Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Canada
Canada: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 962,800 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Canada stood at 962,800 An.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Canada peaked at 2.99 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 943,700 An, in 2016.
That places Canada 81st out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Canada, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.99 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.96 million An | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 2.91 million An | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 2.91 million An | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 2.88 million An | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 2.68 million An | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 2.67 million An | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 2.62 million An | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 2.59 million An | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 2.55 million An | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 2.26 million An | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 2.21 million An | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 2.12 million An | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 2.07 million An | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 2.04 million An | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 2.02 million An | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 1.97 million An | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 1.91 million An | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 1.82 million An | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 1.77 million An | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 1.76 million An | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 1.78 million An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.74 million An | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 1.68 million An | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 1.62 million An | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 1.55 million An | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 1.43 million An | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 1.41 million An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 1.39 million An | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.37 million An | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 1.33 million An | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 1.28 million An | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million An | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 1.22 million An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.24 million An | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million An | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.23 million An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.18 million An | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1.16 million An | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million An | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.09 million An | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million An | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million An | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million An | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.04 million An | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.02 million An | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 997,500 An | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 984,700 An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 965,600 An | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 966,200 An | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 965,600 An | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 958,400 An | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 960,500 An | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 959,300 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 945,600 An | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 943,700 An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 945,000 An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 975,100 An | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 976,200 An | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 979,200 An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 974,500 An | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 969,100 An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 964,600 An | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 962,800 An | -0.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 962,800 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 2.8× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.80 million An | 2.59 million An | 2.99 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.10 million An | 1.82 million An | 2.55 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.61 million An | 1.39 million An | 1.78 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 million An | 1.16 million An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million An | 965,600 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 959,560 An | 943,700 An | 976,200 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 970,040 An | 962,800 An | 979,200 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.914 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.4113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.35 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Canada?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Canada was 962,800 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2.99 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 943,700 An in 2016.
- How does Canada rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Canada ranks 81st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. 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.