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Production and value of honey

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Production and value of honey
	Beekeepers ¹	Colonies ¹	Honey
	Beekeepers ¹	Colonies ¹	Production of honey, total ²	Production of honey, total ²	Value of honey, total ³
	number		thousands of pounds	metric tonnes	thousands of dollars
Canada ⁴
Average 2004 to 2008	7,567	600,231	79,199	35,934	97,160
2008	6,931 ^r	570,070 ^r	64,895 ^r	29,444 ^r	105,184
2009 ^p	6,728	575,676	64,788	29,396	..
Prince Edward Island
Average 2004 to 2008	22	2,452	139	63	286
2008	24 ^r	4,000 ^r	260 ^r	118 ^r	520
2009 ^p	28	3,530	265	120	530
Nova Scotia
Average 2004 to 2008	294	18,880	629	285	1,128
2008	210 ^r	19,200 ^r	392 ^r	178 ^r	784
2009 ^p	200	19,500	420	191	840
New Brunswick
Average 2004 to 2008	218	5,108	203	92	289
2008	187 ^r	3,000 ^r	174 ^r	79 ^r	348
2009 ^p	180	2,700	189	86	378
Quebec
Average 2004 to 2008	247	32,845	2,956	1,341	6,551
2008	256 ^r	36,123 ^r	3,186 ^r	1,446 ^r	8,527
2009 ^p	250	35,000	2,100	953	..
Ontario
Average 2004 to 2008	2,430	76,280	7,080	3,212	11,746
2008	2,200	80,000	4,586 ^r	2,081 ^r	9,190
2009 ^p	2,150	81,200	4,571	2,074	..
Manitoba
Average 2004 to 2008	594	80,635	13,510	6,130	14,681
2008	523 ^r	75,173 ^r	12,028 ^r	5,457 ^r	17,440
2009 ^p	474	70,746	12,310	5,585	..
Saskatchewan
Average 2004 to 2008	1,056	97,000	18,237	8,275	21,222
2008	1,045	90,000 ^r	16,560 ^r	7,514 ^r	24,840
2009 ^p	971	85,000	17,000	7,713	..
Alberta
Average 2004 to 2008	700	243,200	33,399	15,154	39,128
2008	620 ^r	226,000 ^r	25,990 ^r	11,792 ^r	37,755
2009 ^p	625	240,000	25,920	11,760	44,865
British Columbia
Average 2004 to 2008	2,006	43,832	3,047	1,382	8,094
2008	1,866	36,574	1,719 ^r	780 ^r	5,779
2009 ^p	1,850	38,000	2,014	914	7,544

Beekeeper and colony numbers include pollinators that may not extract honey.

Production excludes inventory.

Value excludes inventory sales except for in Québec.

Does not include Newfoundland and Labrador.

Note(s):

Figures are compiled by Statistics Canada from provincial data, except for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island where data are collected through a Statistics Canada mail survey.

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