Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada
Canada: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 831,328 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Canada recorded 831,328 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada peaked at 831,328 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 144,838 1000 An, in 1962.
Canada ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 146,147 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 144,838 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 158,874 1000 An | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 171,345 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 181,263 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 199,895 1000 An | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 205,970 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 206,292 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 233,761 1000 An | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 258,663 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 243,024 1000 An | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 253,550 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 270,641 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 264,373 1000 An | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 243,798 1000 An | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 270,691 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 277,698 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 294,707 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 329,081 1000 An | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 323,739 1000 An | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 328,386 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 324,564 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 320,260 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 336,816 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 366,363 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 391,591 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 407,020 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 414,529 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 412,585 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 429,825 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 433,548 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 431,312 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 452,541 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 509,233 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 510,838 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 526,383 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 541,581 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 563,495 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 596,140 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 615,471 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 650,866 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 649,144 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 639,237 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 636,557 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 650,525 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 647,373 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 666,293 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 667,798 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 664,041 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 666,599 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 664,893 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 669,645 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 674,075 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 687,582 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 709,185 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 732,672 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 762,967 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 781,864 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 797,901 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 778,876 1000 An | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 793,354 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 813,361 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 828,303 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 831,328 1000 An | +0.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 831,328 1000 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,782 1000 An, 14.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,154 1000 An | 144,838 1000 An | 233,761 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 270,623 1000 An | 243,024 1000 An | 329,081 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 362,585 1000 An | 320,260 1000 An | 414,529 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 499,490 1000 An | 429,825 1000 An | 596,140 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 648,730 1000 An | 615,471 1000 An | 667,798 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 714,738 1000 An | 664,893 1000 An | 797,901 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 809,044 1000 An | 778,876 1000 An | 831,328 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 878,946 1000 An compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,374 1000 An compare
- 19 France 866,251 1000 An compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 20 Japan 846,707 1000 An compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 203 1000 An compare
- 22 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 23 Spain 798,444 1000 An compare
- 24 Australia 754,500 1000 An compare
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)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Canada was 831,328 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 831,328 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 144,838 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Canada ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. 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, Poultry — 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.