Number of Goats on Farms in Ontario

In 2006, the number of goats in Ontario made up 43% of the national goat herd. The results from the Census of Agriculture below indicate that there were less goat farms in 2006 compared to 1996, however there were generally more goats on those farms. The goat industry is continuing to expand as more commercial opportunities become available for meat, milk and fibre producers.

 

Farms Reporting
1996

Farms Reporting 2001

Farms Reporting 2006

 # of Goats 1996 # of Goats 2001 # of Goats 2006
Canada
 8,252 7,706 6,725 125,819 182,851 177,698
Ontario
 2,521 2,342 2,169 45,258 62,310 76,114
Ontario by Region or County
# of Farms in 1996
# of Farms in 2001 # of Farms in 2006 # of Goats in 1996 # of Goats in 2001 # of Goats in 2006
Southern Ontario Region 603 539 542 9,651 11,330 17,388
Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Municipality 37 37 36 527 768 749
Niagara Regional Municipality 77 72 71 1,182 1,128 1,143
Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality 86 80 89 1,563 1,864 3,398
Brant County 32 27 29 263 494 1,239
Oxford County 81 78 87 1,035 2,830 4,011
Elgin County 71 65 57 1,711 1,721 2,804
Kent County 36 25 32 272 239 334
Essex County 32 19 17 292 234 137
Lambton County 65 63 57 1,509 950 2,287
Middlesex County 86 73 67 1,297 1,102 1,286
Western Ontario Region 866 856 765 18,244 27,872 35,047
Peel Regional Municipality 41 24 23 456 573 472
Dufferin County 36 44 44 985 1,852 1,019
Wellington County 130 119 107 3,845 3,393 3,924
Halton Regional Municipality 36 27 22 1,046 1,298 1,129
Waterloo Regional Municipality 44 61 59 803 1,363 2,054
Perth County 117 128 114 1,923 3,873 6,025
Huron County 97 110 84 2,194 4,014 4,890
Bruce County 98 90 87 2,346 4,716 6,545
Grey County 151 136 124 2,018 3,318 7,085
Central Ontario Region 500 452 437 8,104 12,153 12,815
Hastings County 71 72 60 1,125 898 1,265
Prince Edward County 27 13 19 555 67 335
Northumberland County 78 51 32 972 960 377
Peterborough County 59 51 53 1,085 1,311 1,709
Kawartha Lakes (Victoria) County 84 80 98 2,044 4,415 6,081
Durham Regional Municipality 84 92 101 1,369 2,254 2,176
York Regional Municipality 53 50 38 497 1431 376
Muskoka District Municipality 13 13 13 67 143 311
Haliburton County 7 5 5 81 129 51
Parry Sound District 24 25 18 309 545 134
Eastern Ontario Region 428 355 313 7,797 7775 7,599
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties 86 64 71 2,026 1762 1,374
Prescott and Russell United Counties 56 43 39 1,953 2515 3,250
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality 49 51 33 579 1130 564
Leeds and Grenville United Counties 83 63 60 1,191 740 965
Lanark County 44 38 29 371 392 309
Frontenac County 37 25 22 618 277 240
Lennox and Addington County 32 28 26 269 306 301
Renfrew County 41 37 33 790 653 596
Northern Ontario Region 124 140 112 1,462 3180 3,265
Nipissing District 8 22 15 117 927 1,319
Manitoulin District 9 11 13 96 138 52
Sudbury District 15 13 4 274 361 13
Sudbury Regional Municipality 9 5 5 70 32 20
Timiskaming District 20 31 24 351 1085 1,143
Cochrane District 14 7 6 190 209 138
Algoma District 16 17 16 90 130 215
Thunder Bay District 14 15 16 162 128 273
Rainy River District 12 14 10 80 107 77
Kenora District 7 5 3 32 63 15

Source - 1996, 2001 and 2006 Census of Agriculture

 


For more information:
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Author: Gerald Townsend - Ontario Goat Project Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 March 2008
Last Reviewed: 01 March 2008