Dairy barns by type

This section provides statistics about the types of dairy barns in Canada.

Non-robotic milking

Non-robotic milking

Dairy barns without robotic milking system by type in Canada [1]   2021

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

Dairy barns with robotic milking system by type in Canada [1] - 2021

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
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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