Alberta Game Farming Industry Data Over Ten Years

Government of Alberta data provides information on the province's game farming industry over a ten-year period. It includes metrics such as the total number of licensed game farms and counts of farms raising elk, whitetail deer, mule deer, and reindeer.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the total number of Licensed Game Farms over the ten-year period to assess industry growth or contraction.
• Compare the prevalence of Farms with Elks/Deer against farms with other species to understand market specialization.
• Model the population changes of Elk/Whitetail Deer/Mule Deer/Reindeer on Farms for wildlife management and economic forecasting.

Strengths

• Covers a ten-year period, enabling longitudinal trend analysis.
• Sourced from the Government of Alberta, providing authoritative regulatory data.
• Includes specific counts for multiple game species (elk, whitetail deer, mule deer, reindeer).

Limitations

• Row and column counts are unknown, making data volume and feature scope unclear.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data structure and completeness prior to download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

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Time Range

Ten-year period

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Alberta, Canada