Agriculture

Selected geographical area: Canada

• Potatoes, planted area - acres
  (2018)

  347,416

  0.5%

  (year-over-year change)
• Wheat area
  (2018)

  24.7 million acres

  10.4%

  (annual change)
• Canola area
  (2018)

  22.7 million acres

  -1.1%

  (annual change)
• Soybean area
  (2018)

  6.3 million acres

  -13.2%

  (annual change)
• Corn for grain area
  (2018)

  3.6 million acres

  1.6%

  (annual change)
• Farm sector equity
  (December 31, 2017)

  $535.3 billion

  6.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Sales of mushrooms
  (2017)

  $528 million

  4.1%

  (annual change)
• Realized net farm income
  (2017)

  $8.3 billion

  -2.5%

  (annual change)
• Farm cash receipts (quarterly)
  (First quarter 2018)

  $15.4 billion

  -5.3%

  (year-over-year change)
• Farm cash receipts
  (2017)

  $61.6 billion

  1.8%

  (annual change)
• Farm operating expenses
  (2017)

  $46.2 billion

  2.4%

  (annual change)
• Total net farm income
  (2017)

  $9.8 billion

  $0.0 billion

  (annual change)
• Wheat stocks
  (March 2018)

  16.4 million tonnes

  -3.9%

  (year-over-year change)
• Canola stocks
  (March 2018)

  9.1 million tonnes

  14.4%

  (year-over-year change)
• Corn for grain stocks
  (March 2018)

  8.7 million tonnes

  4.3%

  (year-over-year change)
• Soybean stocks
  (March 2018)

  2.6 million tonnes

  38.7%

  (year-over-year change)
• Greenhouse flower and plant sales and resales
  (2017)

  $1.5 billion

  -0.6%

  (annual change)
• Greenhouse vegetable and fruit sales
  (2017)

  $1.4 billion

  7.1%

  (annual change)
• Nursery sales and resales
  (2017)

  $659.3 million

  -1.7%

  (annual change)
• Cattle inventories
  (January 1, 2018)

  11.6 million

  0.9%

  (annual change)
• Hog inventories
  (January 1, 2018)

  14.3 million

  2.7%

  (annual change)
• Sheep inventories
  (January 1, 2018)

  0.8 million

  2.8%

  (annual change)
• Value of fruits
  (2017)

  $1.0 billion

  -4.6%

  (annual change)
• Value of vegetables
  (2017)

  $1.2 billion

  2.0%

  (annual change)
• Value of maple products
  (2017)

  $493.7 million

  2.0%

  (annual change)
• Sales of honey
  (2017)

  $188.0 million

  11.1%

  (annual change)
• Wheat production
  (2017)

  30.0 million tonnes

  -5.5%

  (annual change)
• Canola production
  (2017)

  21.3 million tonnes

  8.7%

  (annual change)
• Soybeans production
  (2017)

  7.7 million tonnes

  17.8%

  (annual change)
• Corn for grain production
  (2017)

  14.1 million tonnes

  6.8%

  (annual change)
• Farms reporting direct marketing: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  24,510
• Farms reporting organic products for sale: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  4,289

  4.1%

  (period-to-period change)
• Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  270,294 acres

  1.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Area under glass: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  268,319,936 square feet

  7.6%

  (period-to-period change)
• Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  772,652 colonies

  37.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Fruit area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  332,812 acres

  6.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Canola area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  20,606,778 acres

  6.4%

  (period-to-period change)
• Soybean area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  5,615,864 acres

  41.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Lentil area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  5,584,808 acres

  116.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of cattle and calves: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  12,530,730

  -2.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of pigs: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  14,091,503

  11.1%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of hens and chickens: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  145,519,566

  9.4%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of farm operators: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  271,935

  -7.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of male operators: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  193,965

  -9.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of female operators: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  77,970

  -3.3%

  (period-to-period change)
• Work on the farm (more than 40 hours): Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  102,070

  -13.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Total number of farms: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  193,492

  -5.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Total farm area: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  158.7 million acres

  -0.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Land in crops (excluding Christmas trees): Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  93.4 million acres

  6.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Average age of farm operators: Census of Agriculture
  (2016)

  55.0

  1.9%

  (period-to-period change)