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- Chart 20 Number and area of farms
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2006 | 2011 | 2006 to 2011 | |
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number | % change | ||
All farms | 229,373 | 205,730 | -10.3 |
Cattle ranching and farming | 75,598 | 49,613 | -34.4 |
Hog and pig farming | 6,040 | 3,470 | -42.5 |
Poultry and egg production | 4,578 | 4,484 | -2.1 |
Sheep and goat farming | 3,815 | 3,924 | 2.9 |
Other animal production | 26,779 | 24,124 | -9.9 |
Oilseed and grain farming | 61,667 | 61,692 | 0.0 |
Vegetable and melon farming | 5,239 | 4,822 | -8.0 |
Fruit and tree nut farming | 8,329 | 8,253 | -0.9 |
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production | 8,754 | 7,946 | -9.2 |
Other crop farming | 28,574 | 37,402 | 30.9 |
Source: Statistics Canada, censuses of agriculture. |
Operating revenueNote p: preliminary | Operating expensesNote p: preliminary | Operating marginNote p: preliminary | |
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average ($) | % | ||
All farms | 387,948 | 318276 | 18.0 |
Grain and oilseed | 349,713 | 255889 | 26.8 |
Potato | 1,373,991 | 1157861 | 15.7 |
Other vegetable and melon | 494,706 | 415596 | 16.0 |
Fruit and tree nut | 261,395 | 223249 | 14.6 |
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture | 1,199,620 | 1060860 | 11.6 |
Other crop | 109,301 | 87206 | 20.2 |
Beef cattle and feedlots | 283,806 | 271664 | 4.3 |
Dairy cattle and milk production | 604,064 | 467436 | 22.6 |
Hog and pig | 1,930,240 | 1825982 | 5.4 |
Poultry and egg | 1,186,584 | 991465 | 16.4 |
Other animal | 220,610 | 183141 | 17.0 |
p preliminary Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 002-0044, 002-0055 and 002-0056. |
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