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Description of Canadian hog farms

Description des fermes porcines canadiennes

Hogs marketed in Canada by province:
1984-2007
(in thousands of heads)

Porcs mis en marché au Canada, par province :
1984-2007
(en milliers de têtes)

  NFLD/TN PEI/IPE NS/NÉ NB QUE ONT MAN SASK ALTA  BC/CB  CANADA
1984 36.6 182.1 255.5 168.9 4,794.5 4,956.5 1,608.7 812.0 2,030.8 387.3 15,232.5
1985 31.5 178.1 251.3 168.4 4,812.4 4,968.7 1,797.0 844.4 2,153.8 398.8 15,604.4
1986 29.9 173.1 240.6 151.9 4,661.1 4,732.1 1,760.7 768.9 2,011.8 370.8 14,900.9
1987 28.1 188.1 235.7 141.7 4,616.1 4,787.9 1,840.5 846.8 2,126.0 351.3 15,162.2
1988 28.6 194.5 243.1 141.7 4,739.0 4,982.2 2,124.2 1,054.1 2,397.8 401.5 16,306.8
1989 27.6 189.9 251.6 145.9 4,827.4 4,745.0 2,250.4 1,113.8 2,481.7 412.4 16,445.7
1990 28.6 178.4 227.6 117.3 4,709.7 4,415.3 2,061.2 1,005.6 2,429.7 401.2 15,574.6
1991 27.9 170.6 223.2 116.5 4,616.1 4,234.8 2,187.7 1,068.0 2,364.1 380.1 15,389.0
1992 27.2 173.0 212.7 123.6 4,703.2 4,424.9 2,353.1 1,174.5 2,589.6 358.4 16,140.2
1993 20.0 162.2 202.1 119.5 4,807.0 4,257.5 2,460.7 1,139.4 2,529.7 343.3 16,041.4
1994 7.3 175.4 202.4 129.0 4,856.0 4,300.0 2,576.0 1,183.4 2,591.0 370.6 16,391.1
1995 7.7 187.9 214.1 127.8 5,131.3 4,589.6 2,832.3 1,254.2 2,818.2 355.6 17,518.7
1996 7.2 192.8 218.5 139.1 5,465.9 4,660.5 3,149.1 1,256.1 2,701.8 333.1 18,124.1
1997 7.3 190.2 224.4 144.8 5,770.0 4,898.7 3,225.1 1,318.0 2,649.2 329.5 18,759.2
1998 6.1 198.7 233.0 173.7 6,265.3 5,684.2 3,967.6 1,512.4 2,824.0 360.7 21,226.7
1999 6.8 208.1 233.4 181.9 6,780.7 5,924.4 4,978.7 1,485.7 3,105.6 345.1 23,269.8
2000 5.8 202.2 221.3 203.0 6,856.8 6,150.7 5,133.0 1,680.5 3,398.6 339.7 24,191.6
2001 4.8 212.7 224.7 236.7 7,087.9 6,843.6 5,799.7 1,791.3 3,668.9 317.6 26,187.9
2002 4.4 221.9 225.8 213.9 7,399.5 7,507.2 6,491.9 2,100.0 3,578.0 315.9 28,058.8
2003 4.1 217.4 206.0 218.2 7,560.6 8,367.6 7,390.4 2,271.4 3,529.6 341.5 30,106.8
2004 4.4 229.1 200.8 202.6 7,678.8 8,676.3 8,167.9 2,417.3 3,730.9 337.7 31,645.8
2005 4.3 212.8 185.5 222.6 7,371.9 7,583.9 8,611.0 2,458.7 3,876.5 338.6 30,865.8
2006 4.3 200.4 178.4 217.7 7,149.1 7,442.4 8,816.6 2,605.0 3,920.9 328.3 30,863.4
2007 4.3 183.7 166.4 242.4 7,337.2 7,399.4 9,169.2 2,836.0 3,805.6 332.1 31,476.3

Total pigs on farms by province (inventory): April 1, 1986 - 2007
(in thousands of heads)

Total des porcs à la ferme par province (inventaire) : 1er avril, 1986-2007
(en millier de têtes)

