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Statistics

Description of Canadian hog farms

Hogs marketed in Canada by province:
1984-2010
(in thousands of heads)

 
NFLD/TN
PEI/IPE
NS/NÉ
NB
QUE
ONT
MAN
SASK
ALTA
BC/CB 
CANADA
1984
36.6
193.1
255.5
200.1
4,794.1
5,109.5
1,608.7
812.0
2,030.8
387.3
15,232.5
1985
31.5
189.1
251.3
183.0
4,812.4
5,126.7
1,797.0
844.4
2,153.8
398.8
15,604.4
1986
29.9
185.7
240.6
165.8
4,661.1
4,898.1
1,760.7
768.9
2,011.8
370.8
14,900.9
1987
28.1
206.3
235.7
160.6
4,616.1
4,955.9
1,840.5
846.8
2,126.0
351.3
15,162.2
1988
28.6
217.4
243.1
156.9
4,739.0
5,130.3
2,124.2
1,054.1
2,397.8
401.5
16,306.8
1989
27.6
210.0
251.6
158.0
4,831.4
4,848.0
2,302.4
1,113.8
2,481.7
412.4
16,445.7
1990
28.6
202.2
227.6
129.2
4,709.7
4,478.0
2,101.2
1,005.6
2,429.7
401.2
15,574.6
1991
27.9
188.3
223.2
120.3
4,616.1
4,268.2
2,217.7
1,127.4
2,384.1
380.1
15,389.0
1992
27.2
184.9
212.7
128.7
4,703.2
4,533.2
2,353.1
1,232.9
2,629.6
358.4
16,140.2
1993
20.3
168.7
202.1
122.0
4,807.0
4,360.5
2,460.7
1,190.1
2,574.7
343.3
16,041.4
1994
7.3
179.4
202.4
131.5
4,859.0
4,378.5
2,576.0
1,228.4
2,633.0
370.6
16,391.1
1995
7.7
191.9
214.1
133.8
5,131.8
4,656.6
2,832.3
1,291.2
2,848.2
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
17,958.4
1997
7.3
190.2
224.4
146.8
5,770.0
4,898.7
3,225.1
1,318.0
2,649.2
329.5
18,565.1
1998
7.91
242.7
285.2
214.9
7,693.5
6,645.2
4,451.0
1,833.1
3,307.3
432.9
21,065.2
1999
6.8
208.1
233.4
181.9
6,749.8
5,924.4
4,758.7
1,660.1
3,160.6
345.1
23,058.4
2000
5.8
202.2
221.3
203.0
6,856.8
6,150.7
5,258.0
1,610.5
3,343.6
339.7
24,043.9
2001
4.8
212.7
224.7
236.7
7,085.9
6,843.6
6,019.7
1,626.3
3,613.9
317.6
26,046.3
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
27,880.1
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
29,887.0
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
31,383.3
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
30,534.9
2006
4.6
200.4
178.4
217.7
7,147.5
7,442.4
8,816.6
2,605.4
3,920.9
328.3
30,566.0
2007
4.3
182.5
171.9
232.9
7,309.1
7,451.4
9,236.7
2,849.1
3,833.5
336.3
31,300.7
2008
4.1
141.5
179.1
238.8
7,811.3
7,729.5
8,860.8
2,936.7
3,599.2
325.9
31,063.5
2009
4.4
85.2
111.2
231.1
7,754.3
6,811.2
8,363.2
2,078.1
3,101.6
288.2
28,082.3
2010
4.4
95.2
98.1
200.2
7,777.3
6,356.1
7,794.9
2,060.3
3,031.4
232.0
27,023.2

Note:
Provincial Hog Marketings = Other disposition+international exports+interprovincial exports
National Hog Marketings = Other disposition+international exports
National Hog Marketings will not equal the sum of Provincial Hog Marketings due to the counting of interprovincial exports.

