Number of Sheep, by County, July 2010

 RamsEwesTotal LambsTotal Sheep and Lambs
Brant
50
900
800
1,750
Chatham-Kent
50
600
500
1,150
Elgin
100
2,100
1,900
4,100
Essex
50
1,800
1,900
3,750
Haldimand-Norfolk
150
2,400
2,000
4,550
Hamilton
50
1,400
1,100
2,550
Lambton
100
2,300
2,200
4,600
Middlesex
200
4,900
3,600
8,700
Niagara
100
2,200
1,700
4,000
Oxford
200
5,100
3,700
9,000
Southern Ontario
1,050
23,700
19,400
44,150
Bruce
500
11,600
8,700
20,800
Dufferin
350
6,500
6,300
13,150
Grey
550
13,500
23,800
37,850
Halton
50
1,300
800
2,150
Huron
450
12,900
9,100
22,450
Peel
50
700
500
1,250
Perth
300
5,200
3,900
9,400
Simcoe
550
13,500
7,900
21,950
Waterloo
100
2,500
2,200
4,800
Wellington
400
7,400
6,700
14,500
Western Ontario
3,300
75,100
69,900
148,300
Durham
300
4,900
4,600
9,800
Haliburton
-
200
200
400
Hastings
100
1,900
1,800
3,800
Kawartha Lakes
250
5,600
5,800
11,650
Muskoka
-
300
400
700
Northumberland
150
3,700
3,600
7,450
Parry Sound
50
600
1,000
1,650
Peterborough
150
3,800
4,300
8,250
Prince Edward
150
4,200
4,100
8,450
York
200
3,100
4,300
7,600
Central Ontario
1,350
28,300
30,100
59,750
Frontenac
50
1,200
1,200
2,450
Lanark
100
2,500
2,400
5,000
Leeds and Grenville
200
4,600
4,200
9,000
Lennox and Addington
200
4,500
2,500
7,200
Ottawa
100
2,300
2,100
4,500
Prescott and Russell
100
2,200
1,600
3,900
Renfrew
100
2,500
2,600
5,200
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
200
4,600
3,300
8,100
Eastern Ontario
1,050
24,400
19,900
45,350
Algoma
50
1,000
1,800
2,850
Cochrane
-
100
100
200
Greater Sudbury
-
-
-
-
Kenora
-
100
100
200
Manitoulin
50
400
600
1,050
Nipissing
50
700
700
1,450
Rainy River
-
200
400
600
Sudbury
-
400
500
900
Thunder Bay
-
400
600
1,000
Timiskaming
200
5,300
4,200
9,700
Northern Ontario
350
8,600
9,000
17,950
Ontario
7,100
160,100
148,300
315,500

Note: Please note that the figures above are estimates primarily derived from a probability survey conducted by Statistics Canada, in conjunction with other administrative data sources. The probability survey is designed to produce accurate field crop area and yield information for the province as a whole. However, the accuracy of county and district estimates may suffer, particularly when the level of farming activity in a given area is relatively small. Thus, a measure of caution is advised when using sub-provincial estimates.

Reference: Statistics Unit, OMAFRA and Statistics Canada


Author:
Bill McGee - Coordinator, Statistics Section/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 11 May 2011

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E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca