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 | 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
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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