Turkey Stats

Happy Thanksgiving Canada. Unlike my other charts, there is no drastic change. We are consistently eating around 8 pounds of Turkey per capita every year since 1974 whereas our friends south of the border are consuming 16 pounds of Turkey. According to TFC (Turkey Farmers of Canada), these are our supply and consumption figures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual:

• Canadians consumed 147.7 million kg (Mkg) of turkey in the year 2013.
• Per Capita turkey consumption in 2013 was 4.2 kg.
• An estimated 69.7 Mkg of turkey and turkey products were purchased at retail by Canadians in 2013.
• Of that 69.7 Mkg, 52.2 Mkg of whole turkeys were purchased.
• In 2013, Canadian households consumed a total of 8.4 million whole turkeys.
• Annual sales of turkey parts and processed turkey products in Canadian supermarkets increased from 8.8 Mkg in 1993, to 17.4 Mkg in 2013.

Thanksgiving:

• At Thanksgiving 2013, 2.9 million whole turkeys were purchased by Canadians, equal to 34% of all whole turkeys that were sold over the year.
• 36% of all Canadian households (4.9 million) purchased turkey and turkey products for Thanksgiving 2013.

Christmas:

• At Christmas 2013, 4.0 million whole turkeys were purchased by Canadians, equal to 48 % of all whole turkeys that were sold over the year.
• 41% of Canadian households (5.6 million) purchased turkey and turkey products for Christmas 2013.