There are approximately 90-100 bison game
farms that have about 9,000 heads of animals in BC. Forty five
percent of the province bison is produced in the Peace River,
12% in Thompson/Okanagan, 33% in Cariboo/Chilcotin and 4% in
the Kootenays and Lower Mainland respectively. Excerpt: BCMAL About
the Industry
Number of Bison Farms: Canada & British Columbia
|
1996 |
2001 |
Canada |
745 |
1,887 |
British Columbia |
57 |
98 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Agriculture
Division; BCMAL, Animal Health. |
Number of Bison Animals: Canada & British Columbia
('000 head)
|
1996 |
2001 |
Canada |
45,437 |
145,094 |
British Columbia |
6,246 |
8,964 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Agriculture
Division; BCMAL, Animal Health. |
Bison on BC Farms (,000 head)
|
At Dec. 31/00 |
At Dec. 31/01 |
At Dec 31/02 |
Bison |
8.4 |
9.1 |
13.1 |
Source: FAST
STATS 2004 pdf (2.45mb)
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