CANADIAN LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INDUSTRY - 2010 INDUSTRY STATISTICS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In 2010:

• Domestic hog production in Canada reached 22.2 million head; in 1990, this number was 14 million.
• Canada's cattle slaughter increased to 3.21 million head, up from 3.14 million in 2009.
• Canada exported $2.77 billion of pork to over 130 countries.
• Canada exported $1.42 billion of beef to over 70 countries.
• Canada's per capita consumption of red meat decreased slightly from 23.59 kg per person in 2008 to 23.43 kg per person in 2009, while its per capita consumption of poultry meats also slightly decresed from 13.56 kg per person in 2008 to 13.40 kg per person in 2009.
• The meat processing industry, with a revenue from goods manufactured of $21.3 billion in 2009, is the largest sector of the food manufacturing industry.

HIGHLIGHTS AND COMMENTS CANADIAN LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INDUSTRY

Pork & Hogs

Hog Output

Pork Exports

Pork Imports

Beef & Cattle

Cattle Slaughter

Cattle Exports to United States

Beef Export

Beef Imports

Veal, Lamb, Horse and Poultry

Veal: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

Lamb: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

Horse: Slaughter and Exports

Poultry: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

Industry Statistics

Meat Trade

Meat Consumption

Food Industry Sales

Meat Industry

Manufacturing Industries

Hog Output

Canadian hog output (domestic slaughter plus live exports) is estimated at 22.2 million head in 2010, a decrease of 3% from the 2009 output. Quebec led all provinces in production with 8.12 million hogs, followed by Manitoba at 5.32 million, Ontario at 4.43 million and Alberta at 2.66 million.

Slaughter hog exports to the U.S. totalled 1.08 million head, a decrease from the 1.19 million in 2009 as well as from the 2.29 million in 2008. Feeder pig exports saw a decrease in 2010, with 4.59 million head exported compared to 5.10 million head in 2009 and 6.79 million in 2008.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1) (2) (3)

Note: Hog export data is based on U.S. sources.  Canadian data is from federally and provincially inspected establishments.

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Pork Exports

Canada's pork exports increased in 2010, reaching 1,097,694 tonnes.

Sales to the U.S. are estimated at 336,111 tonnes, up by 2% from the previous year, and the value of the sales are estimated at $951 million, up by 14%. The U.S. market represents about 31% of Canada's total pork export tonnage; over 15 years ago, the U.S. accounted for over 90% of Canada's pork exports. 

Japan purchased about 225,077 tonnes, slightly down from the previous year, at a value of $852 million, down by 14%.  This market represents 21% of Canada's total pork tonnage.

The total value of Canadian pork exports in 2010 is over $2.7 billion, up from $2.6 billion a year ago.

Key global markets, based on 2009 and 2010 purchases, are shown below.

Detailed export statistics, including tonnage and value in Canadian dollars, follow:

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1)

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Pork Imports

Canadian pork imports were at 147,434 tonnes (+ 6.0%) in 2010, mainly from the U.S. (144,922 tonnes).

Export and Imports (Tonnage)

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1)

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Cattle Slaughter

Canadian federally-inspected cattle slaughter increased slightly in 2010 to 3.21 million head slaughtered, up from 3.14 million head a year ago.

In provincially-inspected plants, the number of cattle slaughtered in 2010 was at 191,520 head, a decrease from the 2009 level of 214,380.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1) (2)

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Cattle Exports to United States

The number of live cattle exported to the US at the end of 2010 reached 1,055,215 head.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Beef Exports

Beef exports from Canada to all countries increased in 2010, by over 7% in both value and tonnage. The value of Canada's beef and veal exports is $1.42 billion, up from $1.26 billion a year earlier. Tonnage was 407,595 tonnes in 2010, up from 378,525 in 2009.

Shipments to the U.S. were 308,768 tonnes, an increase of 5% from 2009, this represented the majority of Canadian exports at 76% of total Canadian beef exports.

Key global markets, based on 2009 and 2010 purchases, are shown below.

Detailed export statistics, including tonnage and value in Canadian dollars, follow:

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Beef Imports

Beef imports were an estimated 167,806 tonnes in 2010, down from 172,331 the year earlier. Shipments from the U.S. in 2010 were 124,891 tonnes, up from 118,058 in 2009.

The Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for 2010 remained at 76,409 tonnes.

Details of the Tariff Rate Quota distribution follows (all numbers in tonnes):

Sources: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1)

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (2)

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Veal: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

• Canada's federally inspected calf slaughter was steady in 2010 at 241,755 head.
• Veal imports were 2,915 tonnes, an increase of 14% from the previous year.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1) (2)

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Lamb: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

• Canada's federally inspected sheep and lamb slaughter was at 166,899 head in 2010, an increase of 3% from the 162,743 head slaughtered in 2009.
• Imports of mutton and lamb decreased by 15% to 15,371 tonnes.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1) (2)

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Horse: Slaughter and Exports

• Horse slaughter numbered 89,030 in federally and provincially inspected plants in 2010.  This is a 5% decrease from the previous year, and a 21% decrease from the 2008 figures.
• 15,733 tonnes of horse meat were exported in 2010. France and Japan continue to be the largest export markets for horse products.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1)

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Poultry: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

• In 2010, the poultry slaughter numbers were as follows: chicken, 622.1 million head; mature chicken, 35.7 million head; turkey, 20.5 million head; ducks & geese, 5.2 million head.
• Imports of poutry in 2010 numbered 172 million kg (including import for re-export).  An additional 28.0 million kg of further processed products were imported (reflects product weight not chicken content).
• Exports of poultry in 2010 numbered 107 million kg, with a further 11.1 million kg of further processed product exported.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (1) (2) (3)

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Meat Trade

Canada's meat exports (HS code 02) were an estimated $4.4 billion in 2010, according to Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, and live animal exports (HS code 01) were an estimated $1.7 billion.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Meat Consumption

Statistics Canada reports that the red meat available per capita, both adjusted for losses (consumption) and not (disappearance), decreased in 2009, while the same values for poultry also saw a slight decrease.  Beef continues to be the meat group with the highest per capita consumption, followed by chicken.

Disappearance is defined as the product available for consumption, while consumption is an estimate of the product actually consumed by the population.

Source: Canada Food Statistics 2009

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Food Industry Sales

The meat and poultry industry had annual manufacturing sales of $21.3 billion in 2009

Sales of other major food industries in 2009 follow:

Meat & Poultry Products Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation, unpublished data, Annual Survey of Manufactures and Logging, 2009.

Other Products Source: Statistics Canada.  Table  304-0014  -  Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Canada, monthly (dollars unless otherwise noted),  CANSIM (database).

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Meat Industry

According to the Statistics Canada Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), Canada's meat industry had revenue from goods manufactured of $21.3 billion in 2009.

Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation, unpublished data, Annual Survey of Manufactures and Logging, 2009.

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Manufacturing Industries

With revenue from goods manufactured of $21.3 billion in 2009 (the last year for which data is available for all industries), the meat and poultry industry is positioned among Canada's most important manufacturing industries.  Meat and poultry revenues rank 10th overall.

A sampling of some leading industries follows:

Statistics Canada definition:

*Revenue from goods manufactured: Revenue from sale of goods manufactured using materials owned by the establishment, from repair work, and revenue from manufacturing service charges and work contracted out to other establishments.

**Value added, manufacturing activity:
Value added by manufacturing activity is equal to the value of shipments of goods of an establishment's own manufacture, taking into account the net change in goods-in-process and finished product inventories, minus the cost of materials and supplies, the cost of purchased fuel and electricity used, and the amounts paid for work contracted out to other establishments.

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