Table 2
Specialized greenhouse vegetable and fruit producers' area

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Specialized greenhouse vegetable and fruit producers' area
  Total greenhouse operations Area Total months of operation
Total greenhouse area Glass Rigid plastic 1 Poly-film
  number square feet square metres square feet square metres square feet square metres square feet square metres number
2009  
Atlantic provinces 35 r 472,130 E 43,862 E F F x x 333,460 E 30,979 E 250 r
Quebec 190 7,688,840 r 714,316 r 2,095,480 r 194,676 r F F 4,397,360 r 408,528 r 1,485 r
Ontario 240 82,673,310 r 7,680,599 r 22,032,820 r 2,046,915 r 6,674,605 r 620,091 r 53,965,885 r 5,013,593 r 2,780 r
Prairie provinces 80 4,821,950 r 447,974 r x x F F 4,345,160 403,678 730
British Columbia 105 27,134,935 r 2,520,917 r 25,198,920 r 2,341,055 r 152,955 E r 14,210  E r 1,783,060 r 165,652 r 870 r
Canada 650 r 122,791,165 r 11,407,668 r 49,779,290 r 4,624,645 r 8,186,950 r 760,592 r 64,824,925 r 6,022,430 r 6,115 r
2010  
Atlantic provinces 40 428,630 39,821 107,390 E 9,977 E F F 303,940 28,237 280
Quebec 205 8,420,005 782,244 F F F F 4,590,085 426,433 1,540
Ontario 255 86,697,435 8,054,452 20,845,025 1,936,565 F F 64,321,400 5,975,651 2,710
Prairie provinces 80 5,734,990 532,798 F F F F 4,848,170 450,410 840
British Columbia 120 29,265,235 2,718,828 27,829,075 2,585,405 F F 1,274,650 118,419 1,110
Canada 700 130,546,295 12,128,142 52,027,330 4,833,495 3,180,720 295,498 75,338,245 6,999,149 6,480
1.
Includes all other types of enclosed protection used for growing plants, such as rigid insulation, mine shafts, barns and shelters.