CANADIAN LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INDUSTRY - 2008 INDUSTRY STATISTICS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In 2008:

• Domestic hog production in Canada reached 23.8 million head; in 1990, this number was 14 million.
• Canada's cattle slaughter increased to 3.25 million head, up from 3.20 million in 2007.
• Canada exported $2.74 billion of pork to over 130 countries.
• Canada exported $1.35 billion of beef to over 60 countries.
• Canada's per capita consumption of red meat decreased from 24.56 kg per person in 2007 to 23.30 kg per person in 2008, while its per capita consumption of poultry meats increased from 13.41 kg per person in 2007 to 13.56 kg per person in 2008.
• The meat processing industry, with shipments of $21.4 billion in 2007, 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

Lamb, Veal, Horse and Poultry

Lamb: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

Veal: 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 23.8 million head in 2008, a decrease of 2% from the 2007 output. Quebec led all provinces in production with 8.12 million hogs, followed by Ontario at 5.12 million, Manitoba at 4.81 million and Alberta at 2.70 million.

Provincial hog slaughter in 2008 was consistent with historical figures, at 0.86 million head.

Slaughter hog exports to the U.S. totalled 2.29 million head, a decrease from the 3.29 million in 2007. Feeder pig exports saw an increase in 2008, with 6.79 million head exported compared to 6.62 million head in 2007.

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 2008, reaching 1,094,545 tonnes.

Sales to the U.S. are estimated at 307,096 tonnes, down by 13% from the previous year, and the value of the sales are estimated at $833 million, down by 10%. The U.S. market represents about 28% of Canada's total pork export tonnage; 15 years ago, the U.S. accounted for over 90% of Canada's pork exports. 

Japan purchased about 230,574 tonnes, up by almost 5% from the previous year, at a value of $857 million, up by 14%.  This market represents 21% of Canada's total pork tonnage.

The total value of Canadian pork exports in 2008 is over $2.7 billion, up from $2.4 billion a year ago.

Key global markets, based on 2007 and 2008 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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Pork Imports

Canadian pork imports are estimated at 136,206 tonnes (+ 13.5%) in 2008, mainly from the U.S. (135,094 tonnes).

Export and Imports (Tonnage)

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

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Cattle Slaughter

Canadian federally-inspected cattle slaughter increased slightly in 2008 to 3.25 million head slaughtered, up from 3.2 million head a year ago.

In provincially-inspected plants, the number of cattle slaughtered in 2008 was at 211,998 head, a decrease from the 2007 level of 248,358.

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 2008 reached 1,407,081 head.

Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Beef Exports

Beef exports increased in 2008, by over 8% in both value and tonnage. The value of Canada's beef and veal exports is $1.35 billion, up from $1.24 billion a year earlier. Tonnage is projected at 392,859 tonnes, up from 362,294 in 2007.

Shipments to the U.S. are estimated at 304,297 tonnes, an increase of almost 5% from 2007, and representing the majority of Canadian exports at 77% of total Canadian exports.

Key global markets, based on 2007 and 2008 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 149,070 tonnes in 2008, down from 177,413 the year earlier. Shipments from the U.S. in 2008 were 117,142 tonnes, up from 113,018 in 2007.

The Beal and Veal Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for 2008 remained at 76,409 tonnes for non-NAFTA countries, at a tariff of 26.5%.

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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Lamb: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

• Canada's federally inspected sheep and lamb slaughter was at 171,042 head in 2008, an increase of 5% from the 162,751 head slaughtered in 2007.
• Imports of mutton and lamb decreased by 1% to 16,157 tonnes.

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

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Veal: Slaughter, Imports and Exports

• Canada's federally inspected calf slaughter was steady in 2008 at 255,388 head.
• Veal imports were 2,358 tonnes, a decrease of 17% from the previous year.

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

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Horse: Slaughter and Exports

• Horse slaughter numbered 111,236 in federally and provincially inspected plants in 2008.  This is a 17% increase from the previous year, and a 122% increase from the 2006 figures. This follows the 2007 closure of US horse slaughter plants.
• 20,912 tonnes of horse meat were exported in 2008. 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 2008, the poultry slaughter numbers were as follows: chicken, 623.0 million head; mature chicken, 32.5 million head; turkey, 22.7 million head; ducks & geese, 4.7 million head.
• Imports of poutry in 2008 numbered 173 million kg (including import for re-export).  An additional 28.8 million kg of further processed products were imported (reflects product weight not chicken content).
• Exports of poultry in 2008 numbered 109 million kg, with a further 7.8 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 $4.3 billion this past year, according to Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, and live animal exports (HS code 01) were an estimated $2.3 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 2008, while the same values for poultry saw a slight increase.  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 2008

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Food Industry Sales

The meat and poultry industry had annual shipments of $21.4 billion in 2007.

Sales of other major food industries in 2007 follow:

Meat & Poultry Products Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation, unpublished data, Annual Survey of Manufactures and Logging, 2007.

Other Products Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Food Stats 2007, Monthly Survey of Manufacturing, 2007.

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Meat Industry

According to the Statistics Canada Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), Canada's meat industry had shipments of $21.4 billion in 2007.

Source: Statistics Canada, special tabulation, unpublished data, Annual Survey of Manufactures and Logging, 2005 to 2007.

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Manufacturing Industries

With revenue from good manufactured of $21.4 billion in 2007 (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 11th 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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