  NFLD/TN PEI/IPE NS/NÉ NB QUE ONT MA SASK ALTA  BC/CB  CANADA
1986 16.7 113.0 138.0 130.0 2,895.0 3,145.0 1,071.0 600.0 1,465.0 221.0 9,767.7
1987 16.0 120.0 137.0 98.0 2,896.0 3,238.0 1,112.0 661.0 1,587.0 212.9 10,077.9
1988 16.0 124.0 141.0 96.0 2,975.0 3,309.0 1,301.0 792.0 1,787.0 243.0 10,784.0
1989 15.5 120.9 143.0 99.0 3,066.0 3,147.0 1,326.0 818.0 1,812.0 248.5 10,795.9
1990 17.0 111.0 130.0 79.0 2,926.0 2.961.0 1,186.0 742.0 1,726.0 238.5 10,116.5
1991 16.0 107.0 133.0 75.0 2,959.0 2,928.0 1,285.0 821.0 1,700.0 227.4 10,251.4
1992 15.0 105.0 123.0 80.0 3,007.7 2,940.5 1,366.3 934.1 1,875.5 220.4 10,667.5
1993 11.0 99.0 120.0 77.0 3,043.2 2,943.2 1,372.5 875.6 1,848.5 197.9 10,587.9
1994 5.0 107.0 119.0 78.0 3,000.7 2,915.9 1,445.8 883.2 1,720.7 207.8 10,483.1
1995 5.0 114.0 127.0 75.0 3,221.2 3,092.8 1,633.4 874.8 2,009.0 185.8 11,338.0
1996 4.5 117.0 131.0 78.0 3,305.1 3,062.1 1,775.0 804.4 1,974.2 180.2 11,431.5
1997 4.5 115.0 132.0 85.0 3,435.7 3,072.0 1,791.0 825.8 1,835.9 167.7 11,464.6
1998 4.5 115.0 132.0 95.0 3,612.9 3,256.2 1,948.7 912.4 1,865.6 176.4 12,119.7
1999 4.5 126.0 140.0 105.0 3,789.6 3,347.5 1,8841 903.0 1,780.8 146.8 12,227.3
2000 4.5 122.0 133.0 114.0 3.938.2 3,451.4 2,183.7 1,010.8 1,887.9 169.0 13,014.5
2001 2.7 126.0 125.0 135.0 4,118.7 3,485.4 2,452.7 1,088.3 1,972.0 167.6 13,673.4
2002 2.7 129.0 127.0 129.0 4,261.9 3.599.7 2,691.8 1,222.7 2,108.2 168.0 14,445.0
2003 2.7 127.0 118.0 121.0 4,280.1 3,789.2 2,750.0 1,210.0 2,100.0 156.0 14,655.0
2004 2.7 130.0 107.0 125.0 4,220.0 3,792.3 2,840.0 1,275.0 2,030.0 153.0 14,675.0
2005 2.5 126.0 102.0 111.0 4,265.0 3,909.5 2,910.0 1,358.0 2,025.0 151.0 14,960.0
2006 2.0 123.5 97.0 104.0 4,260.0 3,957.3 2,920.0 1,380.0 2,050.0 136.0 15,030.0
2007 1.9 118.0 90.0 104.0 4,155.0 3,850.1 2,920.0 1,340.0 2,020.0 130.0 14,729.0
2008                      

Pigs on Farm on January 1, 2007
(Hog numbers)

Porcs à la ferme, le 1er janvier 2007
(Nombre de porcs)

  Total Pigs/
Total des porcs		 Sows and Bred Gilts/

Truies et jeunes truies pleines		 All Other Pigs/
Tous les autres porcs
No. % of Can No. % of Can No. % of Can
NLFD/T.-N. 2,300 0.02 300 0.02 2,000 0.02
PEI/I.P.É. 115,800 0.81 11,000 0.69 104,500 0.82
NS/NÉ 99,000 0.70 8,000 0.50 90,600 0.71
N.B./N.-B. 107,000 0.75 11,800 0.74 94,900 0.75
Qué 4,085,000 28.51 399,000 25.07 3,680,700 28.97
Ont. 3,535,000 24.67 420,700 26.44 3,104,200 24.43
Man. 2,960,000 20.66 378,000 23.75 2,576,800 20.28
Sask. 1,300,000 9.07 133,000 8.36 1,162,700 9.15
Alta. 1,965,000 13.71 209,400 13.16 1,749,600 13.77
B.C./C.B. 160,000 1.17 20,200 1.27 139,200 1.10
Canada 14,329,100   1,591,400   12,705,200

Numbers and Size of Farms reporting pigs

Nombre et taille des fermes de porcs

  Number of Farms with pigs/
Nombre de fermes avec porcs		 Average Number of Pigs Farm/
Nombre moyen par ferme
1976 1986 1996 2006 1976 1986 1996 2006
CANADA 63,602 36,472 21,105 12,320 91 268 523 1,162
NFLD/ T.-N. 84 48 35 30 188 338 127 80
P.E.I/I.-P.-E. 1,169 680 315 175 67 169 373 663
N.S./ N.-E. 834 421 217 145 88 324 602 683
N.B./N.-B. 941 406 225 140 42 249 331 757
Qué. 9,067 4,706 3,040 2,490 178 622 1,133 1,635
Ont. 18,622 12,933 6,777 3,490 103 241 418 896
Man. 6,069 3,563 2,064 1,280 103 301 861 2,305
Sask. 12,246 5,778 2,848 1,310 40 104 266 1,008
Alta./Alb. 12,513 6,538 4,173 1,800 70 223 415 1,089
B.C./C.-B. 2,057 1,399 1,411 1,010 27 155 123 164

