Section 1 - A statistical portrait of agriculture, Canada and provinces: census years 1921 to 2006

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  • Canada
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec

  • Ontario
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia

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    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Canada 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 711,090 728,623 732,832 623,087 574,993 480,877 430,503 366,110 338,552 318,361 293,089 280,043 276,548 246,923 229,373
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 140,887,903 163,114,034 173,563,282 174,046,222 173,919,214 172,542,461 174,120,560 169,664,166 169,082,181 162,815,073 167,601,113 167,423,057 168,167,475 166,802,197 167,010,491
    Hectares1 57,015,306 66,009,901 70,238,561 70,434,000 70,382,601 69,825,449 70,464,083 68,660,645 68,425,124 65,888,916 67,825,757 67,753,700 68,054,956 67,502,447 67,586,741
    Farms reporting 711,090 728,623 732,832 623,087 574,993 480,877 430,503 366,110 338,552 318,361 293,089 280,043 276,548 246,923 229,373
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 198 224 237 279 302 359 404 463 499 511 572 598 608 676 728
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 50,033,611 58,339,948 56,279,910 62,212,086 62,943,946 62,435,008 69,052,785 68,765,273 70,038,204 76,518,197 81,992,625 82,799,535 86,286,078 89,934,387 88,741,106
    Hectares 20,247,882 23,609,337 22,775,669 25,176,335 25,472,509 25,266,549 27,944,668 27,828,316 28,343,453 30,965,812 33,181,235 33,507,780 34,918,733 36,395,151 35,912,247
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 544,125 459,550 407,721 338,429 312,302 291,879 264,141 248,147 237,760 215,581 194,717
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 116 136 169 203 224 262 310 334 363 417 456
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 20,276,070 26,355,136 21,949,523 25,254,988 22,780,100 25,315,917 29,692,638 19,407,681 27,760,083 30,769,618 35,163,021 34,997,892 30,688,674 26,836,192 24,266,011
    Hectares 8,205,434 10,665,544 8,882,656 10,220,330 9,218,778 10,244,987 12,016,183 7,854,009 11,234,106 12,452,021 14,229,968 14,163,143 12,419,264 10,860,220 9,820,105
    Farms reporting 381,293 .. .. .. 228,281 207,907 177,921 137,291 135,320 127,359 119,718 105,805 93,545 72,778 60,743
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 53 ... ... ... 100 122 167 141 205 242 294 331 328 369 400
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 14,228,252 12,837,736 12,275,729 12,491,490 11,704,896 11,738,149 9,147,926 8,105,755 7,081,906 5,002,978 3,979,372 3,047,074 5,052,683 4,670,615 5,099,298
    Hectares 5,757,969 5,195,247 4,967,811 5,055,126 4,736,803 4,750,260 3,702,034 3,280,282 2,865,945 2,024,633 1,610,395 1,233,107 2,044,748 1,890,131 2,063,612
    Farms reporting 572,034 481,893 485,065 .. 355,490 320,952 245,757 177,028 140,658 98,645 72,999 54,969 57,214 45,817 41,577
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 25 27 25 ... 33 37 37 46 50 51 55 55 88 102 123
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 2,171,984 3,791,395 5,311,508 7,839,707 8,390,338 5,528,413 7,462,215 13,979,189 10,903,427 13,484,516 12,486,511 11,180,156 12,951,236 11,606,068 9,118,090
    Hectares 878,971 1,534,323 2,149,491 3,172,617 3,395,449 2,237,269 3,019,851 5,657,176 4,412,460 5,456,989 5,053,111 4,524,448 5,241,179 4,696,809 3,689,960
    Farms reporting 217,047 216,039 217,524 174,146 154,089 98,213 105,661 140,054 99,582 102,190 97,037 82,677 76,900 60,467 43,411
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 10 18 24 45 54 56 71 100 109 132 129 135 168 192 210
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 231,359 134,991 341,488 318,995 523,170 407,174 808,572 1,416,011 1,760,902 2,821,253 2,456,399 2,732,235 2,797,622 3,211,150 2,752,716
    Hectares 93,628 54,629 138,195 129,093 211,719 164,777 327,217 573,039 712,612 1,141,720 994,069 1,105,696 1,132,157 1,299,506 1,113,984
    Farms reporting .. 21,920 22,285 .. 29,703 21,354 24,844 28,535 28,318 33,543 28,424 27,819 28,203 27,842 21,494
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 6 15 ... 18 19 33 50 62 84 86 98 99 115 128
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 463,599 648,100 1,008,377 1,161,413 3,042,425 2,083,218 1,918,769 1,766,960 815,422 1,183,119 1,867,783 1,236,107 1,463,121 1,647,384 1,996,549
    Hectares 187,612 262,277 408,076 470,007 1,231,226 843,048 776,498 715,063 329,990 478,791 755,865 500,235 592,104 666,673 807,975
    Farms reporting .. 12,826 10,409 29,308 46,837 34,039 27,620 24,473 11,255 12,083 14,213 9,883 10,335 9,467 9,211
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 51 97 40 65 61 69 72 72 98 131 125 142 174 217
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 555,290 591,804 479,910 287,561 314,534 305,692 320,814 269,599 264,313 272,728 275,589 302,435 371,421 418,783 401,583
    Hectares 224,718 239,495 194,213 116,372 127,287 123,709 129,829 109,103 106,964 110,369 111,527 122,391 150,309 169,475 162,515
    Farms reporting 524,272 505,057 527,976 366,114 302,185 217,137 169,210 12,441 9,134 7,139 4,885 4,692 4,989 3,887 3,667
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 22 29 38 56 64 74 108 110

