Annual goats slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada

Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by region)
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
British Columbia 3,520 4,032 3,328 2,616 3,561
Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba 8,010 9,216 8,273 6,455 7,653
Ontario 60,538 64,341 68,135 70,875 75,646
Quebec 5,381 7,742 4,847 5,757 7,390
Atlantic provinces 786 1,277 1,089 949 758
Total 78,235 86,608 85,672 86,652 95,008
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
 

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

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
2021
Total
2020
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 2020 3,561 7,653 75,646 7,390 758 95,008 86,652
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2021
2021 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2020
Total
2019
January 180 343 4,386 337 47 5,293 6,408
February 150 475 4,072 449 16 5,162 6,226
March 167 660 6,260 515 58 7,660 7,611
April 133 495 5,736 452 71 6,887 6,892
May 130 435 5,211 407 58 6,241 5,945
June 107 409 5,618 395 54 6,583 6,247
July 513 476 8,127 338 136 9,590 8,611
August 153 571 5,806 547 92 7,169 7,215
September 267 637 6,353 512 86 7,855 7,204
October 222 645 6,204 458 100 7,629 7,433
November 259 683 5,674 559 126 7,301 7,112
December 335 626 7,428 788 105 9,282 8,768
Total 2020 2,616 6,455 70,875 5,757 949 86,652 85,672
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2020
2020 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2020
Total
2019
January 163 508 5,122 508 107 6,408 5,624
February 214 628 4,751 536 97 6,226 5,140
March 256 762 5,804 673 116 7,611 6,056
April 365 637 5,400 448 42 6,892 8,356
May 235 620 4,608 406 76 5,945 7,315
June 201 648 4,886 420 92 6,247 6,125
July 160 843 7,400 134 74 8,611 6,748
August 396 633 5,850 255 81 7,215 10,155
September 261 804 5,675 319 145 7,204 6,755
October 287 777 5,890 389 90 7,433 8,273
November 362 652 5,593 397 108 7,112 7,267
December 428 761 7,156 362 61 8,768 8,794
Total 2020 3,328 8,273 68,135 4,847 1,089 85,672 86,608
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2019
2019 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2019
Total
2018
January 312 703 4,067 454 88 5,624 4,891
February 237 598 3,654 584 67 5,140 4,761
March 358 592 4,386 637 83 6,056 6,970
April 245 843 6,173 1000 95 8,356 4,915
May 251 769 5,592 603 100 7,315 6,265
June 256 512 4,803 457 97 6,125 6,321
July 191 769 4,965 713 110 6,748 6,351
August 612 942 7,806 623 172 10,155 10,267
September 397 787 4,690 753 128 6,755 5,728
October 308 975 6,203 668 119 8,273 7,116
November 335 812 5,405 603 112 7,267 6,777
December 530 914 6,597 647 106 8,794 7,873
Total 2019 4,032 9,216 64,341 7,742 1,277 86,608 78,235
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2018
2018 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2018
Total
2017
January 231 495 3,743 377 45 4,891 3,908
February 194 559 3,627 331 50 4,761 3,773
March 288 499 5,584 549 50 6,970 4,553
April 175 474 3,820 389 57 4,915 5,375
May 167 756 4,628 635 79 6,265 4,918
June 309 476 5,011 452 73 6,321 4,884
July 226 614 4,939 490 82 6,351 4,445
August 645 1,340 7,767 467 48 10,267 6,295
September 307 487 4,326 547 61 5,728 8,477
October 214 826 5,534 502 40 7,116 6,205
November 320 704 5,369 276 108 6,777 6,121
December 444 780 6,190 366 93 7,873 7,470
Total 3,520 8,010 60,538 5,381 786 78,235 66,424
[1] Estimate
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2017
2017 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2017
Total
2016
January 232 445 2,731 467 33 3,908 3,239
February 276 452 2,668 337 40 3,773 3,084
March 205 552 3,224 533 39 4,553 5,137
April 309 516 3,767 728 55 5,375 3,704
May 175 475 3,629 586 53 4,918 3,894
June 277 455 3,474 607 71 4,884 4,154
July 103 384 3,400 477 81 4,445 3,572
August 159 645 4,833 589 69 6,295 4,380
September 569 1047 6,300 410 147 8,473 7,320
October 191 660 4,628 628 96 6,203 4,473
November 222 507 4,553 773 66 6,121 5,309
December 357 437 5,944 646 51 7,435 6,096
Total 3,075 6,575 49,151 6,790 786 66,377 54,362
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2016
2016 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2016
Total
2015
January 210 526 2,171 319 13 3,239 3,521
February 211 380 2,124 323 46 3,084 3,407
March 239 639 3,647 560 52 5,137 6,032
April 164 443 2,540 508 49 3,704 4,750
May 68 419 2,829 522 56 3,894 4,264
June 276 266 3,126 433 53 4,154 4,720
July 137 314 2,764 281 76 3,572 4,717
August 174 514 3,152 460 80 4,380 4,145
September 619 979 5,187 366 169 7,320 8,240
October 238 525 3,235 391 84 4,473 4,889
November 226 573 3,768 681 61 5,309 4,612
December 433 442 4,468 696 57 6,096 6,335
Total 2,995 6,020 39,011 5,540 795 54,362 59,632
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2015
2015 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2015
Total
2014
January 169 539 2,365 397 51 3,521 3,573
February 192 363 2,342 496 14 3,407 3,382
March 308 588 4,364 721 51 6,032 3,940
April 204 454 3,389 606 97 4,750 6,175
May 67 340 3,276 520 61 4,264 4,047
June 193 483 3,357 571 116 4,720 4,693
July 158 516 3,421 519 103 4,717 5,447
August 229 495 2,765 567 89 4,145 4,599
September 726 1031 5,749 578 156 8,240 4,892
October 227 480 3,531 546 105 4,889 8,140
November 210 607 3,063 649 83 4,612 4,987
December 464 613 4,471 753 34 6,335 7,212
Total 3,147 6,509 42,093 6,923 960 59,632 61,087
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
2014
2014 - Number of goats slaughtered in provincially inspected establishments in Canada
(monthly by region)
  British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario Quebec Atlantic
provinces
Total
2014
Total
2013
January 208 475 2,461 360 69 3,573 4,403
February 215 432 2,280 376 79 3,382 3,634
March 205 532 2,627 517 59 3,940 5,582
April 215 612 4,623 664 61 6,175 4,698
May 152 551 2,794 529 21 4,047 4,398
June 187 660 3,171 588 87 4,693 4,327
July 163 592 3,935 652 105 5,447 5,124
August 184 478 3,145 686 106 4,599 4,977
September 301 635 3,076 780 100 4,892 4,387
October 639 997 5,658 694 152 8,140 8,025
November 223 544 3,478 659 83 4,987 4,800
December 389 614 5,543 607 59 7,212 6,587
Total 3,081 7,122 42,791 7,112 981 61,087 60,942
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Provincial Goverments
Number of goats slaughtered in federally inspected establishments in Canada
(annually by month)
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
January 138 107 71 20 16
February 162 184 62 26 30
March 436 197 117 81 45
April 153 279 137 58 39
May 157 169 101 54 32
June 191 157 95 24 15
July 93 64 88 0 5
August 188 112 94 4 0
September 237 160 122 31 2
October 186 172 105 49 0
November 152 123 73 30 17
December 341 203 134 39 10
Total 2,434 1,927 1,199 416 211
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
 

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