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Section 2 - Agricultural perspectives from seven censuses, Canada and provinces: census years 1976 to 2006

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

British Columbia

Canada

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Canada	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Canada	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	87,071,513	92,717,929	87,942,244	94,872,875	102,255,149	126,159,529	125,314,793	43.9	35.2	42.5	32.1	22.6	-0.7
Farms reporting	99,128	86,697	56,466	42,661	28,240	26,484	22,712	-77.1	-73.8	-59.8	-46.8	-19.6	-14.2
Percentage of total farms	29.3	27.2	19.3	15.2	10.2	10.7	9.9	-66.2	-63.6	-48.7	-34.9	-2.9	-7.5
Average number per farm reporting	878	1,069	1,557	2,224	3,621	4,764	5,518	528.5	416.2	254.4	148.1	52.4	15.8
Turkeys
Number	8,828,549	8,704,573	7,698,506	8,076,808	8,586,191	8,115,942	7,691,385	-12.9	-11.6	-0.1	-4.8	-10.4	-5.2
Farms reporting	13,810	14,554	9,672	8,462	4,603	4,176	3,174	-77.0	-78.2	-67.2	-62.5	-31.0	-24.0
Percentage of total farms	4.1	4.6	3.3	3.0	1.7	1.7	1.4	-65.9	-69.6	-57.6	-53.3	-17.6	-17.6
Average number per farm reporting	639	598	796	954	1,865	1,943	2,423	279.2	305.2	204.4	154.0	29.9	24.7
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Newfoundland and Labrador	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Newfoundland and Labrador	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	943,499	932,482	1,286,877	1,304,604	1,477,816	1,720,697	1,570,740	66.5	68.4	22.1	20.4	6.3	-8.7
Farms reporting	209	164	118	100	99	74	71	-66.0	-56.7	-39.8	-29.0	-28.3	-4.1
Percentage of total farms	23.8	24.2	18.1	13.8	13.3	11.5	12.7	-46.6	-47.5	-29.8	-8.0	-4.5	10.4
Average number per farm reporting	4,514	5,686	10,906	13,046	14,927	23,253	22,123	390.1	289.1	102.9	69.6	48.2	-4.9
Turkeys
Number	2,263	1,833	8,765	4,915	9,446	x	5,850	158.5	219.1	-33.3	19.0	-38.1	...
Farms reporting	4	14	20	17	18	26	19	375.0	35.7	-5.0	11.8	5.6	-26.9
Percentage of total farms	0.5	2.1	3.1	2.3	2.4	4.0	3.4	580.0	61.9	9.7	47.8	41.7	-15.0
Average number per farm reporting	566	131	438	289	525	...	308	-45.6	135.1	-29.7	6.6	-41.3	...
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Prince Edward Island

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Prince Edward Island	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Prince Edward Island	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	268,252	222,729	275,656	429,724	352,488	365,182	447,061	66.7	100.7	62.2	4.0	26.8	22.4
Farms reporting	887	694	428	298	154	169	152	-82.9	-78.1	-64.5	-49.0	-1.3	-10.1
Percentage of total farms	24.1	22.0	15.1	12.6	6.9	9.2	8.9	-63.1	-59.5	-41.1	-29.4	29.0	-3.3
Average number per farm reporting	302	321	644	1,442	2,289	2,161	2,941	873.8	816.2	356.7	104.0	28.5	36.1
Turkeys
Number	875	2,957	3,856	1,679	3,173	x	3,533	303.8	19.5	-8.4	110.4	11.3	...
Farms reporting	10	53	54	27	19	21	26	160.0	-50.9	-51.9	-3.7	36.8	23.8
Percentage of total farms	0.3	1.7	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.5	400.0	-11.8	-21.1	36.4	66.7	36.4
Average number per farm reporting	88	56	71	62	167	...	136	54.5	142.9	91.5	119.4	-18.6	...
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Nova Scotia

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Nova Scotia	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Nova Scotia	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	2,992,860	3,435,103	3,050,298	3,616,704	3,558,559	4,084,846	4,248,495	42.0	23.7	39.3	17.5	19.4	4.0
Farms reporting	1,384	1,305	792	640	483	560	527	-61.9	-59.6	-33.5	-17.7	9.1	-5.9
Percentage of total farms	25.5	25.9	18.5	16.1	10.8	14.3	13.9	-45.5	-46.3	-24.9	-13.7	28.7	-2.8
Average number per farm reporting	2,162	2,632	3,851	5,651	7,368	7,294	8,062	272.9	206.3	109.3	42.7	9.4	10.5
Turkeys
Number	129,259	98,152	148,610	223,823	303,709	196,730	206,057	59.4	109.9	38.7	-7.9	-32.2	4.7
Farms reporting	37	112	138	132	82	108	96	159.5	-14.3	-30.4	-27.3	17.1	-11.1
Percentage of total farms	0.7	2.2	3.2	3.3	1.8	2.8	0.7	0.0	-68.2	-78.1	-78.8	-61.1	-75.0
Average number per farm reporting	3,493	876	1,077	1,696	3,704	1,822	7,925	126.9	804.7	635.8	367.3	114.0	335.0
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

