Section 4 - Focus on selected commodities, Canada and provinces: census years 1976 to 2006

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  • Canada
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec

  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia

    • Canada

    Table 4.3
    Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
    Canada 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Farms reporting  empty cell
    1 to 32 animals 90,428 73,108 58,078 47,695 43,027 34,241 30,665
    33 to 77 animals 76,538 59,643 50,161 46,894 42,983 34,472 28,096
    78 to 122 animals 30,762 26,776 23,648 24,089 23,924 20,392 17,618
    123 to 177 animals 13,559 12,177 11,305 11,940 13,284 12,237 11,119
    178 to 272 animals 8,032 7,413 7,154 8,213 9,966 10,007 10,052
    273 to 527 animals 4,503 4,362 4,120 5,066 6,495 7,560 8,408
    528 to 1,127 animals 1,143 1,235 1,178 1,411 1,850 2,327 2,900
    1,128 animals and over 288 359 301 439 628 830 1,043
    Total 225,253 185,073 155,945 145,747 142,157 122,066 109,901
    Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
    1 to 32 animals 40.1 39.5 37.2 32.7 30.3 28.1 27.9
    33 to 77 animals 34.0 32.2 32.2 32.2 30.2 28.2 25.6
    78 to 122 animals 13.7 14.5 15.2 16.5 16.8 16.7 16.0
    123 to 177 animals 6.0 6.6 7.2 8.2 9.3 10.0 10.1
    178 to 272 animals 3.6 4.0 4.6 5.6 7.0 8.2 9.1
    273 to 527 animals 2.0 2.4 2.6 3.5 4.6 6.2 7.7
    528 to 1,127 animals 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.6
    1,128 animals and over 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9
    Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
    Number of animals  empty cell
    1 to 32 animals 1,358,054 1,062,161 861,573 737,635 671,585 537,272 466,235
    33 to 77 animals 4,009,367 3,155,606 2,662,145 2,501,503 2,297,004 1,844,710 1,497,870
    78 to 122 animals 2,962,210 2,586,283 2,287,190 2,338,971 2,329,422 1,989,681 1,724,852
    123 to 177 animals 1,976,744 1,774,927 1,651,902 1,749,582 1,947,579 1,800,494 1,637,182
    178 to 272 animals 1,726,468 1,599,233 1,540,163 1,777,897 2,160,768 2,174,992 2,192,797
    273 to 527 animals 1,609,043 1,563,354 1,481,811 1,815,615 2,355,884 2,751,054 3,091,462
    528 to 1,127 animals 814,214 886,321 849,393 1,009,986 1,332,553 1,676,904 2,088,288
    1,128 animals and over 675,622 874,019 663,431 1,040,849 1,798,239 2,776,342 3,074,841
    Total 15,131,722 13,501,904 11,997,608 12,972,038 14,893,034 15,551,449 15,773,527
    Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
    1 to 32 animals 9.0 7.9 7.2 5.7 4.5 3.5 3.0
    33 to 77 animals 26.5 23.4 22.2 19.3 15.4 11.9 9.5
    78 to 122 animals 19.6 19.2 19.1 18.0 15.6 12.8 10.9
    123 to 177 animals 13.1 13.1 13.8 13.5 13.1 11.6 10.4
    178 to 272 animals 11.4 11.8 12.8 13.7 14.5 14.0 13.9
    273 to 527 animals 10.6 11.6 12.4 14.0 15.8 17.7 19.6
    528 to 1,127 animals 5.4 6.6 7.1 7.8 8.9 10.8 13.2
    1,128 animals and over 4.5 6.5 5.5 8.0 12.1 17.9 19.5
    Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

