Industry Fast Facts
A quick overview of Canada's beef industry. Be sure to download the pdf for more details.
Did you know?
- There are 63,500 farms and ranches with beef cattle across Canada.
- The average beef cow herd size in Canada is 61.
- There are a lot of small cattle farms with 61% of the farms having less than 47 cows.
- Canada produced 3.4 billion pounds of beef in 2009.
- Canadians eat 46 pounds (20.9 kg) of beef per person annually.
- Canada is the 6th largest beef exporting country in the world.
- Beef production contributed $23 billion to Canada’s economy in 2009.
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