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Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used by census division (CD), 2015
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Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used by census division (CD), 2015

Map description

This map shows the proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used by census division (CD), 2015.

Legend

The national average is 60.36%.

A colour is assigned to a category. Each category represents an interval of the proportion's values.

Provinces and territories are outlined in a thick black line.

Census divisions are outlined in a thin grey line.

An inset map has been provided to permit greater visibility for southern Ontario and Quebec.

Main cities are shown on the map.

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Legend. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizer were used and Colour (appearing as column headers).
Category Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used Colour
1 > 9% to 35% Light yellow
2 > 35% to 45% Yellow-orange
3 > 45% to 55% Medium orange
4 > 55% to 70% Medium brown
5 > 70% to 100% Dark brown
6 0% White
7 Suppressed / confidential White with black hatch
8 Outside agricultural ecumene Grey

Data table

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Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used by census division (CD), 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Proportion of farms reporting cropland where commercial fertilizers were used by census division (CD), 2015. The information is grouped by Census division unique identifier (appearing as row headers), Province / Territory, Census division name, Proportion (%) and Category (appearing as column headers).
Census division unique identifier Province / Territory Census division name Proportion (%) Category
1001 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 1 50.62 3
1002 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 2 100.00 5
1004 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 4 54.17 3
1005 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 5 84.85 5
1006 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 6 70.37 5
1007 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 7 57.14 4
1008 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 8 71.43 5
1009 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 9 50.00 3
1010 Newfoundland and Labrador Division No. 10 33.33 1
1101 Prince Edward Island Kings 57.08 4
1102 Prince Edward Island Queens 63.88 4
1103 Prince Edward Island Prince 72.31 5
1201 Nova Scotia Shelburne 45.45 3
1202 Nova Scotia Yarmouth 37.78 2
1203 Nova Scotia Digby 33.33 1
1204 Nova Scotia Queens 48.00 3
1205 Nova Scotia Annapolis 38.76 2
1206 Nova Scotia Lunenburg 63.69 4
1207 Nova Scotia Kings 61.05 4
1208 Nova Scotia Hants 56.15 4
1209 Nova Scotia Halifax 50.91 3
1210 Nova Scotia Colchester 55.49 4
1211 Nova Scotia Cumberland 55.63 4
1212 Nova Scotia Pictou 42.79 2
1213 Nova Scotia Guysborough 70.00 4
1214 Nova Scotia Antigonish 56.17 4
1215 Nova Scotia Inverness 37.63 2
1216 Nova Scotia Richmond 25.00 1
