A Portrait of Canadian Farms
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Release date: May 17, 2017
Description: A Portrait of Canadian Farms
In 2016, there were 271,935 farm operators and 193,492 farms with a total area of 158.7 million acres across Canada.
Province | Average farm area in acres |
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British Columbia | 365 acres |
Alberta | 1,237 acres |
Saskatchewan | 1,784 acres |
Manitoba | 1,192 acres |
Ontario | 249 acres |
Quebec | 280 acres |
New Brunswick | 370 acres |
Nova Scotia | 263 acres |
Prince Edward Island | 425 acres |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 174 acres |
Most common farm types
- Oilseed and grain 32.9%
- Cattle ranching and farming 24.1%
Portrait of farm operators
- Average age was 55.0 years old.
- 9.1% were under 35 years of age.
- For every 5 males, there were 2 female farm operators.
- 51.7% worked 30 hours or more per week on the farm in 2015.
- 44.4% worked off the farm in 2015.
Province | Number of farms (thousands) |
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British Columbia | 17.5 |
Alberta | 40.6 |
Saskatchewan | 34.5 |
Manitoba | 14.8 |
Ontario | 49.6 |
Quebec | 28.9 |
New Brunswick | 2.3 |
Nova Scotia | 3.5 |
Prince Edward Island | 1.4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.4 |
Farms are businesses
- 1 in 4 farms were incorporated in 2016.
Source: Census of Agriculture, 2016.
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