Appendix Table A.1 National statistics: selected variables for operators of census farms and their census farms, 2001

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Variables Total Number of operators Share of total operators Share of variable total
No off-farm work Some off-farm work No off-farm work Some off-farm work No off-farm work Some off-farm work
units percent
Total number of operators
Sex - Male 346,195 191,975 154,220 100.0 100.0 55.5 44.5
Sex - Female 91,180 4,565 41,615 25.8 27.0 54.4 45.6
Age - Under 35 years 39,915 17,610 22,310 9.2 14.5 44.1 55.9
Age - 35 to 54 years 185,575 86,145 99,430 44.9 64.5 46.4 53.6
Age - 55 years and over 120,705 88,225 32,485 46.0 21.1 73.1 26.9
Average age of operators 49.9 53.1 45.9 ... ... ... ...
Major type of farm enterprise (NAICS classification)
Cattle ranching and farming 125,795 76,265 49,530 39.7 32.1 60.6 39.4
Hog and pig farming 10,940 7,750 3,185 4.0 2.1 70.8 29.1
Poultry and egg production 7,240 4,255 2,980 2.2 1.9 58.8 41.2
Sheep and goat farming 6,235 2,395 3,840 1.2 2.5 38.4 61.6
Other animal production 33,665 13,340 20,325 6.9 13.2 39.6 60.4
Oilseed and grain farming 90,545 51,575 38,970 26.9 25.3 57.0 43.0
Vegetable and melon farming 7,315 4,745 2,575 2.5 1.7 64.9 35.2
Fruit and tree nut farming 11,050 5,610 5,445 2.9 3.5 50.8 49.3
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production 12,800 7,225 5,575 3.8 3.6 56.4 43.6
Other crop farming 40,605 18,825 21,785 9.8 14.1 46.4 53.7
Census farms reporting total gross farm receipts
Under $10,000 72,960 26,580 46,380 13.8 30.1 36.4 63.6
$10,000 to $49,999 101,685 45,145 56,535 23.5 36.7 44.4 55.6
$50,000 to $99,999 47,660 27,010 20,655 14.1 13.4 56.7 43.3
$100,000 to $249,999 68,205 48,080 20,125 25.0 13.0 70.5 29.5
$250,000 and over 55,685 45,160 10,530 23.5 6.8 81.1 18.9
Census farms reporting total farm capital
Under $100,000 15,680 6,270 9,410 3.3 6.1 40.0 60.0
$100,000 to $199,999 41,715 17,210 24,505 9.0 15.9 41.3 58.7
$200,000 to $499,999 119,055 54,545 64,510 28.4 41.8 45.8 54.2
$500,000 to $999,999 87,440 52,945 34,490 27.6 22.4 60.6 39.4
$1,000,000 and over 82,305 61,005 21,305 31.8 13.8 74.1 25.9
Census farms reporting total farm area
Under 10 acres (under 4 hectares) 17,795 7,890 9,905 4.1 6.4 44.3 55.7
10 to 69 acres (4 to 28 hectares) 47,035 19,850 27,190 10.3 17.6 42.2 57.8
70 to 239 acres (28 to 96 hectares) 98,385 48,390 49,990 25.2 32.4 49.2 50.8
240 to 559 acres (96 to 224 hectares) 74,455 43,930 30,530 22.9 19.8 59.0 41.0
560 to 1,599 acres (224 to 640 hectares) 69,720 44,050 25,665 22.9 16.6 63.2 36.8
1,600 acres and over (640 hectares and over) 38,805 27,870 10,930 14.5 7.1 71.8 28.2
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 95F0355XIE, and authors' calculation of these data.