Total income of farm operators, 2013
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Released: 2015-08-14
Average total income of farm operators in Canada increased 3.5% to $93,723 in 2013, according to data from personal income tax returns.
The overall growth reflects increases in both average income from off-farm sources (+4.4%) and average net operating income (+2.8%). Off-farm income accounted for 48.2% of the total income of farm operators, up from 47.8% in 2012.
Farm operators specialized in greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production reported the largest gain in average total income, up 21.6%. These producers ranked third in terms of average total income, behind poultry and egg producers, and potato producers.
By contrast, farm operators primarily engaged in beef cattle farming (-3.9%), fruit and tree nut farming (-2.2%), or dairy cattle and milk production (-1.6%) saw their average total income decrease as a result of lower average net operating income.
Average total income of farm operators increased in every province except Prince Edward Island (-3.5%) and Saskatchewan (-2.3%) in 2013. Farm operators in Manitoba posted the largest increase in average total income (+18.9%), followed by Newfoundland and Labrador (+17.5%), British Columbia (+10.8%) and Nova Scotia (+10.0%).
Note to readers
The Agriculture Taxation Data Program uses taxation records to produce data on total income of farm operators. The estimates cover farm operators involved in one or more unincorporated farms (with gross operating revenues of $10,000 or more) or incorporated farms (with gross operating revenues of $25,000 or more).
The average total income corresponds to the sum of average off-farm income (wages and salaries, net off-farm self-employment income, investment income, pension income, government social transfers [excluding pension amounts] and other off-farm income) and average net operating income (total operating revenues less total operating expenses).
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