    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

    Note

      Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

      Source

      Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

      Newfoundland and Labrador

      Table 4.3
      Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
      Newfoundland and Labrador 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
      Farms reporting  empty cell
      1 to 32 animals 386 266 216 157 134 106 77
      33 to 77 animals 37 38 48 44 30 28 20
      78 to 122 animals 17 15 19 18 22 13 13
      123 to 177 animals xx 7 5 9 9 10 6
      178 to 272 animals xx xx 3 6 4 9 7
      273 to 527 animals 0 0 0 xx 3 5 7
      528 to 1,127 animals 0 0 0 0 0 xx 3
      1,128 animals and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx
      Total 440 326 291 234 202 171 133
      Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
      1 to 32 animals 87.7 81.6 74.2 67.1 66.3 62.0 57.9
      33 to 77 animals 8.4 11.7 16.5 18.8 14.9 16.4 15.0
      78 to 122 animals 3.9 4.6 6.5 7.7 10.9 7.6 9.8
      123 to 177 animals xx 2.1 1.7 3.8 4.5 5.8 4.5
      178 to 272 animals xx xx 1.0 2.6 2.0 5.3 5.3
      273 to 527 animals 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx 1.5 2.9 5.3
      528 to 1,127 animals 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx 2.3
      1,128 animals and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
      Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
      Number of animals  empty cell
      1 to 32 animals 3,466 2,517 2,154 1,460 1,358 1,218 811
      33 to 77 animals 1,793 1,885 2,402 2,425 1,532 1,469 1,148
      78 to 122 animals 1,802 1,437 1,883 1,868 2,113 1,256 1,277
      123 to 177 animals xx 1,124 670 1,306 1,387 1,469 902
      178 to 272 animals xx xx 608 1,387 930 2,005 1,662
      273 to 527 animals 0 0 0 xx 932 2,066 2,850
      528 to 1,127 animals 0 0 0 0 0 xx 3,176
      1,128 animals and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx
      Total 7,061 6,963 7,717 8,446 8,252 9,483 11,826
      Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
      1 to 32 animals 49.1 36.1 27.9 17.3 16.5 12.8 6.9
      33 to 77 animals 25.4 27.1 31.1 28.7 18.6 15.5 9.7
      78 to 122 animals 25.5 20.6 24.4 22.1 25.6 13.2 10.8
      123 to 177 animals xx 16.1 8.7 15.5 16.8 15.5 7.6
      178 to 272 animals xx xx 7.9 16.4 11.3 21.1 14.1
      273 to 527 animals 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx 11.3 21.8 24.1
      528 to 1,127 animals 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx 26.9
      1,128 animals and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
      Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

      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

      Note

        Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

        Source

        Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

        Prince Edward Island

        Table 4.3
        Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
        Prince Edward Island 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
        Farms reporting  empty cell
        1 to 32 animals 1,648 1,168 839 621 468 346 267
        33 to 77 animals 1,005 798 755 611 502 356 280
        78 to 122 animals 197 244 232 238 229 199 170
        123 to 177 animals 39 69 74 79 108 92 93
        178 to 272 animals 26 18 37 36 45 37 56
        273 to 527 animals 6 10 14 20 27 28 45
        528 to 1,127 animals xx 3 3 5 5 14 12
        1,128 animals and over xx 0 0 0 0 0 xx
        Total 2,921 2,310 1,954 1,610 1,384 1,072 923
        Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
        1 to 32 animals 56.4 50.6 42.9 38.6 33.8 32.3 28.9
        33 to 77 animals 34.4 34.5 38.6 38.0 36.3 33.2 30.3
        78 to 122 animals 6.7 10.6 11.9 14.8 16.5 18.6 18.4
        123 to 177 animals 1.3 3.0 3.8 4.9 7.8 8.6 10.1
        178 to 272 animals 0.9 0.8 1.9 2.2 3.3 3.5 6.1
        273 to 527 animals 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.0 2.6 4.9
        528 to 1,127 animals xx 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.3 1.3
        1,128 animals and over xx 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
        Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
        Number of animals  empty cell
        1 to 32 animals 26,929 19,016 13,643 10,402 7,934 6,042 4,111
        33 to 77 animals 50,005 40,899 38,968 32,138 26,837 18,913 14,824
        78 to 122 animals 19,119 23,194 22,231 22,910 22,255 19,417 16,766
        123 to 177 animals 5,678 10,017 10,544 11,368 15,637 13,341 13,284
        178 to 272 animals 5,588 3,729 7,820 7,533 9,554 7,996 12,083
        273 to 527 animals 3,077 3,351 5,090 6,941 9,089 9,937 16,473
        528 to 1,127 animals xx 2,248 2,077 3,281 3,305 9,145 8,894
        1,128 animals and over xx 0 0 0 0 0 xx
        Total 110,396 102,454 100,373 94,573 94,611 84,791 86,435
        Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
        1 to 32 animals 24.4 18.6 13.6 11.0 8.4 7.1 4.8
        33 to 77 animals 45.3 39.9 38.8 34.0 28.4 22.3 17.2
        78 to 122 animals 17.3 22.6 22.1 24.2 23.5 22.9 19.4
        123 to 177 animals 5.1 9.8 10.5 12.0 16.5 15.7 15.4
        178 to 272 animals 5.1 3.6 7.8 8.0 10.1 9.4 14.0
        273 to 527 animals 2.8 3.3 5.1 7.3 9.6 11.7 19.1
        528 to 1,127 animals xx 2.2 2.1 3.5 3.5 10.8 10.3
        1,128 animals and over xx 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
        Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

