Sheep Inventories Soar - Backgrounder

	Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency Producers and Production by District As per May 15, 2001 Census Data
District	Farms Currently Registered with OSMA	Farms Reporting Sheep May 15, 2001	Total Sheep & Lambs	Average # of lambs per producer
1 Kent, Essex, Lambton, Elgin & Middlesex	452	396	28,508	71.9
2 Grey and Bruce	613	564	66,376	117.6
3 Huron, Perth, Waterloo, Oxford	425	513	44,376	86.5
4 Hamilton-Wentworth, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk & Niagara	254	292	19,370	66
5 Dufferin, Wellington, Peel, Halton	464	390	28,780	73.7
6 Parry Sound, Muskoka, Simcoe	328	289	26,246	90.8
7 Haliburton, Peterborough, Victoria, Durham, York, Toronto	541	535	47,651	89
8 Hastings, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, Prince Edward, Leeds & Grenville*	341	342	30,793	90
9 Renfrew, Lanark	253	247	13,302	53.8
10 Ottawa-Carleton, Prescott & Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Leeds & Grenville*	316	212	15,963	75.2
Nipissing, Sudbury, Manitoulin, Algoma	207	198	16,260	82.1
TOTAL	4,194	3,978	337,625	84.8
* Leeds & Grenville: OSMA's historical data is based on Leeds and Grenville being two separate counties. However because Statistics Canada no longer provides a breakdown of the data for the two counties, those reporting for Leeds Grenville are attributed ½ to District 8 and ½ to District 10.