This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
Name Notes Conservation status Image Agnis American Blackbelly American Jacob American Karakul American Merino American Tunis Ancon Bell Multi-nippled California Red California Variegated Mutant Canadian Arcott Canadian Corriedale Debouillet Delaine Merino DLS Gulf Coast Native Hawaiian Black Buck Hog Island Imperial Katahdin Louisiana Native Montadale Navajo-Churro Newfoundland Outaouais Arcott Panama Polled Dorset Polypay Rideau Arcott Romeldale Romnelet St. Croix Santa Cruz Stone's Sheep Targhee Warhill Willamette
References
Conservation Priority List: Sheep. The Livestock Conservancy. Accessed July 2022.
Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. . Archived 23 June 2020.
Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. .
Breed data sheet: United States of America: Sheep . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.
Breed data sheet: Canada: Sheep . Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2022.
Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. .