        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

        Note

          Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

          Source

          Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

          Nova Scotia

          Table 4.3
          Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
          Nova Scotia 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
          Farms reporting  empty cell
          1 to 32 animals 2,565 2,096 1,430 1,070 887 760 711
          33 to 77 animals 942 841 720 724 670 494 420
          78 to 122 animals 280 284 305 320 312 226 201
          123 to 177 animals 90 130 133 120 138 120 107
          178 to 272 animals 51 66 72 65 83 67 71
          273 to 527 animals 19 19 22 25 30 30 32
          528 to 1,127 animals xx 3 5 5 3 8 14
          1,128 animals and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx
          Total 3,947 3,439 2,687 2,329 2,123 1,705 1,556
          Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
          1 to 32 animals 65.0 60.9 53.2 45.9 41.8 44.6 45.7
          33 to 77 animals 23.9 24.5 26.8 31.1 31.6 29.0 27.0
          78 to 122 animals 7.1 8.3 11.4 13.7 14.7 13.3 12.9
          123 to 177 animals 2.3 3.8 4.9 5.2 6.5 7.0 6.9
          178 to 272 animals 1.3 1.9 2.7 2.8 3.9 3.9 4.6
          273 to 527 animals 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.1
          528 to 1,127 animals xx 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.9
          1,128 animals and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
          Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
          Number of animals  empty cell
          1 to 32 animals 32,187 27,994 20,229 16,288 13,711 11,722 10,793
          33 to 77 animals 47,232 43,311 37,491 37,563 34,778 25,689 21,300
          78 to 122 animals 26,703 27,654 29,918 31,129 29,828 22,111 19,315
          123 to 177 animals 13,156 18,668 19,108 17,216 20,209 17,264 15,479
          178 to 272 animals 10,906 13,774 15,068 14,109 17,874 14,558 15,465
          273 to 527 animals 6,980 6,788 7,713 8,575 10,517 11,150 11,149
          528 to 1,127 animals xx 2,020 3,097 3,739 2,054 5,907 10,186
          1,128 animals and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 xx
          Total 137,164 140,209 132,624 128,619 128,971 108,401 103,687
          Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
          1 to 32 animals 23.5 20.0 15.3 12.7 10.6 10.8 10.4
          33 to 77 animals 34.4 30.9 28.3 29.2 27.0 23.7 20.5
          78 to 122 animals 19.5 19.7 22.6 24.2 23.1 20.4 18.6
          123 to 177 animals 9.6 13.3 14.4 13.4 15.7 15.9 14.9
          178 to 272 animals 8.0 9.8 11.4 11.0 13.9 13.4 14.9
          273 to 527 animals 5.1 4.8 5.8 6.7 8.2 10.3 10.8
          528 to 1,127 animals xx 1.4 2.3 2.9 1.6 5.4 9.8
          1,128 animals and over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 xx
          Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

