Table 21 - Sheep and lambs, by province, Census Agricultural Region (CAR) and Census Division (CD), May 15, 2001

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  • Newfoundland and Labrador
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  • Prince Edward Island
  • Manitoba
  • Nova Scotia
  • Saskatchewan
  • New Brunswick
  • Alberta
  • Quebec
  • British Columbia

  • Variable nameTotal sheep and lambs2RamsEwesTotal lambs3
    Geographic name - (Geographic level)Farms reportingNumberFarms reportingNumberFarms reportingNumberFarms reportingNumber
    Canada13,2321,262,4489,92629,53912,510621,15111,161611,758
      Newfoundland and Labrador1097,8881012501073,791963,847
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)594,11154128581,939522,044
          Division No. 1 - (CD)523,55348111511,696461,746
          Division No. 2 - (CD)755861772436298
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)2291321582243218423
          Division No. 6 - (CD)12x2x2x1x
          Division No. 7 - (CD)5x5x5x4x
          Division No. 8 - (CD)1572114431534313335
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)282,8642664271,420261,380
          Division No. 4 - (CD)111,7559361193810781
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1171,10917281648216599
      Prince Edward Island683,58952114671,581621,894
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)201,35417292059419731
          Kings County - (CD)201,35417292059419731
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)331,46024493268329728
          Queens County - (CD)331,46024493268329728
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1577511361530414435
          Prince County - (CD)1577511361530414435
      Nova Scotia27624,89620656826312,26324912,065
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)442,4372686431,65136700
          Shelburne County - (CD)2x1x2x2x
          Yarmouth County - (CD)81,3616x81,0605x
          Digby County - (CD)2x2x2x1x
          Queens County - (CD)311935366348
          Lunenburg County - (CD)2988014192848225379
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)754,99953149712,423692,427
          Annapolis County - (CD)942762081999208
          Kings County - (CD)412,013286139871371,081
          Hants County - (CD)252,5591968241,353231,138
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)809,44065172774,468734,800
          Halifax County - (CD)43174541583154
          Colchester County - (CD)505,15039103472,297452,750
          Cumberland County - (CD)263,9732264262,013251,896
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)556,87146129523,084513,658
          Pictou County - (CD)364,6943092332,115332,487
          Guysborough County - (CD)585751353635481
          Antigonish County - (CD)141,32011241460613690
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)221,14916322063720480
          Inverness County - (CD)12x8x1145911x
          Richmond County - (CD)3x3x3623x
          Cape Breton County - (CD)72265126116698
          Victoria County - (CD)00000000
      New Brunswick1489,6011032111374,6201284,770
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)352,179294832997321,134
          York County - (CD)1769216221431614354
          Carleton County - (CD)141,00610211442214563
          Victoria County - (CD)1x1x1x1x
          Madawaska County - (CD)3x2x3x3x
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)563,5453575531,788481,682
          Charlotte County - (CD)5196335784115
          Sunbury County - (CD)72065107966100
          Queens County - (CD)73984961916198
          Kings County - (CD)1372,7452353351,423321,269
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)473,1993072421,534411,593
          Albert County - (CD)1x001x00
          Westmorland County - (CD)311,945204427815281,086
          Kent County - (CD)15x102814x13507
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)10678916103017361
          Northumberland County - (CD)44094941793221
          Restigouche County - (CD)1x1x1x00
          Gloucester County - (CD)5x4x5x4140
      Quebec1,366254,0531,1515,3931,307149,3051,18899,355
        Bas-Saint-Laurent - (CAR)23380,6622201,86922847,46121731,332
          La Matapédia - (CD)329,70830258326,159293,291
          Matane - (CD)145,88114124143,062142,695
          La Mitis - (CD)6025,827545555914,7675510,505
          Rimouski-Neigette - (CD)3914,70137446378,780365,475
          Les Basques - (CD)197,29719145194,084193,068
          Rivière-du-Loup - (CD)328,05731157325,014312,886
          Témiscouata - (CD)142,1451339131,57611530
