DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CCW.. DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS AGRICULTURE DIVISION OTTAWA, CANADA MILK SALES HAL IPAX. CLtAPY

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1 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CCW.. DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS AGRICULTURE DIVISION OTTAWA, CANADA Historical File Copy p JREAU '5TICS MONTHLY STATISTICS OF THE TRADE urtea 3, Iteport No. 6 (J1)N) price $jo per year THOUSAND QUARTS TTEEET" MILK SALES HAL IPAX 1948 F FE gr H Jan, F. M. A. M. J. J. A. S. 0. N. D MI L LI 0 N Q Li A RT S -, I F. I0 CLtAPY CU M U L AT IV E SALES THDU5ANO QUARTS 2000 I f Jan. F. M. A. M. J. J. A. S. 0. N. 0. 'VA Is VA F1 '4 MILLION QUARTS.15 'A to Published by Authority of the Rt Hoo C D. Howe. Minister of Trade and Commerce

2 CONTENTS Page Chart Sales of Fluid Milk in Halifax and Calgary Frontispiece Text Monthly Statistics of the Fluid Milk Trade Table 1 Sales of Fluid Milk by Markets, June, Table 11 Sales of Fluid Milk by Markets, January-June, Table 111 Sales of Fluid Cream by Markets, June, Table 1V 5ales of Fluid Cream by Markets, January-June, Table V Relationship of Milk and Cream Sales in Selected Markets to Total sales in Each of Five iconomic Are as of Canada...

3 MONTIILYSTATISTIC.3 OF TH FLUID MILK TRAI)E Part 1 - June Estimate of Fluid Milk and Cream Sales in Canada Combined sales: The combined sales of fluid milk and cream in the whole of Canada amounted to 360,836,000 pounds during the month of June, approximately 9 million pounds or 2 per cent more than those of the same month last year0 Of this amount, 83 per cent was sold as milk and 17 per cent was sold as cream. During the six-month period, January to Juno, fluid sales reached a total of 2,058,462,000 pounds, an increase of nearly 191 million pounds or nearly 1 per cent.more than that of the corresponding period In Fluid sales of milk and cream on a milk basis represented 25 per cent of the total milk production of Canada during the first six-month period of 1949 as compared with 26 per cent in Milk Sales: The quantity of fluid milk sold in Canada during June amounted to 298,688,000 pounds, which was almost 7 million r'mnds ribove the sales of June, During the January-June period of 1949 fluid milk sales amounted to 1,724,956,000 pounds. Compared with the same period of the previous year these sales represent an increase of about 221 million pounds, or nearly ij per cent. Cream Sales: Cream sales expressed as milk amounted to 62,148,000 pounds In the month of June, representing an increase of 1 million pounds over the same month last year. During the first six months of the year, cream sales on a milk basis were estimated at 333,506,000 pounds, falling more than 3 million pounds or about 1 per cent from January-June, Part 11-June Sales of Milk and 0 ream Reported from Forty Markets in Canada (Tables 1-1 Combined Sales: In forty Canadian markets selected for this review milk and cream sales (the latter expressed as milk) reached a total of 184,037,000 pounds in June, 1949, in comparison with 179,461,000 pounds in June, 1948, representing an increase of 21 per cent. During the January-June period an increase of 1 per cent was recorded. Milk Sales: Sales of fluid milk in these forty markets amounted to 151,095,000 pounds (58,564,000 quarts) during June. These figures when compared with 147,351,000 pounds (57,112,000 quarts) in the same month of the previous year represent an increase of 2j per cent. Daring the six-month period, January to June, milk sales shown in this report were almost lj per cent above those of the seine period a year ago. Cream Sales: In terms of milk, the June sales of fluid cream in forty Canadian markets amounted to 32,942,000 pounds (3,099,000 quarts of cream), while coyresponding figures for the same month of 1948 were 32,110,000 pounds (3,002,000 quarts of cream). On a milk basis, June sales increased slightly more than 21 per cent from the same month last year; and during the six-month period, January-June, there was a reduction of approximately one-half of one per cent as compared with the seine period in However, on a quart basis, cream sales showed an increase of about 3j per cent in June and a reduction of approximately three-quarters of one per cent in the six-month period ended June 0 Part stimated Per Capita Per Day Consujnption of Milk and Cream in Canada Based on sales shown in the report for the month of June, the fluid milk and cream consumed by the milk purchasing population in urban areas Increased from a daily average of 0.87 pints in June, 1948, to 0.88 pints in June, These figures include cream on a milk basis. The consumption of milk alone rose from 0.72 pints in June, 1948, to 0,73 pints in June, Cream consumption in terms of milk continued at 0.15 pints per capita, the same as that of June, 1948.