          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

          Note

            Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

            Source

            Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

            New Brunswick

            Table 4.3
            Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
            New Brunswick 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
            Farms reporting  empty cell
            1 to 32 animals 2,034 1,586 1,085 835 743 572 514
            33 to 77 animals 913 783 709 663 569 479 361
            78 to 122 animals 249 245 286 275 245 191 192
            123 to 177 animals 66 71 94 95 109 100 87
            178 to 272 animals 29 33 25 39 51 55 71
            273 to 527 animals 12 15 17 19 15 24 29
            528 to 1,127 animals xx xx xx xx 4 xx 8
            1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 0 0
            Total 3,303 2,733 2,216 1,926 1,736 1,421 1,262
            Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
            1 to 32 animals 61.6 58.0 49.0 43.4 42.8 40.3 40.7
            33 to 77 animals 27.6 28.6 32.0 34.4 32.8 33.7 28.6
            78 to 122 animals 7.5 9.0 12.9 14.3 14.1 13.4 15.2
            123 to 177 animals 2.0 2.6 4.2 4.9 6.3 7.0 6.9
            178 to 272 animals 0.9 1.2 1.1 2.0 2.9 3.9 5.6
            273 to 527 animals 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.7 2.3
            528 to 1,127 animals xx xx xx xx 0.2 xx 0.6
            1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 0.0 0.0
            Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
            Number of animals  empty cell
            1 to 32 animals 29,536 22,851 16,823 13,576 12,371 9,822 8,490
            33 to 77 animals 46,256 39,995 36,451 33,989 29,315 25,209 18,257
            78 to 122 animals 23,771 23,437 27,591 26,986 23,716 18,504 18,969
            123 to 177 animals 9,435 10,186 13,451 13,804 15,616 14,901 12,502
            178 to 272 animals 6,370 7,073 5,396 8,084 10,571 11,936 15,132
            273 to 527 animals 5,720 7,400 7,419 8,698 5,335 10,804 9,870
            528 to 1,127 animals xx xx xx xx 3,373 xx 5,971
            1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 0 0
            Total 121,088 110,942 107,131 105,137 100,297 91,176 89,191
            Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
            1 to 32 animals 24.4 20.6 15.7 12.9 12.3 10.8 9.5
            33 to 77 animals 38.2 36.1 34.0 32.3 29.2 27.6 20.5
            78 to 122 animals 19.6 21.1 25.8 25.7 23.6 20.3 21.3
            123 to 177 animals 7.8 9.2 12.6 13.1 15.6 16.3 14.0
            178 to 272 animals 5.3 6.4 5.0 7.7 10.5 13.1 17.0
            273 to 527 animals 4.7 6.7 6.9 8.3 5.3 11.8 11.1
            528 to 1,127 animals xx xx xx xx 3.4 xx 6.7
            1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 0.0 0.0
            Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

            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

            Note

              Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

              Source

              Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

              Quebec

              Table 4.3
              Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
              Quebec 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
              Farms reporting  empty cell
              1 to 32 animals 14,659 10,453 7,121 5,219 3,901 2,749 2,484
              33 to 77 animals 19,039 15,148 13,176 11,179 9,408 7,233 5,261
              78 to 122 animals 3,989 4,523 4,173 4,189 4,144 3,591 3,368
              123 to 177 animals 730 1,046 1,049 1,154 1,312 1,391 1,441
              178 to 272 animals 160 299 390 463 606 664 796
              273 to 527 animals 28 80 126 149 232 378 478
              528 to 1,127 animals 5 21 27 35 55 74 150
              1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 20 38
              Total 38,610 31,570 26,062 22,388 19,658 16,100 14,016
              Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
              1 to 32 animals 38.0 33.1 27.3 23.3 19.8 17.1 17.7
              33 to 77 animals 49.3 48.0 50.6 49.9 47.9 44.9 37.5
              78 to 122 animals 10.3 14.3 16.0 18.7 21.1 22.3 24.0
              123 to 177 animals 1.9 3.3 4.0 5.2 6.7 8.6 10.3
              178 to 272 animals 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.1 3.1 4.1 5.7
              273 to 527 animals 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 2.3 3.4
              528 to 1,127 animals 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.1
              1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 0.1 0.3
              Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
              Number of animals  empty cell
              1 to 32 animals 254,207 175,122 127,129 94,051 72,333 50,782 42,557
              33 to 77 animals 983,222 806,936 704,387 608,039 518,435 398,266 294,108
              78 to 122 animals 371,749 427,339 394,964 396,992 395,307 344,582 326,185
              123 to 177 animals 103,652 149,382 150,211 166,250 189,750 201,575 209,899
              178 to 272 animals 33,289 62,552 81,594 97,995 129,379 142,169 171,241
              273 to 527 animals 9,410 28,391 45,166 52,596 82,380 135,839 172,779
              528 to 1,127 animals 3,864 15,969 22,131 29,983 52,159 53,727 109,762
              1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 35,848 66,903
              Total 1,759,393 1,665,691 1,525,582 1,445,906 1,439,743 1,362,788 1,393,434
              Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
              1 to 32 animals 14.4 10.5 8.3 6.5 5.0 3.7 3.1
              33 to 77 animals 55.9 48.4 46.2 42.1 36.0 29.2 21.1
              78 to 122 animals 21.1 25.7 25.9 27.5 27.5 25.3 23.4
              123 to 177 animals 5.9 9.0 9.8 11.5 13.2 14.8 15.1
              178 to 272 animals 1.9 3.8 5.3 6.8 9.0 10.4 12.3
              273 to 527 animals 0.5 1.7 3.0 3.6 5.7 10.0 12.4
              528 to 1,127 animals 0.2 1.0 1.5 2.1 3.6 3.9 7.9
              1,128 animals and over xx xx xx xx xx 2.6 4.8
              Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

