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| Rigid permanent | Flexible permanent | Temporary | Other types of roofs or covers | No cover | ||||||
| Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | |
| Canada | 3,840 | 22.5 | 230 | 1.3 | 275 | 1.6 | 480 | 2.8 | 12,910 | 75.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | X | X | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | F | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 30 | 30.0 | X | X | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | 65E | 65.0E |
| Nova Scotia | 100 | 33.3 | X | X | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 68.3 |
| New Brunswick | X | X | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | X | X | X | X |
| Quebec | 600 | 8.8 | 85 | 1.2 | X | X | X | X | 6,185 | 90.4 |
| Ontario | 1,720 | 30.7 | 70 | 1.2 | 60 | 1.1 | 220 | 3.9 | 3,970 | 70.8 |
| Manitoba | 640 | 49.6 | X | X | 120 | 9.3 | X | X | 520 | 40.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 180 | 41.4 | X | X | X | X | 45 | 10.3 | 215 | 49.4 |
| Alberta | 355 | 24.5 | X | X | X | X | 150 | 10.3 | 935 | 64.5 |
| British Columbia | 175 | 21.3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 655 | 79.9 |
| Note: The sum of the shares is greater than 100% as it was possible to report more than one type of roof or cover. | ||||||||||
| E use with caution | ||||||||||
| F too unreliable to be published. | ||||||||||
| X supressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act. | ||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Farm Environmental Management Survey. | ||||||||||