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Table 55Cattle density,1 by province

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Cattle density, by province
  1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
  number per square kilometre
All provinces 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Prince Edward Island 17.2 16.9 15.9 15.9 14.3 14.5
Nova Scotia 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.9
New Brunswick 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2
Quebec 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Ontario 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0
Manitoba 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.5
Saskatchewan 3.7 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.5 5.2
Alberta 6.3 5.8 7.2 9.0 10.0 9.6
British Columbia 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8
Calculations are based on the entire area of the province.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 153-0039.