              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

              Note

                Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                Source

                Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

                Ontario

                Table 4.3
                Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
                Ontario 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
                Farms reporting  empty cell
                1 to 32 animals 24,855 20,040 16,243 13,729 12,342 10,461 9,694
                33 to 77 animals 19,423 15,266 12,928 11,896 10,982 8,561 7,184
                78 to 122 animals 7,917 7,373 6,329 6,012 5,805 4,860 3,946
                123 to 177 animals 2,768 2,729 2,412 2,268 2,370 2,196 1,975
                178 to 272 animals 1,202 1,258 1,086 1,032 1,202 1,297 1,269
                273 to 527 animals 597 635 491 501 536 624 748
                528 to 1,127 animals 136 168 128 123 125 158 168
                1,128 animals and over 25 46 30 23 32 52 56
                Total 56,923 47,515 39,647 35,584 33,394 28,209 25,040
                Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
                1 to 32 animals 43.7 42.2 41.0 38.6 37.0 37.1 38.7
                33 to 77 animals 34.1 32.1 32.6 33.4 32.9 30.3 28.7
                78 to 122 animals 13.9 15.5 16.0 16.9 17.4 17.2 15.8
                123 to 177 animals 4.9 5.7 6.1 6.4 7.1 7.8 7.9
                178 to 272 animals 2.1 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.6 4.6 5.1
                273 to 527 animals 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.2 3.0
                528 to 1,127 animals 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
                1,128 animals and over 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
                Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                Number of animals  empty cell
                1 to 32 animals 367,636 291,244 244,748 212,784 196,332 164,621 148,104
                33 to 77 animals 1,021,316 807,424 688,614 630,601 582,887 450,652 375,484
                78 to 122 animals 757,248 709,343 608,317 581,316 561,479 471,510 382,910
                123 to 177 animals 400,651 395,227 349,900 328,852 343,581 319,426 289,417
                178 to 272 animals 256,407 269,014 231,960 221,594 256,612 278,863 272,025
                273 to 527 animals 213,319 229,674 173,364 176,713 195,176 223,623 271,801
                528 to 1,127 animals 96,307 121,942 91,892 89,819 90,326 112,495 119,939
                1,128 animals and over 46,624 74,626 52,990 44,275 59,603 119,541 122,971
                Total 3,159,508 2,898,494 2,441,785 2,285,954 2,285,996 2,140,731 1,982,651
                Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
                1 to 32 animals 11.6 10.0 10.0 9.3 8.6 7.7 7.5
                33 to 77 animals 32.3 27.9 28.2 27.6 25.5 21.1 18.9
                78 to 122 animals 24.0 24.5 24.9 25.4 24.6 22.0 19.3
                123 to 177 animals 12.7 13.6 14.3 14.4 15.0 14.9 14.6
                178 to 272 animals 8.1 9.3 9.5 9.7 11.2 13.0 13.7
                273 to 527 animals 6.8 7.9 7.1 7.7 8.5 10.4 13.7
                528 to 1,127 animals 3.0 4.2 3.8 3.9 4.0 5.3 6.0
                1,128 animals and over 1.5 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.6 5.6 6.2
                Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