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Newfoundland and Labrador

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Newfoundland and Labrador 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms .. .. .. 3,626 2,387 1,752 1,709 1,042 878 679 651 725 742 643 558
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 .. .. .. 85,040 71,814 54,561 49,513 62,704 80,058 82,667 90,345 117,011 108,320 100,271 89,441
    Hectares1 .. .. .. 34,414 29,062 22,080 20,037 25,375 32,398 33,454 36,561 47,353 43,836 40,578 36,195
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 3,626 2,387 1,752 1,709 1,042 878 679 651 725 742 643 558
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... 23 30 31 29 60 91 122 139 161 146 156 160
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 20,271 15,968 12,919 12,409 8,736 10,627 11,722 12,049 15,503 17,742 20,843 22,671
    Hectares .. .. .. 8,203 6,462 5,228 5,022 3,535 4,301 4,744 4,876 6,274 7,180 8,435 9,175
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 2,186 1,648 1,369 715 682 534 431 468 502 477 404
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 7 8 9 12 16 22 28 33 35 44 56
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 0 1 1 7 0 69 1 x 0 12 23 36
    Hectares .. .. .. 0 0 0 3 0 28 0 x 0 5 9 15
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 2 0 3 6 3
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 1 1 4 ... 14 1 ... 0 4 4 12
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 277 127 565 384 239 482 708 620 337 209 158 132
    Hectares .. .. .. 112 51 229 155 97 195 287 251 136 85 64 53
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 55 184 143 52 71 82 62 38 40 26 15
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 2 3 3 5 7 9 10 9 5 6 9
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 0 1 25 4 14 27 8 0 0 97 13 76
    Hectares .. .. .. 0 0 10 2 6 11 3 0 0 39 5 31
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 9 3 7
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 1 25 4 14 9 8 ... ... 11 4 11
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0
    Hectares .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 ... ... ... ... ...
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Hectares .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres .. .. .. 2,505 2,148 1,975 1,817 1,194 1,172 978 586 667 843 629 805
    Hectares .. .. .. 1,014 869 799 735 483 474 396 237 270 341 255 326
    Farms reporting .. .. .. 3,224 1,826 1,422 1,165 351 327 236 156 177 208 152 132
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Prince Edward Island

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Prince Edward Island 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 13,701 12,865 12,230 10,137 9,432 7,335 6,357 4,543 3,677 3,154 2,833 2,361 2,217 1,845 1,700
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 1,216,483 1,191,202 1,168,868 1,095,304 1,065,463 960,157 926,978 774,630 731,035 699,367 673,196 639,693 655,365 646,137 619,885
    Hectares1 492,293 482,062 473,024 443,254 431,178 388,562 375,135 313,482 295,839 283,024 272,433 258,875 265,217 261,482 250,859
    Farms reporting 13,701 12,865 12,230 10,137 9,432 7,335 6,357 4,543 3,677 3,154 2,833 2,361 2,217 1,845 1,700
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 89 93 96 108 113 131 146 171 199 222 238 271 296 350 365
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 461,322 497,114 470,351 426,210 419,099 391,112 398,373 351,384 391,534 391,118 386,715 380,796 420,971 433,641 423,281
    Hectares 186,690 201,175 190,344 172,481 169,603 158,277 161,216 142,200 158,448 158,280 156,498 154,103 170,361 175,488 171,296
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 9,169 7,161 6,184 4,289 3,525 2,955 2,511 2,090 1,938 1,684 1,524
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 46 55 64 82 111 132 154 182 217 258 278
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 26,828 20,032 9,764 4,727 3,060 4,056 2,111 6,609 16,197 8,127 11,803 11,321 23,637 28,433 27,872
    Hectares 10,857 8,107 3,951 1,913 1,238 1,641 854 2,675 6,555 3,289 4,777 4,581 9,566 11,506 11,279
    Farms reporting 9,432 .. .. .. 1,023 830 495 511 618 274 224 186 230 221 187
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 3 ... ... ... 3 5 4 13 26 30 53 61 103 129 149
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 162,625 148,817 128,202 101,253 98,011 99,886 87,527 52,257 48,957 34,444 27,172 17,540 15,080 13,088 12,551
    Hectares 65,812 60,224 51,882 40,976 39,664 40,422 35,421 21,148 19,812 13,939 10,996 7,098 6,103 5,297 5,079
    Farms reporting 12,678 10,906 9,958 .. 6,313 5,075 4,096 2,100 1,549 962 666 507 389 325 281
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 13 14 13 ... 16 20 21 25 32 36 41 35 39 40 45
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 4,056 3,775 13,409 4,062 894 1,168 11,584 32,134 26,090 53,237 68,002 84,183 90,576 95,406 79,248
    Hectares 1,641 1,528 5,426 1,644 362 473 4,688 13,004 10,558 21,544 27,519 34,068 36,655 38,609 32,071
    Farms reporting 2,425 1,470 3,224 910 226 164 860 972 511 691 765 836 821 725 561
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 3 4 4 4 7 13 33 51 77 89 101 110 132 141
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 35 8 10 46 176 103 139 131 649 289 710 465 1,403 2,479 2,022
    Hectares 14 3 4 19 71 42 56 53 263 117 287 188 568 1,003 818
    Farms reporting .. 39 5 .. 76 64 57 23 55 45 29 21 29 36 15
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 0 2 ... 2 2 2 6 12 6 24 22 48 69 135
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 66 3 14 7 3 3 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 251
    Hectares 27 1 6 3 1 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 102
    Farms reporting .. 8 12 6 2 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 0 1 1 2 1 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 31,716 53,815 40,330 29,607 42,545 46,173 52,148 46,752 51,621 63,878 64,219 77,809 108,158 106,889 97,637
    Hectares 12,835 21,778 16,321 11,982 17,217 18,686 21,104 18,920 20,890 25,851 25,989 31,488 43,770 43,256 39,512
    Farms reporting 12,521 11,350 10,778 8,297 7,398 5,712 4,515 1,710 1,097 823 656 613 652 468 412
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 3 5 4 4 6 8 12 27 47 78 98 127 166 228 237

