Canadian potato production, June 2018
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Released: 2018-07-19
347,416
2018
0.5% 
(year-over-year change)
Potato farmers planted 347,416 acres (140 594 hectares) of potatoes in 2018, up 0.5% from 2017.
Seeded area was up in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.
Prince Edward Island accounted for 24.2% of the total potato planted area in 2018, followed by Manitoba (18.5%) and Alberta (15.9%).
Chart 1
Potato planted area in Canada, 2018
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