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Annual Per Capita Consumption of Selected Meats, Canada, 1994-2002

Author: Wayne Du - Pork Quality Assurance Program Lead/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 08 July 2003
Last Reviewed: 08 July 2003
Table 1. Consumption of Red Meat and Poultry (kg)
Type

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000 2001 2002
Pork CWB
28.4
27.8
25.9
25.4
28.6
30.0
28.6
28.9
28.2
RWB
21.6
21.1
19.7
19.3
21.8
22.8
21.7
22.0
21.4
Beef CWB
31.7
31.7
31.4
31.4
31.8
32.5
31.9
30.7
30.0
RWB
23.1
23.2
22.9
22.9
23.2
23.7
23.3
22.3
21.9
Veal CWB
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.1
RWB
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
Mutton and Lamb CWB
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
RWB
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.9
Offal  
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.7
1.0
0.9
1.2
Chicken EW
25.0
24.8
24.9
25.4
26.2
27.7
29.0
30.4
30.6
Stewing hen EW
1.4
1.4
1.7
2.1
2.1
1.9
1.9
1.7
1.7
Turkey EW
4.4
4.3
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.2
4.2
4.3

CWB- Carcass weight basis
RWB- Retail weight basis
EW-Eviscerated weight

Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 32-229

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