Annual goats slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada

Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by region)
 

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

British Columbia

3,328

2,616

3,561

4,105

3,948

Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba

8,273

6,455

7,653

8,416

9,132

Ontario

68,135

70,875

75,646

79,365

78,549

Quebec

4,847

5,757

7,390

6,931

6,908

Atlantic provinces

1,089

949

758

686

690

Total

85,672

86,652

95,008

99,503

99,227

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments

 

Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)

2024
2024 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
 

British
Columbia

Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic
provinces

Total
2024

Total
2023

January

252

695

6,024

374

54

7,399

7,285

February

224

653

6,062

591

36

7,566

6,363

March

328

740

6,670

864

17

8,619

8,934

April

254

713

5,885

540

37

7,429

8,043

May

192

719

5,707

660

23

7,301

6,675

June

741

895

8,055

464

31

10,186

11,900

July

171

739

5,959

652

28

7,549

7,510

August

206

718

6,726

542

84

8,276

8,165

September

458

781

5,972

517

105

7,833

7,731

October

323

867

7,680

693

119

9,682

8,184

November

447

723

6,209

673

69

8,121

8,812

December

352

889

7,600

338

87

9,266

9,901

Total 2024

3,948

9,132

78,549

6,908

690

99,227

99,503

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments

2023
2023 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
 

British
Columbia

Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic
provinces

Total
2023

Total
2022

January

360

687

5,783

412

43

7,285

5,922

February

230

623

5,252

226

32

6,363

6,614

March

383

747

6,861

891

52

8,934

8,616

April

308

585

6,748

370

32

8,043

8,641

May

197

663

5,269

523

23

6,675

6,411

June

585

1,018

9,591

664

42

11,900

7,642

July

202

612

5,958

648

90

7,510

9,683

August

294

611

6,555

636

69

8,165

7,373

September

445

588

6,220

432

46

7,731

7,377

October

325

793

6,328

626

112

8,184

8,037

November

328

810

7,000

644

30

8,812

8,836

December

448

679

7,800

859

115

9,901

9,856

Total 2023

4,105

8,416

79,365

6,931

686

99,503

95,008

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Governments

2022
2022 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
 

British
Columbia

Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Atlantic
provinces

Total
2022

Total
2021

January

153

566

4,802

384

17

5,922

5,293

February

186

520

5,419

446

43

6,614

5,162

March

379

784

6,677

708

68

8,616

7,660

April

346

635

6,907

678

75

8,641

6,887

May

208

519

4,983

645

56

6,411

6,241

June

225

639

6,198

520

60

7,642

6,583

July

604

729

7,789

462

99

9,683

9,590

August

191

587

5,917

606

72

7,373

7,169

September

362

593

5,754

574

94

7,377

7,855

October

249

698

6,219

809

62

8,037

7,629

November

288

742

6,985

756

65

8,836 

7,301 

December

370

641

7,996

802

47

9,856 

9,282 

Total 2022

3,561

7,653

75,646

7,390

758

95,008 

86,652 

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments

Number of goats slaughtered in federally inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by month)
 

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

January

71

20

16

8

19

February

62

26

30

16

7

March

117

81

45

20

46

April

137

58

39

20

13

May

101

54

32

32

4

June

95

24

15

10

24

July

88

0

5

24

7

August

94

4

0

16

14

September

122

31

2

16

176

October

105

49

0

22

22

November

73

30

3

6

21

December

134

39

10

41

9

Total

1,199

416

197

231

362

Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

 

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