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Cattle and calves

Table 6.1-9
Cattle and calves - Beef cows on Census Day, 2006 and 2001
Geography Cattle and calves
Beef cows
May 16, 2006 May 15, 2001
farms reporting number of animals farms reporting number of animals
Symbols
  • xsuppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
  • . not available for any reference period
  • ..not available for a specific reference period
  • 0true zero or a value rounded to zero
Notes

Data are not provided for the 2001 census consolidated subdivisions due to numerous boundary changes between censuses. These boundary changes mean that caution should be taken when comparing the data for the following census divisions in Quebec: Bellechasse (241219000), Lévis (241225000), La Nouvelle-Beauce (241226000), Shawinigan (240436000), Francheville (240437000) and Maskinongé (240451000). The following census agricultural regions in Saskatchewan are also affected: Agricultural Region 5B (475100000) and Agricultural Region 6A (476000000).

The nine-digit geographic code at the end of the geographic names comprises two digits for the province, two for the census agricultural region, two for the census division and three for the census consolidated subdivision.

  1. Due to confidentiality constraints, the data for one or more geographic areas having very few farms have been combined with the data from this census consolidated subdivision or census division. For the names of the geographic areas included in this amalgamation and the number of farms in them access Geographic area amalgamations.
Source
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Agriculture, Farm Data and Farm Operator Data, catalogue no. 95-629-XWE.
Canada (000000000) 83,000 5,081,596 90,066 4,802,400
Ontario - PR (350000000) 15,017 377,354 16,179 376,020
Southern Ontario Region - CAR (350100000) 2,184 47,488 2,239 44,422
Hamilton - CD (350125000) 157 2,601 164 2,800
Hamilton - CCS (350125005) 157 2,601 empty cell empty cell
Niagara - CD (350126000) 161 2,256 187 2,418
Fort Erie - CCS (350126003) 11 x empty cell empty cell
Port Colborne - CCS (350126011) 10 175 empty cell empty cell
Wainfleet - CCS (350126014) 16 203 empty cell empty cell
West Lincoln - CCS (350126021) 70 1,045 empty cell empty cell
Pelham - CCS (350126028) 18 x empty cell empty cell
Welland - CCS (350126032) 1 x empty cell empty cell
Thorold - CCS (350126037) 7 159 empty cell empty cell
Niagara Falls - CCS (350126043) 3 34 empty cell empty cell
Niagara-on-the-Lake - CCS (350126047) 6 x empty cell empty cell
St. Catharines - CCS (350126053) 2 x empty cell empty cell
Lincoln - CCS (350126057) 12 149 empty cell empty cell
Grimsby - CCS (350126065) 5 x empty cell empty cell
Haldimand-Norfolk - CD (350128000) 347 7,351 349 6,352
Haldimand County - CCS (350128018) 243 5,422 empty cell empty cell
Norfolk County - CCS (350128052) 104 1,929 empty cell empty cell
Brant - CD (350129000) 103 1,998 106 2,016
Brant - CCS (350129005)1 103 1,998 empty cell empty cell
Oxford - CD (350132000) 274 4,965 239 4,535
Norwich - CCS (350132002) 57 699 empty cell empty cell
South-West Oxford - CCS (350132012) 55 854 empty cell empty cell
Zorra - CCS (350132027) 59 1,110 empty cell empty cell
East Zorra-Tavistock - CCS (350132038) 34 615 empty cell empty cell
Blandford-Blenheim - CCS (350132045) 69 1,687 empty cell empty cell
Elgin - CD (350134000) 194 4,858 191 3,928
Bayham - CCS (350134005) 16 x empty cell empty cell
Malahide - CCS (350134010) 32 391 empty cell empty cell
