About the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta Market Research Report
Definition of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta?
The Chicken and Turkey Meat Production industry in Canada is composed of farms that raise chicken broilers, hens and turkeys for meat production. This industry does not include farms that raise chickens primarily for egg production. Most farmers are contracted suppliers for particular processors. However, since the industry operates under a supply management system, processors are required to pay producers a regulated price for their poultry.
What’s included in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta?
The Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta includes small broiler chicken production, large broiler chicken production, turkey production and other poultry production. Related terms covered in the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta industry report includes a young chicken, turkey or fowl being raised for poultry meat production, a chicken or other bird genetically suited for large-scale meat production and weighing up to 1.1 kilograms (2.5 pounds) dressed, a young chicken weighing between 1.1 and 1.8 kilograms (2.5 and 4.0 pounds), referring to meat, is the process of removing the remaining contents of the animal, from the flesh for consumption. eviscerated meat is often used as a measurement of weight and a hatchery is a specialized facility where fertilized eggs are incubated and hatched under controlled conditions to produce day-old chicks for commercial farms or other producers.
Industry Performance of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Alberta
Benchmark the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta industry performance with all AB Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta
#4 in Highest Revenue 6.6% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Alberta
See how key industry drivers, such as population, median houshold income, gross domestic product, per capita poultry consumption, demand from meat, beef and poultry processing and price of feed are impacting Chicken & Turkey Meat Production in Alberta
Alberta Economic Indicators
Population
Median Houshold Income
Gross Domestic Product
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Canada Key External Drivers
Per capita poultry consumption
Demand from meat, beef and poultry processing
Price of feed
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Alberta
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Key Statistics of the Chicken & Turkey Meat Production industry in Alberta
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