                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

                Note

                  Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                  Source

                  Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

                  Manitoba

                  Table 4.3
                  Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
                  Manitoba 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
                  Farms reporting  empty cell
                  1 to 32 animals 7,758 6,086 5,007 4,163 3,482 2,719 2,235
                  33 to 77 animals 6,703 4,754 3,879 3,748 3,524 2,944 2,256
                  78 to 122 animals 3,158 2,452 2,227 2,303 2,273 1,920 1,655
                  123 to 177 animals 1,577 1,373 1,339 1,296 1,458 1,349 1,251
                  178 to 272 animals 879 830 846 903 1,170 1,230 1,313
                  273 to 527 animals 388 415 485 478 716 926 1,117
                  528 to 1,127 animals 61 76 76 76 160 203 316
                  1,128 animals and over 16 9 9 8 24 42 74
                  Total 20,540 15,995 13,868 12,975 12,807 11,333 10,217
                  Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
                  1 to 32 animals 37.8 38.0 36.1 32.1 27.2 24.0 21.9
                  33 to 77 animals 32.6 29.7 28.0 28.9 27.5 26.0 22.1
                  78 to 122 animals 15.4 15.3 16.1 17.7 17.7 16.9 16.2
                  123 to 177 animals 7.7 8.6 9.7 10.0 11.4 11.9 12.2
                  178 to 272 animals 4.3 5.2 6.1 7.0 9.1 10.9 12.9
                  273 to 527 animals 1.9 2.6 3.5 3.7 5.6 8.2 10.9
                  528 to 1,127 animals 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.8 3.1
                  1,128 animals and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7
                  Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                  Number of animals  empty cell
                  1 to 32 animals 117,945 87,945 75,110 65,209 56,824 45,075 35,773
                  33 to 77 animals 354,522 252,423 204,959 198,767 187,674 157,109 120,176
                  78 to 122 animals 305,687 238,558 218,055 225,354 223,824 188,895 164,162
                  123 to 177 animals 230,469 199,861 196,908 190,634 213,682 199,474 184,419
                  178 to 272 animals 186,841 177,750 182,502 195,105 253,601 267,076 286,356
                  273 to 527 animals 137,961 145,266 170,363 169,421 256,219 336,227 410,656
                  528 to 1,127 animals 41,067 53,295 53,103 52,224 112,888 145,377 223,174
                  1,128 animals and over 25,385 20,868 13,720 12,066 50,450 85,194 148,381
                  Total 1,399,877 1,175,966 1,114,720 1,108,780 1,355,162 1,424,427 1,573,097
                  Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
                  1 to 32 animals 8.4 7.5 6.7 5.9 4.2 3.2 2.3
                  33 to 77 animals 25.3 21.5 18.4 17.9 13.8 11.0 7.6
                  78 to 122 animals 21.8 20.3 19.6 20.3 16.5 13.3 10.4
                  123 to 177 animals 16.5 17.0 17.7 17.2 15.8 14.0 11.7
                  178 to 272 animals 13.3 15.1 16.4 17.6 18.7 18.7 18.2
                  273 to 527 animals 9.9 12.4 15.3 15.3 18.9 23.6 26.1
                  528 to 1,127 animals 2.9 4.5 4.8 4.7 8.3 10.2 14.2
                  1,128 animals and over 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.1 3.7 6.0 9.4
                  Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