Central Elgin - CCS (350134020) 28 654 empty cell empty cell
Southwold - CCS (350134024) 49 1,255 empty cell empty cell
Dutton/Dunwich - CCS (350134030) 39 x empty cell empty cell
West Elgin - CCS (350134042) 30 825 empty cell empty cell
Chatham-Kent - CD (350136000) 105 2,439 96 1,744
Chatham-Kent - CCS (350136020) 105 2,439 empty cell empty cell
Essex - CD (350137000) 44 998 43 1,017
Leamington - CCS (350137003) 2 x empty cell empty cell
Kingsville - CCS (350137013)1 12 337 empty cell empty cell
Essex - CCS (350137016) 11 221 empty cell empty cell
Amherstburg - CCS (350137028) 4 x empty cell empty cell
LaSalle - CCS (350137034)1 3 x empty cell empty cell
Tecumseh - CCS (350137048) 2 x empty cell empty cell
Lakeshore - CCS (350137064) 10 239 empty cell empty cell
Lambton - CD (350138000) 337 7,665 384 8,044
St. Clair - CCS (350138003) 75 x empty cell empty cell
Dawn-Euphemia - CCS (350138007) 56 1,276 empty cell empty cell
Brooke-Alvinston - CCS (350138015) 36 837 empty cell empty cell
Enniskillen - CCS (350138016) 56 1,358 empty cell empty cell
Sarnia - CCS (350138030) 10 x empty cell empty cell
Plympton-Wyoming - CCS (350138035) 39 997 empty cell empty cell
Lambton Shores - CCS (350138040) 39 941 empty cell empty cell
Warwick - CCS (350138043) 26 443 empty cell empty cell
Middlesex - CD (350139000) 462 12,357 480 11,568
Southwest Middlesex - CCS (350139005) 81 2,233 empty cell empty cell
Strathroy-Caradoc - CCS (350139015) 48 x empty cell empty cell
Thames Centre - CCS (350139027) 73 1,758 empty cell empty cell
Middlesex Centre - CCS (350139033) 80 2,277 empty cell empty cell
London - CCS (350139036) 23 x empty cell empty cell
North Middlesex - CCS (350139041) 75 2,640 empty cell empty cell
Adelaide Metcalfe - CCS (350139047) 47 1,475 empty cell empty cell
Lucan Biddulph - CCS (350139060) 35 635 empty cell empty cell
Western Ontario Region - CAR (350200000) 4,973 140,476 5,352 139,633
Peel - CD (350221000) 95 2,195 120 2,590
Mississauga - CCS (350221005) 1 x empty cell empty cell
Brampton - CCS (350221010) 9 x empty cell empty cell
Caledon - CCS (350221024) 85 2,067 empty cell empty cell
Dufferin - CD (350222000) 310 8,502 353 9,440
East Garafraxa - CCS (350222001) 30 x empty cell empty cell
Amaranth - CCS (350222008) 59 1,463 empty cell empty cell
East Luther Grand Valley - CCS (350222010) 32 757 empty cell empty cell
Mono - CCS (350222012) 43 x empty cell empty cell
Mulmur - CCS (350222016) 66 x empty cell empty cell
Melancthon - CCS (350222019) 80 2,592 empty cell empty cell
Wellington - CD (350223000) 589 13,782 628 13,970
Puslinch - CCS (350223001) 44 1,224 empty cell empty cell
Guelph/Eramosa - CCS (350223009) 46 982 empty cell empty cell
Erin - CCS (350223017) 88 1,899 empty cell empty cell
Centre Wellington - CCS (350223025) 104 2,289 empty cell empty cell
Mapleton - CCS (350223033) 104 2,587 empty cell empty cell
Minto - CCS (350223043) 74 1,518 empty cell empty cell
Wellington North - CCS (350223050) 129 3,283 empty cell empty cell
Halton - CD (350224000) 87 1,662 101 1,694
Oakville - CCS (350224001) 0 0 empty cell empty cell
Burlington - CCS (350224002) 11 x empty cell empty cell
Milton - CCS (350224009) 31 x empty cell empty cell
Halton Hills - CCS (350224015) 45 965 empty cell empty cell
Waterloo - CD (350230000) 174 3,877 165 3,021
North Dumfries - CCS (350230004) 25 569 empty cell empty cell
Cambridge - CCS (350230010) 5 93 empty cell empty cell
Kitchener - CCS (350230013)1 5 71 empty cell empty cell
Wilmot - CCS (350230020) 42 721 empty cell empty cell
Wellesley - CCS (350230027) 64 1,411 empty cell empty cell