New Brunswick

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
New Brunswick	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
New Brunswick	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	2,046,488	2,241,161	2,668,055	2,413,042	2,663,684	3,487,452	3,272,263	59.9	46.0	22.6	35.6	22.8	-6.2
Farms reporting	1,213	1,093	651	494	351	305	286	-76.4	-73.8	-56.1	-42.1	-18.5	-6.2
Percentage of total farms	26.7	26.9	18.3	15.2	10.3	10.1	10.3	-61.4	-61.7	-43.7	-32.2	0.0	2.0
Average number per farm reporting	1,687	2,050	4,098	4,885	7,589	11,434	11,442	578.2	458.1	179.2	134.2	50.8	0.1
Turkeys
Number	93,537	85,742	94,557	153,937	188,984	100,629	100,684	7.6	17.4	6.5	-34.6	-46.7	0.1
Farms reporting	38	92	117	99	56	52	50	31.6	-45.7	-57.3	-49.5	-10.7	-3.8
Percentage of total farms	0.8	2.3	3.3	3.0	1.6	1.7	1.8	125.0	-21.7	-45.5	-40.0	12.5	5.9
Average number per farm reporting	2,462	932	808	1,555	3,375	1,935	2,014	-18.2	116.1	149.3	29.5	-40.3	4.1
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Quebec

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Quebec	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Quebec	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	23,020,076	22,239,226	20,503,425	23,035,296	25,440,825	29,212,229	28,899,216	25.5	29.9	40.9	25.5	13.6	-1.1
Farms reporting	11,079	9,170	4,949	3,611	2,401	2,144	2,271	-79.5	-75.2	-54.1	-37.1	-5.4	5.9
Percentage of total farms	21.5	19.0	11.9	9.5	6.7	6.7	7.4	-65.6	-61.1	-37.8	-22.1	10.4	10.4
Average number per farm reporting	2,078	2,425	4,143	6,379	10,596	13,625	12,725	512.4	424.7	207.1	99.5	20.1	-6.6
Turkeys
Number	1,902,056	1,861,285	1,797,951	1,713,311	1,806,782	1,747,067	1,398,803	-26.5	-24.8	-22.2	-18.4	-22.6	-19.9
Farms reporting	601	876	664	682	404	357	307	-48.9	-65.0	-53.8	-55.0	-24.0	-14.0
Percentage of total farms	1.2	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.1	1.1	1.0	-16.7	-44.4	-37.5	-44.4	-9.1	-9.1
Average number per farm reporting	3,165	2,125	2,708	2,512	4,472	4,894	4,556	43.9	114.4	68.2	81.4	1.9	-6.9
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Ontario

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Ontario	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Ontario	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	29,972,196	33,915,205	32,008,175	34,059,285	35,596,946	43,624,696	44,101,552	47.1	30.0	37.8	29.5	23.9	1.1
Farms reporting	20,629	20,675	13,936	11,221	8,295	8,306	7,397	-64.1	-64.2	-46.9	-34.1	-10.8	-10.9
Percentage of total farms	23.2	25.1	19.2	16.3	12.3	13.9	12.9	-44.4	-48.6	-32.8	-20.9	4.9	-7.2
Average number per farm reporting	1,453	1,640	2,297	3,035	4,291	5,252	5,962	310.3	263.5	159.6	96.4	38.9	13.5
Turkeys
Number	4,076,036	4,015,561	3,108,852	3,288,508	3,447,259	3,402,697	3,556,250	-12.8	-11.4	14.4	8.1	3.2	4.5
Farms reporting	858	1,607	1,537	1,758	1,197	1,159	983	14.6	-38.8	-36.0	-44.1	-17.9	-15.2
Percentage of total farms	1.0	1.9	2.1	2.6	1.8	1.9	1.7	70.0	-10.5	-19.0	-34.6	-5.6	-10.5
Average number per farm reporting	4,751	2,499	2,023	1,871	2,880	2,936	3,618	-23.8	44.8	78.8	93.4	25.6	23.2
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Manitoba