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Nova Scotia

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Nova Scotia 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 47,432 39,444 32,977 23,515 21,075 12,518 9,621 6,008 5,434 5,045 4,283 3,980 4,453 3,923 3,795
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 4,723,550 4,302,031 3,816,646 3,173,691 2,775,642 2,230,395 1,851,895 1,328,875 1,218,953 1,151,567 1,029,211 981,086 1,055,941 1,005,833 995,943
    Hectares1 1,911,553 1,740,970 1,544,542 1,284,347 1,123,262 902,609 749,435 537,777 493,293 466,023 416,507 397,031 427,324 407,046 403,044
    Farms reporting 47,432 39,444 32,977 23,515 21,075 12,518 9,621 6,008 5,434 5,045 4,283 3,980 4,453 3,923 3,795
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 100 109 116 135 132 178 192 221 224 228 240 247 237 256 262
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 688,060 623,714 575,934 477,459 416,235 329,114 314,143 242,959 275,934 278,690 270,609 262,503 277,658 294,596 288,146
    Hectares 278,448 252,408 233,072 193,221 168,444 133,188 127,129 98,322 111,667 112,782 109,512 106,231 112,364 119,219 116,609
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 19,499 11,655 8,684 4,948 4,666 4,363 3,459 3,209 3,277 3,122 3,025
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 21 28 36 49 59 64 78 82 85 94 95
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 12,585 2,935 1,869 1,247 813 1,359 1,385 4,860 3,774 7,131 x 3,789 6,743 7,284 5,994
    Hectares 5,093 1,188 756 505 329 550 560 1,967 1,527 2,886 x 1,533 2,729 2,948 2,426
    Farms reporting 7,879 .. .. .. 277 255 210 272 183 227 163 123 131 121 111
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 ... ... ... 3 5 7 18 21 31 ... 31 51 60 54
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 102,788 85,378 70,810 71,143 43,311 43,936 31,422 21,755 25,912 20,980 16,284 10,743 7,254 6,753 6,025
    Hectares 41,597 34,551 28,656 28,791 17,527 17,780 12,716 8,804 10,486 8,490 6,590 4,348 2,936 2,733 2,438
    Farms reporting 27,538 18,983 15,533 .. 7,417 5,954 4,086 1,946 1,841 1,406 946 681 497 410 325
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 4 4 5 ... 6 7 8 11 14 15 17 16 15 16 19
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 6,160 7,833 11,317 4,434 1,526 1,101 3,589 8,699 4,546 8,612 12,762 13,067 12,433 11,783 7,268
    Hectares 2,493 3,170 4,580 1,794 618 446 1,452 3,520 1,840 3,485 5,165 5,288 5,031 4,768 2,941
    Farms reporting 6,039 4,513 5,236 1,616 588 321 472 516 291 359 458 454 391 317 236
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 2 2 3 3 3 8 17 16 24 28 29 32 37 31
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 61 24 21 19 61 89 77 2,969 2,887 4,562 4,883 3,808 6,712 6,865 7,724
    Hectares 25 10 8 8 25 36 31 1,202 1,168 1,846 1,976 1,541 2,716 2,778 3,126
    Farms reporting .. 88 7 .. 26 45 29 87 67 95 94 69 90 94 79
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 0 3 ... 2 2 3 34 43 48 52 55 75 73 98
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 2 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 x x 12
    Hectares 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 x x 5
    Farms reporting .. 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 3
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 3 0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 ... ... 4
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 34,603 22,664 18,590 11,331 10,212 8,138 6,231 3,487 3,681 3,818 4,033 4,386 4,749 5,114 2,623
    Hectares 14,003 9,172 7,523 4,585 4,133 3,293 2,522 1,411 1,490 1,545 1,632 1,775 1,922 2,070 1,061
    Farms reporting 40,723 32,394 28,439 18,604 14,222 8,445 5,913 409 353 302 154 137 152 111 90
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 10 13 26 32 31 46 30

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    New Brunswick

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    New Brunswick 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 36,655 34,025 31,889 26,431 22,116 11,786 8,706 5,485 4,551 4,063 3,554 3,252 3,405 3,034 2,776
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 4,269,560 4,151,596 3,964,109 3,470,234 2,981,449 2,199,675 1,811,695 1,339,133 1,153,438 1,082,045 1,010,396 928,205 953,873 958,899 976,629
    Hectares1 1,727,829 1,680,091 1,604,218 1,404,354 1,206,549 890,177 733,167 541,928 466,780 437,888 408,893 375,631 386,019 388,053 395,228
    Farms reporting 36,655 34,025 31,889 26,431 22,116 11,786 8,706 5,485 4,551 4,063 3,554 3,252 3,405 3,034 2,776
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 116 122 124 131 135 187 208 244 253 266 284 285 280 316 352
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 905,685 968,339 865,914 711,647 617,279 482,548 427,832 322,310 338,706 322,538 319,940 302,079 333,611 367,898 375,590
    Hectares 366,518 391,873 350,423 287,993 249,804 195,280 173,137 130,434 137,069 130,526 129,475 122,247 135,008 148,883 151,996
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 20,606 11,255 8,125 4,795 4,033 3,559 2,913 2,587 2,587 2,521 2,256
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 30 43 53 67 84 91 110 117 129 146 167
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 12,641 7,952 4,424 3,350 2,121 2,527 4,008 6,173 5,760 8,658 9,448 5,470 8,651 10,291 3,398
    Hectares 5,116 3,218 1,790 1,356 858 1,023 1,622 2,498 2,331 3,504 3,823 2,214 3,501 4,165 1,375
    Farms reporting 6,961 .. .. .. 615 494 427 332 276 317 251 134 127 111 57
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 ... ... ... 3 5 9 19 21 27 38 41 68 93 60
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 212,274 217,920 190,604 184,483 129,694 111,004 80,323 56,795 56,847 42,149 32,366 21,755 23,520 21,309 24,978
    Hectares 85,904 88,189 77,135 74,658 52,485 44,922 32,506 22,984 23,005 17,057 13,098 8,804 9,518 8,623 10,108
    Farms reporting 29,409 24,374 22,398 .. 11,670 7,785 5,209 2,642 2,196 1,576 1,158 829 823 687 563
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 7 9 9 ... 11 14 15 22 26 27 28 26 29 31 44
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 4,625 9,979 15,972 13,599 4,034 3,193 5,638 7,614 7,067 9,640 26,220 31,648 40,867 43,995 33,238
    Hectares 1,872 4,038 6,464 5,503 1,633 1,292 2,282 3,081 2,860 3,901 10,611 12,807 16,538 17,804 13,451
    Farms reporting 2,591 3,430 4,967 3,117 879 550 598 450 353 355 487 510 511 438 326
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 3 3 4 5 6 9 17 20 27 54 62 80 100 102
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 471 29 23 81 91 111 111 65 292 750 821 662 447 1,182 4,368
    Hectares 191 12 9 33 37 45 45 26 118 304 332 268 181 478 1,768
    Farms reporting .. 76 23 .. 64 57 42 24 36 45 23 20 19 35 41
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 0 1 ... 1 2 3 3 8 17 36 33 24 34 107
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 10 99 7 3 29 9 58 0 1 0 0 0 x x 520
    Hectares 4 40 3 1 12 4 23 0 0 0 0 0 x x 210
    Farms reporting .. 27 1 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 4 7 1 3 5 29 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 58
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 62,769 60,260 44,092 38,123 46,190 54,165 64,901 59,421 55,521 53,793 48,466 50,621 54,064 58,366 59,870
    Hectares 25,402 24,386 17,843 15,428 18,692 21,920 26,265 24,047 22,469 21,769 19,613 20,486 21,879 23,620 24,229
    Farms reporting 32,442 29,053 27,395 20,004 14,953 8,190 5,471 1,212 997 740 547 442 439 374 341
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 2 2 2 3 7 12 49 56 73 89 115 123 156 176

