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 2023
Cattle - as of January 1 11,670 11,670 11,540 11,515 11,515 11,295
Cattle - as of July 1 12,610 12,510 12,575 12,645 12,335 12,155
Hogs - as of January 1 14,245 14,070 14,065 14,120 14,170 13,920
Hogs - as of July 1 14,070 14,120 14,160 14,355 13,910 13,775
Sheep and Lambs - as of January 1 829 828 811 814 822 846
Sheep and Lambs - as of July 1 1,060 1,050 1,043 1,052 1,071 1,054
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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