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Table 54Number of cattle, by province

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Number of cattle, by province
  1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
  number
All provinces 13,501,904 11,997,608 12,972,038 14,893,034 15,551,449 15,773,527
Newfoundland and Labrador 6,963 7,717 8,446 8,252 9,483 11,826
Prince Edward Island 102,454 100,373 94,573 94,611 84,791 86,435
Nova Scotia 140,209 132,624 128,619 128,971 108,401 103,687
New Brunswick 110,942 107,131 105,137 100,297 91,176 89,191
Quebec 1,665,691 1,525,582 1,445,906 1,439,743 1,362,788 1,393,434
Ontario 2,898,494 2,441,785 2,285,954 2,285,996 2,140,731 1,982,651
Manitoba 1,175,966 1,114,720 1,108,780 1,355,162 1,424,427 1,573,097
Saskatchewan 2,418,457 2,050,576 2,285,844 2,723,642 2,899,502 3,363,235
Alberta 4,192,887 3,827,143 4,756,365 5,942,257 6,615,201 6,369,116
British Columbia 789,841 689,957 752,414 814,103 814,949 800,855
Source(s):
CANSIM table 153-0039.