Table 3.20
Number of farms by province

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Number of farms by province: Part 1
  Total Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec
  number
1871 367,862 … … 46,316 31,202 118,086
1881 464,025 … 13,629 55,873 36,837 137,863
1891 1 542,181 … 14,549 60,122 38,577 174,996
1901 1 511,073 … 13,748 54,478 37,006 140,110
1911 1 682,329 … 14,113 52,491 37,755 149,701
1921 711,090 … 13,701 47,432 36,655 137,619
1931 728,623 … 12,865 39,444 34,025 135,957
1941 732,832 … 12,230 32,977 31,889 154,669
1951 623,087 3,626 10,137 23,515 26,431 134,336
1961 480,877 1,752 7,335 12,518 11,786 95,777
1971 366,110 1,042 4,543 6,008 5,485 61,257
1981 318,361 679 3,154 5,045 4,063 48,144
1991 280,043 725 2,361 3,980 3,252 38,076
1996 276,548 742 2,217 4,453 3,405 35,991
2001 246,923 643 1,845 3,923 3,034 32,139
2006 229,373 558 1,700 3,795 2,776 30,675
Number of farms by province: Part 2
  Total Ontario Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia
  number
1871 367,862 172,258 … … … …
1881 464,025 206,989 9,077 1,014 2 … 2,743
1891 1 542,181 216,195 22,008 9,244 3 … 6,490
1901 1 511,073 204,054 32,252 13,445 9,479 6,501
1911 1 682,329 212,108 43,631 4 95,013 4 60,559 4 16,958
1921 711,090 198,053 53,252 4 119,451 4 82,954 4 21,973
1931 728,623 192,174 54,199 136,472 97,408 26,079
1941 732,832 178,204 58,024 138,713 99,732 26,394
1951 623,087 149,920 52,383 112,018 84,315 26,406
1961 480,877 121,333 43,306 93,924 73,212 19,934
1971 366,110 94,722 34,981 76,970 62,702 18,400
1981 318,361 82,448 29,442 67,318 58,056 20,012
1991 280,043 68,633 25,706 60,840 57,245 19,225
1996 276,548 67,520 24,383 56,995 59,007 21,835
2001 246,923 59,728 21,071 50,598 53,652 20,290
2006 229,373 57,211 19,054 44,329 49,431 19,844
1.
Data exclude plots under one acre, to attain comparability with data for later years.
2.
Data include the portion of the Northwest Territories located west of Manitoba.
3.
Data include the districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
4.
Data exclude farms located on Indian reserves.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1999, Historical Statistics of Canada, Second Edition, F.H. Leacy (ed.), Catalogue no. 11-516-X. Statistics Canada, 2007, Selected Historical Data from the Census of Agriculture, Catalogue no. 95-632-X.
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