Major livestock types — Stocks in Canada
Canada: Major livestock types — Stocks was 16.94 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Major livestock types — Stocks in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for major livestock types — stocks in Canada is 16.94 million LSU, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Canada peaked at 20.69 million LSU in 2005 and was at its lowest, 13.21 million LSU, in 1961.
That places Canada 25th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Major livestock types — Stocks in Canada, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.21 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 13.37 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 13.62 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 14.19 million LSU | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 14.66 million LSU | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 14.33 million LSU | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 14.34 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 14.35 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 14.06 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 14.59 million LSU | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 15.17 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 15.47 million LSU | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 15.92 million LSU | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 16.47 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 16.96 million LSU | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 16.70 million LSU | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 16.15 million LSU | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 15.49 million LSU | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 15.42 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 15.96 million LSU | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 16.05 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 15.97 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 15.66 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 15.53 million LSU | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 15.32 million LSU | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 14.82 million LSU | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 14.68 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 15.05 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 15.21 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 15.35 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 15.39 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 15.98 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 16.09 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 16.35 million LSU | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 17.29 million LSU | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 18.12 million LSU | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 18.08 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 18.16 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 18.29 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 18.44 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 19.11 million LSU | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 19.41 million LSU | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 19.21 million LSU | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 20.30 million LSU | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 20.69 million LSU | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 20.48 million LSU | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 19.75 million LSU | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 19.02 million LSU | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 18.24 million LSU | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 17.89 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 17.42 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 17.55 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 17.56 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 17.39 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 17.06 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 17.15 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.13 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 17.37 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 17.33 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 17.21 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 17.20 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 17.22 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 16.94 million LSU | -1.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 16.94 million LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 927,169 LSU, 18.3× the median. (57 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.01 million LSU | 13.21 million LSU | 14.66 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.83 million LSU | 14.59 million LSU | 16.96 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.43 million LSU | 14.68 million LSU | 16.05 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.91 million LSU | 15.35 million LSU | 18.29 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.46 million LSU | 18.24 million LSU | 20.69 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.38 million LSU | 17.06 million LSU | 17.89 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.14 million LSU | 16.94 million LSU | 17.22 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is major livestock types — stocks in Canada?
- Major livestock types — stocks in Canada was 16.94 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 20.69 million LSU in 2005.
- What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.21 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for major livestock types — stocks?
- Canada ranks 25th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Major livestock types — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.