          Kamouraska - (CD)237,04622145224,019222,882
        Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord - (CAR)9119,084783878511,251817,446
          Le Domaine-du-Roy - (CD)214,2781874202,799191,405
          Maria-Chapdelaine - (CD)175,25814105163,060152,093
          Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - (CD)215,20120106212,934192,161
          Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - (CD)274,0662191242,287251,688
          La Haute-Côte-Nord - (CD)3x3x3x2x
          Manicouagan - (CD)12x2x1x1x
        Québec - (CAR)394,5523385372,492311,975
          Charlevoix-Est - (CD)2x2x2x2x
          Charlevoix - (CD)111,70410221182310859
          L'Île-d'Orléans - (CD)1x1x1x00
          La Côte-de-Beaupré - (CD)3x2x2x1x
          La Jacques-Cartier - (CD)3x383x3x
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec - (CD)81,23862186267591
          Portneuf - (CD)111,040925106948321
        Mauricie - (CAR)375,32029150363,600321,570
          Mékinac - (CD)3x2x3x2x
          Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie - (CD)81,39082889848378
          Francheville - (CD)777242064777275
          Maskinongé - (CD)182,1551470181,41814667
          Le Haut-Saint-Maurice - (CD)1x1x1x1x
        Estrie - (CAR)13726,64911246913415,82210810,358
          Le Granit - (CD)112,3371037111,27671,024
          Asbestos - (CD)203,4901790202,034141,366
          Le Haut-Saint-François - (CD)205,9971482203,178152,737
          Le Val-Saint-François - (CD)4010,08634134376,557333,395
          La Région-Sherbrookoise - (CD)644161262605169
          Coaticook - (CD)243,0921990241,882211,120
          Memphrémagog - (CD)161,20612241663513547
        Montréal/Laval - (CAR)44064842584140
          Laval - (CD)3x3x3x3x
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal - (CD)1x1x1x1x
        Lanaudière - (CAR)626,25548137593,728502,390
          D'Autray - (CD)161,73712441596210731
          L'Assomption - (CD)63183541506163
          Joliette - (CD)91,25392498057424
          Matawinie - (CD)1492810211452711380
          Montcalm - (CD)91,11692496218471
          Les Moulins - (CD)890351986638221
        Outaouais - (CAR)8010,61562183755,155735,277
          Papineau - (CD)294,3972475262,099292,223
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)121,29510241274111530
          Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)183,1961453171,396151,747
          La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau - (CD)44174842394170
          Pontiac - (CD)171,31010231668014607
        Laurentides - (CAR)644,24152104612,558531,579
          Deux-Montagnes - (CD)731341071715132
          Thérèse-De Blainville - (CD)3244383169367
          Mirabel - (CD)94566129347797
          La Rivière-du-Nord - (CD)642461352225189
          Argenteuil - (CD)766471274546198
          Les Laurentides - (CD)11058867924610335
          Antoine-Labelle - (CD)221,55220422194917561
        Abitibi-Témiscamingue/Nord-du-Québec - (CAR)7623,214713367413,743689,135
          Témiscamingue - (CD)3012,60828159297,493264,956
          Rouyn-Noranda - (CD)51,65252359745655
          Abitibi-Ouest - (CD)234,2922381232,473221,738
          Abitibi - (CD)1143,6171159132,225111,333
          Vallée-de-l'Or - (CD)41,04541445784453
        Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CAR)457,88938139444,308413,442
          Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CD)3x2x3x3x
          Le Rocher-Percé - (CD)2x002x1x
          La Côte-de-Gaspé - (CD)1x1x1x1x
          La Haute-Gaspésie - (CD)102,4421038101,232101,172
          Bonaventure - (CD)213,0581858211,708181,292
          Avignon - (CD)81,93473571,1168783
        Chaudière-Appalaches - (CAR)13719,70912042713611,5991207,683
          L'Islet - (CD)234,9902290232,703232,197
          Montmagny - (CD)3x2x3x3x
          Bellechasse - (CD)132,289954121,32912906
          Desjardins - (CD)478041645324232
          Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - (CD)121,8381040121,03212766
          La Nouvelle-Beauce - (CD)81,03161686437372
          Robert-Cliche - (CD)982881495557259
          Les Etchemins - (CD)2x2x2x2x
          Beauce-Sartigan - (CD)3x2x3x1x
          L'Amiante - (CD)304,32928106302,565271,658
          Lotbinière - (CD)302,9162775301,774221,067
        Montérégie - (CAR)23925,52517860221415,3192089,604
          Brome-Missisquoi - (CD)426,53835124403,810372,604
          La Haute-Yamaska - (CD)191,82517271992718871
          Acton - (CD)101,6271027101,0199581
          Le Bas-Richelieu - (CD)84157x82667x
