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Table 2.1 Livestock and poultry, 1997 to 2011

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Table 2.1  Livestock and poultry, 1997 to 2011
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
  thousands
Inventory on January 1  
Cattle 13,412 13,360 13,211 13,201 13,608 13,752 13,466 14,555 14,925 14,655 14,155 13,870 13,195 12,905 12,460
Bulls1 246 236 225 230 239 237 239 270 273 264 245 247 244 232 222
Milk cows 1,231 1,184 1,157 1,103 1,091 1,084 1,066 1,055 1,041 1,019 995 984 979 981 987
Beef cows 4,387 4,361 4,386 4,452 4,602 4,636 4,752 5,019 5,284 5,247 5,020 4,982 4,650 4,391 4,273
Dairy heifers2 531 511 494 487 498 508 512 504 518 495 480 471 451 451 443
Beef heifers2 1,388 1,433 1,309 1,347 1,475 1,518 1,453 1,558 1,583 1,615 1,551 1,578 1,372 1,416 1,384
For breeding 724 687 605 645 674 654 648 688 638 628 587 595 537 516 532
For market 664 746 704 703 801 865 805 871 945 987 964 983 835 900 852
Steers3 981 1,004 1,197 1,267 1,222 1,195 1,174 1,203 1,160 1,147 1,145 1,102 1,068 1,142 1,082
Calves 4,648 4,631 4,443 4,315 4,482 4,574 4,270 4,945 5,067 4,868 4,720 4,506 4,433 4,292 4,069
Pigs 11,480 11,985 12,429 12,904 13,576 14,375 14,745 14,725 14,810 15,110 14,907 13,810 12,180 11,835 11,895
Breeding stock 1,195 1,287 1,304 1,346 1,406 1,512 1,569 1,615 1,634 1,605 1,579 1,512 1,395 1,332 1,313
Boars,4 six months and older 58 58 54 49 46 44 42 39 37 35 33 30 24 22 18
Sows5 and gilts,6 six months and older 1,136 1,229 1,250 1,297 1,361 1,468 1,527 1,576 1,597 1,571 1,546 1,483 1,371 1,310 1,295
All other pigs 10,285 10,698 11,125 11,559 12,169 12,863 13,177 13,110 13,176 13,505 13,328 12,298 10,785 10,503 10,582
Under 20 kilograms 3,317 3,505 3,872 3,918 4,115 4,239 4,369 4,545 4,487 4,476 4,545 4,472 3,689 3,599 3,600
20 to 60 kilograms 3,511 3,635 3,678 3,916 4,127 4,340 4,454 4,371 4,413 4,623 4,532 3,962 3,619 3,605 3,427
Over 60 kilograms 3,457 3,559 3,576 3,725 3,928 4,284 4,354 4,195 4,277 4,406 4,251 3,864 3,478 3,300 3,555
Sheep, 1 year and older 447 465 490 543 606 644 641 641 633 589 584 557 546 539 544
Rams7 23 24 25 28 30 29 29 27 27 26 26 24 24 23 23
Ewes8 425 441 465 515 576 615 613 613 606 563 558 533 522 516 522
Lambs 180 197 227 251 342 349 334 354 345 305 295 269 262 267 269
Production  
Chickens 516,952 541,278 570,468 590,623 624,792 625,692 615,921 613,510 626,270 622,197 640,380 640,833 637,035 641,506 ..
Turkeys 20,999 20,070 20,087 21,268 20,191 19,672 19,835 19,517 20,493 21,172 21,861 22,857 21,648 20,541 ..
1. Uncastrated male bovines.
2. Female bovines that have never borne young.
3. Castrated male bovines.
4. Uncastrated male pigs.
5. Female pigs that have borne young.
6. Female pigs that have never borne young.
7. Male sheep.
8. Female sheep that have borne young.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 003-0004, 003-0018, 003-0019, 003-0031 and 003-0032.
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