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Average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016
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Average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016

Map description

This map shows the average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016.

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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.

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Legend. The information is grouped by Category (appearing as row headers), Average age of farm operators and Colour (appearing as column headers).
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

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Average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average age of farm operators by census division (CD), 2016. The information is grouped by Census division unique identifier (appearing as row headers), Province / Territory, Census division name, Average age and Category (appearing as column headers).
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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