Woolwich - CCS (350230035) 33 1,012 empty cell empty cell
Perth - CD (350231000) 367 8,402 410 8,084
Perth South - CCS (350231013) 53 1,302 empty cell empty cell
West Perth - CCS (350231025) 73 1,527 empty cell empty cell
Perth East - CCS (350231030) 142 2,691 empty cell empty cell
North Perth - CCS (350231040) 99 2,882 empty cell empty cell
Huron - CD (350240000) 623 18,457 628 18,320
South Huron - CCS (350240005) 47 1,640 empty cell empty cell
Bluewater - CCS (350240010) 49 1,367 empty cell empty cell
Central Huron - CCS (350240025) 65 1,646 empty cell empty cell
Huron East - CCS (350240040) 94 2,715 empty cell empty cell
Howick - CCS (350240046) 62 1,266 empty cell empty cell
Morris-Turnberry - CCS (350240050) 93 2,899 empty cell empty cell
North Huron - CCS (350240055) 48 1,778 empty cell empty cell
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh - CCS (350240063) 165 5,146 empty cell empty cell
Bruce - CD (350241000) 818 31,364 854 29,346
South Bruce - CCS (350241004) 165 4,727 empty cell empty cell
Huron-Kinloss - CCS (350241015) 118 4,009 empty cell empty cell
Kincardine - CCS (350241024) 109 3,145 empty cell empty cell
Brockton - CCS (350241032) 153 5,871 empty cell empty cell
Arran-Elderslie - CCS (350241043) 124 4,602 empty cell empty cell
Saugeen Shores - CCS (350241045) 19 x empty cell empty cell
South Bruce Peninsula - CCS (350241055) 76 x empty cell empty cell
Northern Bruce Peninsula - CCS (350241069) 54 3,938 empty cell empty cell
Grey - CD (350242000) 1,136 32,818 1,227 32,950
West Grey - CCS (350242004) 274 7,159 empty cell empty cell
Southgate - CCS (350242005) 171 4,662 empty cell empty cell
Grey Highlands - CCS (350242015) 225 6,884 empty cell empty cell
Chatsworth - CCS (350242037) 153 3,987 empty cell empty cell
Blue Mountains - CCS (350242045) 34 1,018 empty cell empty cell
Meaford - CCS (350242047) 147 4,633 empty cell empty cell
Georgian Bluffs - CCS (350242053) 132 4,475 empty cell empty cell
Simcoe - CD (350243000) 774 19,417 866 20,218
Adjala-Tosorontio - CCS (350243003) 61 1,548 empty cell empty cell
Clearview - CCS (350243005) 106 2,758 empty cell empty cell
New Tecumseth - CCS (350243007) 31 733 empty cell empty cell
Springwater - CCS (350243009)1 83 2,136 empty cell empty cell
Bradford West Gwillimbury - CCS (350243014) 21 591 empty cell empty cell
Severn - CCS (350243015) 67 1,241 empty cell empty cell
Innisfil - CCS (350243017) 39 856 empty cell empty cell
Ramara - CCS (350243019) 97 3,240 empty cell empty cell
Essa - CCS (350243021) 56 1,461 empty cell empty cell
Oro-Medonte - CCS (350243023) 136 3,275 empty cell empty cell
Tiny - CCS (350243068) 48 904 empty cell empty cell
Tay - CCS (350243071) 29 674 empty cell empty cell
Central Ontario Region - CAR (350300000) 3,299 73,456 3,545 73,329
Hastings - CD (350312000) 540 10,849 538 9,925
Tyendinaga - CCS (350312001) 95 1,844 empty cell empty cell
Belleville - CCS (350312005) 39 569 empty cell empty cell
Quinte West - CCS (350312015) 85 1,537 empty cell empty cell
Stirling-Rawdon - CCS (350312020) 74 1,693 empty cell empty cell
Centre Hastings - CCS (350312026) 45 903 empty cell empty cell
Tweed - CCS (350312030) 76 1,884 empty cell empty cell
Madoc - CCS (350312036) 57 1,284 empty cell empty cell
Marmora and Lake - CCS (350312046) 20 x empty cell empty cell
Bancroft - CCS (350312061)1 15 x empty cell empty cell
Carlow/Mayo - CCS (350312065) 13 x empty cell empty cell
Hastings Highlands - CCS (350312076) 21 141 empty cell empty cell
Prince Edward - CD (350313000) 161 2,933 172 3,319
