The basics

• 48% (109,901) of Canadian farms report a beef cattle population with an average of 61 beef cows per farm
   
• 13% ($6.5 billion) of Canadian farm cash receipts are contributed by the cattle industry (2011)

• About 1.4% (327,060) of Canada's 23.1 million adults are involved with agriculture
   
• 327,060 people list their major occupation as farm-related; 174,425 people have a part-time farm related job
   
• 67,586,000 hectares (167 million acres) of farmland in Canada
   
• 22.8% of all Canadian arable land is in natural pasture.
   
• 8.4% of all Canadian farmland has been cultivated and seeded to tame grasses
   
• 229,373 farms are located in Canada
   
• The meat processing industry is Canada's third largest manufacturing industry, ranking behind motor vehicles and petroleum products
   
• 27,326 manufacturing jobs were attributed to meat processing in 2006, paying $982.2 million in salaries and wages per year
   
• The cattle industry contributes approximately $25.9 billion to the Canadian economy