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Quebec

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Quebec 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 137,619 135,957 154,669 134,336 122,617 95,777 80,294 61,257 51,587 48,144 41,448 38,076 35,991 32,139 30,675
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 17,257,012 17,304,164 18,062,564 16,786,405 15,910,128 14,198,492 12,886,069 10,801,116 9,906,319 9,338,532 8,991,673 8,474,751 8,540,488 8,443,656 8,557,101
    Hectares1 6,983,664 7,002,746 7,309,660 6,793,216 6,438,600 5,745,925 5,214,807 4,371,056 4,008,945 3,779,169 3,638,801 3,429,610 3,456,213 3,417,026 3,462,935
    Farms reporting 137,619 135,957 154,669 134,336 122,617 95,777 80,294 61,257 51,587 48,144 41,448 38,076 35,991 32,139 30,675
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 125 127 117 125 130 148 160 176 192 194 217 223 237 263 279
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 6,000,956 6,140,299 6,137,521 5,790,359 5,549,524 5,213,302 5,166,421 4,337,236 4,565,290 4,339,264 4,310,496 4,048,706 4,296,697 4,571,296 4,777,225
    Hectares 2,428,500 2,484,891 2,483,766 2,343,275 2,245,812 2,109,748 2,090,776 1,755,217 1,847,507 1,756,038 1,744,396 1,638,453 1,738,811 1,849,938 1,933,274
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 118,841 93,586 78,133 57,549 48,463 42,646 36,035 31,160 28,676 26,036 23,967
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 47 56 66 75 94 102 120 130 150 176 199
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 101,564 39,220 21,025 12,239 15,052 10,604 29,046 39,100 78,782 101,076 132,386 92,567 85,650 84,753 134,118
    Hectares 41,101 15,872 8,509 4,953 6,091 4,291 11,754 15,823 31,882 40,904 53,575 37,461 34,661 34,298 54,276
    Farms reporting 44,666 .. .. .. 3,127 1,931 2,361 2,335 3,185 3,352 3,058 1,939 1,923 1,743 2,031
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 ... ... ... 5 5 12 17 25 30 43 48 45 49 66
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 1,629,621 1,657,452 1,585,967 1,471,908 1,257,817 1,416,149 1,211,649 884,529 796,270 516,843 290,520 238,082 210,301 230,445 310,737
    Hectares 659,484 670,747 641,818 595,660 509,020 573,095 490,337 357,956 322,239 209,159 117,569 96,348 85,106 93,258 125,751
    Farms reporting 117,442 104,695 116,749 .. 85,734 76,524 59,722 38,960 29,638 19,581 12,594 9,422 7,215 5,894 5,901
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 14 16 14 ... 15 19 20 23 27 26 23 25 29 39 53
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 105,130 96,762 117,579 61,561 31,560 21,158 15,500 38,052 46,698 261,837 433,331 388,913 309,438 393,993 261,514
    Hectares 42,545 39,158 47,583 24,913 12,772 8,562 6,273 15,399 18,898 105,962 175,363 157,387 125,225 159,443 105,831
    Farms reporting 48,546 31,979 31,853 11,492 5,994 3,068 1,947 3,144 3,083 8,615 11,341 9,596 7,502 7,275 4,701
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 12 15 30 38 41 41 54 56
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 13,716 6,712 4,238 2,989 12,342 6,174 17,713 137,927 154,670 408,827 579,116 725,893 819,833 1,076,578 1,000,848
    Hectares 5,551 2,716 1,715 1,210 4,995 2,499 7,168 55,817 62,593 165,446 234,360 293,758 331,775 435,676 405,029
    Farms reporting .. 6,283 3,181 .. 2,817 1,705 1,945 4,139 3,682 5,483 5,739 6,136 6,783 7,656 6,339
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 1 1 ... 4 4 9 33 42 75 101 118 121 141 158
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 1,509 1,208 788 2,697 1,976 7,441 18,469 4,193 1,048 163 0 75 223 1,165 2,661
    Hectares 611 489 319 1,091 800 3,011 7,474 1,697 424 66 0 30 90 471 1,077
    Farms reporting .. 845 245 414 230 297 376 91 24 13 0 3 14 38 105
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 1 3 7 9 25 49 46 44 13 ... 25 16 31 25
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 146,311 146,190 144,320 92,024 99,276 80,319 74,731 47,535 43,020 42,432 42,673 43,280 46,263 47,190 47,466
    Hectares 59,210 59,161 58,404 37,241 40,176 32,504 30,243 19,237 17,410 17,172 17,269 17,515 18,722 19,097 19,209
    Farms reporting 121,325 110,707 125,309 95,796 70,817 51,969 34,484 4,914 3,282 2,170 1,254 994 864 640 583
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 10 13 20 34 44 54 74 81