                  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

                  Note

                    Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                    Source

                    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

                    Saskatchewan

                    Table 4.3
                    Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
                    Saskatchewan 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
                    Farms reporting  empty cell
                    1 to 32 animals 14,936 12,190 9,869 8,045 6,773 5,345 4,330
                    33 to 77 animals 13,950 10,590 7,997 7,439 6,960 5,837 4,881
                    78 to 122 animals 6,840 4,947 4,030 4,251 4,361 3,904 3,416
                    123 to 177 animals 3,363 2,513 2,103 2,369 2,994 2,717 2,631
                    178 to 272 animals 2,006 1,507 1,407 1,691 2,239 2,444 2,555
                    273 to 527 animals 990 819 735 975 1,360 1,756 2,294
                    528 to 1,127 animals 233 198 209 264 354 456 730
                    1,128 animals and over 30 41 39 57 67 96 170
                    Total 42,348 32,805 26,389 25,091 25,108 22,555 21,007
                    Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
                    1 to 32 animals 35.3 37.2 37.4 32.1 27.0 23.7 20.6
                    33 to 77 animals 32.9 32.3 30.3 29.6 27.7 25.9 23.2
                    78 to 122 animals 16.2 15.1 15.3 16.9 17.4 17.3 16.3
                    123 to 177 animals 7.9 7.7 8.0 9.4 11.9 12.0 12.5
                    178 to 272 animals 4.7 4.6 5.3 6.7 8.9 10.8 12.2
                    273 to 527 animals 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.9 5.4 7.8 10.9
                    528 to 1,127 animals 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.4 2.0 3.5
                    1,128 animals and over 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8
                    Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                    Number of animals  empty cell
                    1 to 32 animals 239,881 184,801 148,630 127,473 110,540 88,320 71,593
                    33 to 77 animals 737,035 559,219 421,691 395,121 369,529 310,724 260,359
                    78 to 122 animals 663,026 478,722 390,848 413,741 427,193 383,085 336,105
                    123 to 177 animals 490,996 366,080 306,519 347,095 441,250 400,941 389,582
                    178 to 272 animals 431,191 325,430 302,518 365,082 486,854 530,883 560,346
                    273 to 527 animals 349,239 291,312 264,221 348,014 489,690 635,710 839,851
                    528 to 1,127 animals 162,823 138,101 149,372 185,069 251,281 321,796 520,716
                    1,128 animals and over 58,229 74,792 66,777 104,249 147,305 228,043 384,683
                    Total 3,132,420 2,418,457 2,050,576 2,285,844 2,723,642 2,899,502 3,363,235
                    Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
                    1 to 32 animals 7.7 7.6 7.2 5.6 4.1 3.0 2.1
                    33 to 77 animals 23.5 23.1 20.6 17.3 13.6 10.7 7.7
                    78 to 122 animals 21.2 19.8 19.1 18.1 15.7 13.2 10.0
                    123 to 177 animals 15.7 15.1 14.9 15.2 16.2 13.8 11.6
                    178 to 272 animals 13.8 13.5 14.8 16.0 17.9 18.3 16.7
                    273 to 527 animals 11.1 12.0 12.9 15.2 18.0 21.9 25.0
                    528 to 1,127 animals 5.2 5.7 7.3 8.1 9.2 11.1 15.5
                    1,128 animals and over 1.9 3.1 3.3 4.6 5.4 7.9 11.4
                    Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

                    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

                    Note

                      Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                      Source

                      Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

                      Alberta

                      Table 4.3
                      Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
                      Alberta 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
                      Farms reporting  empty cell
                      1 to 32 animals 14,105 12,158 10,634 9,066 8,983 7,114 6,660
                      33 to 77 animals 12,613 9,771 8,524 9,110 8,935 7,215 6,324
                      78 to 122 animals 7,176 5,797 5,208 5,630 5,771 4,850 4,059
                      123 to 177 animals 4,394 3,637 3,568 3,991 4,239 3,731 3,085
                      178 to 272 animals 3,319 2,935 2,862 3,537 4,067 3,754 3,454
                      273 to 527 animals 2,186 1,986 1,920 2,506 3,111 3,317 3,218
                      528 to 1,127 animals 597 637 608 780 1,022 1,243 1,322
                      1,128 animals and over 179 213 174 292 432 550 629
                      Total 44,569 37,134 33,498 34,912 36,560 31,774 28,751
                      Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
                      1 to 32 animals 31.6 32.7 31.7 26.0 24.6 22.4 23.2
                      33 to 77 animals 28.3 26.3 25.4 26.1 24.4 22.7 22.0
                      78 to 122 animals 16.1 15.6 15.5 16.1 15.8 15.3 14.1
                      123 to 177 animals 9.9 9.8 10.7 11.4 11.6 11.7 10.7
                      178 to 272 animals 7.4 7.9 8.5 10.1 11.1 11.8 12.0
                      273 to 527 animals 4.9 5.3 5.7 7.2 8.5 10.4 11.2
                      528 to 1,127 animals 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.9 4.6
                      1,128 animals and over 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.2
                      Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                      Number of animals  empty cell
                      1 to 32 animals 211,764 177,718 156,236 144,612 142,765 114,087 102,792
                      33 to 77 animals 668,275 518,624 452,802 485,140 473,993 387,759 335,088
                      78 to 122 animals 702,270 568,466 510,784 553,681 569,012 477,718 399,951
                      123 to 177 animals 644,432 535,900 527,171 590,329 625,630 553,172 456,412
                      178 to 272 animals 718,390 638,098 620,382 770,300 887,320 821,045 757,844
                      273 to 527 animals 784,079 713,006 695,286 903,096 1,134,983 1,213,856 1,192,806
                      528 to 1,127 animals 429,417 462,009 445,365 562,561 744,857 907,571 963,412
                      1,128 animals and over 455,745 579,066 419,117 746,646 1,363,697 2,139,993 2,160,811
                      Total 4,614,372 4,192,887 3,827,143 4,756,365 5,942,257 6,615,201 6,369,116
                      Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
                      1 to 32 animals 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.4 1.7 1.6
                      33 to 77 animals 14.5 12.4 11.8 10.2 8.0 5.9 5.3
                      78 to 122 animals 15.2 13.6 13.3 11.6 9.6 7.2 6.3
                      123 to 177 animals 14.0 12.8 13.8 12.4 10.5 8.4 7.2
                      178 to 272 animals 15.6 15.2 16.2 16.2 14.9 12.4 11.9
                      273 to 527 animals 17.0 17.0 18.2 19.0 19.1 18.3 18.7
                      528 to 1,127 animals 9.3 11.0 11.6 11.8 12.5 13.7 15.1
                      1,128 animals and over 9.9 13.8 11.0 15.7 22.9 32.3 33.9
                      Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

