Dairy barns by type
This section provides statistics about the types of dairy barns in Canada.
Dairy barns by type
Dairy barns by type
| Province | # barns Tie Stall |
% Tie Stall |
Herd Size Tie Stall |
# barns Free Stall |
% Free Stall |
Herd Size Free Stall |
# barns Unrecorded |
Herd Size Unrecorded |
Total Number of barns | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 8 | 3.8% | 68.9 | 202 | 96.2% | 199.5 | - | - | 210 | |
| Alberta | 20 | 6.9% | 79.6 | 268 | 93.1% | 173.5 | - | - | 288 | |
| Saskatchewan | 8 | 12.3% | 105.5 | 57 | 87.7% | 232.3 | - | - | 65 | |
| Manitoba | 42 | 37.8% | 87.3 | 69 | 62.2% | 255.8 | - | - | 111 | |
| Ontario | 1538 | 68.0% | 60.6 | 724 | 32.0% | 142.6 | 2,262 | |||
| Quebec | 3083 | 92.2% | 63.4 | 260 | 7.8% | 134.4 | 47 | 66.3 | 3,390 | |
| New Brunswick | 46 | 47.4% | 66.7 | 51 | 52.6% | 150 | 7 | - | 104 | |
| Nova Scotia | 58 | 52.3% | 59.5 | 53 | 47.7% | 133.9 | 1 | - | 112 | |
| Prince Edward Island | 46 | 54.8% | 72.1 | 38 | 45.2% | 106.2 | 2 | 68 | 86 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | 33.3% | 176.5 | 4 | 66.7% | 185 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Canada | 4,851 | 73.8% | - | 1,726 | 26.2% | - | 58 | - | 6,635 | |
| [1] Based on Herds Enrolled in Milk Recording Program | ||||||||||
Robotic milking
Robotic milking
| Province | # of barns Tie Stall |
% Tie Stall |
Herd Size Tie Stall |
# of barns Free Stall |
% Free Stall |
Herd Size Free Stall |
Total Number of barns |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | - | - | - | 47 | 100% | 176 | 47 | |||
| Alberta | - | - | - | 54 | 100% | 143 | 54 | |||
| Saskatchewan | - | - | - | 14 | 100% | 130 | 14 | |||
| Manitoba | - | - | - | 45 | 100% | 192 | 45 | |||
| Ontario | 3 | 1.1% | 128 | 265 | 98.9% | 112 | 268 | |||
| Quebec | 57 | 18.9% | 88 | 245 | 81.1% | 105 | 302 | |||
| New Brunswick | 1 | 7.1% | 66 | 13 | 92.9% | 91 | 14 | |||
| Nova Scotia | - | - | - | 13 | 100.0% | 129 | 13 | |||
| Prince Edward Island | - | - | - | 4 | 100.0% | 162 | 4 | |||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | - | - | - | 1 | 100.0% | 115 | 1 | |||
| Canada | 61 | 8.0% | - | 701 | 92.0% | - | 762 | |||
| [1] Based on Herds Enrolled in Milk Recording Program | ||||||||||
Source: Canwest DHI, Valacta
Calculations done by AAFC-AID, Market Information Section
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