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Ontario

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Ontario 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 198,053 192,174 178,204 149,920 140,602 121,333 109,887 94,722 88,801 82,448 72,713 68,633 67,520 59,728 57,211
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 22,628,901 22,840,898 22,387,981 20,880,054 19,879,646 18,578,507 17,826,045 15,963,056 15,473,011 14,923,280 13,953,009 13,470,653 13,879,565 13,507,357 13,310,216
    Hectares1 9,157,590 9,243,383 9,060,094 8,449,857 8,045,006 7,518,454 7,213,944 6,460,019 6,261,705 6,039,237 5,646,582 5,451,379 5,616,860 5,466,233 5,386,453
    Farms reporting 198,053 192,174 178,204 149,920 140,602 121,333 109,887 94,722 88,801 82,448 72,713 68,633 67,520 59,728 57,211
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 114 119 126 139 141 153 162 169 174 181 192 196 206 226 233
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 9,381,017 9,590,735 9,261,626 8,645,302 8,219,407 7,990,358 8,358,741 7,855,890 8,665,845 8,976,664 8,544,820 8,430,414 8,759,707 9,035,915 9,046,383
    Hectares 3,796,362 3,881,232 3,748,047 3,498,629 3,326,276 3,233,583 3,382,662 3,179,166 3,506,943 3,632,727 3,457,966 3,411,667 3,544,927 3,656,705 3,660,941
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 132,159 114,950 103,445 86,545 82,211 76,264 65,943 61,353 59,269 53,799 50,169
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 62 70 81 91 105 118 130 137 148 168 180
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 692,172 633,486 611,157 747,302 642,079 581,379 363,153 355,818 534,183 527,042 717,131 446,685 778,952 670,857 1,235,390
    Hectares 280,112 256,363 247,326 302,422 259,840 235,276 146,963 143,994 216,176 213,286 290,213 180,767 315,231 271,486 499,945
    Farms reporting 103,473 .. .. .. 48,877 36,699 21,715 15,725 17,307 16,394 17,724 12,062 15,282 11,565 14,682
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 7 ... ... ... 13 16 17 23 31 32 40 37 51 58 84
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 2,850,940 2,362,050 2,003,533 1,778,439 1,426,550 1,833,178 1,280,062 650,430 544,797 326,383 261,941 186,394 98,357 101,670 131,952
    Hectares 1,153,734 955,888 810,801 719,709 577,304 741,861 518,023 263,220 220,472 132,083 106,004 75,431 39,804 41,144 53,399
    Farms reporting 159,000 124,919 111,661 .. 73,214 74,619 53,942 29,556 23,575 14,514 11,010 8,136 4,740 4,550 4,362
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 18 19 18 ... 19 25 24 22 23 23 24 23 21 22 30
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 412,483 449,347 355,825 194,147 104,875 77,894 265,083 385,651 370,888 466,602 602,515 486,774 332,821 308,728 221,029
    Hectares 166,926 181,844 143,997 78,568 42,441 31,523 107,275 156,067 150,093 188,827 243,829 196,990 134,688 124,938 89,447
    Farms reporting 70,914 60,606 43,921 18,489 10,755 7,164 12,818 13,829 11,484 12,230 14,171 11,586 8,456 7,498 5,139
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 6 7 8 11 10 11 21 28 32 38 43 42 39 41 43
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 211,284 125,117 250,984 289,263 501,553 395,714 786,194 1,263,187 1,580,228 2,171,777 1,829,220 1,891,687 1,895,650 2,003,025 1,577,862
    Hectares 85,504 50,633 101,570 117,061 202,971 160,140 318,161 511,194 639,496 878,887 740,259 765,538 767,142 810,595 638,538
    Farms reporting .. 15,117 16,886 .. 26,216 19,191 22,570 24,040 24,258 26,616 22,250 21,041 20,823 19,244 14,304
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 8 15 ... 19 21 35 53 65 82 82 90 91 104 110
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 4,953 5,549 10,672 65,755 17,194 21,285 14,522 1,348 12,338 11,123 8,437 2,140 1,582 1,983 4,257
    Hectares 2,004 2,246 4,319 26,610 6,958 8,614 5,877 546 4,993 4,501 3,414 866 640 802 1,723
    Farms reporting .. 980 950 3,145 848 740 490 45 287 258 200 43 47 48 79
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 6 11 21 20 29 30 30 43 43 42 50 34 41 54
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 165,580 171,175 123,093 54,894 53,651 51,462 52,100 40,055 45,724 39,115 34,940 35,070 39,905 43,396 38,155
    Hectares 67,008 69,272 49,814 22,215 21,712 20,826 21,084 16,210 18,504 15,829 14,140 14,192 16,149 17,562 15,441
    Farms reporting 157,551 139,513 123,615 64,951 46,357 34,627 26,987 2,309 1,933 1,711 1,165 1,113 1,218 876 904
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 17 24 23 30 32 33 50 42

