Canadians consumed more pork than beef last year according to 2015 Canadian Meat Disappearance Statistics for Pork, Beef and Chicken released by the Red Meat Section of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada at the end of May.
The domestic disappearance (per capita consumption) of pork in Canada increased by 9% compared to 2014 representing an increase of 1.47 kgs/person (15.05 kgs/person in 2014 vs. 16.52 kgs per person in 2015). Record high retail beef prices combined with low cattle supplies in 2015 resulted in an 8% decrease in beef consumption—an all-time low beef consumption of 16.3 kgs/person in 2015. Chicken consumption increased by 3%, just over half of a kg/person.
The 2015 Canadian Meat Disappearance statistics confirmed that the import share of pork consumption in Canada dropped by 4% compared to 2014. The import share of pork consumption reached a record high in 2012 of 31% vs. 25% in 2015.
“Pork was clearly the winner in 2015 compared with other protein choices at the retail meat case,” says Michael Young, CPI Vice President Technical Programs and Marketing Services. “The Canada Pork team will continue to work with our stakeholder partners in the retail and foodservice sectors to maintain this trend in 2016.”
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