50% of habitable land is used for agricultural production.
77% of which is used exclusively for livestock.3

per kg of product

• 326.2 m2

  Beef

• 17.4 m2

  Pork

• 12.2 m2

  Chicken

per 1000kcal of product

• 119.5 m2

  Beef

• 7.3 m2

  Pork

• 6.6 m2

  Chicken

per 100g of protein

• 184 m2

  Beef

• 10.7 m2

  Pork

• 7.1 m2

  Chicken

70% of global freshwater withdrawals
is from agriculture.
That 70% in turn produces 78% of global water pollution.3

per kg of product

• 1,451 L

  Beef

• 1,796 L

  Pork

• 660 L

  Chicken

per 1000kcal of product

• 994 L

  Beef

• 751 L

  Pork

• 357 L

  Chicken

per 100g of protein

• 1,375 L

  Beef

• 1,110 L

  Pork

• 381 L

  Chicken

Eutrophying emissions (water pollution)
in grams of phosphate equivalents (PO4eq) per 100g

• 1,375 L

  Beef

• 1,110 L

  Pork

• 381 L

  Chicken

26% of ghg emissions is from food production.
52% of which is from livestock and the cultivation of their feed.3

CO2eq per kg of product5

• 25.5 kg

  Beef

• 1.47 kg

  Pork

• 0.56 kg

  Chicken

CO2eq per 1000kcal of product

• 36.4 kg

  Beef

• 5.15 kg

  Pork

• 5.34 kg

  Chicken

CO2eq per 100g of protein

• 49.9 kg

  Beef

• 7.61 kg

  Pork

• 5.7 kg

  Chicken

Canada’s animal industry imports $2.7B and exports $5.5B in meat products in 2018.1, 5

Red meat and livestock

• 12.24M

  Cattles

• 72%

  of cattles are
  expored to the US

• 72,860

  cattle farms

Poultry and egg

• 1.45B kg

  of poultry meat
  annually

• 35.1 kg

  of chicken for
  every Canadian

• 3,344

  chicken and turkey
  producers