Table 3.65
Value of pelts harvested by province and territory, 2006

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Value of pelts harvested by province and territory, 2006: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  dollars
Total wild 1 25,777,218 326,465 98,294 657,064 1,067,390 5,949,723 4,884,873
Badger 44,088 . . . . . 0
Bear 259,383 0 .. 0 2,812 102,759 5,109
Beaver 5,214,817 63,139 12,927 144,101 369,631 1,810,810 1,432,746
Coyote or prairie wolf 3,970,971 5,290 12,949 73,023 84,656 229,953 51,357
Ermine 309,297 11,771 37 7,798 12,411 95,127 36,428
Fisher 1,555,586 . . 17,167 68,379 464,924 606,095
Fox 933,307 58,628 30,944 20,800 55,838 416,194 64,775
Lynx 1,073,150 13,058 0 0 . 293,059 116,544
Marten 7,177,839 82,016 .. .. 98,419 1,292,325 1,115,150
Mink 470,556 39,213 7,927 7,033 22,723 123,230 132,741
Muskrat 2,000,576 6,274 23,207 171,053 151,512 668,837 503,541
Otter 701,542 37,903 . 29,793 27,539 208,409 308,015
Racoon 797,568 .. 9,624 46,976 75,365 148,378 449,557
Hair seal 452,336 0 0 0 0 0 .
Skunk 7,122 . 29 412 285 3,806 1,842
Squirrel 66,962 1,054 650 9,101 693 11,433 9,914
Wildcat or bobcat 282,966 . 0 129,807 97,127 0 7,129
Wolf 344,196 8,119 0 0 . 80,479 42,892
Wolverine 114,235 . . . . 0 317
Other 721 . . . . . 721
Total ranch-raised 2 90,175,964 5,325,236 2,151,180 49,319,928 2,372,572 2,797,645 16,311,587
Fox 1,007,580 191,722 205,416 136,944 189,439 205,416 60,484
Mink 89,168,384 5,133,514 1,945,764 49,182,984 2,183,133 2,592,229 16,251,103
Value of pelts harvested by province and territory, 2006: Part 2
  Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
  dollars
Total wild 1 2,974,128 2,966,864 2,937,729 1,590,413 388,979 1,303,269 632,027
Badger 11,377 22,141 10,570 0 . . .
Bear 53,728 4,280 11,282 4,995 0 2,494 71,924
Beaver 509,022 317,453 427,494 84,183 7,784 35,527 0
Coyote or prairie wolf 464,510 1,622,473 1,358,130 66,613 1,824 193 0
Ermine 39,060 40,092 36,972 28,133 400 1,068 0
Fisher 149,894 99,666 119,835 26,224 225 3,177 0
Fox 59,313 82,242 38,651 13,645 1,794 23,727 66,756
Lynx 88,823 51,357 122,483 143,946 96,214 147,666 0
Marten 1,180,711 395,204 695,806 1,097,754 229,252 991,202 0
Mink 72,726 37,296 8,551 11,390 1,178 6,548 0
Muskrat 180,982 205,757 52,220 12,881 1,920 22,392 0
Otter 54,546 19,843 0 14,943 384 167 0
Racoon 46,169 18,196 1,538 1,765 . . .
Hair seal . . . . . 8,156 444,180
Skunk 0 433 315 0 . . .
Squirrel 8,384 4,617 14,209 5,850 312 745 0
Wildcat or bobcat 1,282 2,756 1,924 42,941 . . .
Wolf 48,970 38,489 27,604 11,685 22,040 22,753 41,165
Wolverine 4,631 4,569 10,145 23,465 25,652 37,454 8,002
Other . . . . 0 0 0
Total ranch-raised 2,441,328 x 48,706 x . . .
Fox x x x x . . .
Mink x 0 x 9,400,935 . . .
1.
Data on wildlife furs are on a "fur year basis" which is from July 1 to June 30.
2.
The ranched fur estimates operate on a calendar year basis, with most ranch peltings occurring in the fall.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Agriculture Division, 2008, Fur Statistics , Catalogue no. 23-013-X, vol. 5, no.1
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