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  • Table: 32-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on fertilizer inventories such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, diammonium phosphate and other fertilizer products for the Eastern and Western provinces of Canada.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on the production of fertilizer such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, diammonium phosphate and other fertilizer products for Canada.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on the shipments of various fertilizers such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, etc. to Canada's Eastern provinces, the Prairie provinces, the United States and other countries.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0039-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on fertilizer shipments within Canada by nutrient content such as nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0383-01
    Geography: Census division, Census agricultural region, Census consolidated subdivision
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    Vegetation indices are available for the entire agricultural area of Canada for three types of land cover (total agriculture, cropland and pasture) for the period from 1987 to the present. Three geographic layers using the 2021 version are available: Census agricultural regions, Census divisions and Census consolidated subdivisions.

    Release date: 2024-06-14

  • Table: 32-10-0029-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number, acres and hectares of total nurseries and nursery area (field area, container area) in Canada and the provinces.
    Release date: 2024-04-25

  • Table: 38-10-0239-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Irrigation volume by month, province and drainage region. The unit of measure is cubic metres.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0240-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Irrigation volume by month and crop type. The unit of measure is cubic metres.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0241-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total area that received irrigation by crop type, province and drainage region. The unit of measure is hectares.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0242-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of farms by irrigation status, province and drainage region.
    Release date: 2023-10-17
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  • Table: 32-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on fertilizer inventories such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, diammonium phosphate and other fertilizer products for the Eastern and Western provinces of Canada.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0037-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on the production of fertilizer such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, diammonium phosphate and other fertilizer products for Canada.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0038-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on the shipments of various fertilizers such as ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, etc. to Canada's Eastern provinces, the Prairie provinces, the United States and other countries.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0039-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on fertilizer shipments within Canada by nutrient content such as nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur.
    Release date: 2024-08-21

  • Table: 32-10-0383-01
    Geography: Census division, Census agricultural region, Census consolidated subdivision
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    Vegetation indices are available for the entire agricultural area of Canada for three types of land cover (total agriculture, cropland and pasture) for the period from 1987 to the present. Three geographic layers using the 2021 version are available: Census agricultural regions, Census divisions and Census consolidated subdivisions.

    Release date: 2024-06-14

  • Table: 32-10-0029-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number, acres and hectares of total nurseries and nursery area (field area, container area) in Canada and the provinces.
    Release date: 2024-04-25

  • Table: 38-10-0239-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Irrigation volume by month, province and drainage region. The unit of measure is cubic metres.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0240-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Irrigation volume by month and crop type. The unit of measure is cubic metres.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0241-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Total area that received irrigation by crop type, province and drainage region. The unit of measure is hectares.
    Release date: 2023-10-17

  • Table: 38-10-0242-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Number of farms by irrigation status, province and drainage region.
    Release date: 2023-10-17
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Analysis (28) (0 to 10 of 28 results)

  • Stats in brief: 11-001-X202325636565
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-09-13

  • Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100016
    Description: Under the backdrop of climate change, farms in Canada are increasingly transitioning toward sustainable practices.
    Release date: 2023-05-17

  • Articles and reports: 11-637-X202200100002
    Description:

    As the second goal outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Canada and other UN member states have committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. This 2022 infographic provides an overview of indicators underlying the second Sustainable Development Goal in support of ending hunger, and the statistics and data sources used to monitor and report on this goal in Canada.

    Release date: 2022-06-23

  • Articles and reports: 96-325-X202100100006
    Description: This article presents the highlights and a brief analysis of the results from the 2021 Census of Agriculture for the province of Ontario.
    Release date: 2022-06-15

  • Articles and reports: 16-508-X2021001
    Description: This article is based on data from the Agricultural Water Use Survey and discusses change in the amount of water used for irrigation over time, land areas, and crop types receiving irrigation, irrigation systems used, and the adoption of irrigation water and energy conservation practices across Canada. The Agricultural Water Survey is a biennial survey that is conducted to gather information on irrigation water use, irrigation methods and practices, and sources and quality of water use for agricultural purposes on Canadian farms.
    Release date: 2021-07-23

  • Stats in brief: 16-508-X2016001
    Description:

    This fact sheet looks at the irrigation methods and conservation practices used on Canadian farms, using data from the 2014 Agricultural Water Survey.

