Canada’s Cattle Industry
Canada — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 27691138; 2024: 41288599
Cattle inventory
1990: 11220400; 2024: 10985000 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 900100; 2024: 1291344 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 195933.1; 2024: 279376.16 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 111726.2; 2024: 607430.66 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 3354300; 2024: 3412400 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 27.9; 2024: 31.1 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 242592 tonnes; 2024: 2400226.88 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 19356 tonnes; 2024: 90264.1 tonnes
Barley
1991: 618 tonnes; 2024: 141695.77 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 1111 tonnes; 2024: 10467.52 tonnes
Oats
1991: 2402 tonnes; 2024: 17349.42 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 147009 tonnes; 2024: 300499.24 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 655877 tonnes; 2024: 1215027.18 tonnes