Thematic maps from the Census of Agriculture
Average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016
Canada
Map description
This map shows the average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016.
Legend
The national average is 55.3 years.
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.
Two different scales are shown, one for the main map and one for the inset map.
Category | Average age of farm operators | Colour |
---|---|---|
1 | > 48 to 52 | Light yellow |
2 | > 52 to 54 | Yellow-orange |
3 | > 54 to 56 | Medium orange |
4 | > 56 to 58 | Medium brown |
5 | > 58 to 62 | Dark brown |
6 | Not available | White |
7 | Suppressed / confidential | White with black hatch |
8 | Outside agricultural ecumene | Grey |
Data table
Census division unique identifier | Province / Territory | Census division name | Average age | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
1001 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 1 | 56.9 | 4 |
1002 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 2 | 56.5 | 4 |
1004 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 4 | 56.5 | 4 |
1005 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 5 | 55.8 | 3 |
1006 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 6 | 53.2 | 2 |
1007 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 7 | 53.7 | 2 |
1008 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 8 | 54.0 | 2 |
1009 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 9 | 56.1 | 4 |
1010 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Division No. 10 | 48.7 | 1 |
1101 | Prince Edward Island | Kings | 56.8 | 4 |
1102 | Prince Edward Island | Queens | 55.2 | 3 |
1103 | Prince Edward Island | Prince | 55.3 | 3 |
1201 | Nova Scotia | Shelburne | 60.0 | 5 |
1202 | Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | 60.2 | 5 |
1203 | Nova Scotia | Digby | 52.5 | 2 |
1204 | Nova Scotia | Queens | 56.7 | 4 |
1205 | Nova Scotia | Annapolis | 55.4 | 3 |
1206 | Nova Scotia | Lunenburg | 57.4 | 4 |
1207 | Nova Scotia | Kings | 55.3 | 3 |
1208 | Nova Scotia | Hants | 54.5 | 3 |
1209 | Nova Scotia | Halifax | 56.3 | 4 |
1210 | Nova Scotia | Colchester | 57.4 | 4 |
1211 | Nova Scotia | Cumberland | 59.4 | 5 |
1212 | Nova Scotia | Pictou | 59.1 | 5 |
1213 | Nova Scotia | Guysborough | 61.5 | 5 |
1214 | Nova Scotia | Antigonish | 57.3 | 4 |
1215 | Nova Scotia | Inverness | 57.0 | 4 |
1216 | Nova Scotia | Richmond | 56.1 | 4 |
1217 | Nova Scotia | Cape Breton | 60.9 | 5 |
1218 | Nova Scotia | Victoria | 59.7 | 5 |
1301 | New Brunswick | Saint John | 60.2 | 5 |
1302 | New Brunswick | Charlotte | 58.9 | 5 |
1303 | New Brunswick | Sunbury | 56.2 | 4 |
1304 | New Brunswick | Queens | 61.1 | 5 |
1305 | New Brunswick | Kings | 55.6 | 3 |
1306 | New Brunswick | Albert | 57.4 | 4 |
1307 | New Brunswick | Westmorland | 55.9 | 3 |
1308 | New Brunswick | Kent | 57.6 | 4 |
