INDEPTH: MAD COW
Beef in Canada: by the numbers
CBC News Online | Updated December 29, 2003
(Sources: CanFax research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the United States Department of Agriculture)
13,371,500
Canada's cattle inventory on Jan. 1, 2003.
14th
The ranking of Canada's inventory among the world's largest in 2001 (India had the largest with 313.8 million).
2,357,800
Cattle slaughtered in Alberta in 2002, making it the largest producer in Canada. Ontario came in a distant second with 614,200, followed by Quebec and Atlantic Canada with a combined total of 224,200.
$7.8 billion
Canadian cash receipts for cattle and calves in 2001. U.S. cash receipts for the same year: $40.4 billion.
3rd
Canada's place in the world as a beef and cattle exporter in 2001. Canadian exports that year accounted for 15 per cent of total world exports. The U.S. was second with 16 per cent of world exports. Australia was first, accounting for 23 per cent of world exports.
40
Percentage of Canadian beef exports destined for the U.S. in 2001.
49.4
Pounds of beef consumed per capita in Canada in 2001.
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