Home › Rankings

Share of farms that are cattle farms: Canadian provinces ranked (2021)

Measure: Share of farms that are cattle ranching and farming farms (%, derived). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Farms by type by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2021.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0231-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

Download full table CSV Source: Statistics Canada (opens in a new tab)

National value: 25.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 17.5 to 22.7 %
Group 2: 22.7 to 23.2 %
Group 3: 23.2 to 26.6 %
Group 4: 26.6 to 35.6 %
Highest: 35.6 to 36.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Alberta	36.1
2	Prince Edward Island	35.6
3	New Brunswick	27.3
4	Nova Scotia	26.6
5	Manitoba	26.2
6	Quebec	23.2
7	Ontario	23.1
8	Saskatchewan	22.7
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	20.6
10	British Columbia	17.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0231-01: Farms classified by farm type, Census of Agriculture, 2021. Reference period: 2021.

Cite this ranking

Canadian provinces and territories ranked by share of farms that are cattle ranching and farming farms (%, derived) (2021). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0231-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-cattle-ranching-and-farming/

Download source table CSV All rankings