4 Table 1- SALES OF FIJi ID MILK IN FORTY MiiRKJTS OF CANPJA, June, 1949 With Percentage Changes from the Previous Month and from the Same Month of 1948 TOTAL SALES P;RCiNTAGE CHANGE FROM Market June 1949 May June I cuarts I Pounds (1) I._ 1949 I 1948 MARITIME PROVINCES Halifax..., , , SydneyArea , Saint John..,.,,..,,,,,...,,,, , 0.4, 7.4 Moncton oq.,..q.os*qo,,s*,,est*o 423 1, , 6,5 Q,UBO Montreal ,425 0,1 4.8 cuebec , Ohicoutinu. and Lake St. John , Sherbrooke , Three Rivers,..., 517 1,333-3,4-2.9 Northwestern District...,.,,,, St. Hyacinthe **.000* Z 6.5 St. Jerome and Ste. Therese Valleyfield and Beal.tharnois..,.., , 8.9 Thetford , 0.7, j ONTARIO Toronto ,897-2, ,642 6, ,468 6, Windsor,.,...,..,...,.. 1,801 4,647 5,0 7.9 London.,...O,...e.o,,...,..,.Q, 1,246 3, Ft. William and Pt. ttrthur , Kitchener......,...,,., 670 1,728 1,6, 6.8 Kingston ,., Sudbury..,.,,...,...,.,., 546 1,410-2,6 1.0 Brantford , Bel1evi11e.,...,,...., j14.5 PRATW11 PVTN(W. Winnipeg... 3, ,2,L Saskatoon, prince Albert and 1.2 The Battlefords Moose jaw o, s.s Regina , h.dmonton... 1,473 3, Calgary ,179 3, ,4 Medicine Hat...,, , BRITISH COLT.2vU3IA Vancouver Victoria,.,...,..., ,492 [ - 1,8 4.2 (1) Converted to pounds by multiplying quart sales shown in the adjoining column by 2,580

5 -3- Table 11-3AI4S OF FLUID MILK IN FORTY IAiKETS OF CANADA, JJNUARY-J1JNi 1949 With Percentage Changes from the Same Period of 1948 Market TOTAL SALES PL'R=Tj%.Q9 CHJNGE FROM a Pounds 72ITIME PROVINCI!3 I Oharlottetown , 1,214 3, Halifax....,.,... 7,192 18, SydneyArea...,..,. 4,349 11, ,979 12,846 ' 2.0 Monc ton Montreal , , Quebec ,,..,..,.,. 13, Chicoutimi and Lake St. John..., ,905 7' 3.1 Sherbrooke 3,386 8, ThreeRivers,...,...,...,..,. 3,228 8, Northwestern District... 2,070 5, St.Hyacinthe.....,..,, , St. Jerome and Ste. Therose... 1, ' 20.8 Levis -Lauzon...,...,.... 1,438 3, Valleyfield and Beauhornois.,... 1,308 3,374 7' 6.3 Thetford ,907 7' 2.9 Rlmouski , ONTI1;0I0 oronto...,.,.,.,.,.,...,,,, 65, ' 1.2 Ottawa-Hufl...,..,...,,,,..,, , Hamilton..., ,319 7' ,066 7' 4.6 London ,379 19,039 7' 6.9 Ft. William and Pt. Arthur... 4,425 11, ,923 10,121 7' 5.3 K1stOn ,. 3, ' 1.4 Sudbury ,260 8,411 7' 3.7 Brantford... 3,149 8,124 7' 4,0 Cornwall *. 1,993 5,143 7' 4.3 Bellevil].e o...o..,eo... 1,759 4,538 7' 13.8 PRAIRIE PROVINC.3 Winnipeg......,...,.,... 21,016 54,223 7' 1.0 Saskatoon, prince Albert and The Battlefords , Moose jaw... 1,534 3,957 7' 1.7 Regina.....,......, ,364-3,7 Edmonton 8,871 22,888 7' 5.8 Calgary , ,184 7' 5,6 Medicine Hat. S.... SP Q 745 1,923-11,0 BIUTISII COLU1BIA Vancouver F 30, , 740 I 7' 17 Victoria I 5, I (1) Converted to pounds by multiplying quart sales shown in the adjoining column by 2.58.

