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Labour market and income data guide December 2000 Census of Agriculture Description: The census collects data on agricultural operations. This information is used by the Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada as a benchmark for the calculation of estimates and for the determination of the sample frame for the agricultural surveys. The information is also used by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and provincial governments for the development, administration and evaluation of agricultural policies as well as by universities and agri-businesses for research and planning. Who/what is surveyed: All census farms How the data is collected: 98% Self-enumeration, drop off/mail back; 2% personal interviews Geographic detail: Canada, provinces and territories; Census Agricultural Regions; Census divisions; Census Consolidated Subdivisions; Federal electoral districts/Enumeration areas; Aggregation of enumeration areas; User defined boundary areas (e.g. soil landscape areas, agricultural resource areas, watersheds) Demographic detail: age, sex, mother tongue, marital status, ethnicity, family size, farm population Information collected: Characteristics of farms and farm
operators for Canada, provinces, territories and sub-provincial areas
Farms, operating arrangements,
location and area operated
Farm business expenses, by type Frequency: Quinquennial Sample size: 276,548 census farms Data availability: 1966 to 1996 Reference period: The reference period for the Census of Agriculture data varies with the variable under consideration. The most common reference periods include the previous calendar year (e.g. value of agricultural products sold) and census day (e.g. number of livestock on the operation). Release dates: May 1997 (1996 Census) Response rates: 100% What makes the data valuable:
Related surveys or data: For a complete list of products and services from the Agriculture Division, consult People, Products and Services (catalogue no. 21F0003XPB) or the on-line catalogue at www.statcan.ca Products and services:
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