A by-the-numbers look at the Canadian fur industry

MONTREAL – Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the Canadian fur trade:

300: Canadian fur farms (approximate). Mink is most popular farmed fur, followed by fox and chinchilla.

3.4 million: Farmed mink pelts produced in 2014, valued at $168 million (Source: Statistics Canada)

730,915: Wild pelts collected in 2009 (most recent data). Muskrat, beaver and marten most popular. (Source: Statistics Canada)

$717 million: Worth of total Canadian fur exports in 2014, down from $985 million in 2013 (Source: Industry Canada)

50: Approximate number of fur manufacturing ateliers in Canada, down from 200 in 1989.Eighty per cent in Montreal area.

30-60: Mink pelts it takes to make a mink coat

Numbers provided by the Fur Council of Canada, Statistics Canada and Industry Canada.

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