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| Concrete | Steel | Geomembrane | Compacted soil | Other types of construction material | ||||||
| Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | Number of farms | % | |
| Canada | 13,225 | 77.2 | 1,310 | 7.6 | 105 | 0.6 | 4,470 | 26.1 | 370 | 2.2 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | F | F | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | X | X | 0 | 0.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 95E | 95.0E | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nova Scotia | 240 | 80.0 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 30.0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| New Brunswick | X | X | X | X | 0 | 0.0 | 85E | 50.0E | X | X |
| Quebec | 6,065 | 88.4 | 585 | 8.5 | X | X | 865 | 12.6 | X | X |
| Ontario | 4,430 | 78.4 | 460 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,565 | 27.7 | 85 | 1.5 |
| Manitoba | 745 | 56.9 | X | X | X | X | 540 | 41.2 | 95 | 7.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 235 | 56.6 | 30 | 7.2 | X | X | 195 | 47.0 | X | X |
| Alberta | 645 | 44.0 | 40 | 2.7 | 35 | 2.4 | 825 | 56.3 | 50 | 3.4 |
| British Columbia | 635 | 77.4 | 85 | 10.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 275 | 33.5 | 55 | 6.7 |
| Note: The sum of the shares is greater than 100% as it was possible to report more than one type of material. | ||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||