Table 3.5
Biomass extraction for human use from Canada’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, by province, by category, 2010

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Biomass extraction for human use from Canada’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, by province, by category, 2010
Table summary
This table displays biomass extraction for human use from Canada's terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, broken down by province or territory, ocean and category. The row headers are comprised of the Canada total, the provinces and territories and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The column headers are comprised of the biomass extraction categories including a total. The unit of measure is in tonnes.
  Agricultural crops 1 Livestock and poultry 2 Milk, maple products and honey 3 Forestry 4 Fisheries 5 Total
Freshwater Marine
  tonnes
Canada, total 115,550,105 4,514,920 7,985,038 156,616,813 187,532 951,529 285,805,936
Newfoundland and Labrador 43,892 768 50,916 1,684,873 15,360 ... 1,795,809
Prince Edward Island 1,716,771 14,070 104,996 435,530 22,589 ... 2,293,956
Nova Scotia 721,972 43,752 175,346 5,031,045 8,118 ... 5,980,233
New Brunswick 1,283,261 40,706 141,111 10,348,328 26,783 ... 11,840,188
Quebec 12,345,969 1,195,811 2,999,866 19,653,853 1,567 ... 36,197,065
Ontario 25,911,380 1,125,865 2,585,206 14,537,498 15,358 ... 44,175,306
Manitoba 12,325,410 463,297 325,977 1,431,188 10,934 ... 14,556,805
Saskatchewan 29,409,919 272,295 237,846 2,154,078 2,731 ... 32,076,869
Alberta 29,484,989 1,152,822 685,836 23,601,685 1,205 ... 54,926,536
British Columbia 2,306,541 205,537 677,938 77,681,490 82,435 ... 80,953,941
Yukon .. .. .. 30,308 0 ... 30,308
Northwest Territories .. .. .. 26,940 28 ... 26,968
Nunavut .. .. .. .. 424 ... 424
Atlantic Ocean ... ... ... ... ... 799,243 799,243
Pacific Ocean ... ... ... ... ... 152,286 152,286
1.
Includes the majority of grains, oilseeds and hay, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, and greenhouse production.
2.
Includes cattle, hog, sheep, lamb and poultry production (warm carcass weight). Excludes slaughter of imported animals.
3.
Maple products are expressed as syrup.
4.
Includes green weight with bark harvests (including industrial roundwood, fuel wood and firewood).
5.
Inland data includes aquaculture and freshwater commercial fishing (live weight). Marine fisheries data includes fish and shellfish extraction (live weight). Biomass extraction in recreational fisheries is not included in this table.
Note(s):
Biomass extraction represents the amount of organic material produced by or derived from living organisms that humans extract from the environment. Biomass extraction data are provided for various sources, but are not a complete representation of all biomass extraction in Canada. Data here may be underestimated since source data that were suppressed for confidentiality reasons or that were too unreliable to be published were treated as zeros. Some mathematical adjustments were performed to ensure comparability of results
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 001-0006, 001-0009, 001-0010, 001-0013, 001-0014, 003-0001, 003-0011, 003-0018 (accessed February 7, 2013), 003-0094 and 003-0083 (accessed May 9, 2013). Statistics Canada, 2011, Production and Value of Honey and Maple Products, 2011, Catalogue no. 23-221-X. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2012, Freshwater Fisheries - Catches and Landed Values by Species, By Province/Territory, 2010 , www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/commercial/land-debarq/freshwater-eaudouce/2010-eng.htm (accessed February 7, 2013). Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2012, Seafisheries, Landings, Commercial Fisheries, http://dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/commercial/sea-maritimes-eng.htm (accessed February 5, 2013). Natural Resources Canada, 2012, The State of Canada’s Forests: Annual Report 2012, Catalogue no. Fo1-6/2012E-PDF, http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/34055.pdf (accessed February 7, 2013). United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2010, Forest Product Conversion Factors for the UNECE Region, Geneva Timber and Forest Discussion Paper 49, www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/timber/publications/DP-49.pdf (accessed February 7, 2013). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2012, 009D Average Warm Carcass Weights at Federally Inspected Plants, http://www3.agr.gc.ca/apps/aimis-simia/rp/index-eng.cfm?menupos=1.02.08&PARENT_DATA_CLCTN_TYPE_CODE=&REPORT_ID=135&ACTION= promptReport&LANG=EN (accessed May 7, 2013). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Information Network on Post-harvest Operations (INPhO), 1998, “Chapitre 2 Laits d’animaux laitiers,”Le lait et les produits laitiers dans la nutrition humaine, www.fao.org/docrep/t4280f/T4280F04.htm#Chapitre (accessed August 14, 2013). Wikipedia, 2013, Masse volumique, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masse_volumique (accessed August 14, 2013). Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2007, Canadian Maple Products Situation and Trends 2006-2007, http://www5.agr.gc.ca/resources/prod/doc/misb/hort/sit/pdf/maple_2006-07_e.pdf (accessed August 14, 2013).
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