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23-221-XWE
Production and Value of Honey and Maple Products
2006

Statistical tables

                                  Beekeepers 2 Colonies 2 Honey
    Production of honey, total 3 Production of honey, total 3 Value of honey, total 3
   number thousands of pounds metric tonnes  thousands of dollars
Canada 4  
Average 2001 to 2005 5 .. .. .. .. ..
2005 7,971 r 615,541 r 79,607 r 36,119 r 63,338
2006 p 5,963 582,087 94,872 43,045 ..
Prince Edward Island  
Average 2001 to 2005 33 1,755 84 38 ..
2005 25 1,180 r 52 r 24 r 115
2006 p 20 1,150 48 22 ..
Nova Scotia  
Average 2001 to 2005 372 19,456 727 330 ..
2005 335 r 18,800 r 730 r 331 r 1,900
2006 p 325 19,500 539 245 ..
New Brunswick  
Average 2001 to 2005 228 5,913 266 121 ..
2005 230 r 6,330 r 223 r 101 r 317
2006 p 223 8,306 326 148 ..
Quebec  
Average 2001 to 2005 252 31,335 3,063 1,390 ..
2005 258 r 33,586 r 3,850 r 1,747 r 6,257
2006 p 378 41,431 4,284 1,944 ..
Ontario  
Average 2001 to 2005 2,700 74,140 8,855 4,018 ..
2005 2,600 76,000 8,938 r 4,055 r 14,309
2006 p 2,600 76,700 8,475 3,845 ..
Manitoba  
Average 2001 to 2005 5 .. .. .. .. ..
2005 610 84,000 12,600 5,717 0
2006 p 623 85,000 18,700 8,485 ..
Saskatchewan  
Average 2001 to 2005 5 .. .. .. .. ..
2005 1,085 100,000 18,000 8,167 0
2006 p 1,069 100,000 25,000 11,343 ..
Alberta  
Average 2001 to 2005 721 239,400 32,087 14,559 ..
2005 728 r 251,000 r 31,877 r 14,463 r 31,428
2006 p 725 250,000 37,500 17,015 ..
British Columbia  
Average 2001 to 2005 5 .. .. .. .. ..
2005 2,100 44,645 3,337 1,514 9,012
2006 p 0 0 0 0 ..
p Preliminary
r Revised
.. Not available for a specific reference period.
1. Figures are compiled by Statistics Canada from provincial data, except for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island where data are collected through a Statistics Canada mail survey.
2. Beekeeper and colony numbers include pollinators that may not extract honey.
3. Production and value figures exclude inventory.
4. Does not include Newfoundland and Labrador.
5. Data received from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia were incomplete for 2005 and 2006. As a result, the five-year averages for these provinces and for Canada cannot be calculated.
                                  2005 2006 p
Maple products expressed as syrup, total Maple products expressed as syrup, total Gross value of maple products Maple products expressed as syrup, total Maple products expressed as syrup, total Gross value of maple products
  thousands of gallons kilolitres  thousands of dollars  thousands of gallons  kilolitres thousands of dollars
Canada 6,121 27,826 192,076 r 5,614 25,521 177,944
Nova Scotia 2 21 95 1,054 26 118 1,171
New Brunswick 206 936 8,934 254 1,155 10,878
Quebec 3 5,675 25,799 171,100 r 5,116 23,257 154,700
Ontario 218 991 10,988 218 991 11,195
p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Commercial production and value figures exclude inventory.
2. Estimates produced by Nova Scotia horticulture industry experts.
3. Estimates produced jointly by "La Table filière acéricole", "Cintech Agroalimentaire", "Le Groupe AGÉCO", "L'Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ)" and the regional specialists of "Le ministère de l'Agriculture, des pêcheries et de l'alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ)".

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