Name: Stocks of frozen poultry meat
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Stocks of frozen poultry meat — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 32100122 provides nearly 50 years of monthly frozen poultry stock data (May 1976–February 2026), encompassing 108,564 records across 22 commodity types and 12 geographic regions. The dataset is strongly right-skewed, with a median stock value of just 236 tonnes against a meKey Findings

The dataset spans 598 monthly periods from May 1976 to February 2026, containing 108,564 records across 184 unique time series vectors and 22 commodity types.

'All poultry meat, total' is the dominant category with an average stock of ~14,737 tonnes, far exceeding individual commodity averages.

Stock values are strongly right-skewed: the median is 236 tonnes, the mean is 2,139 tonnes, and the maximum reaches 108,908 tonnes, with 75% of all records falling below 1,115 tonnes.

The standard deviation of 6,895 tonnes — more than three times the mean — underscores the exceptionally high variability in frozen poultry stock levels across commodities and regions.

Z-score outlier analysis (|Z| > 2.5) flagged 11 data points among the top 5 commodities, potentially reflecting supply shocks, seasonal extremes, or historical data anomalies over the 50-year period.

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