          Les Maskoutains - (CD)191,7551340181,21918496
          Rouville - (CD)12713720103557338
          Le Haut-Richelieu - (CD)283,0641951251,749221,264
          La Vallée-du-Richelieu - (CD)1064672373769247
          Champlain - (CD)00000000
          Lajemmerais - (CD)61694x51024x
          Roussillon - (CD)64763752595210
          Les Jardins-de-Napierville - (CD)202,0341333171,19520806
          Le Haut-Saint-Laurent - (CD)323,2732476282,092261,105
          Beauharnois-Salaberry - (CD)61,29532048606415
          Vaudreuil-Soulanges - (CD)211,69516132181,09020473
        Centre-du-Québec - (CAR)12219,93210649712012,0111027,424
          L'Érable - (CD)255,78722165243,072182,550
          Bécancour - (CD)203,1551872201,833181,250
          Arthabaska - (CD)346,17031150343,972312,048
          Drummond - (CD)312,8142575301,99525744
          Nicolet-Yamaska - (CD)122,0061035121,13910832
      Ontario3,978337,6253,1308,4883,808176,8183,375152,319
        Southern Ontario Region - (CAR)81657,0236441,58778229,68067225,756
          Hamilton Division - (CD)654,57052111612,341532,118
          Niagara Regional Municipality - (CD)894,37171155832,357711,859
          Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality - (CD)1077,636901721044,058923,406
          Brant County - (CD)312,7932368291,442241,283
          Oxford County - (CD)1289,145963061284,6331104,206
          Elgin County - (CD)743,9305294712,072591,764
          Chatham-Kent Division - (CD)331,00122363152723438
          Essex County - (CD)292,5012152261,231181,218
          Lambton County - (CD)1008,03080188964,116883,726
          Middlesex County - (CD)16013,0461374051536,9031345,738
        Western Ontario Region - (CAR)1,576153,6551,2643,4591,50180,0321,36870,164
          Peel Regional Municipality - (CD)391,35835943677428490
          Dufferin County - (CD)999,58583270935,321843,994
          Wellington County - (CD)19915,7621554001908,2061697,156
          Halton Regional Municipality - (CD)532,0754182491,20144792
          Waterloo Regional Municipality - (CD)754,32953107662,176662,046
          Perth County - (CD)11110,371962331065,3791014,759
          Huron County - (CD)19920,53115442518710,7611779,345
          Bruce County - (CD)20828,84717347920315,11218913,256
          Grey County - (CD)35637,52929081434418,43631418,279
          Simcoe County - (CD)23723,26818455522712,66619610,047
        Central Ontario Region - (CAR)70861,1225681,81268333,24061026,070
          Hastings County - (CD)804,49363132762,453711,908
          Prince Edward Division - (CD)416,00035133413,345342,522
          Northumberland County - (CD)746,90064157724,215672,528
          Peterborough County - (CD)9411,26681385946,048794,833
          Kawartha Lakes Division - (CD)12910,639972691265,8331124,537
          Durham Regional Municipality - (CD)15310,5131293581465,5541334,601
          York Regional Municipality - (CD)1808,20857295764,375693,538
          Muskoka District Municipality - (CD)1840212161521913167
          Haliburton County - (CD)512545477543
          Parry Sound District - (CD)342,5762662331,121271,393
        Eastern Ontario Region - (CAR)68049,5654931,25765825,13456023,174
          Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Counties - (CD)1108,991862081044,591814,192
          Prescott and Russell United Counties - (CD)574,2954378542,165392,052
          Ottawa Division - (CD)915,35370262882,702742,389
          Leeds and Grenville United Counties - (CD)1289,603972501264,9271064,426
          Lanark County - (CD)1186,488751561153,0861043,246
          Frontenac County - (CD)503,4673475471,637441,755
          Lennox and Addington County - (CD)437,23031140424,103352,987
          Renfrew County - (CD)834,1385788821,923772,127
        Northern Ontario Region - (CAR)19816,2601613731848,7321657,155
          Nipissing District - (CD)342,6013067341,291291,243
          Manitoulin District - (CD)211,75017272184620877
          Sudbury District - (CD)91,20261786077578
          Greater Sudbury Division - (CD)41522x31072x
          Timiskaming District - (CD)515,98346151483,573432,259
          Cochrane District - (CD)844981382518185
          Algoma District - (CD)332,2672648291,076261,143
          Thunder Bay District - (CD)181,26313271574916487
          Rainy River District - (CD)1539210x1516010x
          Kenora District - (CD)5201353724124
      Manitoba73384,7985511,70570438,21262844,881
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)585,47636106543,086442,284
          Division No. 5 - (CD)585,47636106543,086442,284
