Annual game report by species in Canada

This annual report displays slaughter, imports and exports of deer, elk, bison, wild boar, rabbits and caribou/reindeer.

Slaughter

Slaughter by species in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada (head)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deer	2,705	3,391	3,086	2,937	5,059	1,809	1,295	1,114	1,203	1,239
Elk	3,126	3,424	2,758	3,213	2,655	2,947	2,821	2,919	1,949	2,065
Bison	14,371	14,186	11,568	10,886	10,041	9,585	7,860	9,798	10,794	9,871
Wild boar	4,289	3,916	4,642	5,786	5,585	6,754	4,487	3,547	2,508	2,758
Rabbit	592,502	670,867	621,561	605,379	523,046	530,924	445,850	474,566	383,636	376,066
Total	616,993	695,784	643,615	628,201	546,386	552,019	462,313	491,944	400,090	391,999
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Exports

Game meat exports by species in Canada (kilogram)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Venison	4,089	2,794	8,201	6,308	1,487	7,366	3,182	590	5,935	18,753
Elk	155,172	115,575	142,603	230,839	139,241	121,282	90,993	151,840	119,734	94,033
Bison	1,262,177	1,196,347	1,161,165	1,126,554	1,086,694	880,522	291,200	485,411	266,722	294,461
Wild Boar	37,052	44,645	17,602	13,308	26,421	389	10,724	5,598	1,200	-
Caribou and reindeer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rabbit	11,789	44,953	10,942	6,991	40,209	37,662	15,928	28,060	39,645	22,868
Total	1,470,278	1,404,313	1,340,512	1,384,000	1,294,053	1,047,221	412,026	671,498	433,236	430,116
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency 2021 export data from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is delayed Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Imports

Game meat imports by species in Canada (kilogram)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Venison	366,924	363,285	401,912	387,320	366,967	223,071	187,845	382,924	370,601	420,420
Elk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bison	249,148	446,450	758,242	458,191	203,742	92,656	130,381	274,497	196,421	559,304
Wild Boar	412,154	1,223,461	904,191	130,698	226,302	71,626	21,064	151,844	76,083	83,950
Caribou and reindeer	-	-	2,249	4,549	-	57	-	80	7,097	289
Rabbit	133,567	83,578	41,397	6,728	21,602	79,347	38,303	69,727	86,305	105,152
Total	1,161,793	2,116,773	2,107,991	987,486	818,614	466,757	377,594	879,072	736,506	1,169,114
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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