Table 4-1
Irrigation volume per hectare by crop type, 2010 — Province or region
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Field crops 1 | Fruit | Vegetable | Hay 2 | Improved pasture 3 | All crops | |
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cubic metres per hectare | ||||||
Canada 4 | 1,334 | 3,123 | 867 | 2,180 | 1,926 | 1,586 |
Atlantic region | 999 E | 3,254 E | 1,046 | … | … | 1,682 |
Quebec | 937 | 805 E | 912 | … | … | 896 |
Ontario | 725 | 1,921 | 741 | … | … | 914 |
Manitoba | 1,535 | 787 | 1,495 | … | … | 1,521 |
Saskatchewan | 832 | 37 | 1,008 | 1,678 | 798 E | 1,113 |
Alberta | 1,350 | 216 | 1,093 | 1,537 | 1,589 | 1,398 |
British Columbia | 2,303 | 4,312 | 421 | 3,371 | 3,525 | 3,046 |
Includes annual field crops and tame forages,
including barley and potatoes.
Includes any cultivated grass or legume crop
which has been (or will be) cut and dried principally for hay or ensilage.
Includes land that has been altered from its
natural state by seeding, draining, irrigating, fertilizing or brush- or weed-control
measures.
Excludes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and
Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 2011, Environment Accounts and Statistics
Division, Agricultural Water Survey (survey number 5145).
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