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Rabbit Supply - Canada 2011 Source: AAFC-Red Meat Section

Federal and Provincial Slaughter (Head) 

Canada:    2011                    2010                    2009                    2008 

                 621, 648               633,032               640,167               634,324 

% chg from 2010-2011    -1.8     % chg from 2009-2010    -1.1             

Consumption Per Capita (Grams) 

Canada:  2011  22.0  2010  21.7  2009  20.9  2008  18.7 

% chg from 2010 to 2011  1.4      % chg from 2009 to 2010  3.8

Red Meat Market Information http://www.agr.gc.ca/redmeat/rpt/tbl38a_eng.htm

Rabbit Supply - Canada  


Canada's Federally and Provincially Inspected Slaughter
(head)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

% change
2011 to 2012

% change
2012 to 2013

Source: AAFC/Market Information Section

630,930

640,361

599,555

659,263

634,324

640,167

633,032

623,135

642,827

582,244

3.2%

-9.4%

 


Consumption Per Capita in Canada
(grams)

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

% change
2011 to 2012

% change
2012 to 2013

Source: AAFC/Red Meat Section Estimate

24.1

24.2

22.5

24.5

18.7

20.9

22.7

23.6

23.5

24.9

-0.4%

6.0%

 


Quebec Price
($/kg)

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

% change
2011 to 2012

% change
2012 to 2013

Source : Syndicat des producteurs de lapins du Québec

Rabbits - all categories

3.37

3.53

3.95

3.95

3.95

3.95

3.95

3.95

3.99

4.03

N/A

1.0%

Older rabbits

2.32

2.46

2.76

2.76

2.76

2.76

2.76

2.76

2.87

2.98

4.0%

3.8%

 


Number of head and Number of farms by Province

 

Province

Number of Head

Number of Farms

 

1996

2001

2006

2011

1996

2001

2006

2011

 

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture

 

Canada

285,366

255,762

206,175

184,935

6,394

1,859

2,747

2,792

 

Atlantic provinces

3,659

2,110

1,905

1,324

310

83

116

136

 

Quebec

105,649

96,213

102,350

70,853

889

327

518

528

 

Ontario

120,801

117,925

75,680

93,574

1,952

730

881

1,021

 

Manitoba

8,620

11,902

9,891

3,985

432

99

152

150

 

Saskatchewan

7,057

4,189

1,983

1,342

652

119

237

189

 

Alberta

18,982

5,666

5,753

8,129

1,249

237

502

445

 

British Columbia

20,598

17,757

8,613

5,728

910

264

341

323

 

 


Canadian Import/Export of Rabbit or Hare Meat and Edible Offal
( HS CODE: 0208.10.00)

 
 

Export

Import

 

C$

kg

C$

kg

 

Source: Statistics Canada

 

2013

188,044

16,880

778,374

147,121

 

2012

310,577

48,573

259,007

47,858

 

2011

291,129

29,623

418,704

77,701

 

2010

296,617

37,597

19,603

3,822

 

2009

797,683

75,349

0

0

 

2008

1,563,178

150,840

0

0

 

2007

262,786

26,564

0

0

 

2006

29,465

10,305

0

0

 

2005

178,027

21,387

36

10

 

2004

118,976

21,801

0

0

 

2003

174,537

19,277

0

0

 

 


United States Inventory

 

1992

1997

2002

2007

2012

Source: USDA, Census of Agriculture

 
 

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