6 Market Table L3 OF FLUID CR&AL 71 IN FORTY MARKT3 OF CANADA, JUN, 1949 With Percentage Changes from the Previous Month and from the Same Month of 1948 TOTAL 3.IAS I PKRCENTAGX CHANGE IROM(2) I June, 1949 [ May June I Cream Butter-fat(l) MARTTTUE PIOVI WCE.S 000 qt. 000 lb. Chariottotown.,,,, Ha1fx......,...e.... c,eeo e Sydney Area , Saint John...,...,.,, 15 12, , _ _10 3 l4oncton,,,,, Montreal,......,,.....,, ,5 71 0,5 uebe c,....., , Chicoutimi and Lake St. John,, ,8, , Three Rivers , 16.9 Northwestern District (3) St.Hyacinthe(3) St. Jerome and Ste. Thorese (3), Ijvis-Lauzon(3)..., Valleyfield and Beauharnois (3). - - Thetford (3) )imoiiski(3)...* Toronto...,.,.,...,,...,,, Ottawa-IIufl...,.,,,,.,,,, ,9-2.7,1 8.9 Hi1ton,,,.,...,,.,.,, Windsor...o.,..,oe o London,,......,.,,,, ,4 Ft. William and Pt. Arthur..., , Kingston......,,..., , Sudbury , Brantford Cornwall B Belleville...,,..,,.,, ,1 ji PRAIRLPROVINC3 Winnipeg..., , ,6 Saskatoon, Prince Albert and The Battlefords......,,.,, , Moose Jaz,...,...,,..,,.,, Regina , ,5 7118,9 Calgary ,8 dicinehat,,...,,,, BRITISH C0LU1IA vncouver...,..,...,,.,,,.,, , Victoria,... _ _71_11.3 _71_ (1) quarts x 2,5 = Pounds cream; converted to pounds butter-fat on basis of average te3t in each market. (2) Percentages calculated on basis of quart sales (3) Less than three distributors

7 -5- Table 1V - SALS OF FIJJID CREAM IN FORTY MkK'TS OF CAflADA, JANUARY - JUNE, 1949 With Percentage Changes from the Same Period of 1948 Market Charlottetown Halifax Sydney Area Saint John..... O...o,t.Q., Moncton,..,.,,... -o TOTAL SAlES January - June - Cream Butter-fat IiA1ITIME PROVINCES 000 qt. 000 lb PRCTA CH.'.NGE FROM(2) January-June i) ; , 9.6 (1J i13ec Montreal, 3,509 1, ucbec Chicoutimi and Lake St. JOhn ' L 3.1 ThreeRlvers....,.0., Northwestern District (3)..., - - St. Hyacinthe (3)...-. G., t. Jerome and Ste. Therese (3) Levis -Lauzon(3)...,..., Valleyfield and I3eau.harnois (3). - - Thetford (3)..., Rilnouski (3) _co,.,..,0a oo ONTAI?I 0 Toronto Ottawa -Hull ' 7,8 Hi1ton..,..,.o,,..,.,..., ' 3.5 Windsor ,t 6.6 London ' 6.8 Ft. William and Pt. Arthur ' 5.0 Knston o.o ' 0.8 Sudbury Brantord Cornwall ' 13.3 Belleville '16.7 PRAIRIE_PROVINCES Winnipeg....,... 2, Saskatoon, Prince.A.lbert and The Battlefords..., Moose Jaw Regina , Edmonton , ' 5,9 Calgary MedicineHat....,..,,,., ,9 BRITISH COTJ.ThIBIA Vancouver ,281[ Li 405 [ (i) Quarts x 2.5 = pounds cream; converted to pounds butter-fat on basis of average test in each market. (2) Percentages calculated on basis of quert salea. (3) Less than three distributors.

8 SAS'' 8IBLOE III liii Table V - RELIONSHIP OF MILK AND CRAM SAlES IN SElECTED MARKETS, TO TOTAL 3AlES IN EACH OF FIVE ECONOLIIC A1A3 OF CANJDA June, 1949 MILX SAlES CRAM SAlES (Mlix EQUIVAL1T) conomic Area and period CANADA Economic gconomic - Area Selected Markets Area Selected Markets - Sales in Sales in Total Number Per Cent Total Number Per Cent of Sales of Sales istimated of in Estimated of in Economic iconomic Sales I Marketsl Area I Sales Markets I Area 000 lb. No lb. No. June , January - June.. 1,724, , Maritime Provinces June... 16, , Janunry-June , Quebec June , January - June.. 555, , Ontario June , January - June.. 696, , Prairie Provinces June Jax.iary - june.. 250, , British Co lumb i a June ,15& January - June.. 120, ,