Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Canada
Canada: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 852,007 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Canada recorded 852,007 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Canada peaked at 1.02 million An in 2004 and was at its lowest, 400,600 An, in 1969.
Canada ranks 103rd of 186 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.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Canada, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 769,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 728,500 An | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 663,400 An | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 622,500 An | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 562,000 An | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 500,300 An | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 477,700 An | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 436,000 An | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 400,600 An | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 544,000 An | +35.8% |
| 1971 | 563,841 An | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 607,600 An | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 583,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 548,400 An | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 515,100 An | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 478,300 An | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 410,400 An | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 409,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 445,700 An | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 507,100 An | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 552,400 An | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 594,600 An | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 589,500 An | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 575,300 An | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 538,500 An | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 515,200 An | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 510,900 An | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 546,700 An | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 586,900 An | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 622,300 An | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 655,800 An | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 675,400 An | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 660,150 An | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 667,100 An | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 645,300 An | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 671,500 An | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 656,300 An | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 691,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 747,000 An | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 823,000 An | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 977,800 An | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million An | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 1.01 million An | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.02 million An | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.01 million An | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 923,800 An | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 916,200 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 879,500 An | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 873,600 An | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 885,300 An | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 909,900 An | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 913,200 An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 922,900 An | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 890,700 An | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 854,306 An | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 845,117 An | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 843,926 An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 859,433 An | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 857,938 An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 840,839 An | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 843,712 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 852,200 An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 876,804 An | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 852,007 An | -2.8% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 852,007 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 2.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +35.8% | 400,600 An | 544,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 573,333 An | 400,600 An | 769,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 510,534 An | 409,000 An | 607,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 551,710 An | 507,100 An | 594,600 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 669,185 An | 622,300 An | 747,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 945,460 An | 823,000 An | 1.02 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 878,272 An | 843,926 An | 922,900 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 853,112 An | 840,839 An | 876,804 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)
- 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 sheep and goats — stocks in Canada?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Canada was 852,007 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million An in 2004.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 400,600 An in 1969.
- How does Canada rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Canada ranks 103rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 Sheep and Goats — Stocks. 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.