 | ||
Goats ** | 253,278 | |||||||||
Horses ** | 183,733 | |||||||||
Bison ** | 149,539 | |||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada | ||||||||||
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