Canada Fur Trade In Numbers.. Including Those Caught In Steel Jaw Leghold Traps

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Canadian Fur Trade by the numbers.
Source: Statistics Canada

The total number of animals killed (in the wild and on fur farms) for their
fur in Canada (2009/2010): 3,332,250 fur-bearing animals

TRAPPING (Steel Jaw Leg-hold, Conibear and snare traps) - AN OVERVIEW

In 2009, number of animals trapped and killed in the wild: 730,915

Newfoundland: 14,687 animals

Price Edward Island: 6,196 animals

Nova Scotia: 24,987 animals

New Brunswick: 38,889 animals

Quebec: 214,326 animals

Ontario: 179,937 animals

Manitoba: 70,057 animals

Saskatchewan: 55,001 animals

Alberta: 71,301 animals

British Columbia: 21,228 animals

Yukon: 2,324 animals

Northwest Territories: 27,489 animals

Nunavut: 4,493 animals

(These numbers include badger, bear, beaver, cougar, coyote, ermine, fisher,
fox, lyns, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, rabbit, raccoons, skunk, squirrel,
bobcat, wolf, wolverine. Numbers DO NOT include harp seals on Canada's east
coast, or other seal products; Note that provinces and territories vary
enormously in size and amount of suitable habitat).

Total "dollar value" of trapped animals (wildlife) for 2009: $14,847,952

FUR FARMS - AN OVERVIEW

In 2010, number of mink killed on fur farms: 2,590,950

In 2010, number of foxes killed on fur farms: 10,385

In 2010, total number of mink and foxes killed on fur farms: 2,601,335

Newfoundland: 2,405 foxes and 214,700 mink

Price Edward Island: 880 foxes and 124,800 mink

Nova Scotia: 885 foxes and 1,347,700 mink

New Brunswick: 2,120 foxes and 54,300 mink

Quebec: 3,380 foxes and 70,800 mink

Ontario: 355 foxes and 504,400 mink

Manitoba: individual animals not reported, only 56,400 listed as a total


British Columbia: 0 foxes and 215,000 mink



Total "dollar value" of fur farmed animals (foxes/mink) for 2010:
$192,510,789
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