Prince Edward - CCS (350313020) 161 2,933 empty cell empty cell
Northumberland - CD (350314000) 415 9,702 452 8,999
Brighton - CCS (350314004) 42 965 empty cell empty cell
Cramahe - CCS (350314014) 47 1,061 empty cell empty cell
Hamilton - CCS (350314019) 43 865 empty cell empty cell
Port Hope - CCS (350314020) 59 1,490 empty cell empty cell
Alnwick/Haldimand - CCS (350314024) 86 2,315 empty cell empty cell
Trent Hills - CCS (350314045) 138 3,006 empty cell empty cell
Peterborough - CD (350315000) 575 13,892 610 13,745
Asphodel-Norwood - CCS (350315003) 66 1,505 empty cell empty cell
Otonabee-South Monaghan - CCS (350315005) 126 3,349 empty cell empty cell
Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan - CCS (350315013) 88 1,792 empty cell empty cell
Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield - CCS (350315015)1 97 2,711 empty cell empty cell
Douro-Dummer - CCS (350315023) 132 3,102 empty cell empty cell
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen - CCS (350315030) 34 778 empty cell empty cell
Galway-Cavendish and Harvey - CCS (350315044)1 32 655 empty cell empty cell
Kawartha Lakes - CD (350316000) 760 19,269 792 19,350
Kawartha Lakes - CCS (350316010) 760 19,269 empty cell empty cell
Durham - CD (350318000) 467 10,206 525 11,020
Pickering - CCS (350318001) 7 357 empty cell empty cell
Whitby - CCS (350318009)1 15 149 empty cell empty cell
Oshawa - CCS (350318013) 16 365 empty cell empty cell
Clarington - CCS (350318017) 107 2,318 empty cell empty cell
Scugog - CCS (350318020) 111 2,461 empty cell empty cell
Uxbridge - CCS (350318029) 90 1,809 empty cell empty cell
Brock - CCS (350318039) 121 2,747 empty cell empty cell
York - CD (350319000)1 149 3,020 202 3,450
Vaughan - CCS (350319028)1 13 199 empty cell empty cell
Markham - CCS (350319036) 8 235 empty cell empty cell
Richmond Hill - CCS (350319038)1 0 0 empty cell empty cell
Whitchurch-Stouffville - CCS (350319044) 16 385 empty cell empty cell
King - CCS (350319049) 41 747 empty cell empty cell
East Gwillimbury - CCS (350319054) 25 528 empty cell empty cell
Georgina - CCS (350319070) 46 926 empty cell empty cell
Muskoka - CD (350344000) 50 x 60 x
Gravenhurst - CCS (350344002) 9 102 empty cell empty cell
Bracebridge - CCS (350344018)1 10 117 empty cell empty cell
Huntsville - CCS (350344042) 13 x empty cell empty cell
Muskoka Lakes - CCS (350344053)1 18 329 empty cell empty cell
Haliburton - CD (350346000) 32 x 23 x
Highlands East - CCS (350346005)1 9 x empty cell empty cell
Minden Hills - CCS (350346015) 23 x empty cell empty cell
Parry Sound - CD (350349000) 150 2,573 171 2,525
Seguin - CCS (350349003) 9 96 empty cell empty cell
Armour - CCS (350349019)1 9 89 empty cell empty cell
Ryerson - CCS (350349024) 13 219 empty cell empty cell
McKellar - CCS (350349028)1 14 148 empty cell empty cell
Whitestone - CCS (350349039)1 12 163 empty cell empty cell
Magnetawan - CCS (350349043) 13 316 empty cell empty cell
Strong - CCS (350349046) 11 x empty cell empty cell
Machar - CCS (350349054)1 6 100 empty cell empty cell
Powassan - CCS (350349060) 23 837 empty cell empty cell
Nipissing - CCS (350349071)1 20 274 empty cell empty cell
Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part - CCS (350349096) 20 x empty cell empty cell
Eastern Ontario Region - CAR (350400000) 3,374 76,211 3,739 81,117
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry - CD (350401000) 478 9,247 511 9,461
South Glengarry - CCS (350401005) 86 1,460 empty cell empty cell
South Stormont - CCS (350401011)1 84 1,527 empty cell empty cell