1309 | New Brunswick | Northumberland | 56.4 | 4 |
1310 | New Brunswick | York | 58.2 | 5 |
1311 | New Brunswick | Carleton | 54.5 | 3 |
1312 | New Brunswick | Victoria | 54.1 | 3 |
1313 | New Brunswick | Madawaska | 54.9 | 3 |
1314 | New Brunswick | Restigouche | 54.6 | 3 |
1315 | New Brunswick | Gloucester | 57.8 | 4 |
2401 | Quebec | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 51.3 | 1 |
2402 | Quebec | Le Rocher-Percé | 54.5 | 3 |
2403 | Quebec | La Côte-de-Gaspé | 56.2 | 4 |
2404 | Quebec | La Haute-Gaspésie | 53.0 | 2 |
2405 | Quebec | Bonaventure | 52.2 | 2 |
2406 | Quebec | Avignon | 53.3 | 2 |
2407 | Quebec | La Matapédia | 51.2 | 1 |
2408 | Quebec | Matane | 53.7 | 2 |
2409 | Quebec | La Mitis | 51.3 | 1 |
2410 | Quebec | Rimouski-Neigette | 52.8 | 2 |
2411 | Quebec | Les Basques | 52.9 | 2 |
2412 | Quebec | Rivière-du-Loup | 51.5 | 1 |
2413 | Quebec | Témiscouata | 51.9 | 1 |
2414 | Quebec | Kamouraska | 51.0 | 1 |
2415 | Quebec | Charlevoix-Est | 56.4 | 4 |
2416 | Quebec | Charlevoix | 52.1 | 2 |
2417 | Quebec | L'Islet | 54.1 | 3 |
2418 | Quebec | Montmagny | 54.4 | 3 |
2419 | Quebec | Bellechasse | 53.0 | 2 |
2420 | Quebec | L'Île-d'Orléans | 54.1 | 3 |
2421 | Quebec | La Côte-de-Beaupré | 55.2 | 3 |
2422 | Quebec | La Jacques-Cartier | 54.1 | 3 |
2423 | Quebec | Québec | 55.2 | 3 |
2425 | Quebec | Lévis | 54.9 | 3 |
2426 | Quebec | La Nouvelle-Beauce | 52.4 | 2 |
2427 | Quebec | Robert-Cliche | 54.3 | 3 |
2428 | Quebec | Les Etchemins | 55.6 | 3 |
2429 | Quebec | Beauce-Sartigan | 55.2 | 3 |
2430 | Quebec | Le Granit | 54.5 | 3 |
2431 | Quebec | Les Appalaches | 54.4 | 3 |
2432 | Quebec | L'Érable | 53.0 | 2 |
2433 | Quebec | Lotbinière | 52.2 | 2 |
2434 | Quebec | Portneuf | 53.8 | 2 |
2435 | Quebec | Mékinac | 52.0 | 1 |
2436 | Quebec | Shawinigan | 55.5 | 3 |
2437 | Quebec | Francheville | 54.0 | 2 |
2438 | Quebec | Bécancour | 53.1 | 2 |
2439 | Quebec | Arthabaska | 51.7 | 1 |
2440 | Quebec | Les Sources | 51.8 | 1 |
2441 | Quebec | Le Haut-Saint-François | 55.4 | 3 |
2442 | Quebec | Le Val-Saint-François | 53.2 | 2 |
2443 | Quebec | Sherbrooke | 52.3 | 2 |
2444 | Quebec | Coaticook | 51.6 | 1 |
2445 | Quebec | Memphrémagog | 56.4 | 4 |
2446 | Quebec | Brome-Missisquoi | 55.7 | 3 |
2447 | Quebec | La Haute-Yamaska | 53.9 | 2 |
2448 | Quebec | Acton | 52.2 | 2 |
2449 | Quebec | Drummond | 52.1 | 2 |
2450 | Quebec | Nicolet-Yamaska | 52.9 | 2 |
2451 | Quebec | Maskinongé | 54.3 | 3 |
2452 | Quebec | D'Autray | 52.7 | 2 |
2453 | Quebec | Pierre-De Saurel | 53.7 | 2 |
2454 | Quebec | Les Maskoutains | 52.3 | 2 |
2455 | Quebec | Rouville | 53.8 | 2 |
2456 | Quebec | Le Haut-Richelieu | 54.3 | 3 |
2457 | Quebec | La Vallée-du-Richelieu | 55.2 | 3 |
2458 | Quebec | Longueuil | 56.1 | 4 |
2459 | Quebec | Marguerite-D'Youville | 53.6 | 2 |
2460 | Quebec | L'Assomption | 53.6 | 2 |
2461 | Quebec | Joliette | 53.1 | 2 |
2462 | Quebec | Matawinie | 54.4 | 3 |