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Manitoba

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Manitoba 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 53,252 54,199 58,024 52,383 49,201 43,306 39,747 34,981 32,104 29,442 27,336 25,706 24,383 21,071 19,054
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 14,615,844 15,131,685 16,891,322 17,730,393 17,931,817 18,169,951 19,083,817 19,008,259 19,026,255 18,819,365 19,126,517 19,088,868 19,106,531 18,784,407 19,073,005
    Hectares1 5,914,822 6,123,575 6,835,675 7,175,235 7,256,748 7,353,118 7,722,946 7,692,369 7,699,651 7,615,926 7,740,226 7,724,990 7,732,138 7,601,779 7,718,570
    Farms reporting 53,252 54,199 58,024 52,383 49,201 43,306 39,747 34,981 32,104 29,442 27,336 25,706 24,383 21,071 19,054
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 274 279 291 338 364 420 480 543 593 639 700 743 784 891 1,001
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 5,858,683 5,846,030 6,327,967 7,335,184 7,686,013 7,688,728 8,693,682 9,122,474 9,507,495 10,922,971 11,167,521 11,764,813 11,611,844 11,650,599 11,616,450
    Hectares 2,370,925 2,365,804 2,560,837 2,968,443 3,110,419 3,111,518 3,518,208 3,691,734 3,847,546 4,420,369 4,519,335 4,761,050 4,699,146 4,714,830 4,701,010
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 45,899 40,338 36,747 32,229 29,444 27,242 24,683 23,563 21,527 18,836 16,660
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 167 191 237 283 323 401 452 499 539 619 697
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 2,819,428 2,617,051 2,465,222 2,325,989 2,198,882 2,913,795 3,254,843 2,519,381 3,815,904 3,936,072 4,925,628 5,372,101 4,196,643 3,922,050 3,298,217
    Hectares 1,140,982 1,059,083 997,640 941,294 889,856 1,179,171 1,317,188 1,019,557 1,544,241 1,592,872 1,993,331 2,174,012 1,698,321 1,587,197 1,334,741
    Farms reporting 40,714 .. .. .. 32,421 32,171 28,574 24,317 22,487 19,928 17,870 16,219 12,480 9,447 7,156
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 69 ... ... ... 68 91 114 104 170 198 276 331 336 415 461
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 1,792,917 1,518,390 1,320,591 1,681,127 2,052,633 1,849,875 1,622,977 1,468,339 1,276,426 675,172 481,985 383,999 1,045,586 904,608 945,847
    Hectares 725,568 614,471 534,424 680,328 830,671 748,618 656,795 594,216 516,551 273,232 195,052 155,399 423,134 366,082 382,771
    Farms reporting 46,041 38,007 38,939 .. 38,056 32,157 26,803 22,139 17,331 10,829 7,569 5,924 8,678 6,451 5,798
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 39 40 34 ... 54 58 61 66 74 62 64 65 120 140 163
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 823,242 1,128,815 1,541,389 2,040,271 1,547,837 654,530 875,230 2,051,794 1,647,364 2,326,775 1,589,039 1,345,382 1,557,585 1,165,693 837,758
    Hectares 333,154 456,815 623,778 825,668 626,387 264,879 354,193 830,331 666,664 941,612 643,061 544,457 630,332 471,739 339,029
    Farms reporting 33,697 36,512 35,932 35,887 28,266 12,625 13,641 20,942 14,781 15,833 11,800 9,446 9,067 6,006 4,339
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 24 31 43 57 55 52 64 98 111 147 135 142 172 194 193
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 781 957 76,906 24,969 7,085 4,052 2,931 9,088 16,562 221,095 33,669 99,973 69,206 110,470 150,420
    Hectares 316 387 31,123 10,105 2,867 1,640 1,186 3,678 6,702 89,474 13,625 40,458 28,007 44,706 60,873
    Farms reporting .. 111 1,655 .. 357 202 131 152 126 1,116 230 458 363 542 577
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 9 46 ... 20 20 22 60 131 198 146 218 191 204 261
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 54,139 101,364 172,250 654,995 788,855 748,296 1,107,388 565,551 523,294 710,354 1,024,423 617,968 569,069 436,526 383,509
    Hectares 21,909 41,021 69,707 265,067 319,238 302,825 448,144 228,870 211,770 287,470 414,569 250,083 230,294 176,656 155,201
    Farms reporting .. 2,609 3,257 15,698 14,832 12,700 15,268 9,515 7,142 7,166 7,479 4,912 4,030 2,799 2,212
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 39 53 42 53 59 73 59 73 99 137 126 141 156 173
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 30,396 37,938 33,206 15,846 16,503 18,316 24,479 32,678 34,580 40,916 46,417 49,478 70,063 77,586 80,631
    Hectares 12,301 15,353 13,438 6,413 6,679 7,412 9,906 13,224 13,994 16,558 18,784 20,023 28,353 31,398 32,630
    Farms reporting 37,333 37,776 42,280 33,925 30,549 21,851 18,763 461 274 271 204 227 272 225 229
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 71 126 151 228 218 258 345 352

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Saskatchewan

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Saskatchewan 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 119,451 136,472 138,713 112,018 103,391 93,924 85,686 76,970 70,958 67,318 63,431 60,840 56,995 50,598 44,329
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 44,022,907 55,673,460 59,960,927 61,663,195 62,793,979 64,415,518 65,409,363 65,056,875 65,511,431 64,116,652 65,728,443 66,386,074 65,653,588 64,903,830 64,253,845
    Hectares1 17,815,437 22,530,248 24,265,324 24,954,207 25,411,819 26,068,033 26,470,227 26,327,580 26,511,533 25,947,086 26,599,354 26,865,488 26,569,062 26,265,645 26,002,605
    Farms reporting 119,451 136,472 138,713 112,018 103,391 93,924 85,686 76,970 70,958 67,318 63,431 60,840 56,995 50,598 44,329
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 369 408 432 550 607 686 763 845 923 952 1,036 1,091 1,152 1,283 1,450
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 17,822,620 22,128,952 19,767,341 23,705,575 24,480,501 23,923,192 27,018,238 27,339,147 26,195,439 29,012,310 32,928,799 33,257,706 35,579,845 37,994,752 36,967,225
    Hectares 7,212,558 8,955,268 7,999,558 9,593,305 9,906,906 9,681,371 10,933,892 11,063,759 10,600,917 11,740,864 13,325,811 13,458,915 14,398,651 15,375,929 14,960,103
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 100,686 91,773 83,729 74,897 68,589 65,113 61,217 58,650 54,226 48,055 41,056
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 243 261 323 365 382 446 538 567 656 791 900
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 11,684,292 15,026,185 12,194,866 15,634,917 14,568,515 16,082,054 19,405,301 12,923,117 17,695,114 19,369,974 21,659,919 21,241,647 18,164,337 15,183,095 13,036,335
    Hectares 4,728,465 6,080,881 4,935,087 6,327,226 5,895,668 6,508,176 7,853,046 5,229,799 7,160,958 7,838,750 8,765,457 8,596,189 7,350,846 6,144,380 5,275,617
    Farms reporting 104,337 .. .. .. 91,155 86,827 79,153 65,933 62,877 59,292 55,202 51,081 43,007 33,577 24,488
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 112 ... ... ... 160 185 245 196 281 327 392 416 422 452 532
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 4,860,202 4,294,934 4,025,664 3,965,272 3,669,504 3,109,256 2,188,069 2,397,492 1,893,349 1,456,691 994,759 829,590 2,181,977 1,947,583 2,316,791
    Hectares 1,966,854 1,738,098 1,629,128 1,604,688 1,484,995 1,258,271 885,480 970,230 766,211 589,502 402,565 335,723 883,015 788,159 937,572
    Farms reporting 105,798 94,916 95,117 .. 72,474 60,823 44,916 40,488 30,410 22,873 15,246 12,217 18,472 14,316 13,173
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 46 45 42 ... 51 51 49 59 62 64 65 68 118 136 176
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 419,893 1,374,972 1,658,947 2,448,738 3,026,988 1,838,540 2,255,033 5,570,815 2,968,921 3,693,411 3,679,144 3,319,087 4,720,112 4,598,043 3,522,510
    Hectares 169,925 556,431 671,352 990,969 1,224,978 744,031 912,579 2,254,429 1,201,480 1,494,670 1,488,897 1,343,187 1,910,161 1,860,762 1,425,509
    Farms reporting 26,957 50,177 48,046 49,553 53,439 31,937 32,166 55,463 31,217 29,898 26,820 22,807 24,967 20,013 14,028
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 16 27 35 49 57 58 70 100 95 124 137 146 189 230 251
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 2,351 1,011 5,758 936 401 223 101 35 1,229 2,282 290 548 225 2,854 4,251
    Hectares 951 409 2,330 379 162 90 41 14 497 923 117 222 91 1,155 1,720
    Farms reporting .. 56 310 .. 20 20 9 5 17 36 12 7 7 79 59
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 18 19 ... 20 11 11 7 72 63 24 78 32 36 72
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 369,371 509,074 688,905 295,893 1,709,685 941,055 429,027 924,785 204,959 359,009 749,936 544,613 857,695 1,167,418 1,544,879
    Hectares 149,479 206,015 278,790 119,744 691,885 380,831 173,621 374,247 82,944 145,286 303,488 220,397 347,097 472,437 625,190
    Farms reporting .. 7,692 4,596 6,219 22,286 14,363 6,214 11,560 2,833 3,635 5,821 4,328 5,952 6,297 6,414
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 66 150 48 77 66 69 80 72 99 129 126 144 185 241
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 35,701 42,913 35,954 15,709 14,556 11,933 8,496 3,255 1,967 2,497 3,943 4,461 6,888 12,607 11,138
    Hectares 14,448 17,366 14,550 6,357 5,891 4,829 3,438 1,317 796 1,010 1,596 1,805 2,787 5,102 4,507
    Farms reporting 69,359 82,008 90,495 66,767 61,444 46,269 35,545 165 101 159 147 176 232 214 210
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 19 16 27 25 30 59 53