Farms Reporting Pigs by Farm size
(Percentage of Farms by Size Class
(numbers of pigs per farm))

Fermes de porcs selon la taille des fermes
(Pourcentage du nombre de fermes
selon le nombre de porcs par ferme)

# pigs/porcs 1 - 527 528 - 2,652 2,653 and over
Year/année 1996 2000 1996 2000 1996 2000
Canada 75.1 64.9 21.2 28.3 3.6 6.8
NFLD/ T.-N. 88.5 n.a n/a n.a . n/a n.a .
P.E.I./ I.-P.-E. 81.3 16.8 1.9
N.S./ N.-E. 67.3 27.6 5.1
N.B./N.-B. 80.4 18.2 1.3
Qué. 41.1 31.9 52.1 57.5 6.8 10.5
Ont. 77.6 68.8 20.5 27.6 1.9 3.6
Man. 68.5 56.7 23.1 30.7 8.5 12.6
Sask. 90.6 84.9 6.8 9.3 2.6 5.8
Alta./ Alb. 81.7 74.1 14.9 18.4 3.5 7.5
B.C./ C.-B. 94.6 95.3 4.3 2.9 1.1 1.8

National Production by Farm size
(Percentage of National Production by Farm Size (numbers of pigs per farm))

Production nationale selon la taille des fermes
(Pourcentage de la production nationale selon la taille des fermes (nombre de porcs par ferme))

# pigs/porcs 1 - 527 528 - 2,652 2,653 and over
Year/année 1996 2000 1996 2000 1996 2000
Canada 15.6 8.6 46.7 41.9 37.7 49.5
NFLD/ T.-N.   n/a n.a .   n/a n.a .   n/a n.a .
P.E.I./ I.-P.-E. 27.6 49.4 23.0
N.S./ N.-E.   5.3 53.1 41.6
N.B./N. -B. 17.3 67.2 15.5
Qué.   7.6 4.6 57.2 51.9 35.2 43.5
Ont. 24.8 13.4 52.3 51.1 22.9 35.5
Man. 12.3 6.9 28.7 28.1 58.9 65.0
Sask. 23.0 9.1 26.9 15.4 50.1 75.5
Alta./ Alb. 17.2 8.2 41.8 32.6 41.1 59.2
B.C./ C.-B. 11.8 7.4 48.1 30.2 40.0 62.4

Canadian exports of pork to all countries

Total des exportations canadiennes de porc

Live hog exports
(Number of animals)

Exportation des porcs vivants
( Nombre d'animaux)
  Breeding Hogs /
porcs de reproduction		 Feeder pigs /
porcs à l'engraissement		 Market hogs /
porcs de marché		 Total
1988 4,790 146,963 716,588 868,341
1989 1,225 170,568 835,140 1,006,933
1990 1,777 204,985 684,903 891,665
1991 2,088 225,856 837,781 1,065,725
1992 1,662 226,308 443,861 671,831
1993 1,531 280,813 556,611 838,955
1994 826 401,541 513,002 915,369
1995 806 650,748 1,096,003 1,747,557
1996 1,229 766,974 2,010,864 2,779,067
1997 4,880 987,287 2,188,633 3,180,800
1998   858 1,466,077 2,655,872 4,122,807
1999 1,265 2,083,426 2,052,625 4,137,316
2000 5,317 2,335,848 2,018,517 4,359,682
2001 23,171 3,168,770 2,152,298 5,344,239
2002 16,530 3,757,366 1,966,268 5,740,164
2003 13,135 4,971,044 2,458,173 7,442,352
2004 7,672 5,626,871 2,876,320 8,510,863
2005 22,758 5,414,931 2,777,294 8,214,983
2006 11,528 6, 014,268 2, 751,264 8,777,060
2007        

Pork Exports
(kg)

Exportations de viande de porc
(kg)

