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Table 53Average farm size, by province, 1981 to 2001

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Average farm size, by province, 1981 to 2001
  1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 Percent change
      km 2  %
Canada 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 31.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 28.6
Prince Edward Island 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 57.8
Nova Scotia 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 13.0
New Brunswick 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 18.5
Quebec 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 35.9
Ontario 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 26.0
Manitoba 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.6 39.4
Saskatchewan 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.2 34.8
Alberta 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.9 19.5
British Columbia 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 17.4
Source(s):
CANSIM table 153-0039.