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]   2022

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	6	4.3%	30.2	133	95.7%	207.6	-	-	139
Alberta	10	4.5%	91.4	210	95.5%	174.1	-	-	220
Saskatchewan	6	11.5%	109.5	46	88.5%	208.1	1	518	53
Manitoba	29	41.4%	85.1	41	58.6%	270.4	-	-	70
Ontario	1,185	67.6%	62.4	569	32.4%	141.3	5	58	1,759
Quebec	2,481	89.1%	69.5	302	10.9%	146.6	86	69	2,869
New Brunswick	42	51.2%	64.1	40	48.8%	179.6	4	-	86
Nova Scotia	44	48.9%	62.1	46	51.1%	142.9	3	-	93
Prince Edward Island	35	49.3%	73.7	36	50.7%	110.7	2	72	73
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	16.7%	246	5	83.3%	253.2	-	-	6
Canada	3,839	72.9%	-	1,428	27.1%	-	101	-	5,368
[1] Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program

Robotic milking

Robotic milking

Dairy barns with robotic milking system by type in Canada [1]   2022

Province	# of barns Tie Stall	% Tie Stall	Herd Size Tie Stall	# of barns Free Stall	% Free Stall	Herd Size Free Stall	# barns Unrecorded	Herd Size Unrecorded	Total Number of barns
British Columbia	-	-	-	57	100%	167	-	-	57
Alberta	-	-	-	69	100%	149	1	224	70
Saskatchewan	-	-	-	18	100%	148	-	-	18
Manitoba	2	3%	54	59	97%	196	-	-	61
Ontario	5	2%	92	323	98%	117	-	-	328
Quebec	62	13.7%	89	390	86%	115	2	93	454
New Brunswick	-	0.0%	-	28	100.0%	80	-	-	28
Nova Scotia	-	-	-	16	100%	142	1	82	17
Prince Edward Island	1	0	135	9	90%	121	-	-	10
Newfoundland and Labrador	-	-	-	2	100%	138	1	113	3
Canada	70	7%	-	971	93%	-	5	-	1,046
[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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