Dairy barns by type

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

Non-robotic milking
Dairy barns without robotic milking system by type in Canada table 1 note 1 2024

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

5

4.5%

32.6

107

95.5%

223.3

-

-

112

Alberta

2

1.1%

156.0

184

98.9%

178.4

-

-

186

Saskatchewan

6

12.0%

112.3

44

88.0%

241.3

1

494

51

Manitoba

25

38.5%

86.1

40

61.5%

289.3

-

-

65

Ontario

1,029

65.9%

61.7

533

34.1%

141.3

4

157

1,566

Quebec

2,243

88.0%

72.0

307

12.0%

153.2

75

71

2,625

New Brunswick

41

48.8%

65.3

43

51.2%

169.3

6

61

90

Nova Scotia

37

43.5%

63.9

48

56.5%

159.0

5

172

90

Prince Edward Island

30

49.2%

68.4

31

50.8%

119.1

1

72

62

Newfoundland and Labrador

-

-

-

5

100.0%

223.2

-

-

5

Canada

3,418

71.8%

-

1,342

28.2%

-

92

-

4,852

Table 1 Notes

Table 1 Note 1

Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program

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Robotic milking
Dairy barns with robotic milking system by type in Canada table 2 note 1 2024

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

-

-

-

53

100.0%

166

-

-

53

Alberta

-

-

-

90

100.0%

166

-

-

90

Saskatchewan

-

-

-

24

100.0%

150

-

-

24

Manitoba

1

1.8%

52.0

55

98.2%

205

-

-

56

Ontario

4

1.0%

100.5

384

99.0%

113

2

104

390

Quebec

58

11.5%

90.4

447

8.5%

114

5

154

510

New Brunswick

-

0.0%

-

31

100.0%

100

-

-

31

Nova Scotia

1

4.0%

122.0

24

96.0%

121

-

-

25

Prince Edward Island

1

8.3%

148.0

11

91.7%

115

-

-

12

Newfoundland and Labrador

-

-

-

4

100.0%

110

-

-

4

Canada

65

5.5%

-

1,123

94.5%

-

7

-

1,195

Table 2 Notes

Table 2 Note 1

Based on herds enrolled in milk recording program

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

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