Cattle (# of head)
Source:Canadian Beef Grading Agency and Canfax Research
| Year |
Federal |
Provincial |
| 1973 |
930,757 |
164,118 |
| 1974 |
980,151 |
192,591 |
| 1975 |
1,018,118 |
246,872 |
| 1976 |
1,061,358 |
231,691 |
| 1977 |
1,070,673 |
198,023 |
| 1978 |
1,089,589 |
182,190 |
| 1979 |
920,808 |
137,792 |
| 1980 |
993,645 |
142,283 |
| 1981 |
1,031,419 |
157,235 |
| 1982 |
983,526 |
155,286 |
| 1983 |
951,773 |
152,315 |
| 1984 |
827,261 |
154,541 |
| 1985 |
839,729 |
164,186 |
| 1986 |
872,795 |
163,165 |
| 1987 |
802,751 |
141,358 |
| 1988 |
730,342 |
141,441 |
| 1989 |
693,462 |
134,688 |
| 1990 |
548,599 |
136,646 |
| 1991 |
527,706 |
132,430 |
| 1992 |
596,199 |
124,219 |
| 1993 |
532,002 |
115,824 |
| 1994 |
522,222 |
112,364 |
| 1995 |
512,293 |
119,688 |
| 1996 |
562,633 |
121,397 |
| 1997 |
582,381 |
119,237 |
| 1998 |
566,540 |
111,624 |
| 1999 |
574,810 |
103,110 |
| 2000 |
550,746 |
98,420 |
| 2001 |
493,150 |
96,796 |
| 2002 |
544,586 |
91,402 |
| 2003 |
543,580 |
97,653 |
| 2004 |
637,819 |
134,039 |
| 2005 |
649,880 |
139,944 |
| 2006 |
673,539 |
118,096 |
| 2007 |
601,166 |
115,288 |
| 2008 |
566,838 |
113,755 |
| 2009 |
546,341 |
106,930 |
| 2010 |
577,819 |
88,046 |
| 2011 |
575,979 |
68,142 |
| 2012 |
579,625 |
71,083 |
| 2013 |
579,828 |
72,187 |
| 2014 |
579,195 |
70,072 |
| 2015 |
537,011 |
68,655 |
| 2016 |
565,505 |
70,925 |
| 2017 |
593,399 |
70,856 |
Calves (# of head)
Source:Agriculture and AgriFood Canada/Canadian Beef Grading Agency
| Year |
Federal |
Provincial |
| 1973 |
84,941 |
37,003 |
| 1974 |
93,541 |
46,874 |
| 1975 |
162,960 |
72,035 |
| 1976 |
131,007 |
88,480 |
| 1977 |
109,730 |
81,102 |
| 1978 |
73,489 |
70,449 |
| 1979 |
65,344 |
47,183 |
| 1980 |
72,706 |
55,289 |
| 1981 |
87,306 |
56,312 |
| 1982 |
104,707 |
59,484 |
| 1983 |
114,753 |
61,815 |
| 1984 |
114,433 |
63,858 |
| 1985 |
113,049 |
66,957 |
| 1986 |
111,338 |
70,513 |
| 1987 |
96,826 |
69,692 |
| 1988 |
94,401 |
73,468 |
| 1989 |
93,017 |
80,695 |
| 1990 |
77,045 |
85,831 |
| 1991 |
84,287 |
85,412 |
| 1992 |
78,571 |
73,016 |
| 1993 |
72,753 |
67,811 |
| 1994 |
64,664 |
66,414 |
| 1995 |
67,675 |
69,797 |
| 1996 |
62,672 |
70,270 |
| 1997 |
75,352 |
71,929 |
| 1998 |
71,338 |
69,651 |
| 1999 |
63,734 |
67,891 |
| 2000 |
53,286 |
62,985 |
| 2001 |
51,607 |
57,949 |
| 2002 |
15,962 |
56,031 |
| 2003 |
31,823 |
56,081 |
| 2004 |
36,269 |
55,541 |
| 2005 |
11,931 |
50,849 |
| 2006 |
9,698 |
42,733 |
| 2007 |
9,976 |
37,387 |
| 2008 |
13,149 |
31,011 |
| 2009 |
19,082 |
25,785 |
| 2010 |
34,358 |
26,428 |
| 2011 |
34,506 |
26,860 |
| 2012 |
31,351 |
28,942 |
| 2013 |
28,674 |
30,323 |
| 2014 |
22,524 |
28,552 |
| 2015 |
15,174 |
22,587 |
| 2016 |
14,753 |
21,446 |
| 2017 |
12,574 |
23,323 |
Source:Canadian Beef Grading Agency and Canfax Research