South Dundas - CCS (350401020) 64 1,299 empty cell empty cell
North Dundas - CCS (350401030) 79 1,334 empty cell empty cell
North Stormont - CCS (350401042) 56 1,256 empty cell empty cell
North Glengarry - CCS (350401050) 109 2,371 empty cell empty cell
Prescott and Russell - CD (350402000) 216 4,112 256 5,344
East Hawkesbury - CCS (350402001) 26 521 empty cell empty cell
Champlain - CCS (350402010) 34 459 empty cell empty cell
Alfred and Plantagenet - CCS (350402023) 54 963 empty cell empty cell
The Nation / La Nation - CCS (350402025) 48 1,065 empty cell empty cell
Clarence-Rockland - CCS (350402036) 32 750 empty cell empty cell
Russell - CCS (350402048) 22 354 empty cell empty cell
Ottawa - CD (350406000) 382 7,832 445 8,325
Ottawa - CCS (350406008) 382 7,832 empty cell empty cell
Leeds and Grenville - CD (350407000) 536 10,590 562 10,112
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal - CCS (350407004) 52 798 empty cell empty cell
Augusta - CCS (350407006) 48 1,001 empty cell empty cell
Elizabethtown-Kitley - CCS (350407014) 107 1,994 empty cell empty cell
Front of Yonge - CCS (350407017) 24 365 empty cell empty cell
Leeds and the Thousand Islands - CCS (350407021) 103 2,326 empty cell empty cell
Rideau Lakes - CCS (350407040) 112 2,266 empty cell empty cell
Athens - CCS (350407042) 19 559 empty cell empty cell
Merrickville-Wolford - CCS (350407052) 27 590 empty cell empty cell
North Grenville - CCS (350407065) 44 691 empty cell empty cell
Lanark - CD (350409000) 422 9,123 465 10,110
Montague - CCS (350409001) 45 847 empty cell empty cell
Drummond/North Elmsley - CCS (350409010) 86 1,901 empty cell empty cell
Tay Valley - CCS (350409015) 70 1,793 empty cell empty cell
Beckwith - CCS (350409024) 40 882 empty cell empty cell
Mississippi Mills - CCS (350409030) 112 2,522 empty cell empty cell
Lanark Highlands - CCS (350409039) 69 1,178 empty cell empty cell
Frontenac - CD (350410000) 344 7,310 372 8,124
Frontenac Islands - CCS (350410005) 42 x empty cell empty cell
Kingston - CCS (350410010) 78 1,620 empty cell empty cell
South Frontenac - CCS (350410020) 152 2,836 empty cell empty cell
Central Frontenac - CCS (350410035)1 72 x empty cell empty cell
Lennox and Addington - CD (350411000) 287 7,199 304 6,869
Loyalist - CCS (350411005) 55 1,239 empty cell empty cell
Greater Napanee - CCS (350411015) 93 2,580 empty cell empty cell
Stone Mills - CCS (350411030) 127 3,283 empty cell empty cell
Addington Highlands - CCS (350411035) 12 97 empty cell empty cell
Renfrew - CD (350447000) 709 20,798 824 22,772
McNab/Braeside - CCS (350447003) 77 1,879 empty cell empty cell
Greater Madawaska - CCS (350447008) 19 453 empty cell empty cell
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan - CCS (350447020) 41 681 empty cell empty cell
Madawaska Valley - CCS (350447030) 12 x empty cell empty cell
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards - CCS (350447033) 28 x empty cell empty cell
Bonnechere Valley - CCS (350447035) 63 1,804 empty cell empty cell
Admaston/Bromley - CCS (350447043) 107 4,969 empty cell empty cell
Horton - CCS (350447046) 40 1,008 empty cell empty cell
Whitewater Region - CCS (350447056) 168 5,545 empty cell empty cell
North Algona Wilberforce - CCS (350447070) 60 x empty cell empty cell
Laurentian Valley - CCS (350447075) 87 2,372 empty cell empty cell
Laurentian Hills - CCS (350447090)1 7 66 empty cell empty cell
Northern Ontario Region - CAR (350500000) 1,187 39,723 1,304 37,519
Nipissing - CD (350548000) 120 2,454 139 2,615
