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General Category => Political Roundtable => Topic started by: andrew on October 26, 2026, 07:32:59 PM
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There were approximately 253,278 goats in Canada as of 2021.
52% of the goats in Canada are in Ontario.
Ontario slaughtered 70,875 goats in 2021, which is the highest in Canada.
About 50,000 mountain goats are found in B.C.
The province of Ontario has the largest goat population in Canada, which is followed by Quebec, with 15.5% of the national total of goats.
Following Ontario is Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba with 6,455 and Quebec with 5,757 goats. These numbers demonstrate how robust the Ontario goat farming industry is. When broken down into months, April and December have the highest numbers, which coincides with Easter and Christmas.
Over half of the world’s mountain goats are found in B.C. It’s estimated that there are approximately 80,000 and 110,000 mountain goats in the world.