Red meat and livestock inventory reports

This section provides information on livestock inventories, along with other sectoral reports and links.

 
Livestock population - Canada ('000 head)
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Cattle - as of January 1 11,670 11,670 11,540 11,515 11,505
Cattle - as of July 1 12,610 12,510 12,575 12,645 12,290
Hogs - as of January 1 14,245 14,070 14,065 14,120 14,175
Hogs - as of July 1 14,070 14,120 14,160 14,355 13,930
Sheep and Lambs - as of January 1 829.4 827.9 810.8 813.7 827.2
Sheep and Lambs - as of July 1 1,060.4 1,050.1 1,043.1 1,052.3 1,077.1
Source: Statistics Canada
 

Links to various inventory reports:

Deer

Links to various inventory reports provided by Statistics Canada:

Cattle and calves

Hogs

Sheep, lambs and goats

 

 

If you have any questions or require additional information, please send an e-mail to aafc.redmeat-vianderouge.aac@agr.gc.ca

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