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Manitoba	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Manitoba	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	5,857,913	6,155,042	6,298,131	6,409,151	6,403,908	7,985,741	7,891,068	34.7	28.2	25.3	23.1	23.2	-1.2
Farms reporting	9,323	7,870	5,160	3,614	1,904	1,628	1,391	-85.1	-82.3	-73.0	-61.5	-26.9	-14.6
Percentage of total farms	29.0	26.7	18.9	14.1	7.8	7.7	7.3	-74.8	-72.7	-61.4	-48.2	-6.4	-5.2
Average number per farm reporting	628	782	1,221	1,773	3,363	4,905	5,673	803.3	625.4	364.6	220.0	68.7	15.7
Turkeys
Number	773,254	697,011	730,018	792,422	836,939	694,248	684,987	-11.4	-1.7	-6.2	-13.6	-18.2	-1.3
Farms reporting	1,516	1,380	782	606	262	198	164	-89.2	-88.1	-79.0	-72.9	-37.4	-17.2
Percentage of total farms	4.7	4.7	2.9	2.4	1.1	0.9	0.9	-80.9	-80.9	-69.0	-62.5	-18.2	0.0
Average number per farm reporting	510	505	934	1,308	3,194	3,506	4,177	719.0	727.1	347.2	219.3	30.8	19.1
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Saskatchewan

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Saskatchewan	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Saskatchewan	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	4,217,426	4,410,585	3,769,683	3,618,109	3,516,027	4,683,093	4,784,631	13.4	8.5	26.9	32.2	36.1	2.2
Farms reporting	24,274	19,666	12,682	8,902	4,103	3,045	2,222	-90.8	-88.7	-82.5	-75.0	-45.8	-27.0
Percentage of total farms	34.2	29.2	20.0	14.6	7.2	6.0	5.0	-85.4	-82.9	-75.0	-65.8	-30.6	-16.7
Average number per farm reporting	174	224	297	406	857	1,538	2,153	1,137.4	861.2	624.9	430.3	151.2	40.0
Turkeys
Number	309,913	327,157	393,797	284,833	296,421	279,002	209,723	-32.3	-35.9	-46.7	-26.4	-29.2	-24.8
Farms reporting	5,353	4,843	2,990	2,372	784	541	310	-94.2	-93.6	-89.6	-86.9	-60.5	-42.7
Percentage of total farms	7.5	7.2	4.7	3.9	1.4	1.1	0.7	-90.7	-90.3	-85.1	-82.1	-50.0	-36.4
Average number per farm reporting	58	68	132	120	378	516	677	1,067.2	895.6	412.9	464.2	79.1	31.2
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Alberta

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Alberta	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
Alberta	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	7,980,682	9,190,525	8,852,415	8,702,434	9,485,635	12,175,246	11,757,860	47.3	27.9	32.8	35.1	24.0	-3.4
Farms reporting	22,299	18,166	12,169	8,867	5,610	5,055	3,935	-82.4	-78.3	-67.7	-55.6	-29.9	-22.2
Percentage of total farms	36.5	31.3	21.1	15.5	9.5	9.4	8.0	-78.1	-74.4	-62.1	-48.4	-15.8	-14.9
Average number per farm reporting	358	506	727	981	1,691	2,409	2,988	734.6	490.5	311.0	204.6	76.7	24.0
Turkeys
Number	822,410	903,252	763,485	812,849	842,798	864,438	703,462	-14.5	-22.1	-7.9	-13.5	-16.5	-18.6
Farms reporting	4,615	4,445	2,673	2,024	1,180	945	652	-85.9	-85.3	-75.6	-67.8	-44.7	-31.0
Percentage of total farms	7.5	7.7	4.6	3.5	2.0	1.8	1.3	-82.7	-83.1	-71.7	-62.9	-35.0	-27.8
Average number per farm reporting	178	203	286	402	714	915	1,079	506.2	431.5	277.3	168.4	51.1	17.9
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

British Columbia

Table 2.16
Poultry, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
British Columbia	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	1976 to 2006	1981 to 2006	1986 to 2006	1991 to 2006	1996 to 2006	2001 to 2006
British Columbia	Empty cell							percentage change
Total hens and chickens	Empty cell							Empty cell
Number	9,772,121	9,975,871	9,229,529	11,284,526	13,759,261	18,820,347	18,341,907	87.7	83.9	98.7	62.5	33.3	-2.5
Farms reporting	7,831	7,894	5,581	4,914	4,840	5,198	4,460	-43.0	-43.5	-20.1	-9.2	-7.9	-14.2
Percentage of total farms	40.3	39.4	29.3	25.6	22.2	25.6	22.5	-44.2	-42.9	-23.2	-12.1	1.4	-12.1
Average number per farm reporting	1,248	1,264	1,654	2,296	2,843	3,621	4,113	229.6	225.4	148.7	79.1	44.7	13.6
Turkeys
Number	718,946	711,623	648,615	800,531	850,680	819,569	822,036	14.3	15.5	26.7	2.7	-3.4	0.3
Farms reporting	778	1,132	697	745	601	769	567	-27.1	-49.9	-18.7	-23.9	-5.7	-26.3
Percentage of total farms	4.0	5.7	3.7	3.9	2.8	3.8	2.9	-27.5	-49.1	-21.6	-25.6	3.6	-23.7
Average number per farm reporting	924	629	931	1,075	1,415	1,066	1,450	56.9	130.5	55.7	34.9	2.5	36.0
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.