Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics – July to September 2011
By Statistics Canada – This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for the third quarter of 2011, and complete data for 2010.
25 November 2011
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Highlights
Value of poultry products decreased in 2010
- Sales of poultry meat totalled $2.3 billion in 2010, down 3.9 per cent from 2009.
- Canadian farmers produced 1.2 million tonnes of poultry meat in 2010. Chicken, including stewing hens, which accounts for 87 per cent of all poultry meat produced, is up 1.2 per cent from 2009. Turkey meat production stood at 159,000 tonnes in 2010, a decrease of 4.5 per cent from the previous year.
Egg production increased in 2010
- The value of egg sales reached $935.9 million in 2010, an increase of 0.3 per cent from the previous year.
- Egg production was 636.3 million dozen, an increase of 2.5 per cent from 2009. The central region produces over half of the eggs in Canada with Ontario producing 239.2 million dozen eggs and Quebec producing 111.6 million dozen eggs.
- During the first 9 months of 2011, egg production totalled 479.8 million dozen, an increase of 1.3 per cent from the same period in 2010.
Figure 1. Value of poultry products, Canada, 2001 to 2010
Figure 2. Poultry meat production, Canada 2001 to 2010
Fgiure 3. Production of eggs, Canada, 2001 to 2010
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November 2011