    Release date: 2016-07-08

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X201500214133
    Description: This study uses data from the 2011 Census of Agriculture to examine wildlife habitat available on agricultural land, benefits that agriculture receives from wildlife, and mutually-beneficial farm practices.
    Release date: 2015-03-30

  • Articles and reports: 96-325-X201400113006
    Geography: Canada
    Description: As crops grow, they deplete the soil’s fertility by absorbing nutrients from the land. These nutrients, need to be replenished in order to ensure that there is something in the soil for the next year’s crops. Canadian agriculture relies heavily on commercial fertilizers as well as manure to replenish soil’s nutrients. This article examines how farmers provide their crops with the nutrients they need to grow and how these farming practices have changed over time.
    Release date: 2014-05-29

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900310927
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Water is essential for crop production, whether it is provided by rain or irrigation. Although relatively few farms in Canada irrigate, this use of water can represent a significant portion of water use in some areas of the country. This article presents information on the use of irrigation in 2007.

    Release date: 2009-09-24

  • Articles and reports: 16-002-X200900110821
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article presents information on nitrogen and phosphorus generated through manure production and maps the intensity of nitrogen and phosphorus production by sub-sub-drainage area.

    Release date: 2009-03-26
Reference (17)

Reference (17) (0 to 10 of 17 results)

  • Classification: 12-607-X
    Description:

    The Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is Statistics Canada's official classification for ecological areas in Canada.

    The ELC was developed to enable the production of integrated statistics for ecological areas. It is a hierarchical framework that classifies ecological areas or ecosystems and that incorporates all major components of ecosystems: air, water land and biota. All boundaries in the ecological framework are matched to soil landscape polygons from the Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC).

    There are 15 ecozones at the top of the ecological land classification hierarchy. They cover the entire terrestrial extent of Canada.

    These ecozones are subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces that contain 194 ecoregions, which can be further subdivided into 1,027 separate ecological units called ecodistricts.

    Release date: 2018-01-23

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 16-001-M2009008
    Description:

    In 2008, Statistics Canada conducted the first Agricultural Water Use Survey. This pilot survey is part of the Canadian Environment Sustainability Indicators initiative and collects information on volumes of water used for irrigation, irrigated areas, irrigation practices and the quality of water used for agricultural purposes. This technical paper describes the methodology used for the pilot survey and includes recommendations for future cycles of the survey. The validation process seems to indicate that the method used to estimate the volumes of water used and the irrigated areas calculated underestimates the results. The report gives recommendations to minimize this bias in the next iterations of the survey. First, it is recommended to simplify the level of information collected by the survey; to review the sampling methodology; and to examine other means of collecting information on volumes of water used for irrigation. This pilot version of the survey remains a reliable source for consistent data on agricultural water use.

    Release date: 2009-06-26

  • Geographic files and documentation: 21-601-M2006077
    Description:

    The objective of this study was to estimate and map livestock manure production by the environmental geography unit known as the Sub-Sub-Drainage Area (SSDA) in 2001 and to calculate the change in manure production over the 1981-2001 period.

    Release date: 2006-01-13

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004030
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This activity looks at the increase in greenhouse area in Canada, and how this industry is changing.

    Release date: 2005-03-18

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004017
    Description:

    This activity focusses on the concept of sustainability as it applies to agriculture. To fully understand the concept of sustainability, we need to understand all aspects of it: environmental, economic and social sustainability.

    Release date: 2004-10-29

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004010
    Geography: Geographical region of Canada
    Description:

    This activity focuses on how water is used for irrigation, the benefits and risks associated with irrigation and the ways farmers manage their water use.

    Release date: 2004-08-30

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004011
    Description:

    This activity explores the use of pesticides in protecting crops, including the risks and benefits.

    Release date: 2004-08-30

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004003
    Description:

    This activity looks at the competition between agriculture and urban development for land around urban centres and the difficulties and advantages of farming close to urban areas. The pressure to build more housing in urban areas is strong, but such development takes some of Canada's best farmland out of production permanently. Should decisions on how this land is used be left solely to the market? Students will debate the issue.

    Release date: 2004-06-09

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004006
    Description:

    This activity looks at all aspects of manure and manure management (often called nutrient management) from its value as a soil fertilizer to environmental concerns over mismanagement.

    Release date: 2004-06-09

  • Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3446
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to obtain information to produce national and provincial level estimates of potato production.
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