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- Table: 32-10-0218-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture et agri-food sectors, by industry in Canada and in the provinces.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Table: 32-10-0220-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture sector, by category of farm revenue in Canada. A breakdown by the following farm revenue categories is available: Less than $100,000, $100,000 to $249,999, $250,000 to $499,999, $500,000 to $999,999, $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 and $2,000,000 and over.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Table: 32-10-0221-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada and in provinces by their country of citizenship.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202400300001Description: The agricultural sector in Canada has relied increasingly on temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to fill the longstanding labour shortage. The number of TFWs in crop production, animal production and aquaculture, and support activities for crop and animal production more than tripled between 2005 and 2020. This study examines the transition to permanent residency (PR) of TFWs in primary agriculture and the retention in the sector among those who obtained PR. The study focuses on TFWs whose first employment was in primary agriculture and who entered the sector between 2005 and 2020.Release date: 2024-03-27
- Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100020Description: Indigenous Peoples are an integral part of the farm population and have been contributing to the agricultural landscape of what is now Canada for many centuries before the arrival of settlers. This article provides a socioeconomic portrait of the Indigenous farm population, touching on population changes, gender, age, education, type of farming activity and income.Release date: 2024-03-07
- Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100018Description: The gender pay gap is a longstanding issue that exists in various industries across Canada, including the agricultural sector. This article provides analysis on the gender pay gap among Canada’s farm operators over time and explores the gender pay gap in 2020 by geography, farm type, revenue class, level of education, field of study, racialized group and population centre.Release date: 2023-12-08
- Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100017Description: This article provides insights on the ethnocultural diversity of farm operators, according to various socioeconomic characteristics, such as racialized group or Indigenous self-identification, mother tongue, place of birth, immigrant status, gender, age, educational attainment, farm type, and revenue class.Release date: 2023-10-27
- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 32-26-0006Description: This report provides data quality information pertaining to the Agriculture–Population Linkage, such as sources of error, matching process, response rates, imputation rates, sampling, weighting, disclosure control methods and data quality indicators.Release date: 2023-08-25
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023042Description: This infographic looks at the educational attainment of farm operators by field of study, gender and age group. The main data source for this product is the 2021 Agriculture–Population Linkage (linkage between the Census of Agriculture and the Census of Population).Release date: 2023-08-25
- Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023043Description: This infographic looks at various aspects of the immigrant farm population, including mother tongue and places of birth. The main data source for this product is the 2021 Agriculture–Population Linkage (linkage between the Census of Agriculture and the Census of Population).Release date: 2023-08-25
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- Table: 32-10-0218-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture et agri-food sectors, by industry in Canada and in the provinces.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Table: 32-10-0220-01Geography: CanadaFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers, the number of jobs filled by temporary foreign workers and the number of operations with at least one temporary foreign worker in the agriculture sector, by category of farm revenue in Canada. A breakdown by the following farm revenue categories is available: Less than $100,000, $100,000 to $249,999, $250,000 to $499,999, $500,000 to $999,999, $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 and $2,000,000 and over.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - Table: 32-10-0221-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: AnnualDescription:
This table provides the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada and in provinces by their country of citizenship.
Release date: 2024-04-18 - 4. Farm population classified by marital status, gender and age, Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021Table: 32-10-0392-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm operators and total farm population classified by marital status, gender and age.Release date: 2023-08-25
- 5. Farm population classified by mother tongue, gender and age, Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021Table: 32-10-0393-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm operators and total farm population classified by mother tongue, gender and age.Release date: 2023-08-25
- 6. Farm population classified by place of birth, gender and age, Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021Table: 32-10-0394-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm operators and total farm population classified by place of birth, gender and age.Release date: 2023-08-25
- Table: 32-10-0395-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm operators and total farm population classified by highest level of educational attainment, gender and age.Release date: 2023-08-25
- Table: 32-10-0396-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm population and total population for rural areas and population centres and classified by gender and age.Release date: 2023-08-25
- 9. Farm population and total population classified by religion, Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021Table: 32-10-0397-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 10 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm population and total population classified by religion.Release date: 2023-08-25
- Table: 32-10-0450-01Geography: Canada, Province or territoryFrequency: Every 5 yearsDescription: Agriculture–Population Linkage, 2021. Farm population households classified by major source of income and income class.Release date: 2023-08-25
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- Articles and reports: 21-004-X19990094726Geography: CanadaDescription:
The agriculture industry in Canada was built largely by immigrants. They arrived, mostly from Europe and Asia, as land grant settlers and homesteaders or as indentured or hired labour. Times have changed. Ninety percent of foreign born Canadians now live in the 15 largest cities. While many recent immigrants still work in agriculture, increasingly they are entrepreneurs who are managing businesses of significant size.
Release date: 1999-10-06 - 32. The age old phenomenon of the aging farmer ArchivedArticles and reports: 21-004-X19990034497Geography: CanadaDescription:
The 1996 Census of Agriculture reported the highest share of census-farm operators over 60 years of age in Canadian history. The share has been increasing since 1981. Are farmers a dying phenomenon? Are there any young farmers? The purpose of this article is to review the census-farm operator age structure to understand some reasons for an apparent ageing of the census-farm operator population.
Release date: 1999-03-17
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 32-26-0006Description: This report provides data quality information pertaining to the Agriculture–Population Linkage, such as sources of error, matching process, response rates, imputation rates, sampling, weighting, disclosure control methods and data quality indicators.Release date: 2023-08-25
- 2. They're Here to Farm ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004022Geography: CanadaDescription:
This activity focuses on the contribution of immigrants to Canadian agriculture, highlighting which countries they come from and why, and what types of farms they prefer.
Release date: 2005-01-28 - 3. Where Were Your Ancestors in 1871? ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004023Description:
This activity looks at farm families in the 1870s, contrasting life in pioneer times with that of today. Students look at the profile of their family and community now and in the past.
Release date: 2005-01-28
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