                      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

                      Note

                        Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                        Source

                        Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

                        British Columbia

                        Table 4.3
                        Total cattle and calves: Farms reporting, Number of animals, and Percentage distributions by size class, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
                        British Columbia 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
                        Farms reporting  empty cell
                        1 to 32 animals 7,482 7,065 5,634 4,790 5,314 4,069 3,693
                        33 to 77 animals 1,913 1,654 1,425 1,480 1,403 1,325 1,109
                        78 to 122 animals 941 896 839 853 762 638 598
                        123 to 177 animals 531 604 528 559 547 531 443
                        178 to 272 animals 359 465 426 442 499 450 460
                        273 to 527 animals 282 385 312 395 465 479 440
                        528 to 1,127 animals 109 131 124 127 135 164 180
                        1,128 animals and over 35 46 45 52 60 70 73
                        Total 11,652 11,246 9,333 8,698 9,185 7,726 6,996
                        Percentage distribution of farms by size class  empty cell
                        1 to 32 animals 64.2 62.8 60.4 55.1 57.9 52.7 52.8
                        33 to 77 animals 16.4 14.7 15.3 17.0 15.3 17.1 15.9
                        78 to 122 animals 8.1 8.0 9.0 9.8 8.3 8.3 8.5
                        123 to 177 animals 4.6 5.4 5.7 6.4 6.0 6.9 6.3
                        178 to 272 animals 3.1 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.6
                        273 to 527 animals 2.4 3.4 3.3 4.5 5.1 6.2 6.3
                        528 to 1,127 animals 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.1 2.6
                        1,128 animals and over 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0
                        Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                        Number of animals  empty cell
                        1 to 32 animals 74,503 72,953 56,871 51,780 57,417 45,583 41,211
                        33 to 77 animals 99,711 84,890 74,380 77,720 72,024 68,920 57,126
                        78 to 122 animals 91,166 88,133 82,599 84,994 74,695 62,603 59,212
                        123 to 177 animals 78,134 88,870 77,420 82,728 80,837 78,931 65,286
                        178 to 272 animals 77,296 101,425 92,315 97,054 108,073 98,461 100,643
                        273 to 527 animals 104,448 141,310 115,889 144,711 171,563 176,787 163,227
                        528 to 1,127 animals 80,204 93,958 86,079 90,001 95,253 115,941 127,877
                        1,128 animals and over 84,981 118,302 104,404 123,426 154,241 167,723 186,273
                        Total 690,443 789,841 689,957 752,414 814,103 814,949 800,855
                        Percentage distribution of animals by size class  empty cell
                        1 to 32 animals 10.8 9.2 8.2 6.9 7.1 5.6 5.1
                        33 to 77 animals 14.4 10.7 10.8 10.3 8.8 8.5 7.1
                        78 to 122 animals 13.2 11.2 12.0 11.3 9.2 7.7 7.4
                        123 to 177 animals 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.0 9.9 9.7 8.2
                        178 to 272 animals 11.2 12.8 13.4 12.9 13.3 12.1 12.6
                        273 to 527 animals 15.1 17.9 16.8 19.2 21.1 21.7 20.4
                        528 to 1,127 animals 11.6 11.9 12.5 12.0 11.7 14.2 16.0
                        1,128 animals and over 12.3 15.0 15.1 16.4 18.9 20.6 23.3
                        Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

                        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

                        Note

                          Comparability among censuses prior to 1996 and those after is affected by a change in census date from the first week of June to mid-May when a lower percentage of calvings would have occurred.

                          Source

                          Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.