Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada
Canada: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 765,100 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada stood at 765,100 An.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada peaked at 812,500 An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 240,000 An, in 1979.
Canada ranks 68th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 803,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 744,400 An | -7.3% |
| 1963 | 721,900 An | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 679,800 An | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 577,900 An | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 480,400 An | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 494,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 436,800 An | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 390,900 An | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 378,500 An | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 406,300 An | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 424,800 An | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 454,200 An | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 385,100 An | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 401,600 An | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 350,700 An | -12.7% |
| 1977 | 291,700 An | -16.8% |
| 1978 | 249,100 An | -14.6% |
| 1979 | 240,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 278,800 An | +16.2% |
| 1981 | 359,900 An | +29.1% |
| 1982 | 415,100 An | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 454,200 An | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 467,500 An | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 418,700 An | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 407,400 An | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 399,100 An | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 423,300 An | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 454,600 An | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 475,200 An | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 524,400 An | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 563,900 An | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 525,300 An | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 515,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 500,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 521,600 An | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 483,900 An | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 498,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 550,700 An | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 611,800 An | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 674,100 An | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 695,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 729,900 An | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 775,200 An | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 812,500 An | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 768,400 An | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 751,900 An | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 739,200 An | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 740,600 An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 721,200 An | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 705,700 An | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 721,500 An | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 749,600 An | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 761,000 An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 732,400 An | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 720,900 An | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 711,500 An | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 706,400 An | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 718,700 An | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 744,500 An | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 723,600 An | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 728,700 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 778,200 An | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 765,100 An | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 592,156 An | 390,900 An | 803,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 358,200 An | 240,000 An | 454,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 407,860 An | 278,800 An | 467,500 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 515,800 An | 475,200 An | 563,900 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 729,860 An | 611,800 An | 812,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 724,890 An | 705,700 An | 761,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 748,020 An | 723,600 An | 778,200 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- 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)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada was 765,100 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 812,500 An in 2005.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 240,000 An in 1979.
- How does Canada rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Canada ranks 68th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.