Quick facts
Quick facts 2022
- 827,200 sheep and lamb on 8,487 farms in Canada. Ontario, Quebec and Alberta account for 71% of Canada’s sheep/lamb inventory.
- 554,143 sheep and lamb slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada. 74% of sheep and lamb are processed in provincially inspected establishments.
- 16,630 tonnes of mutton and lamb produced.
- Exports: 31,163 head of sheep valued at $2.4 million and 72 tonnes of mutton and lamb valued at $1.5 million.
- Imports: 18,248 head of sheep valued at $3.5 million and 28,380 tonnes of mutton and lamb valued at $347.4 million.
- Farm cash receipts for sheep and lamb totaled $224 million, 0.2% of total farm cash receipts.
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Animal genetics
Animal genetics -
Inventories
- Number of sheep and lambs on farms by province (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0129-01)
- Sheep and lambs, number by class and lamb crop, United States (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0143-01)
- Supply comparison by species between Canada and the United States (annual)
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Revenues and expenses
- Farming revenues and expenses (Annual)
- Livestock: Annual value per head (Annual, Statistics CanadaTable:32-10-0124-01)
- Manufacturing sales/shipments by industry (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table:16-10-0047-01)
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Condemnations
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Slaughter
- Sheep and lamb slaughtered – federally inspected Weekly / Monthly
- United States and Canada slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
- United States slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
- Canada slaughter by species – federally inspected (Annual with Months)
- Canada slaughter by species – provincially inspected (Annual with Months)
- Government of Canada Open data portal
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Licensed processing plants
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Carcass weights
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Stocks, supply, disposition
- Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, domestic and imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0137-01)
- Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table:32-10-0138-01)
- Food available in Canada (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0054-01)
- Hogs, sheep and lambs: farm and meat production (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0126-01)
- Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by industry (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 16-10-0047-01)
- Food in Canada: supply and disposition (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0053-01)
- Supply comparison by species between Canada and the United States (Annual)
- Sheep wool: quantity of wool purchased, used on farm, values (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0142-01)
- Sheep and lambs: supply and disposition (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0141-01)
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Supply sheets by species
- Sheep statistics at a glance (Monthly, Canadian Sheep Federation)
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Protein available and demand
- Protein available and demand (Annual)
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Prices
- Sheep, lamb and goats (Ontario, Quebec and Alberta (goats only) (Weekly)
- Sheep and lambs (Ontario and Quebec) (Annual)
- Weighted average price of livestock - by species (Ontario and Quebec) (Annual)
- United States livestock prices for red meat species: Weekly / Monthly / Annual
- Value per head of livestock at July 1 (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0124-01)
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Trade
Imports
- Livestock imported from the United States (Annual)
- Imports with monthly breakdown: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Imports with prior-year comparison: Week-to-date / Annual
- Imports by country: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Canada's imports of red meat, by commodity, category and sub-category: Weekly / Monthly / Annual
Exports
- Live animal exports to the United States : Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
- Statistics Canada's Canadian international merchandise trade database
Trade - General
- Trade
- Livestock and meat tariffs
- Foreign market opportunity reports by region
- Aggregate import/export agriculture data (Monthly, Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Trade Database)
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