Table 1
Percentage of total land prepared for seeding, 1991 and 2006

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  1991 2006
Total area seeded Total area prepared for seeding Total area seeded Total area prepared for seeding
Conventional tillage Conservation tillage No-till Conventional tillage Conservation tillage No-till
percentage hectares percentage hectares
Newfoundland and Labrador 84 8 8 2,050 88 6 6 2,381
Prince Edward Island 91 8 1 111,720 78 19 3 109,972
Nova Scotia 88 8 4 31,664 66 20 14 26,656
New Brunswick 85 13 2 61,681 78 16 6 65,731
Quebec 85 12 3 851,921 62 29 10 1,129,051
Ontario 78 18 4 2,508,344 44 25 31 2,699,477
Manitoba 66 29 5 4,219,049 43 35 21 3,890,618
Saskatchewan 64 26 10 13,034,981 18 22 60 13,348,192
Alberta 73 24 3 7,966,393 25 28 48 7,578,201
British Columbia 84 12 5 240,964 55 26 19 198,472
Canada 69 24 7 29,028,767 28 26 46 29,048,751
Note(s): Percentages may not add up due to rounding.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, 2007, Selected Historical Data from the Census of Agriculture: Table 5.1, (accessed July 3, 2008).
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