For imports of broiler commercial chicks and commercial poults only , these data in addition include imported chicks shipped to producers. Selected data are checked by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Hatchery Inspectors against hatchery ledgers and import documents. Data reported in the Hatchery Review are monthly or quarterly and by province or region with a Canada total, and with comparative data for the previous year.
All data are in thousands of actual numbers.
Monthly figures are calculated from the weekly reports. If the month terminates or begins in the middle of a week, then the weekly figures are split, so that the month represents the actual number of days in the month. Data from the Atlantic Provinces are totalled to protect the confidentiality of the hatcheries. These include imported hatching eggs, eggs which are custom set, and eggs shipped interprovincially from another province. They do not include eggs which are exported.