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Census of Agriculture |
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Canada Highlights |
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1991 |
1996 |
% Change |
1996 |
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VARIABLE |
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excluding Christmas tree only farms (1) |
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including Christmas tree only farms (1) |
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CENSUS FARMS (2) |
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Total census farms |
280,043 |
274,955 |
-1.8 |
276,548 |
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Farms with gross farm receipts of $100,000 or more (3) |
74,905 |
83,090 |
10.9 |
83,140 |
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LAND |
*acres |
*acres |
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*acres |
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Land in crops |
82,799,535 |
86,286,077 |
4.2 |
86,286,078 |
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Summerfallow |
19,573,092 |
15,470,113 |
-21.0 |
15,470,590 |
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Total pasture land (4) |
49,679,356 |
49,315,756 |
-0.7 |
49,325,445 |
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All other land (5) |
15,371,074 |
16,864,333 |
9.7 |
17,085,362 |
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TOTAL land on census farms |
167,423,057 |
167,936,279 |
0.3 |
168,167,475 |
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Average census farm size |
598 |
611 |
2.2 |
608 |
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FIVE MAJOR CROPS (6) |
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1) Spring wheat (excluding durum) |
29,463,938 |
24,634,614 |
-16.4 |
24,634,614 |
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2) Total hay and fodder crops |
14,389,621 |
15,347,397 |
6.7 |
15,347,397 |
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3) Barley |
11,180,156 |
12,951,236 |
15.8 |
12,951,236 |
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4) Canola |
7,762,385 |
8,726,366 |
12.4 |
8,726,366 |
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5) Durum wheat |
4,942,648 |
5,079,392 |
2.8 |
5,079,392 |
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LAND MANAGEMENT |
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Area irrigated (7) |
1,774,297 |
2,114,310 |
19.2 |
2,115,549 |
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Area applied with commercial fertilizer (7) |
53,280,448 |
61,610,180 |
15.6 |
61,634,601 |
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Area treated with herbicides (7) |
53,371,080 |
57,471,617 |
7.7 |
57,488,309 |
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Area tilled retaining most of the residue on surface |
17,522,247 |
21,663,137 |
23.6 |
21,663,137 |
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Area tilled incorporating most of the residue into soil |
49,387,997 |
37,891,866 |
-23.3 |
37,891,867 |
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Area of no-till |
4,821,406 |
11,346,533 |
135.3 |
11,346,533 |
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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY |
# of animals |
# of animals |
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# of animals |
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Total cattle and calves |
12,972,038 |
14,893,034 |
14.8 |
14,893,034 |
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Total beef cows |
3,828,630 |
4,680,585 |
22.3 |
4,680,585 |
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Total dairy cows |
1,315,178 |
1,227,732 |
-6.6 |
1,227,732 |
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Total sheep and lambs |
935,891 |
864,850 |
-7.6 |
864,850 |
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Total pigs |
10,216,083 |
11,040,462 |
8.1 |
11,040,462 |
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Total hens and chickens |
94,872,875 |
102,255,149 |
7.8 |
102,255,149 |
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES (3) |
(1995 dollars) |
(1995 dollars) |
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(1995 dollars) |
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Total gross farm receipts |
26,577,357,571 |
32,201,238,975 |
21.2 |
32,230,356,237 |
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Average gross farm receipts |
94,905 |
117,115 |
23.4 |
116,545 |
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Total interest expense |
2,666,471,241 |
1,814,585,015 |
-31.9 |
1,816,395,996 |
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Average interest expense |
15,418 |
11,295 |
-26.7 |
11,271 |
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Total operating expenses |
22,792,275,131 |
26,644,079,984 |
16.9 |
26,669,926,814 |
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Average operating expense |
81,388 |
96,903 |
19.1 |
96,439 |
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CAPITAL AND DEBT |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
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Total farm capital value (8) |
131,210,056,423 |
156,113,413,831 |
19.0 |
156,468,941,335 |
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Average capital value |
468,535 |
567,778 |
21.2 |
565,793 |
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Total farm debt outstanding (9) |
23,742,992,000 |
25,776,995,000 |
8.6 |
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* Land area is reported in acres. One acre equals 0.40 hectares or 1.18 arpents.
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