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Aquaculture Value Added Account

Aquaculture value added statistics are grouped into the following four main categories: Sources of output (sales of aqua products/services, operating revenue, etc.), Product inputs (feed, processing costs, operating expenses, etc.), Gross value added (factor cost) and Selected primary inputs (salaries and wages, interest, etc.).

Aquaculture Sector - Value Added Account, 2024table note 1
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NL PE NS NB QC ON BC Canada table note 2
A. Sources of output
Sales of aqua products/services x 54,901 115,708 319,979 14,957 x 612,965 1,418,305
Whole fish dressed, fresh or chilled 232,319 3,605 99,315 267,863 1,728 27,745 517,839 1,150,412
Fish eggs & live fish for grow-out 24,800 370 99 1,250 965 3,144 2,517 33,145
Whole fish live (ex for grow-out) 147 242 63 5,853 4,486 2,619 257 13,668
Whole fish dressed & frozen 5 63 25 844 4 35 5,843 6,820
Fish fillets, fresh or frozen 4 19 21 155 957 2,553 385 4,095
Fish, dried, smoked or in brine 0 2 2 251 174 3 8 439
Total finfish 257,275 4,300 99,525 276,216 8,314 36,099 526,850 1,208,579
Total molluscs 5,665 49,525 6,225 34,381 2,729 0 35,964 134,489
Other goods and services, not elsewhere specified x 1,076 9,958 9,382 3,914 x 50,150 75,237
Subsidies x 1,402 561 1,830 1,297 x 8,354 13,832
Other operating revenue 728 13,938 1,655 3,875 640 1,678 35,015 57,529
Total operating revenue 263,904 70,241 117,923 325,684 16,895 38,685 656,334 1,489,666
Change in inventory value - goods 17,354 6,039 -2,230 28,791 -1,819 262 -29,645 18,751
Gross output 281,258 76,280 115,693 354,474 15,076 38,947 626,689 1,508,417
B. Product inputs
Product expenses 263,867 40,038 95,027 234,130 9,906 31,276 600,144 1,274,387
Feed 111,502 1,604 38,840 99,102 2,113 15,622 178,254 447,036
Therapeutants 2,330 63 908 11,485 92 367 36,238 51,482
Purchases, eggs/fish - grow-out 38,868 6,007 3,777 11,380 684 3,911 38,290 102,917
Purchases, fish - processing/resale 2 2,565 21 x x 20 32 10,736
Insurance premiums 7,353 996 4,348 10,516 428 532 16,691 40,863
Energy (electricity, fuel, etc.) 1,580 1,286 3,900 2,639 875 963 32,730 43,973
Goods transportation & storage 8,624 2,685 2,969 3,187 406 1,816 31,060 50,748
Processing services 12,841 524 1,385 x x 979 22,619 38,797
Rental & leasing expenses 2,297 360 1,297 19,776 166 611 37,223 61,729
Maintenance/repairs table note 3 17,041 2,413 13,136 25,758 1,093 992 54,291 114,724
Professional services 3,697 2,100 2,501 3,757 684 1,221 31,580 45,540
Other operating expenses, not elsewhere specified 57,729 19,436 21,944 38,496 2,854 4,244 121,137 265,841
Change in inventory value - raw materials 608 4,105 -398 1,432 472 943 -4,946 2,216
Total of product inputs 263,258 35,934 95,424 232,698 9,434 30,333 605,089 1,272,171
C. Gross value added (factor cost) 18,000 40,347 20,269 121,777 5,641 8,614 21,600 236,247
D. Selected primary inputs
Salaries & wages 12,440 17,394 7,640 33,519 3,884 4,888 72,403 152,168
Employer portion of employee benefits 1,941 1,849 841 3,914 544 397 16,623 26,109
Depreciation 15,762 8,145 12,519 23,029 1,151 3,780 56,435 120,822
Interest paid 2,977 2,962 3,501 31,147 929 1,912 9,722 53,151

Table Notes

Table note

Suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.

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Table note 1

Data and account structure are subject to revision.

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Table note 2

Canada total excludes Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta.

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Table note 3

Starting in 2013, maintenance and repair expenses for buildings and machinery are combined.

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Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0108-01 Aquaculture economic statistics, value added account (x 1,000). Retrieved March 16, 2026. For the most up to date data, please refer to the source table as data may be updated and revised over time to ensure accuracy. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210010801

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