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2016 Census of Agriculture: Leveraging technology and market opportunities in a diverse horticulture industry

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Released: 2017-06-07

Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Canada

270,294 acres

2016

1.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Canada

268,319,936 square feet

2016

7.6% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Canada

772,652 colonies

2016

37.7% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Canada

332,812 acres

2016

6.7% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — N.L.

813 acres

2016

-8.2% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — N.L.

714,073 square feet

2016

-2.5% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — N.L.

355 colonies

2016

181.7% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — N.L.

863 acres

2016

-39.5% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — P.E.I.

2,244 acres

2016

-10.5% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — P.E.I.

473,338 square feet

2016

11.5% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — P.E.I.

5,735 colonies

2016

108.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — P.E.I.

14,390 acres

2016

12.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — N.S.

5,819 acres

2016

-14.0% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — N.S.

2,048,706 square feet

2016

1.4% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — N.S.

22,118 colonies

2016

42.4% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — N.S.

48,984 acres

2016

-6.7% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — N.B.

1,719 acres

2016

-10.6% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — N.B.

1,792,673 square feet

2016

-7.0% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — N.B.

26,618 colonies

2016

241.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — N.B.

45,480 acres

2016

52.4% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Que.

92,431 acres

2016

-0.7% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Que.

27,624,186 square feet

2016

-9.5% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Que.

63,752 colonies

2016

60.8% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Que.

104,414 acres

2016

7.9% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Ont.

135,420 acres

2016

4.5% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Ont.

159,815,220 square feet

2016

18.3% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Ont.

86,083 colonies

2016

27.4% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Ont.

51,192 acres

2016

-2.9% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Man.

4,789 acres

2016

-7.4% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Man.

3,419,411 square feet

2016

8.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Man.

107,857 colonies

2016

42.2% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Man.

694 acres

2016

-14.0% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Sask.

943 acres

2016

23.3% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Sask.

1,827,994 square feet

2016

-33.0% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Sask.

101,543 colonies

2016

23.2% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Sask.

1,953 acres

2016

2.0% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — Alta.

10,108 acres

2016

-5.7% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — Alta.

12,676,835 square feet

2016

-2.4% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — Alta.

304,846 colonies

2016

29.2% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — Alta.

2,164 acres

2016

-17.1% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.
Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture — B.C.

16,008 acres

2016

-1.7% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0215.
Area under glass: Census of Agriculture — B.C.

57,927,500 square feet

2016

-3.0% decrease

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0217.
Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture — B.C.

53,745 colonies

2016

59.9% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0229.
Fruit area: Census of Agriculture — B.C.

62,679 acres

2016

3.6% increase

(period-to-period change)

Source(s): CANSIM table 004-0214.

Operators in the horticulture sector continued to look for innovative ways to grow products and meet market demands.

The use of technology and marketing have allowed some agricultural sectors to adapt to changes in the agriculture industry. Several sectors reported increases in area on the 2016 Census of Agriculture, including greenhouse vegetable production (+22.5%), fruits, berries and nuts production (+6.7%) and field vegetable production (+1.0%). The increases were due, in part, to the use of technology and marketing. Maple syrup production also benefited from the adoption of technologies, such as reverse osmosis.

The analytical document "Leveraging technology and market opportunities in a diverse horticulture industry" is now available. This article is from an analytical series based on 2016 Census of Agriculture data.

Based on the data from the 2016 Census of Agriculture, the infographic "Horticulture in Canada" (Catalogue number11-627-M) provides a visual overview of the horticulture sector in Canada.

The national snapshot, 2016 Census of Agriculture as well as provincial highlights are now available online.

Products

The article, "Leveraging technology and market opportunities in a diverse horticulture industry" which is part of Farm and Farm Operator Data (Catalogue number95-640-X), is now available. For a complete list of our products, visit the 2016 Census of Agriculture module of our website. You can also consult the CANSIM tables 004-0200 to 004-0246.

Contact information

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