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Table 9 Ostriches

	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	% change from 1981 to 1986	% change from 1986 to 1991	% change from 1991 to 1996	% change from 1996 to 2001	% change from 2001 to 2006
Canada
Number of animals	..	..	485	14,879	6,576	2,748	..	..	2,968	-56	-58
Number of farms reporting	..	..	23	788	286	78	..	..	3,326	-64	-73
Average number per farm	..	..	21.1	18.9	23.0	35.2	..	..	-10	22	53

Newfoundland and Labrador
Number of animals	..	..	0	0	x	0	..	..	..	..	x
Number of farms reporting	..	..	0	0	2	0	..	..	..	..	-100
Average number per farm	..	..	0.0	0.0	x	0.0	..	..	..	..	x

Prince Edward Island
Number of animals	..	..	0	x	14	0	..	..	..	x	-100
Number of farms reporting	..	..	0	2	3	0	..	..	..	50	-100
Average number per farm	..	..	0.0	x	4.7	0.0	..	..	..	x	-100

Nova Scotia
Number of animals	..	..	0	x	28	x	..	..	..	x	x
Number of farms reporting	..	..	0	2	4	1	..	..	..	100	-75
Average number per farm	..	..	0.0	x	7.0	x	..	..	..	x	x

New Brunswick
Number of animals	..	..	0	x	x	x	..	..	..	x	x
Number of farms reporting	..	..	0	1	1	1	..	..	..	0	0
Average number per farm	..	..	0.0	x	x	x	..	..	..	x	x

Quebec
Number of animals	..	..	0	1,470	894	429	..	..	..	-39	-52
Number of farms reporting	..	..	0	100	44	10	..	..	..	-56	-77
Average number per farm	..	..	0.0	14.7	20.3	42.9	..	..	..	38	111

Ontario
Number of animals	..	..	x	1,022	797	168	..	..	x	-22	-79
Number of farms reporting	..	..	1	64	51	18	..	..	6,300	-20	-65
Average number per farm	..	..	x	16.0	15.6	9.3	..	..	x	-3	-40

Manitoba
Number of animals	..	..	35	1,220	295	x	..	..	3,386	-76	x
Number of farms reporting	..	..	8	69	15	2	..	..	763	-78	-87
Average number per farm	..	..	4.4	17.7	19.7	x	..	..	302	11	x

Saskatchewan
Number of animals	..	..	x	1,756	873	75	..	..	x	-50	-91
Number of farms reporting	..	..	3	82	28	4	..	..	2,633	-66	-86
Average number per farm	..	..	x	21.4	31.2	18.8	..	..	x	46	-40

Alberta
Number of animals	..	..	334	7,400	2,577	1,496	..	..	2,116	-65	-42
Number of farms reporting	..	..	8	330	96	23	..	..	4,025	-71	-76
Average number per farm	..	..	41.8	22.4	26.8	65.0	..	..	-46	20	143

British Columbia
Number of animals	..	..	86	1,964	1,069	566	..	..	2,184	-46	-47
Number of farms reporting	..	..	3	138	42	19	..	..	4,500	-70	-55
Average number per farm	..	..	28.7	14.2	25.5	29.8	..	..	-51	80	17
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Alternative Livestock on Canadian Farms, catalogue number 23-502-XIE