Calvin - CCS (350548022)1 21 x empty cell empty cell
Bonfield - CCS (350548027) 17 x empty cell empty cell
Chisholm - CCS (350548031) 18 x empty cell empty cell
East Ferris - CCS (350548034)1 9 161 empty cell empty cell
West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest - CCS (350548055) 55 1,128 empty cell empty cell
Manitoulin - CD (350551000) 174 7,627 196 7,290
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands - CCS (350551017) 143 x empty cell empty cell
Gordon - CCS (350551024)1 31 x empty cell empty cell
Sudbury - CD (350552000) 75 1,500 84 1,648
French River / Rivière des Français - CCS (350552001) 17 485 empty cell empty cell
St.-Charles - CCS (350552004) 9 111 empty cell empty cell
Markstay-Warren - CCS (350552013)1 18 400 empty cell empty cell
Sables-Spanish Rivers - CCS (350552023) 31 504 empty cell empty cell
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - CD (350553000) 44 501 46 722
Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury - CCS (350553005) 44 501 empty cell empty cell
Timiskaming - CD (350554000) 214 7,687 261 8,242
Harris - CCS (350554014) 11 358 empty cell empty cell
Temiskaming Shores - CCS (350554020) 21 1,301 empty cell empty cell
Hudson - CCS (350554021) 11 268 empty cell empty cell
Kerns - CCS (350554024) 21 783 empty cell empty cell
Harley - CCS (350554026) 16 x empty cell empty cell
Casey - CCS (350554029) 12 304 empty cell empty cell
Brethour - CCS (350554032) 8 x empty cell empty cell
Hilliard - CCS (350554034) 13 510 empty cell empty cell
Armstrong - CCS (350554036) 7 204 empty cell empty cell
Charlton and Dack - CCS (350554044) 19 x empty cell empty cell
Evanturel - CCS (350554049) 9 186 empty cell empty cell
Chamberlain - CCS (350554054) 19 x empty cell empty cell
Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part - CCS (350554094) 47 1,757 empty cell empty cell
Cochrane - CD (350556000) 91 x 105 2,545
Timmins - CCS (350556027) 7 x empty cell empty cell
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part - CCS (350556092) 84 2,544 empty cell empty cell
Algoma - CD (350557000) 152 3,983 156 3,841
St. Joseph - CCS (350557008)1 22 453 empty cell empty cell
Laird - CCS (350557011)1 11 259 empty cell empty cell
Johnson - CCS (350557016) 18 356 empty cell empty cell
Plummer Additional - CCS (350557019) 21 x empty cell empty cell
Huron Shores - CCS (350557035) 31 x empty cell empty cell
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional - CCS (350557051) 13 x empty cell empty cell
Sault Ste. Marie - CCS (350557061) 8 65 empty cell empty cell
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part - CCS (350557095) 28 831 empty cell empty cell
Thunder Bay - CD (350558000) 63 1,067 64 968
Neebing - CCS (350558001) 7 125 empty cell empty cell
Thunder Bay - CCS (350558004) 4 x empty cell empty cell
Oliver Paipoonge - CCS (350558011) 28 530 empty cell empty cell
O'Connor - CCS (350558016)1 8 x empty cell empty cell
Thunder Bay, Unorganized - CCS (350558090) 16 x empty cell empty cell
Rainy River - CD (350559000) 215 11,180 215 8,900
Alberton - CCS (350559011) 17 x empty cell empty cell
La Vallee - CCS (350559016) 26 x empty cell empty cell
Emo - CCS (350559019) 28 x empty cell empty cell
Chapple - CCS (350559024) 49 2,580 empty cell empty cell
Morley - CCS (350559031) 36 1,866 empty cell empty cell
Dawson - CCS (350559040) 32 x empty cell empty cell
Rainy River, Unorganized - CCS (350559090)1 27 1,292 empty cell empty cell
Kenora - CD (350560000) 39 x 38 748
Kenora, Unorganized - CCS (350560090) 39 x empty cell empty cell