Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Poultry and eggs in Canada

Description: Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Poultry and eggs in Canada
Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Poultry and eggs in Canada
Province | Price of eggs ($/dozen) |
---|---|
British Columbia | $1.82 |
Alberta | $1.71 |
Saskatchewan | $1.69 |
Manitoba | $1.73 |
Ontario | $1.55 |
Quebec | $1.53 |
New Brunswick | $1.68 |
Nova Scotia | $1.73 |
Prince Edward Island | $1.59 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | $1.94 |
The average price of eggs received by Canadian farmers in December 2018 was $1.63/dozen, while the average price paid by Canadian consumers during this period was $3.10/dozen.
Chicken available for consumption in 2018 equalled 21 kg per person, up 12.5% from 2008.
Eggs available for consumption in 2018 equalled 15 kg (21 dozen) per person, up 30.4% from 2008.
Eggs | Chickens | |
---|---|---|
1968 | 303 | 240 |
1988 | 326 | 539 |
1998 | 339 | 801 |
2008 | 439 | 1017 |
2018 | 570 | 1263 |
While chicken production has grown more than egg production in the last 50 years, egg production had the higher growth rate for the last 20 years.
In 2018, almost 1 in 3 chickens produced in Canada were produced in Ontario
In 2018, over 1 in 3 eggs produced in Canada were produced in Ontario
2018 farm cash receipts equalled $2.69 billion for chickens for meat and $1.17 billion for eggs in shell.
Sources: Monthly average retail prices for food and other selected products (18-10-0002), Farm cash receipts, annual (table 32-10-0045), Food available in Canada (table 32-10-0054), Production, disposition and farm value of poultry meat (table 32-10-0117), Production and disposition of eggs, annual (table 32-10-0119), Production and disposition of eggs, monthly (table 32-10-0121).
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