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Goats In Canada

From Statistics Canada

Canada	1996	2001	1996 to 2001	1996	2001	1996 to 2001
	Farms reporting			Animals
	number		% change	number		% change
All farms in Canada	276,548	246,923	-10.7	…	…	…
Ontario	2,521	2,342	-7.1	45,258	62,310	37.7
Alberta	1,863	1,675	-10.1	32,960	42,270	28.2
British Columbia	1,135	1,040	-8.4	13,121	18,759	43.0
Manitoba	515	507	-1.6	7,213	12,637	75.2
New Brunswick	78	91	16.7	806	1,172	45.4
Newfoundland	38	25	-34.2	249	194	-22.1
Nova Scotia	194	159	-18.0	2,572	2,051	-20.3
PEI	36	31	-13.9	227	324	42.7
Quebec	931	975	4.7	15,445	27,337	77.0
Saskatchewan	941	861	-8.5	7,968	15,797	98.3
Canada	8,252	7,706	-6.6	125,819	182,851	45.3

Province
% of Farms
% of Goats

Alberta

21.8
23.1

British Columbia

13.5
10.3

Manitoba

6.6
6.9

New Brunswick

1.2
0.6

Newfoundland

0.3
0.1

Nova Scotia

2.0
1.1

PEI

0.4
0.2

Ontario

30.4
34.1

Quebec

12.7
15

Saskatchewan

11.2
8.6