2463 | Quebec | Montcalm | 53.0 | 2 |
2464 | Quebec | Les Moulins | 55.4 | 3 |
2465 | Quebec | Laval | 54.1 | 3 |
2466 | Quebec | Montréal | 51.6 | 1 |
2467 | Quebec | Roussillon | 56.4 | 4 |
2468 | Quebec | Les Jardins-de-Napierville | 53.0 | 2 |
2469 | Quebec | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | 53.5 | 2 |
2470 | Quebec | Beauharnois-Salaberry | 53.6 | 2 |
2471 | Quebec | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | 54.4 | 3 |
2472 | Quebec | Deux-Montagnes | 53.8 | 2 |
2473 | Quebec | Thérèse-De Blainville | 54.9 | 3 |
2474 | Quebec | Mirabel | 54.0 | 2 |
2475 | Quebec | La Rivière-du-Nord | 55.2 | 3 |
2476 | Quebec | Argenteuil | 55.4 | 3 |
2477 | Quebec | Les Pays-d'en-Haut | 57.2 | 4 |
2478 | Quebec | Les Laurentides | 54.4 | 3 |
2479 | Quebec | Antoine-Labelle | 53.1 | 2 |
2480 | Quebec | Papineau | 54.7 | 3 |
2481 | Quebec | Gatineau | 55.2 | 3 |
2482 | Quebec | Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais | 55.3 | 3 |
2483 | Quebec | La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | 55.6 | 3 |
2484 | Quebec | Pontiac | 55.7 | 3 |
2485 | Quebec | Témiscamingue | 50.3 | 1 |
2486 | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | 55.1 | 3 |
2487 | Quebec | Abitibi-Ouest | 50.6 | 1 |
2488 | Quebec | Abitibi | 52.5 | 2 |
2489 | Quebec | La Vallée-de-l'Or | 52.3 | 2 |
2490 | Quebec | La Tuque | 53.1 | 2 |
2491 | Quebec | Le Domaine-du-Roy | 54.0 | 2 |
2492 | Quebec | Maria-Chapdelaine | 54.7 | 3 |
2493 | Quebec | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est | 51.7 | 1 |
2494 | Quebec | Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord | 54.5 | 3 |
2495 | Quebec | La Haute-Côte-Nord | 50.9 | 1 |
2496 | Quebec | Manicouagan | 57.1 | 4 |
2499 | Quebec | Nord-du-Québec | 52.5 | 2 |
3501 | Ontario | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 56.1 | 4 |
3502 | Ontario | Prescott and Russell | 54.6 | 3 |
3506 | Ontario | Ottawa | 57.4 | 4 |
3507 | Ontario | Leeds and Grenville | 57.4 | 4 |
3509 | Ontario | Lanark | 58.0 | 4 |
3510 | Ontario | Frontenac | 58.1 | 5 |
3511 | Ontario | Lennox and Addington | 56.8 | 4 |
3512 | Ontario | Hastings | 57.7 | 4 |
3513 | Ontario | Prince Edward | 56.9 | 4 |
3514 | Ontario | Northumberland | 57.8 | 4 |
3515 | Ontario | Peterborough | 58.1 | 5 |
3516 | Ontario | Kawartha Lakes | 57.5 | 4 |
3518 | Ontario | Durham | 58.2 | 5 |
3519 | Ontario | York | 58.5 | 5 |
3520 | Ontario | Toronto | 53.1 | 2 |
3521 | Ontario | Peel | 58.3 | 5 |
3522 | Ontario | Dufferin | 55.7 | 3 |
3523 | Ontario | Wellington | 52.2 | 2 |
3524 | Ontario | Halton | 58.8 | 5 |
3525 | Ontario | Hamilton | 58.0 | 4 |
3526 | Ontario | Niagara | 56.4 | 4 |
3528 | Ontario | Haldimand-Norfolk | 55.2 | 3 |
3529 | Ontario | Brant | 56.1 | 4 |
3530 | Ontario | Waterloo | 49.5 | 1 |
3531 | Ontario | Perth | 52.8 | 2 |
3532 | Ontario | Oxford | 53.5 | 2 |