1217 Nova Scotia Cape Breton 38.18 2
1218 Nova Scotia Victoria 15.38 1
1301 New Brunswick Saint John 16.67 1
1302 New Brunswick Charlotte 52.05 3
1303 New Brunswick Sunbury 50.00 3
1304 New Brunswick Queens 32.00 1
1305 New Brunswick Kings 50.52 3
1306 New Brunswick Albert 38.24 2
1307 New Brunswick Westmorland 46.46 3
1308 New Brunswick Kent 48.12 3
1309 New Brunswick Northumberland 52.78 3
1310 New Brunswick York 49.69 3
1311 New Brunswick Carleton 70.82 5
1312 New Brunswick Victoria 72.92 5
1313 New Brunswick Madawaska 46.67 3
1314 New Brunswick Restigouche 38.71 2
1315 New Brunswick Gloucester 60.70 4
2401 Quebec Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine 9.52 1
2402 Quebec Le Rocher-Percé 39.13 2
2403 Quebec La Côte-de-Gaspé 27.27 1
2404 Quebec La Haute-Gaspésie 11.76 1
2405 Quebec Bonaventure 38.46 2
2406 Quebec Avignon 37.25 2
2407 Quebec La Matapédia 54.17 3
2408 Quebec Matane 38.46 2
2409 Quebec La Mitis 44.78 2
2410 Quebec Rimouski-Neigette 45.57 3
2411 Quebec Les Basques 46.09 3
2412 Quebec Rivière-du-Loup 53.69 3
2413 Quebec Témiscouata 33.95 1
2414 Quebec Kamouraska 56.93 4
2415 Quebec Charlevoix-Est 25.00 1
2416 Quebec Charlevoix 27.91 1
2417 Quebec L'Islet 35.68 2
2418 Quebec Montmagny 45.28 3
2419 Quebec Bellechasse 49.69 3
2420 Quebec L'Île-d'Orléans 73.10 5
2421 Quebec La Côte-de-Beaupré 29.49 1
2422 Quebec La Jacques-Cartier 28.57 1
2423 Quebec Québec 46.08 3
2425 Quebec Lévis 42.52 2
2426 Quebec La Nouvelle-Beauce 39.52 2
2427 Quebec Robert-Cliche 31.05 1
2428 Quebec Les Etchemins 29.00 1
2429 Quebec Beauce-Sartigan 42.58 2
2430 Quebec Le Granit 46.69 3
2431 Quebec Les Appalaches 38.77 2
2432 Quebec L'Érable 54.22 3
2433 Quebec Lotbinière 50.26 3
2434 Quebec Portneuf 55.37 4
2435 Quebec Mékinac 49.57 3
2436 Quebec Shawinigan 29.63 1
2437 Quebec Francheville 56.94 4
2438 Quebec Bécancour 64.72 4
2439 Quebec Arthabaska 63.72 4
2440 Quebec Les Sources 51.01 3
2441 Quebec Le Haut-Saint-François 54.39 3
2442 Quebec Le Val-Saint-François 43.34 2
2443 Quebec Sherbrooke 50.70 3
2444 Quebec Coaticook 68.60 4
2445 Quebec Memphrémagog 37.13 2
2446 Quebec Brome-Missisquoi 56.44 4
2447 Quebec La Haute-Yamaska 47.71 3
2448 Quebec Acton 66.24 4
2449 Quebec Drummond 69.57 4
2450 Quebec Nicolet-Yamaska 79.57 5
2451 Quebec Maskinongé 59.45 4
2452 Quebec D'Autray 56.10 4
2453 Quebec Pierre-De Saurel 72.98 5
2454 Quebec Les Maskoutains 81.94 5
2455 Quebec Rouville 77.47 5
2456 Quebec Le Haut-Richelieu 76.67 5
2457 Quebec La Vallée-du-Richelieu 74.32 5
2458 Quebec Longueuil 35.00 1
2459 Quebec Marguerite-D'Youville 72.84 5
2460 Quebec L'Assomption 68.46 4
2461 Quebec Joliette 60.22 4
2462 Quebec Matawinie 40.00 2
2463 Quebec Montcalm 68.01 4
2464 Quebec Les Moulins 41.77 2
2465 Quebec Laval 58.82 4
2466 Quebec Montréal 22.22 1
2467 Quebec Roussillon 74.05 5
2468 Quebec Les Jardins-de-Napierville 67.38 4
2469 Quebec Le Haut-Saint-Laurent 63.33 4
2470 Quebec Beauharnois-Salaberry 83.64 5
2471 Quebec Vaudreuil-Soulanges 66.58 4
2472 Quebec Deux-Montagnes 58.48 4
2473 Quebec Thérèse-De Blainville 60.87 4
2474 Quebec Mirabel 58.05 4
2475 Quebec La Rivière-du-Nord 21.28 1
