Table 5.1

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Proportion of crop farms using commercial fertilizers and pesticides, by province or region, 2011
  Commercial fertilizers or micronutrients applied Application of herbicides Application of insecticides Application of fungicides
  percent
Canada 69 69 15 23
Atlantic provinces 65 57 34 34
Quebec 66 62 11 10
Ontario 75 70 16 25
Manitoba 75 77 15 42
Saskatchewan 69 79 14 24
Alberta 65 65 11 15
British Columbia 63 40 28 29
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 2013, Farm Environmental Management Survey, special tabulation. Statistics Canada, 2013, Farm Environmental Management Survey, 2011, Catalogue no. 21-023-X.
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