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)8716,88573240846,5877810,058
          Division No. 6 - (CD)335,55527105312,604322,846
          Division No. 7 - (CD)5411,33046135533,983467,212
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)8816,58665245846,806799,535
          Division No. 15 - (CD)8816,58665245846,806799,535
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)515,0733991482,427472,555
          Division No. 16 - (CD)515,0733991482,427472,555
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)251,80919462593220831
          Division No. 20 - (CD)251,80919462593220831
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)472,9753480461,471421,424
          Division No. 17 - (CD)472,9753480461,471421,424
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)726,97752162674,012572,803
          Division No. 8 - (CD)473,5643480431,654401,830
          Division No. 9 - (CD)183,2191274172,27812867
          Division No. 10 - (CD)7194687805106
        Agricultural Region 8 - (CAR)948,42669165903,737864,524
          Division No. 3 - (CD)573,9543990551,851512,013
          Division No. 4 - (CD)374,4723075351,886352,511
        Agricultural Region 9 - (CAR)855,83565188832,471703,176
          Division No. 2 - (CD)644,5844913163x53x
          Division No. 11 - (CD)52154144x2x
          Division No. 12 - (CD)161,03612431647015523
        Agricultural Region 10 - (CAR)254,9561965241,789223,102
          Division No. 1 - (CD)254,9561965241,789223,102
        Agricultural Region 11 - (CAR)483,73339137471,678401,918
          Division No. 13 - (CD)181,32114281758216711
          Division No. 14 - (CD)302,41225109301,096241,207
        Agricultural Region 12 - (CAR)536,06741180523,216432,671
          Division No. 18 - (CD)495,89839x483,10839x
          Division No. 19 - (CD)11x001x1x
          Division No. 21 - (CD)3x2x3x344
      Saskatchewan1,702149,3891,2553,4641,60466,8941,42779,031
        Agricultural Region 1A - (CAR)515,28442106462,595432,583
        Agricultural Region 1B - (CAR)698,00051159693,648664,193
        Agricultural Region 2A - (CAR)392,2733054371,120321,099
        Agricultural Region 2B - (CAR)966,95572243883,557743,155
        Agricultural Region 3AN - (CAR)262,1961726221,19923971
        Agricultural Region 3AS - (CAR)10810,677712391005,883894,555
        Agricultural Region 3BN - (CAR)755,03855125712,476602,437
        Agricultural Region 3BS - (CAR)2496417282344922487
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)588,18639144574,271443,771
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)364,77227105332,213322,454
        Agricultural Region 5A - (CAR)14411,1501042691385,1871205,694
        Agricultural Region 5B - (CAR)14017,5841072881346,89811710,398
        Agricultural Region 6A - (CAR)13317,952952951295,73810911,919
        Agricultural Region 6B - (CAR)15311,3521123221385,2961295,734
        Agricultural Region 7A - (CAR)321,21723323149227693
        Agricultural Region 7B - (CAR)492,140407046962421,108
        Agricultural Region 8A - (CAR)946,85173269933,108823,474
        Agricultural Region 8B - (CAR)876,13767154832,666773,317
        Agricultural Region 9A - (CAR)16510,4901252751544,8511355,364
        Agricultural Region 9B - (CAR)12310,171882611124,2851045,625
        Division No. 1 - (CD)729,24459173674,307634,764
        Division No. 2 - (CD)935,35769145882,515762,697
        Division No. 3 - (CD)698,27143162634,785603,324
        Division No. 4 - (CD)748,74950163734,545584,041
        Division No. 5 - (CD)1189,137902251174,4001074,512
        Division No. 6 - (CD)13315,4151022761274,35310710,786
        Division No. 7 - (CD)817,03351162713,665663,206
        Division No. 8 - (CD)898,56169205844,146734,210
        Division No. 9 - (CD)1099,274851931034,432894,649
        Division No. 10 - (CD)7612,20247181744,231627,790
        Division No. 11 - (CD)14610,6811002801325,1361195,265
        Division No. 12 - (CD)877,13175205833,349713,577
        Division No. 13 - (CD)602,94046104571,216521,620
        Division No. 14 - (CD)1288,533973281253,9461114,259
        Division No. 15 - (CD)16110,8281232801514,8331375,715
        Division No. 16 - (CD)11077,33679173993,333903,830
        Division No. 17 - (CD)998,69770209903,702864,786
      Alberta2,987307,3022,1126,6212,781131,0772,492169,604
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)9113,68967332775,978747,379
          Division No. 1 - (CD)568,48543193513,603474,689
          Division No. 4 - (CD)355,20424139262,375272,690