2476 Quebec Argenteuil 46.71 3
2477 Quebec Les Pays-d'en-Haut 20.00 1
2478 Quebec Les Laurentides 18.99 1
2479 Quebec Antoine-Labelle 35.80 2
2480 Quebec Papineau 29.81 1
2481 Quebec Gatineau 30.77 1
2482 Quebec Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais 18.41 1
2483 Quebec La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau 17.33 1
2484 Quebec Pontiac 39.37 2
2485 Quebec Témiscamingue 50.51 3
2486 Quebec Rouyn-Noranda 21.95 1
2487 Quebec Abitibi-Ouest 38.85 2
2488 Quebec Abitibi 22.58 1
2489 Quebec La Vallée-de-l'Or 24.00 1
2490 Quebec La Tuque 23.53 1
2491 Quebec Le Domaine-du-Roy 43.54 2
2492 Quebec Maria-Chapdelaine 53.15 3
2493 Quebec Lac-Saint-Jean-Est 50.36 3
2494 Quebec Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord 47.44 3
2495 Quebec La Haute-Côte-Nord 47.22 3
2496 Quebec Manicouagan 45.24 3
2499 Quebec Nord-du-Québec 60.00 4
3501 Ontario Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 65.42 4
3502 Ontario Prescott and Russell 64.77 4
3506 Ontario Ottawa 57.49 4
3507 Ontario Leeds and Grenville 48.48 3
3509 Ontario Lanark 35.30 2
3510 Ontario Frontenac 26.11 1
3511 Ontario Lennox and Addington 40.00 2
3512 Ontario Hastings 49.40 3
3513 Ontario Prince Edward 50.00 3
3514 Ontario Northumberland 58.14 4
3515 Ontario Peterborough 49.51 3
3516 Ontario Kawartha Lakes 54.91 3
3518 Ontario Durham 56.22 4
3519 Ontario York 54.77 3
3520 Ontario Toronto 36.96 2
3521 Ontario Peel 48.94 3
3522 Ontario Dufferin 58.53 4
3523 Ontario Wellington 72.24 5
3524 Ontario Halton 50.00 3
3525 Ontario Hamilton 56.90 4
3526 Ontario Niagara 57.62 4
3528 Ontario Haldimand-Norfolk 70.51 5
3529 Ontario Brant 74.52 5
3530 Ontario Waterloo 70.69 5
3531 Ontario Perth 77.77 5
3532 Ontario Oxford 78.15 5
3534 Ontario Elgin 78.21 5
3536 Ontario Chatham-Kent 85.20 5
3537 Ontario Essex 71.06 5
3538 Ontario Lambton 77.60 5
3539 Ontario Middlesex 78.97 5
3540 Ontario Huron 81.55 5
3541 Ontario Bruce 73.55 5
3542 Ontario Grey 60.39 4
3543 Ontario Simcoe 56.95 4
3544 Ontario Muskoka 19.39 1
3546 Ontario Haliburton 31.03 1
3547 Ontario Renfrew 37.89 2
3548 Ontario Nipissing 40.33 2
3549 Ontario Parry Sound 18.18 1
3551 Ontario Manitoulin 32.35 1
3552 Ontario Sudbury 30.89 1
3553 Ontario Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 44.32 2
3554 Ontario Timiskaming 55.28 4
3556 Ontario Cochrane 40.58 2
3557 Ontario Algoma 43.81 2
3558 Ontario Thunder Bay 42.47 2
3559 Ontario Rainy River 50.47 3
3560 Ontario Kenora 34.55 1
4601 Manitoba Division No. 1 43.57 2
4602 Manitoba Division No. 2 60.09 4
4603 Manitoba Division No. 3 78.77 5
4604 Manitoba Division No. 4 79.04 5
4605 Manitoba Division No. 5 70.73 5
4606 Manitoba Division No. 6 58.85 4
4607 Manitoba Division No. 7 69.25 4
4608 Manitoba Division No. 8 71.01 5
4609 Manitoba Division No. 9 71.01 5
4610 Manitoba Division No. 10 82.70 5
4611 Manitoba Division No. 11 50.00 3
4612 Manitoba Division No. 12 61.50 4
4613 Manitoba Division No. 13 55.60 4
4614 Manitoba Division No. 14 65.96 4
4615 Manitoba Division No. 15 69.90 4
4616 Manitoba Division No. 16 64.97 4
4617 Manitoba Division No. 17 63.11 4
4618 Manitoba Division No. 18 53.33 3
