Table 4.2
Biomass provisioning services, agricultural ecosystems, by type of product and province
2020 | 2016 | Total estimated production | ||||
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Field crops (excluding corn for silage and tame hay) | Corn for silage and tame hay | Fruit and vegetables | Honey and maple products | Grazed forage production on pasture | ||
tonnes | ||||||
Total | 100,236,400 | 29,130,800 | 7,790,717 | 123,529 | 11,965,330 | 149,246,776 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 14,500 | 5,794 | Note .: not available for any reference period | 11,242 | 31,536 |
Prince Edward Island | 238,900 | 345,300 | 975,383 | 72 | 31,654 | 1,591,309 |
Nova Scotia | 80,900 | 419,200 | 130,737 | 513 | 61,482 | 692,832 |
New Brunswick | 75,600 | 260,700 | 553,898 | 3,452 | 45,985 | 939,635 |
Quebec | 5,062,300 | 4,691,700 | 1,479,409 | 81,001 | 341,846 | 11,656,257 |
Ontario | 16,158,300 | 6,510,700 | 1,883,164 | 6,676 | 734,490 | 25,293,330 |
Manitoba | 13,333,600 | 3,353,600 | 1,113,513 | 9,369 | 908,535 | 18,718,618 |
Saskatchewan | 39,064,300 | 3,394,900 | 67,517 | 7,123 | 3,888,253 | 46,422,094 |
Alberta | 25,928,200 | 8,397,500 | 1,115,719 | 13,578 | 5,132,279 | 40,587,276 |
British Columbia | 277,900 | 1,742,700 | 445,065 | 1,744 | 809,562 | 3,276,971 |
. not available for any reference period Notes: Agricultural production is reported as a proxy of the provisioning ecosystem service provided by agricultural ecosystems. Provincial data that are unavailable or data that are suppressed to meet confidentiality or data quality standards are not included in total. For more information about definitions, sources and methods, see Appendix A. Sources: Statistics Canada, Tables 32-10-0359-01, 32-10-0365-01, 32-10-0364-01, 32-10-0358-01, 32-10-0353-01, 32-10-0354-01 and 32-10-0406-01 (accessed March 16, 2021); Yungblut, D. 2012, National Forage and Grassland Assessment, http://www.canadianfga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/V1-Final-June-2012-Report-National-Forage-and-Grassland-Assessment-formatted.pdf (accessed December 3, 2019). |
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