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Production and Value of Honey and Maple Products
2008
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Statistical tables
| Beekeepers 1 | Colonies 1 | Honey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of honey, total 2 | Production of honey, total 2 | Value of honey, total 4 | |||
| number | thousands of pounds | metric tonnes | thousands of dollars | ||
| Canada 3 | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 7,843 | 598,883 | 81,477 | 36,968 | 107,284 |
| 2007 | 7,313 r | 589,254 r | 69,402 r | 31,489 r | 84,916 |
| 2008 p | 7,059 | 585,441 | 61,958 | 28,112 | .. |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 25 | 2,090 | 110 | 50 | 227 |
| 2007 | 13 | 3,641 r | 236 r | 107 r | 519 |
| 2008 p | 15 | 4,267 | 277 | 126 | .. |
| Nova Scotia | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 333 | 18,856 | 715 | 325 | 1,301 |
| 2007 | 215 r | 18,500 r | 600 r | 272 r | 900 |
| 2008 p | 225 | 19,000 | 600 | 272 | .. |
| New Brunswick | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 226 | 5,520 | 221 | 100 | 325 |
| 2007 | 223 | 3,440 r | 123 r | 56 r | 124 |
| 2008 p | 225 | 1,800 | 107 | 49 | .. |
| Quebec | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 235 | 30,181 | 2,606 | 1,182 | 5,534 |
| 2007 | 248 r | 31,824 r | 2,260 r | 1,025 r | 6,133 |
| 2008 p | 250 | 33,800 | 2,603 | 1,181 | .. |
| Ontario | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 2,520 | 74,480 | 7,884 | 3,577 | 13,409 |
| 2007 | 2,300 | 76,700 | 5,968 r | 2,708 r | 9,354 |
| 2008 p | 2,200 | 80,000 | 5,353 | 2,429 | .. |
| Manitoba | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 599 | 81,600 | 14,016 | 6,359 | 17,013 |
| 2007 | 632 | 77,500 | 12,400 | 5,626 | 12,100 |
| 2008 p | 533 | 75,000 | 12,000 | 5,445 | .. |
| Saskatchewan | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 1,104 | 99,000 | 18,825 | 8,541 | 24,054 |
| 2007 | 1,049 r | 95,000 | 16,625 | 7,543 | 19,950 |
| 2008 p | 1,045 | 95,000 | 17,480 | 7,931 | .. |
| Alberta | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 727 | 242,200 | 33,770 | 15,322 | 42,946 |
| 2007 | 726 r | 237,000 r | 28,914 r | 13,119 r | 29,627 |
| 2008 p | 700 | 240,000 | 21,600 | 9,800 | .. |
| British Columbia | |||||
| Average 2003 to 2007 | 2,073 | 44,956 | 3,330 | 1,511 | 8,439 |
| 2007 | 1,907 r | 45,649 r | 2,276 r | 1,033 r | 6,209 |
| 2008 p | 1,866 | 36,574 | 1,938 | 879 | .. |
Beekeeper and colony numbers include pollinators that may not extract honey.
Production excludes inventory.
Does not include Newfoundland and Labrador.
Value excludes inventory sales except for in Québec.
Note(s):
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.
| 2007 | 2008 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 | 5,135 | 23,344 | 167,457 r | 4,890 | 22,230 | 211,899 |
| Nova Scotia 1 | 27 | 123 | 1,067 | 21 | 95 | 913 |
| New Brunswick 2 | 226 | 1,027 | 10,702 | 169 | 768 | 8,817 |
| Quebec 3 | 4,657 | 21,171 | 143,600 r | 4,439 | 20,180 | 186,700 |
| Ontario 2 | 224 | 1,018 | 12,088 | 262 | 1,191 | 15,469 |
Estimates produced by Nova Scotia horticulture industry experts.
Beginning in 1986, survey data for New Brunswick and Ontario are weighted using the number of taps made on maple trees in the spring of the year of the most recently completed census of agriculture.
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)".
Note(s):
Commercial production and value figures exclude inventory. Conversion factors: 1 gallon of syrup equals 10 pounds of maple sugar. One gallon of syrup weighs 13.4375 pounds. One gallon of syrup equals 10.4 pounds of taffy. Maple taffy is reported by Quebec and Nova Scotia only and commences reporting in 1965 and 1983 respectively. The conversion of maple taffy to syrup varies with the density of syrup that year.
