This section provides statistics about the types of dairy barns in Canada.
Non-robotic milking
Non-robotic milking
Province | # barns Tie Stall |
% Tie Stall |
Herd Size Tie Stall |
# barns Free Stall |
% Free Stall |
Herd Size Free Stall |
# barns Unrecorded |
Herd Size Unrecorded |
Total Number of barns | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia | 7 | 4.3% | 40.4 | 157 | 95.7% | 194.3 | - | - | 164 | |
Alberta | 15 | 6.3% | 88.0 | 222 | 93.7% | 175.9 | 1 | 81 | 238 | |
Saskatchewan | 8 | 13.3% | 98.4 | 52 | 86.7% | 222.6 | - | - | 60 | |
Manitoba | 31 | 37.3% | 86.7 | 52 | 62.7% | 244.3 | 1 | 60 | 84 | |
Ontario | 1,252 | 67.6% | 61.3 | 601 | 32.4% | 139.1 | 2 | 41 | 1,855 | |
Quebec | 2,599 | 89.8% | 67.4 | 294 | 10.2% | 141.6 | 82 | 85 | 2,975 | |
New Brunswick | 39 | 48.8% | 62.9 | 41 | 51.3% | 177.1 | 10 | - | 90 | |
Nova Scotia | 49 | 51.0% | 61.2 | 47 | 49.0% | 132.9 | 4 | - | 100 | |
Prince Edward Island | 41 | 52.6% | 70.3 | 37 | 47.4% | 107.8 | 3 | 56 | 81 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 16.7% | 254 | 5 | 83.3% | 253.4 | - | - | 6 | |
Canada | 4,042 | 72.8% | - | 1,508 | 27.2% | - | 103 | - | 5,653 | |
[1] Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program |


Robotic milking
Robotic milking
Province | # of barns Tie Stall |
% Tie Stall |
Herd Size Tie Stall |
# of barns Free Stall |
% Free Stall |
Herd Size Free Stall |
Total Number of barns |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia | - | - | - | 53 | 100% | 172 | 53 | |||
Alberta | - | - | - | 60 | 100% | 153 | 60 | |||
Saskatchewan | - | - | - | 18 | 100% | 146 | 18 | |||
Manitoba | 2 | 3.6% | 59 | 53 | 96% | 205 | 55 | |||
Ontario | 5 | 1.6% | 140 | 317 | 98% | 115 | 322 | |||
Quebec | 67 | 15.3% | 88 | 372 | 85% | 114 | 439 | |||
New Brunswick | - | - | - | 24 | 100.0% | 82 | 24 | |||
Nova Scotia | - | - | - | 12 | 100% | 123 | 12 | |||
Prince Edward Island | - | - | - | 6 | 100% | 132 | 6 | |||
Newfoundland and Labrador | - | - | - | 2 | 100% | 134 | 2 | |||
Canada | 74 | 7% | - | 917 | 93% | - | 991 | |||
[1] Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program |


Source: Lactanet
Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal industry division, Market information section
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