4619 Manitoba Division No. 19 40.32 2
4620 Manitoba Division No. 20 65.50 4
4621 Manitoba Division No. 21 59.70 4
4622 Manitoba Division No. 22 0.00 6
4701 Saskatchewan Division No. 1 59.15 4
4702 Saskatchewan Division No. 2 57.27 4
4703 Saskatchewan Division No. 3 62.07 4
4704 Saskatchewan Division No. 4 53.67 3
4705 Saskatchewan Division No. 5 64.39 4
4706 Saskatchewan Division No. 6 65.55 4
4707 Saskatchewan Division No. 7 64.28 4
4708 Saskatchewan Division No. 8 72.43 5
4709 Saskatchewan Division No. 9 65.61 4
4710 Saskatchewan Division No. 10 73.37 5
4711 Saskatchewan Division No. 11 67.91 4
4712 Saskatchewan Division No. 12 69.19 4
4713 Saskatchewan Division No. 13 78.44 5
4714 Saskatchewan Division No. 14 71.11 5
4715 Saskatchewan Division No. 15 70.18 5
4716 Saskatchewan Division No. 16 64.70 4
4717 Saskatchewan Division No. 17 58.79 4
4718 Saskatchewan Division No. 18 11.11 1
4801 Alberta Division No. 1 63.98 4
4802 Alberta Division No. 2 73.69 5
4803 Alberta Division No. 3 61.42 4
4804 Alberta Division No. 4 52.69 3
4805 Alberta Division No. 5 73.50 5
4806 Alberta Division No. 6 59.55 4
4807 Alberta Division No. 7 65.78 4
4808 Alberta Division No. 8 64.70 4
4809 Alberta Division No. 9 42.03 2
4810 Alberta Division No. 10 67.77 4
4811 Alberta Division No. 11 47.09 3
4812 Alberta Division No. 12 43.66 2
4813 Alberta Division No. 13 49.21 3
4814 Alberta Division No. 14 29.07 1
4815 Alberta Division No. 15 50.98 3
4816 Alberta Division No. 16 0.00 6
4817 Alberta Division No. 17 45.84 3
4818 Alberta Division No. 18 28.76 1
4819 Alberta Division No. 19 54.40 3
5901 British Columbia East Kootenay 45.71 3
5903 British Columbia Central Kootenay 35.68 2
5905 British Columbia Kootenay Boundary 38.50 2
5907 British Columbia Okanagan-Similkameen 57.23 4
5909 British Columbia Fraser Valley 53.06 3
5915 British Columbia Greater Vancouver 43.41 2
5917 British Columbia Capital 28.67 1
5919 British Columbia Cowichan Valley 36.18 2
5921 British Columbia Nanaimo 41.21 2
5923 British Columbia Alberni-Clayoquot 39.68 2
5924 British Columbia Strathcona 33.33 1
5926 British Columbia Comox Valley 53.47 3
5927 British Columbia Powell River 28.81 1
5929 British Columbia Sunshine Coast 18.97 1
5931 British Columbia Squamish-Lillooet 26.73 1
5933 British Columbia Thompson-Nicola 35.29 2
5935 British Columbia Central Okanagan 49.10 3
5937 British Columbia North Okanagan 35.79 2
5939 British Columbia Columbia-Shuswap 28.91 1
5941 British Columbia Cariboo 39.20 2
5943 British Columbia Mount Waddington 0.00 6
5945 British Columbia Central Coast 13.33 1
5947 British Columbia Skeena-Queen Charlotte 21.43 1
5949 British Columbia Kitimat-Stikine 34.78 1
5951 British Columbia Bulkley-Nechako 49.59 3
5953 British Columbia Fraser-Fort George 44.76 2
5955 British Columbia Peace River 24.61 1
5959 British Columbia Northern Rockies 26.32 1
6001 Yukon Yukon 32.97 1

Source

Statistics Canada, Agriculture Division, Census of Agriculture, 2016.

Map produced by Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis, Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada, 2018.

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