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    Alberta

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    Alberta 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 82,954 97,408 99,732 84,315 79,424 73,212 69,411 62,702 61,130 58,056 57,777 57,245 59,007 53,652 49,431
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 29,293,053 38,977,457 43,277,295 44,459,632 45,970,395 47,228,653 48,982,875 49,506,287 49,928,771 47,218,170 51,040,463 51,425,111 51,964,360 52,058,898 52,127,857
    Hectares1 11,854,477 15,773,616 17,513,698 17,992,173 18,603,557 19,112,756 19,822,664 20,034,481 20,205,455 19,108,513 20,655,340 20,811,002 21,029,228 21,067,486 21,095,393
    Farms reporting 82,954 97,408 99,732 84,315 79,424 73,212 69,411 62,702 61,130 58,056 57,777 57,245 59,007 53,652 49,431
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 353 400 434 527 579 645 706 790 817 813 883 898 881 970 1,055
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 8,523,589 12,039,310 12,284,123 14,427,631 14,850,171 15,614,839 17,707,659 18,092,544 18,877,471 20,858,765 22,641,092 22,961,142 23,590,033 24,038,861 23,775,509
    Hectares 3,449,374 4,872,135 4,971,208 5,838,655 6,009,650 6,319,100 7,166,035 7,321,792 7,639,441 8,441,242 9,162,524 9,292,044 9,546,547 9,728,181 9,621,606
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 75,873 70,067 65,664 58,410 55,847 53,323 52,347 50,732 50,268 46,028 41,172
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 196 223 270 310 338 391 433 453 469 522 578
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 4,885,933 7,942,856 6,555,840 6,423,899 5,295,675 5,632,843 6,505,722 3,443,311 5,545,301 6,705,436 7,601,700 7,714,992 7,324,846 6,852,596 6,467,628
    Hectares 1,977,267 3,214,359 2,653,054 2,599,659 2,143,083 2,279,530 2,632,772 1,393,458 2,244,103 2,713,593 3,076,299 3,122,146 2,964,260 2,773,147 2,617,356
    Farms reporting 59,562 .. .. .. 48,838 46,995 43,495 26,821 27,506 26,801 24,652 23,534 19,930 15,596 11,791
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 82 ... ... ... 108 120 150 128 202 250 308 328 368 439 549
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 2,546,167 2,465,688 2,856,563 3,107,009 2,934,733 3,149,515 2,539,417 2,443,445 2,296,623 1,806,315 1,758,409 1,285,430 1,386,179 1,364,674 1,269,229
    Hectares 1,030,397 997,828 1,156,010 1,257,362 1,187,644 1,274,563 1,027,665 988,827 929,410 730,990 711,603 520,195 560,967 552,264 513,639
    Farms reporting 67,373 60,591 68,933 .. 56,521 52,927 42,609 35,651 30,566 23,932 21,381 15,780 15,015 12,074 10,154
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 38 41 41 ... 52 60 60 69 75 75 82 81 92 113 125
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 390,609 710,472 1,579,048 3,040,775 3,606,192 2,867,425 3,880,178 5,688,715 5,630,002 6,432,958 5,892,677 5,404,324 5,775,824 4,902,090 4,094,689
    Hectares 158,074 287,518 639,018 1,230,558 1,459,374 1,160,406 1,570,252 2,302,141 2,278,381 2,603,325 2,384,682 2,187,052 2,337,393 1,983,805 1,657,062
    Farms reporting 24,684 26,404 42,555 51,515 52,146 40,886 41,377 43,141 36,274 32,795 29,765 26,371 24,314 17,548 13,529
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 16 27 37 59 69 70 94 132 155 196 198 205 238 279 303
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 2,356 890 3,247 394 1,028 411 716 2,070 2,787 11,402 7,235 8,670 2,559 5,018 4,326
    Hectares 953 360 1,314 159 416 166 290 838 1,128 4,614 2,928 3,509 1,036 2,031 1,751
    Farms reporting .. 51 103 .. 44 24 23 39 43 73 31 46 24 70 56
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 17 32 ... 23 17 31 53 65 156 233 188 107 72 77
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 33,467 30,519 133,033 135,394 511,053 362,023 347,446 270,753 73,281 102,345 84,572 70,506 34,082 40,219 60,372
    Hectares 13,544 12,351 53,837 54,792 206,816 146,505 140,606 109,570 29,656 41,418 34,225 28,533 13,792 16,276 24,432
    Farms reporting .. 628 1,272 3,617 8,343 5,841 5,216 3,252 954 1,009 707 586 285 279 379
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 49 105 37 61 62 67 83 77 101 120 120 120 144 159
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 28,009 36,256 24,539 17,730 19,451 20,920 25,412 26,139 16,218 16,628 22,450 28,339 31,488 58,341 54,759
    Hectares 11,335 14,672 9,931 7,175 7,872 8,466 10,284 10,578 6,563 6,729 9,085 11,468 12,743 23,610 22,160
    Farms reporting 39,933 49,364 63,206 46,116 48,425 33,992 32,097 344 284 277 267 362 456 434 402
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 76 57 60 84 78 69 134 136

