Name: Placement of chicks and turkey poults for production
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Placement of chicks and turkey poults for production — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 32100120 tracks monthly poultry placements across 16 commodity types and 13 Canadian regions over 56+ years (1970–2026), capturing a 321% surge in total chick placements from 19.6 million to 82.5 million. The dataset is heavily right-skewed, with a mean of ~1.75 million plaKey Findings

Total chick placements grew 321% over 56 years, rising from 19.6 million in January 1970 to 82.5 million in January 2026, with an all-time peak of ~82.8 million reached in October 2025.

The dataset contains 109,777 valid records spanning 673 monthly periods, with values ranging from -857 to 82,849,708 placements and a standard deviation of 6,912,905, reflecting extreme variability across regions and commodity types.

A strong right-skewed distribution is evident: the mean placement value (~1,754,419) is more than 50 times the median (34,802), and 25% of all records have a value of zero or below.

16 commodity types are tracked — including broilers, turkey poults, pullets, and breeding stock — with broiler-related categories and turkey categories each showing strong internal correlations based on the correlation heatmap analysis.

13 geographic regions are covered, and top-vs-bottom ranking analysis shows that national-level (Canada total) and large-province commodity combinations dominate average placement volumes, while small provincial or specialty categories rank at the bottom.

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