3534 | Ontario | Elgin | 55.3 | 3 |
3536 | Ontario | Chatham-Kent | 57.7 | 4 |
3537 | Ontario | Essex | 58.0 | 4 |
3538 | Ontario | Lambton | 56.4 | 4 |
3539 | Ontario | Middlesex | 55.8 | 3 |
3540 | Ontario | Huron | 53.6 | 2 |
3541 | Ontario | Bruce | 53.8 | 2 |
3542 | Ontario | Grey | 54.7 | 3 |
3543 | Ontario | Simcoe | 56.8 | 4 |
3544 | Ontario | Muskoka | 56.8 | 4 |
3546 | Ontario | Haliburton | 58.1 | 5 |
3547 | Ontario | Renfrew | 56.9 | 4 |
3548 | Ontario | Nipissing | 55.4 | 3 |
3549 | Ontario | Parry Sound | 60.1 | 5 |
3551 | Ontario | Manitoulin | 59.1 | 5 |
3552 | Ontario | Sudbury | 57.0 | 4 |
3553 | Ontario | Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury | 57.0 | 4 |
3554 | Ontario | Timiskaming | 53.6 | 2 |
3556 | Ontario | Cochrane | 54.8 | 3 |
3557 | Ontario | Algoma | 54.5 | 3 |
3558 | Ontario | Thunder Bay | 54.8 | 3 |
3559 | Ontario | Rainy River | 55.6 | 3 |
3560 | Ontario | Kenora | 54.4 | 3 |
4601 | Manitoba | Division No. 1 | 54.3 | 3 |
4602 | Manitoba | Division No. 2 | 52.6 | 2 |
4603 | Manitoba | Division No. 3 | 51.9 | 1 |
4604 | Manitoba | Division No. 4 | 52.0 | 1 |
4605 | Manitoba | Division No. 5 | 53.6 | 2 |
4606 | Manitoba | Division No. 6 | 53.1 | 2 |
4607 | Manitoba | Division No. 7 | 54.2 | 3 |
4608 | Manitoba | Division No. 8 | 53.0 | 2 |
4609 | Manitoba | Division No. 9 | 54.0 | 2 |
4610 | Manitoba | Division No. 10 | 53.8 | 2 |
4611 | Manitoba | Division No. 11 | 57.0 | 4 |
4612 | Manitoba | Division No. 12 | 56.1 | 4 |
4613 | Manitoba | Division No. 13 | 56.1 | 4 |
4614 | Manitoba | Division No. 14 | 55.8 | 3 |
4615 | Manitoba | Division No. 15 | 54.0 | 2 |
4616 | Manitoba | Division No. 16 | 54.8 | 3 |
4617 | Manitoba | Division No. 17 | 55.7 | 3 |
4618 | Manitoba | Division No. 18 | 56.1 | 4 |
4619 | Manitoba | Division No. 19 | 55.1 | 3 |
4620 | Manitoba | Division No. 20 | 54.5 | 3 |
4621 | Manitoba | Division No. 21 | 57.4 | 4 |
4622 | Manitoba | Division No. 22 | 61.7 | 5 |
4701 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 1 | 54.6 | 3 |
4702 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 2 | 54.7 | 3 |
4703 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 3 | 54.5 | 3 |
4704 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 4 | 55.0 | 3 |
4705 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 5 | 54.7 | 3 |
4706 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 6 | 55.2 | 3 |
4707 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 7 | 54.9 | 3 |
4708 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 8 | 55.5 | 3 |
4709 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 9 | 55.8 | 3 |
4710 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 10 | 55.0 | 3 |
4711 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 11 | 55.2 | 3 |
4712 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 12 | 55.1 | 3 |
4713 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 13 | 54.7 | 3 |