Total pigs on farms by province (inventory): April 1, 1986 - 2010
(in thousands of heads)


 
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
1.5
77.9
52.3
90.2
3,940.0
3,355.1
2,660.0
1,002.0
1,700.0
121.0
13,000.0
2009
1.5
47.8
25.3
75.1
3,870.0
2,975.3
2,477.0
760.0
1,540.0
113.0
11,885.0
2010
1.7
45.2
13.5
68.6
3,900.0
2,735.0
2,550.0
750.0
1,490.0
96.0
11,650.0
                       

Pigs on Farm on January 1, 2011
(Hog numbers)


  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
Atlantic Provinces
134,500
1.13
19,500
1.15
114,700
1.08
Qué
3,900,000
32.75
369,000
28.49
3,528,300
33.30
Ont.
2,895,500
24.31
344,500
26.59
2,545,500
24.02
Man.
2,620,000
22.00
318,600
24.59
2,298,900
21,70
Sask.
790,000
6.63
87,800
6.78
699,500
6.60
Alta.
1,490,000
12.51
146,600
11.32
1,339,100
12.64
B.C./C.B.
80,000
.67
9,400
0.73
70,400
0.66
Canada 11,910,000
1,295,400
10,596,400

Atlantic Provinces: (NFLD- TN.)-(P.E.I.-I.P.E.)-(N.S-N.-É)-(N.B-N.-B)

 

Numbers of Farms reporting pigs


  Number of Farms with pigs/
Nombre de fermes avec porcs
1976
1986
1996
2006
2011 Jan 1
CANADA
63,602
36,472
21,105
12,320
6,985
Atlantic Provinces
84
48
35
30
175
Qué.
9,067
4,706
3,040
2,490
1,840
Ont.
18,622
12,933
6,777
3,490
2,380
Man.
6,069
3,563
2,064
1,280
745
Sask.
12,246
5,778
2,848
1,310
380
Alta./Alb.
12,513
6,538
4,173
1,800
810
B.C./C.-B.
2,057
1,399
1,411
1,010
655

Size of Farms reporting pigs

  Average Number of Pigs Farm/
Nombre moyen par ferme
1976
1986
1996
2006
2011 Jan 1
CANADA
91
268
523
1,162
1,705
NFLD/ T.-N.
188
338
127
80
X
P.E.I/I.-P.-E.
67
169
373
663
944
N.S./ N.-E.
88
324
602
683
X
N.B./N.-B.
42
249
331
757
1,500
Qué.
178
622
1,133
1,635
2,120
Ont.
103
241
418
896
1,217
Man.
103
301
861
2,305
3,517
Sask.
40
104
266
1,008
2,079
Alta./Alb.
70
223
415
1,089
1,840
B.C./C.-B.
27
155
123
164
122

 

Canadian exports of pork to all countries

Live hog exports
(Number of animals)

  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
2,777,114
8,214,803
2006
11,528
6, 014,268
2, 751,189
8,776,985
2007
18,865
6,729,779
3,283,250
10,031,894
2008
12,316
7,036,388
2,308,368
9,357,072
2009
11,332
5,221,664
1,142,671
6,375,667
2010
11,484
4,699,916
1,048,645
5,760,045

Pork Exports
(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
776,657,042
131,467,643
62,223,245
67,620,392
1,037,968,322
2007
737,708,419
129,172,312
60,392,245
69,769,430
997,042,406
2008
812,145,522
150,508,484
63,390,161
68,456,518
1,094,500,685
2009
810,924,265
138,265,553
62,036,708
63,954,296
1,075,180,882
2010
843,247,076
143,280,160
55,730,105
55,418,785
1,097,676,126

Live hog exports
(non-indexed Cdn$)


  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
2008
6,766,686
240,935,866
278,894,609
526,597,161
2009
7,677,961
183,978,149
162,811,823
354,467,933
2010
9,789,908
211,477,313
167,611,637
388,878,858

Pork Exports
(non-indexed Cdn$)


  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
1,919,972,937
152,195,576
58,199,247
260,584,389
2,391,024,149
2008
2,182,117,345
209,509,849
92,333,578
252,027,081
2,735,987,853
2009
2,078,317,613
202,236,809
82,393,251
239,188,729
2,602,136,402
2010
2,290,270,941
193,526,568
68,602,645
215,684,662
2,768,084,816

Source: Statistics Canada

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