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)36652,65324097832821,60231930,073
          Division No. 2 - (CD)22033,81613863019513,42219619,764
          Division No. 5 - (CD)14618,8371023481338,18012310,309
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)47256,1423391,25344824,07340330,816
          Division No. 3 - (CD)13731,5119756012912,81511918,136
          Division No. 6 - (CD)32923,81323664531310,72727912,441
          Division No. 15 - (CD)681864865315239
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)15617,493992831467,4071319,803
          Division No. 7 - (CD)15617,493992831467,4071319,803
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)31831,13523062031013,09127117,424
          Division No. 10 - (CD)31831,13523062031013,09127117,424
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)82162,6715891,69276126,77568034,204
          Division No. 8 - (CD)32828,53822078130412,36327815,394
          Division No. 9 - (CD)623,7945198601,776461,920
          Division No. 11 - (CD)43130,33931881339712,63635616,890
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)48346,21634587444818,77140726,571
          Division No. 12 - (CD)11189,659822331064,199945,227
          Division No. 13 - (CD)31331,95022054929512,50926918,892
          Division No. 14 - (CD)524,6074392472,063442,452
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)28027,30320358926313,38020713,334
          Division No. 17 - (CD)948,09778193883,874654,030
          Division No. 18 - (CD)403,5673372402,013321,482
          Division No. 19 - (CD)14615,639923241357,4931107,822
      British Columbia1,86583,3071,2652,7251,73236,5901,51643,992
        Vancouver Island-Coast - (CAR)50217,6363486624686,91741710,057
          Capital Regional District - (CD)1909,2471332461753,4261555,575
          Cowichan Valley Regional District - (CD)1262,958791531201,1981021,607
          Nanaimo Regional District - (CD)912,1406813483850781,156
          Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - (CD)13x10x12x9x
          Comox-Strathcona Regional District - (CD)1602,094438457878541,132
          Powell River Regional District - (CD)2159314272026218304
          Central Coast Regional District - (CD)1x1x1x1x
        Lower Mainland-Southwest - (CAR)47216,0492905094407,3063608,234
          Fraser Valley Regional District - (CD)1888,6651182071803,8941404,564
          Greater Vancouver Regional District - (CD)2666,7391642842443,0862073,369
          Sunshine Coast Regional District - (CD)102275108888129
          Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - (CD)84183882385172
        Thompson-Okanagan - (CAR)38720,6572716643608,95233511,041
          Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - (CD)521,39134514862743713
          Thompson-Nicola Regional District - (CD)1368,411872701243,5711264,570
          Central Okanagan Regional District - (CD)4298330693839235522
          North Okanagan Regional District - (CD)936,95071169872,999773,782
          Columbia-Shuswap Regional District - (CD)642,92249105631,363541,454
        Kootenay - (CAR)1053,13876198961,335821,605
          East Kootenay Regional District - (CD)341,194221162954423534
          Central Kootenay Regional District - (CD)3968526383630229345
          Kootenay Boundary Regional District - (CD)321,25928443148930726
        Cariboo - (CAR)1879,1491312741744,1521574,723
          Cariboo Regional District - (CD)1265,908851631152,6141053,131
          Fraser-Fort George Regional District - (CD)613,24146111591,538521,592
        North Coast - (CAR)1549613271522613243
          Kitimat-Stikine Regional District - (CD)11549613271522613243
        Nechako - (CAR)773,3775294721,582631,701
          Bulkley-Nechako Regional District - (CD)1773,3775294721,582631,701
        Peace River - (CAR)12012,805842971076,120896,388
          Peace River Regional District - (CD)112012,805842971076,120896,388
    Source: Statistics Canada

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    Footnotes:
    1. Due to confidentiality constraints, the data for one or more adjacent 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, click on Geographic area amalgamations.

    2. Due to coverage problems in 1996, the total number of sheep and lambs in Newfoundland and Labrador was understated. These errors limit the comparability of the data between 1996 and 2001.

    3. Due to reporting difficulties, data for the two lamb categories — replacement lambs and market lambs — have been combined. The total number of lambs, however, was not affected, and the data are comparable with previous censuses.