Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada
Canada: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 806,785 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada stood at 806,785 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada peaked at 806,785 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 130,014 1000 An, in 1962.
That places Canada 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 131,992 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 130,014 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 144,128 1000 An | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 155,267 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 162,538 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 179,538 1000 An | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 187,079 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 188,578 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 215,686 1000 An | +14.4% |
| 1970 | 238,995 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 222,997 1000 An | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 234,172 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 250,072 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 242,355 1000 An | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 226,342 1000 An | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 251,734 1000 An | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 259,556 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 277,434 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 309,331 1000 An | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 304,125 1000 An | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 309,479 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 305,236 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 301,120 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 317,771 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 346,563 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 371,528 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 385,712 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 392,605 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 390,433 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 406,940 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 411,090 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 408,810 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 430,258 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 486,338 1000 An | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 486,218 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 501,289 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 516,952 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 539,652 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 572,304 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 590,431 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 624,795 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 625,692 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 615,623 1000 An | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 613,251 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 626,253 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 622,474 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 640,708 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 641,168 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 638,626 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 642,219 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 640,192 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 644,730 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 648,654 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 662,266 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 683,094 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 706,502 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 738,284 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 756,984 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 773,457 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 755,496 1000 An | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 770,072 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 789,394 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 803,086 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 806,785 1000 An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,091 1000 An | 130,014 1000 An | 215,686 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 251,299 1000 An | 222,997 1000 An | 309,331 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 342,457 1000 An | 301,120 1000 An | 392,605 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 475,985 1000 An | 406,940 1000 An | 572,304 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 623,902 1000 An | 590,431 1000 An | 641,168 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 689,638 1000 An | 640,192 1000 An | 773,457 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 784,967 1000 An | 755,496 1000 An | 806,785 1000 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada was 806,785 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 806,785 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 130,014 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Canada ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. 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 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.