4714 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 14 | 55.8 | 3 |
4715 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 15 | 55.7 | 3 |
4716 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 16 | 56.2 | 4 |
4717 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 17 | 55.7 | 3 |
4718 | Saskatchewan | Division No. 18 | 58.4 | 5 |
4801 | Alberta | Division No. 1 | 54.2 | 3 |
4802 | Alberta | Division No. 2 | 54.2 | 3 |
4803 | Alberta | Division No. 3 | 56.7 | 4 |
4804 | Alberta | Division No. 4 | 53.5 | 2 |
4805 | Alberta | Division No. 5 | 54.8 | 3 |
4806 | Alberta | Division No. 6 | 57.8 | 4 |
4807 | Alberta | Division No. 7 | 54.8 | 3 |
4808 | Alberta | Division No. 8 | 55.7 | 3 |
4809 | Alberta | Division No. 9 | 58.2 | 5 |
4810 | Alberta | Division No. 10 | 55.9 | 3 |
4811 | Alberta | Division No. 11 | 57.6 | 4 |
4812 | Alberta | Division No. 12 | 56.8 | 4 |
4813 | Alberta | Division No. 13 | 56.5 | 4 |
4814 | Alberta | Division No. 14 | 57.7 | 4 |
4815 | Alberta | Division No. 15 | 58.1 | 5 |
4816 | Alberta | Division No. 16 | 57.5 | 4 |
4817 | Alberta | Division No. 17 | 53.3 | 2 |
4818 | Alberta | Division No. 18 | 55.8 | 3 |
4819 | Alberta | Division No. 19 | 54.9 | 3 |
5901 | British Columbia | East Kootenay | 58.3 | 5 |
5903 | British Columbia | Central Kootenay | 56.5 | 4 |
5905 | British Columbia | Kootenay Boundary | 59.0 | 5 |
5907 | British Columbia | Okanagan-Similkameen | 56.7 | 4 |
5909 | British Columbia | Fraser Valley | 53.4 | 2 |
5915 | British Columbia | Greater Vancouver | 57.2 | 4 |
5917 | British Columbia | Capital | 57.8 | 4 |
5919 | British Columbia | Cowichan Valley | 57.4 | 4 |
5921 | British Columbia | Nanaimo | 57.5 | 4 |
5923 | British Columbia | Alberni-Clayoquot | 57.1 | 4 |
5924 | British Columbia | Strathcona | 56.2 | 4 |
5926 | British Columbia | Comox Valley | 57.3 | 4 |
5927 | British Columbia | Powell River | 55.5 | 3 |
5929 | British Columbia | Sunshine Coast | 56.7 | 4 |
5931 | British Columbia | Squamish-Lillooet | 55.3 | 3 |
5933 | British Columbia | Thompson-Nicola | 58.1 | 5 |
5935 | British Columbia | Central Okanagan | 58.3 | 5 |
5937 | British Columbia | North Okanagan | 58.2 | 5 |
5939 | British Columbia | Columbia-Shuswap | 58.2 | 5 |
5941 | British Columbia | Cariboo | 58.1 | 5 |
5943 | British Columbia | Mount Waddington | 58.2 | 5 |
5945 | British Columbia | Central Coast | 61.1 | 5 |
5947 | British Columbia | Skeena-Queen Charlotte | 57.0 | 4 |
5949 | British Columbia | Kitimat-Stikine | 56.6 | 4 |
5951 | British Columbia | Bulkley-Nechako | 56.2 | 4 |
5953 | British Columbia | Fraser-Fort George | 57.2 | 4 |
5955 | British Columbia | Peace River | 55.8 | 3 |
5959 | British Columbia | Northern Rockies | 49.9 | 1 |
6001 | Yukon | Yukon | 54.4 | 3 |
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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