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

    British Columbia

    Table 1.1
    Selected agricultural data, number and area of farms, Land in crops and selected crop data, Canada and provinces, census years 1921 to 2006
    British Columbia 1921 1931 1941 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
    Total number of farms 21,973 26,079 26,394 26,406 24,748 19,934 19,085 18,400 19,432 20,012 19,063 19,225 21,835 20,290 19,844
    Total area of farms  Empty cell
    Acres1 2,860,593 3,541,541 4,033,570 4,702,274 4,538,881 4,506,552 5,292,310 5,823,231 6,052,910 5,383,428 5,957,860 5,911,605 6,249,444 6,392,909 7,006,569
    Hectares1 1,157,641 1,433,211 1,632,328 1,902,943 1,836,820 1,823,737 2,141,722 2,356,578 2,449,526 2,178,596 2,411,060 2,392,341 2,529,060 2,587,118 2,835,458
    Farms reporting 21,973 26,079 26,394 26,406 24,748 19,934 19,085 18,400 19,432 20,012 19,063 19,225 21,835 20,290 19,844
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 130 136 153 178 183 226 277 316 311 269 313 307 286 315 353
    Land in crops 2  Empty cell
    Acres 391,679 505,455 589,133 672,448 689,749 788,896 955,287 1,092,593 1,209,863 1,404,155 1,410,584 1,375,873 1,397,970 1,525,986 1,448,626
    Hectares 158,507 204,550 238,414 272,130 279,131 319,255 386,591 442,157 489,614 568,241 570,843 556,796 565,738 617,545 586,238
    Farms reporting .. .. .. .. 19,207 17,117 15,641 14,052 14,842 15,880 14,602 14,335 15,490 15,023 14,484
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... ... ... ... 36 46 61 78 82 88 97 96 90 102 100
    Total wheat  Empty cell
    Acres 40,627 65,419 85,356 101,318 53,902 87,299 127,062 109,312 64,999 106,101 98,693 109,320 99,203 76,810 57,023
    Hectares 16,441 26,474 34,542 41,002 21,813 35,329 51,420 44,237 26,304 42,938 39,940 44,240 40,146 31,084 23,076
    Farms reporting 4,269 .. .. .. 1,947 1,704 1,489 1,045 876 773 572 527 432 391 237
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 10 ... ... ... 28 51 85 105 74 137 173 207 230 196 241
    Oats 3,4  Empty cell
    Acres 70,718 87,107 93,795 130,579 92,516 124,785 106,096 130,474 142,243 123,293 115,316 73,204 84,220 80,327 81,056
    Hectares 28,619 35,251 37,957 52,843 37,440 50,499 42,936 52,801 57,564 49,895 46,667 29,625 34,083 32,507 32,802
    Farms reporting 6,755 4,502 5,777 .. 4,036 4,904 4,231 3,494 3,481 2,890 2,367 1,435 1,345 1,084 1,005
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 10 19 16 ... 23 25 25 37 41 43 49 51 63 74 81
    Barley 4,5  Empty cell
    Acres 5,786 9,440 18,022 32,120 66,431 63,379 150,376 195,701 201,824 231,436 182,821 106,778 111,483 86,324 60,760
    Hectares 2,342 3,820 7,293 12,999 26,884 25,649 60,855 79,197 81,675 93,659 73,985 43,212 45,116 34,934 24,589
    Farms reporting 1,194 948 1,790 1,567 1,795 1,497 1,781 1,596 1,585 1,413 1,430 1,071 862 644 545
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 5 10 10 20 37 42 84 123 127 164 128 100 129 134 112
    Corn for grain 4  Empty cell
    Acres 304 243 301 298 433 297 590 539 1,598 202 455 529 1,587 2,679 895
    Hectares 123 98 122 121 175 120 239 218 647 82 184 214 642 1,084 362
    Farms reporting .. 99 115 .. 83 46 38 26 34 32 16 21 65 86 24
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 2 3 ... 5 6 16 21 47 6 28 25 24 31 37
    Flaxseed 4  Empty cell
    Acres 82 257 2,707 6,669 13,630 3,106 1,728 330 501 125 415 786 466 57 88
    Hectares 33 104 1,095 2,699 5,516 1,257 699 134 203 51 168 318 189 23 36
    Farms reporting .. 29 73 206 285 93 44 10 14 2 6 7 4 3 5
    Average area in acres per farm reporting ... 9 37 32 48 33 39 33 36 63 69 112 117 19 18
    Potatoes 4,6  Empty cell
    Acres 20,205 20,593 15,786 9,792 10,002 12,291 10,499 9,083 10,809 8,673 7,862 8,324 9,000 8,665 8,499
    Hectares 8,177 8,334 6,388 3,963 4,048 4,974 4,249 3,676 4,374 3,510 3,182 3,369 3,642 3,507 3,439
    Farms reporting 13,085 12,892 16,459 8,430 6,194 4,660 4,270 566 486 450 335 451 496 393 364
    Average area in acres per farm reporting 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 16 22 19 23 18 18 22 23

    Symbols

    • x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
    • 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
    • xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class
    • .. not available for a specific reference period
    • ...not applicable

    Notes

    The definition of a census farm changed between 1921 and 2006. These changes affect the comparability of data among censuses. For a summary of these changes, refer to Census terms.

    Data for Newfoundland are not included in the Canada figures for the 1921, 1931 and 1941 Censuses of Agriculture since Newfoundland did not join Canada until 1949.

    1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four Western provinces.
    2. For each of the censuses conducted between 1921 and 1976, "Land in crops" included field crops, vegetables, fruits and nursery crops. Since 1981, the definition of "Land in crops" has been expanded to include sod.
    3. Since 1991, the data reported are for total oats, since the questionnaire made no distinction between the "Oats for grain" and the "Oats for fodder" components of "Oats".
    4. In 1931 and 1941, the number of farms reporting "Oats for grain," "Barley," "Corn for grain," "Flaxseed" and "Potatoes" are for 1930 and 1940 respectively. However, the area reported for each of these five field crops is for the census years 1931 and 1941.
    5. In 1981, the data reported pertain to "Barley for grain" only.
    6. From 1921 to 1966, both the area of potatoes grown and the number of farms reporting figures included potatoes grown for both home use and for sale. Since 1971, the data presented include only potatoes grown for sale.

    Source

    Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.