Table 7
Water volume used per hectare by crop type, 2007

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Water volume used per hectare by crop type, 2007
  Crop type
Vegetable crops Fruits Field crops Feed crops Sod and nursery products
  cubic metres per hectare
Canada 1,916 F 2,040 2,650 2,294 E
Atlantic region 1 664 E 1,404 508 0 2,181 E
Quebec 630 F 0 0 788
Ontario 1,216 1,540 1,159 403 F
Manitoba X F 699 E 0 1,730
Saskatchewan 1,745 F 1 237 E 1,896 F
Alberta 3,568 362 2,265 2,920 544
British Columbia F F F 2,268 F
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Agricultural Water Use Survey (survey no. 5145).