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Production and value of honey

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Production and value of honey


Table summary
This table displays the results of production and value of honey beekeepers, colonies, honey and production of honey, total, calculated using production of honey, total, value of honey, total,  number, thousands of pounds, metric tonnes and  thousands of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  BeekeepersNote 1 ColoniesNote 1 Honey
Production of honey, totalNote 2 Production of honey, totalNote 2 Value of honey, totalNote 3
   number thousands of pounds metric tonnes  thousands of dollars
CanadaNote 4  
Average 2006 to 2010 7,274 600,027 78,672 35,695 114,692
2010 7,403Note r: revised 620,291Note r: revised 82,101Note r: revised 37,251Note r: revised 145,853Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 7,671 627,713 78,134 35,451 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Prince Edward Island  
Average 2006 to 2010 24 2,993 203 92 459
2010 33 2,605Note r: revised 201Note r: revised 91Note r: revised 603Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 40 2,954 295 134 885
Nova Scotia  
Average 2006 to 2010 236 18,840 515 233 1,094
2010 215 18,500 528 240 1,584
2011Note p: preliminary 220 16,200 352 160 1,059
New Brunswick  
Average 2006 to 2010 203 4,346 208 94 489
2010 204 4,288 257 117 963
2011Note p: preliminary 209 4,500 208 94 822
Quebec  
Average 2006 to 2010 255 35,968 3,079 1,397 7,650
2010 262Note r: revised 39,812Note r: revised 4,459Note r: revised 2,023Note r: revised 9,516Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 265 39,900 3,511 1,593 8,780
Ontario  
Average 2006 to 2010 2,400 79,710 6,677 3,029 13,316
2010 2,600 83,150 8,814Note r: revised 3,999Note r: revised 22,035Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 2,900 87,000 8,787 3,987 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Manitoba  
Average 2006 to 2010 548 77,284 13,803 6,263 16,796
2010 490Note r: revised 78,000 12,870 5,839 19,562Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 492 77,000 15,400 6,987 23,100
Saskatchewan  
Average 2006 to 2010 1,016 91,200 18,718 8,493 24,263
2010 965 86,000 18,404 8,350 28,526Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 850 90,000 15,930 7,228 24,692
Alberta  
Average 2006 to 2010 706 246,800 33,067 15,003 43,765
2010 769Note r: revised 266,000Note r: revised 34,580Note r: revised 15,690Note r: revised 56,230Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 760 272,000 31,824 14,439 55,865
British Columbia  
Average 2006 to 2010 1,885 42,886 2,402 1,090 6,860
2010 1,865 41,936 1,988Note r: revised 902Note r: revised 6,834Note r: revised
2011Note p: preliminary 1,935 38,159 1,826 828 6,774
.. not available for a specific reference period
p preliminary
r revised
Note 1.

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

Note 2.

Production excludes inventory.

Note 3.

Value excludes inventory sales except for in Quebec.

Note 4.

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.
1.
Beekeeper and colony numbers may include pollinators that may not extract honey.
2.
Production excludes inventory.
3.
Value excludes inventory sales except for in Quebec.
4.
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.