Dairy Facts and Figures

This section provides detailed statistics related to dairy cattle improvement, quota exchanges & prices, milk production at the farm, shipments to processors, dairy farming revenue & expenses, processing, sales of fluid milk and cream, supply and disposition, consumption of dairy products, imports and exports, world export prices, retail prices, index prices and dairy household expenditures in Canada.

The Farm:

• Number of Farms with Milk Shipments
• Number of Dairy Cows by Province
• Number of Dairy Heifers by Province
• Farming Revenue and Expenses
• Somatic Cell & Bacteria Count by province
• Quota

Milk Recording and Registrations:

• Dairy Cattle Registrations
• Dairy Herd Improvement
• Cull and Replacement Rates in Dairy Herds (pdf) (xls)

Milk Shipments and Pricing:

• Milk Volumes and Components
• Milk Prices

The Processing Sector:

• Dairy Processors in Canada
• Production and Sales of Dairy Products
• Supply and Disposition

The Consumer:

• Consumption of Dairy Products
• Prices & Expenditures

Imports and Exports:

• Dairy Products
  • Exports
  • Imports
• Dairy Genetics
  • Imports and Exports

Dairy In the World:

• Production (raw milk, cheese and butter)
• Number of Dairy Cows for Select Countries (pdf) (xls)
• World Market Price
• Global and Retail Per Capita Consumption