Name: Milk production and utilization
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Milk production and utilization — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 32100113 provides nearly 80 years of monthly Canadian dairy data (1946–2025), capturing 25,890 records across 11 geographies and 7 distribution categories measured in kilolitres. The dataset reveals a fundamental structural shift in Canada's dairy sector, from farm-level coKey Findings

Total milk sold off farms reached 820,931 kilolitres in the latest period, the highest of all distribution categories, while total milk production stands at 538,706 kL — reflecting steady long-term growth since 1946.

Industrial purposes (581,718 kL) now exceeds fluid purposes (239,212 kL), marking a major structural transformation in how Canadian milk is utilized, shifting away from direct consumption toward processed dairy products.

'Milk production, total' dominates the dataset with a mean of 373,640 kL and a maximum of 955,485 kL, dwarfing all other categories, while 'Delivered as cream' has effectively declined to near zero in recent periods.

The dataset is heavily right-skewed, with a mean (73,152 kL) more than six times the median (11,590 kL) and a standard deviation of 145,345 kL, driven by large national aggregate values versus smaller provincial records.

Farm home consumption and livestock feeding have declined significantly over the decades, with both categories recording only 360 records each — the fewest of any distribution type — signalling the near-disappearance of subsistence-level dairy use.

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