Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Canada
Canada: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 1.29 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Canada is 1.29 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Canada peaked at 1.50 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 655,323 t, in 1961.
Canada ranks 14th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 790,166 t | 655,323 t | 891,938 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 990,981 t | 850,629 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 994,243 t | 947,380 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 990,359 t | 859,630 t | 1.26 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.31 million t | 1.20 million t | 1.50 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 million t | 1.29 million t | 1.41 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 11 Russian Federation 1.69 million t compare
- 12 Türkiye 1.50 million t compare
- 13 France 1.30 million t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 1.16 million t compare
- 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 934,300 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture share gdp 1.93 (2022)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.93 (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 17.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 7.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 42.53 billion current US$ (2022)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 27,780 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Canada?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Canada was 1.29 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.50 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 655,323 t in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Canada ranks 14th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.