This section host statistics on sheep registrations in Canada.
Breed | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Romanov | 2,051 | 1,530 | 2,315 | 2,242 | 1,882 |
Rideau Arcott | 1,515 | 1,628 | 1,804 | 1,495 | 1,879 |
Suffolk | 1,979 | 1,565 | 1,807 | 1,815 | 1,849 |
Dorset (Horned and Polled) | 1,110 | 1,086 | 993 | 1,209 | 1,106 |
Canadian Arcott | 459 | 490 | 612 | 499 | 633 |
North Country Cheviot | 353 | 490 | 268 | 322 | 479 |
Hampshire | 373 | 408 | 414 | 336 | 455 |
Dorper | 601 | 438 | 490 | 513 | 434 |
Île de France | 149 | 238 | 291 | 338 | 393 |
Katahdin | 266 | 261 | 346 | 466 | 324 |
Charollais | 269 | 224 | 389 | 223 | 314 |
Icelandic | 223 | 201 | 258 | 222 | 272 |
Polypay | 263 | 135 | 277 | 387 | 267 |
Oxford down | 126 | 115 | 60 | 67 | 156 |
Texel | 127 | 143 | 91 | 122 | 153 |
East Friesian | 87 | 68 | 127 | 70 | 148 |
Southdown | 224 | 194 | 149 | 237 | 115 |
Clun Forest | 82 | 59 | 87 | 116 | 105 |
Finnsheep | 183 | 214 | 192 | 136 | 95 |
Romney | 24 | 33 | 31 | 40 | 70 |
Shropshire | 82 | 105 | 78 | 82 | 68 |
Border Cheviot | 61 | 87 | 34 | 71 | 45 |
Corriedale | 70 | 56 | 18 | 26 | 40 |
Border Leicester | 85 | 69 | 74 | 75 | 37 |
Rambouillet | 19 | 21 | 58 | 60 | 36 |
Lincoln | 23 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 7 |
Others | 183 | 123 | 130 | 134 | 87 |
Total registrations | 10,987 | 10,029 | 11,412 | 11,321 | 11,449 |
Source: Breed associations and Canadian livestock records corporation
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