Meat — Protein supply quantity in Canada
Canada: Meat — Protein supply quantity was 568,970 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Canada, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — protein supply quantity in Canada stood at 568,970 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — protein supply quantity in Canada peaked at 568,970 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 473,378 t, in 2010.
Canada ranks 25th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 473,378 t | — |
| 2011 | 477,071 t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 485,743 t | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 480,906 t | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 498,357 t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 507,349 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 498,104 t | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 508,983 t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 525,963 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 535,675 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 532,030 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 520,263 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 539,971 t | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 568,970 t | +5.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 568,970 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 58,828 t, 9.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 499,153 t | 473,378 t | 535,675 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 540,308 t | 520,263 t | 568,970 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 22 Italy 625,598 t compare
- 23 Philippines 590,893 t compare
- 24 South Africa 587,505 t compare
- 26 Poland 542,690 t compare
- 27 Australia and New Zealand 524,777 t compare
- 28 Egypt 520,492 t 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 — protein supply quantity in Canada?
- Meat — protein supply quantity in Canada was 568,970 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 568,970 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 473,378 t in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for meat — protein supply quantity?
- Canada ranks 25th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 — Protein supply quantity (t). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.