Hogs / Pork

Quick facts

Quick Facts 2019

• 13.93 million hogs on 7,640 farms in Canada
• Quebec (31%) , Ontario (26%) and Manitoba (24%) account for 81% of Canada’s inventory
• 21,678,449 hogs slaughtered in federally and provincially inspected establishments in Canada
• 2.2 million tonnes of pork produced
• Exports: 5,111,928 hogs (of which 64% are weanlings) valued at $443.4 million; 1.3 million tonnes of pork valued at $4.2 billion
• Imports: 5,658 hogs valued at $4.8 million; 239,054 tonnes of pork valued at 1.4 billion
• Farm cash receipts from the sale of hogs totaled $4.6 billion, 6.9% of total receipts.

• Animal Genetics

  Animal Genetics
• Inventories

  • Number of hogs on farms at end of semi-annual period (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0160-01)
  • Number of hog farms and average number of hogs per farm (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0202-01)
  • Canada and United States hog and pig inventories (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0203-01)
  • United States hog and pig inventories (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0204-01)
  • Hogs statistics, sows farrowed, pigs born and sows bred to farrow (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0201-01)
• Revenues and Expenses

  • Farming revenues and expenses
• Condemnations

  • Condemnations
• Slaughter

  • Hogs slaughtered – federally and/or provincially inspected Weekly / Monthly / Annual
  • United States and Canada slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
  • United States slaughter by species – federally inspected: Weekly / Monthly
  • Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lamb slaughtered – federally inspected (Annual)
  • Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lamb slaughtered – provincially inspected (Annual)
  • Number and list of federally inspected plants in Canada - cattle and hog (Annual)
  • Distribution of slaughtering activity - cattle and hog (Annual)
  • Origin of hogs slaughtered – federally and provincially inspected Weekly / Monthly / Annual
  • Open Data Portal - Red Meat Slaughter Weekly / Monthly
• Licensed Processing Plants

  • Listing of Federally registered establishments in Canada
  • Listing of Provincially registered establishments in Canada
  • Listing of Federally registered establishments in the United States
• Carcass Weights

  • Average warm carcass weights of hogs, cattle, calves - federally Inspected (Annual with monthly breakdown)
  • Red meat conversion factors
• Stocks, Supply, Disposition

  • Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, domestic and imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0137-01)
  • Stocks of frozen and chilled meats, imported (Quarterly, Statistics Canada Table:32-10-0138-01)
  • Food available in Canada (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0054-01)
  • Hogs, sheep and lambs: farm and meat production (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0126-01)
  • Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios, by industry (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 16-10-0047-01)
  • Hogs: supply and disposition (Semi-annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0200-01)
  • Food in Canada: supply and disposition (Annual, Statistics Canada Table: 32-10-0053-01)
  • Supply comparison by species between Canada and the United States (Annual)
• Supply Sheets by Species

  • Hog statistics at a glance (Annual, Canadian Pork Council)
• Protein Available and Demand

  • Protein Available and Demand (Annual)
• Prices

  • Hogs (Canada and United States) Weekly / Monthly
  • Sales and weighted average prices per 100 Kilos for hogs, sows and boars by categories and provinces (Annual, Average monthly prices for live sows and boars are calculated based on data available)
  • Average hog prices and sales volume (Annual with Months)
  • Feeder hog monthly average prices (Ontario and Quebec) (Annual)
  • Weighted average price of livestock - by species (Ontario and Quebec) (Annual)
  • Retail Pork Prices - Weighted Average ($/kg) (Annual)
  • United States livestock prices for red meat species Weekly / Monthly / Annual
  • Hog feed ratios Weekly / Monthly / Annual
  • Monthly average retail prices for food and other selected products (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 18-10-0002-01)
  • Monthly average retail prices for selected products, by province (Monthly, Statistics Canada Table: 18-10-0245-01)
• Trade

  Imports

  • Livestock imported from the United States (Annual)
  • Red meat imports with Monthly breakdown: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
  • Red meat imports with prior-year comparison: Week-to-date / Annual
  • Red meat imports by country: Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual

  Exports

  • Live animal exports to the United States : Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
  • Beef, Veal and Pork Exports by month (Monthly, Year-to-date)
  • Beef, Veal and Pork Exports by country (Monthly, Year-to-date)

  Trade - General

  • Trade
  • Livestock and meat tariffs
  • Foreign market opportunity reports by region
  • Aggregate import/export agriculture data (Monthly, Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Trade Database)
• Other Resources

  • Livestock associations
  • Weekly livestock report schedule/calendar
  • Customized Report Services – Canadian meat and beef trends
  • An analysis of recent issues faced by the Canadian pork industry (a discussion of the issues impacting the Canadian pork industry from 2018 to July 2020).