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Numbers of farm live stock, by province and by type, 1912 to 1917

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Numbers of farm live stock, by province and by type, 1912 to 1917
  1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
  number
Canada            
Horses 2,692,357 2,866,008 2,947,738 2,996,099 3,258,342 3,412,749
Milk cows 2,604,488 2,740,434 2,673,286 2,666,846 2,833,433 3,202,283
Other cattle 3,827,373 3,915,687 3,363,531 3,399,155 3,760,718 4,718,657
Sheep 2,082,381 2,128,531 2,058,045 2,038,662 2,022,941 2,369,358
Swine 3,477,310 3,448,326 3,434,261 3,111,900 3,474,840 3,619,382
Prince Edward Island            
Horses 35,638 35,952 36,114 36,898 38,562 38,948
Milk cows 49,415 48,565 47,317 47,043 46,032 46,032
Other cattle 64,688 64,261 61,048 59,503 57,260 54,970
Sheep 87,793 85,660 85,351 86,640 88,797 90,573
Swine 50,463 43,762 41,718 40,792 38,300 35,236
Nova Scotia            
Horses 61,735 62,550 62,581 63,244 64,193 64,193
Milk cows 130,104 130,468 128,237 128,814 130,141 131,442
Other cattle 156,051 153,726 148,269 144,458 140,673 135,046
Sheep 216,135 217,734 211,921 205,542 200,979 200,979
Swine 61,194 56,580 53,892 53,402 51,928 49,850
New Brunswick            
Horses 65,582 65,108 65,108 65,827 65,169 65,161
Milk cows 110,507 106,904 106,904 101,665 100,221 100,226
Other cattle 113,136 107,864 107,864 96,437 92,223 89,457
Sheep 148,723 135,115 135,115 111,026 105,997 103,879
Swine 85,905 77,014 73,325 72,533 70,683 69,269
Quebec            
Horses 367,402 369,974 372,009 372,567 332,628 379,276
Milk cows 755,770 761,816 733,476 720,420 639,805 911,023
Other cattle 695,906 693,540 625,958 612,500 535,693 958,010
Sheep 620,881 602,751 571,287 554,491 497,711 849,148
Swine 747,254 661,768 634,569 632,729 531,303 712,087
Ontario            
Horses 805,271 902,628 904,975 903,527 896,208 887,246
Milk cows 1,033,392 1,141,071 1,085,843 1,077,808 1,082,119 1,082,119
Other cattle 1,380,890 1,460,015 970,445 935,606 901,924 865,847
Sheep 677,462 705,848 640,416 611,789 589,581 595,477
Swine 1,693,594 1,652,440 1,553,624 1,469,573 1,404,618 1,236,064
Manitoba            
Horses 293,776 304,088 316,707 317,847 324,175 324,175
Milk cows 148,471 152,792 156,306 157,494 196,288 202,177
Other cattle 267,130 256,926 251,996 246,603 357,870 357,870
Sheep 40,800 42,840 45,303 50,880 76,750 80,588
Swine 183,370 184,745 186,276 163,308 205,898 175,013
Saskatchewan            
Horses 551,645 580,386 609,521 630,062 841,907 880,301
Milk cows 184,896 194,843 204,624 211,684 322,185 354,403
Other cattle 461,244 468,255 474,436 543,609 689,208 856,687
Sheep 114,810 115,568 126,027 133,311 124,237 127,892
Swine 344,298 386,784 454,703 411,324 530,727 573,938
Alberta            
Horses 451,573 484,809 519,424 544,772 634,188 718,317
Milk cows 157,922 168,376 179,068 183,974 277,324 325,861
Other cattle 587,307 610,917 633,032 660,000 882,766 1,209,433
Sheep 135,075 178,015 211,001 238,579 292,620 276,966
Swine 278,747 350,692 397,123 229,696 603,554 730,237
British Columbia            
Horses 59,735 60,518 60,705 61,355 61,312 55,124
Milk cows 34,011 35,599 35,702 37,944 39,318 49,005
Other cattle 101,021 100,183 99,091 100,439 103,101 191,338
Sheep 40,702 45,000 45,000 46,404 46,269 43,858
Swine 32,485 34,541 39,031 38,543 37,829 37,688
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.
Date modified: 2009-02-12

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