  Fresh, Frozen / 
Frais, congelé		 Offals / 
abats		 Pig Fat /
gras de porc		 Processed/ 
transformé		 Total
1988 243,873,730 36,246,290 3,715,124 19,147,720 302,982,864
1989 212,953,260 20,628,690 3,819,483 18,339,980 255,741,413
1990 220,582,970 17,030,930 6,861,167 23,131,580 267,606,647
1991 189,772,200 19,106,475 6,318,030 27,118,487 242,315,192
1992 204.496,163 21,147,612 15,540,854 32,674,188 273,858,817
1993 209,895,040 23,557,721 12,714,534 32,297,817 278,465,112
1994 204,866,100 29,806,400 16,343,961 37,957,458 288,973,919
1995 235,557,425 43,523,785 21,600,301 49,883,776 350,565,287
1996 242,847,878 47,352,583  23,050,763 58,477,677 371,728,901
1997 279,492,071 61,067,111 27,496,794 55,186,299 423,242,275
1998 289,419,459 59,777,443 26,550,579 57,275,689 433,023,170
1999 370,477,002 58,630,015 24,202,311 66,265,632 519,574,960
2000 440,109,164 85,608,708 34,374,847 76,552,848 636,645,567
2001 499,434,167 114,045,518 34,190,320 71,032,558 718,702,563
2002 596,148,390 116,552,285 34,181,739 80,496,087 827,378,501
2003 663,897,882 126,067,649 35,396,959 98,981,590 924,344,080
2004 672,533,438 125,692,877 44,420,572 88,720,273 931,287,160
2005 773,444,797 134,975,415 49,540,840 72,538,831 1,030,496,883
2006 776,655,252 131,467,643 62,223,245 67,620,392 1,037,966,532
2007 773,7685,060 129,153,802 60,392,245 69,753,646 996,84753

Live hog exports
(non-indexed Cdn$)

Exportations de porcs vivants
(dollars canadiens non indexés)

  Breeding Hogs /
porcs de reproduction		 Feeder pigs /
porcs à l'engraissement		 Market hogs /
porcs de marché		 Total
1988 1,411,678 6,986,559 90,616,720 99,014,957
1989 869,937 7,660,598 104,535,400 113,065,935
1990 1,179,919 11,995,230 100,723,900 113,899,049
1991 1,468,810 11,896,616 115,796,555 129,161,981
1992 977,704 10,015,259 65,697,162 76,690,125
1993 883,427 14,800,607 86,381,063 102,065,097
1994 890,250 19,520,934 80,134,740 100,545,924
1995 595,101 27,596,348 162,920,209 191,111,658
1996 442,963 32,244,852 350,699,737 383,387,552
1997 4,442,131 45,950,051 394,285,998 444,678,180
1998 680,740 57,543,719 367,320,719 425,545,178
1999 1,320,243 75,958,687 259,865,052 337,143,982
2000 1,846,077 109,051,659 336,251,598 447,149,334
2001 9,508,052 160,125,850 386,877,109 556,511,011
2002 4,242,644 170,476,383 312,745,911 487,446,938
2003 6,265,087 209,205,190 344,500,006 559,970,283
2004 3,441,873 245,676,349 453,439,673 702,557,637
2005 10,260,747 291,010,413 442,946,477 744,217,637
2006 7,324,766 281,515,713 385,523,020 674,363,499
2007 15,033,328 288,675,955 420,964,369 724,673,652

Pork Exports
(non-indexed Cdn$)

Exportations de viandes de porc
(dollars canadiens non indexés)

  Fresh  Frozen /
frais, congelé		 Offals /
abats		 Pig Fat/ 
gras de porc		 Processed /
transformé		 Total
1988 581,275,400 24,273,980 2,265,364 60,755,360 668,570,104
1989 521,902,800 14,391,260 2,397,040 59,436,120 598,127,220
1990 613,475,000 14,666,550 3,612,999 82,796,060 714,550,609
1991 491,820,663 16,402,864 3,102,413 83,859,634 595,185,574
1992 550,217,078 15,764,533 10,159,629 94,276,189 670,417,429
1993 623,225,680 20,642,100 8,837,575 105,058,711 757,764,066
1994 623,748,123 26,319,415 12,257,392 145,797,248 808,122,178
1995 739,632,700 40,332,752 18,658,012 198,467,609 997,091,073
1996 850,023,717 49,526,069 21,717,908 241,789,174 1,163,056,868
1997 1,023,855,584 71,699,643 26,886,236 236,580,092 1,359,021,555
1998 815,426,453 66,682,286 21,335,912 215,292,970 1,118,737,621
1999 997,200,153 53,747,508 19,007,325 245,460,097 1,315,415,083
2000 1,381,458,709 73,582,450 29,084,198 317,152,233 1,801,277,590
2001 1,739,685,211 118,691,010 35,070,573 319,789,553 2,213,236,347
2002 1,714,393,063 113,534,959 25,945,631 332,460,895 2,186,334,548
2003 1,791,505,465 111,490,873 32,407,031 407,250,331 2,342,653,700
2004 2,077,200,854 134,477,423 48,254,917 394,527,764 2,654,460,958
2005 2,312,563,300 161,589,072 60,388,144 307,577,193 2,842,117,709
2006 2,051,973,206 146,354,058 60,639,243 276,909,778 2,535,876,285
2007 1,919,972,345 152,182,436 58,199,248 260,551,982 2,390,906,011

Source: Statistics Canada