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Irrigation

Table 4.12-2
Irrigation for the calendar year prior to census year - Irrigated field crops and Irrigated hay and pasture, 2005
Geography Irrigation
Irrigated field crops2 Irrigated hay and pasture2
2005
farms reporting acres hectares farms reporting acres hectares
Symbols
  • xsuppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
  • . not available for any reference period
  • ..not available for a specific reference period
  • 0true zero or a value rounded to zero
Notes

Data are not provided for the 2001 census consolidated subdivisions due to numerous boundary changes between censuses. These boundary changes mean that caution should be taken when comparing the data for the following census divisions in Quebec: Bellechasse (241219000), Lévis (241225000), La Nouvelle-Beauce (241226000), Shawinigan (240436000), Francheville (240437000) and Maskinongé (240451000). The following census agricultural regions in Saskatchewan are also affected: Agricultural Region 5B (475100000) and Agricultural Region 6A (476000000).

The nine-digit geographic code at the end of the geographic names comprises two digits for the province, two for the census agricultural region, two for the census division and three for the census consolidated subdivision.

In Ontario irrigation of hay is likely to be over-reported and data should be used with caution. In Alberta, some respondents reported irrigation of alfalfa under "Field crops" rather than under "Hay and pasture," resulting in over-reporting of irrigation of "Field crops" and under-reporting of irrigation of "Hay and pasture."

  1. Due to confidentiality constraints, the data for one or more geographic areas having very few farms have been combined with the data from this census consolidated subdivision or census division. For the names of the geographic areas included in this amalgamation and the number of farms in them access Geographic area amalgamations.
  2. New for 2006; therefore comparison with 2001 is not possible.
Source
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Agriculture, Farm Data and Farm Operator Data, catalogue no. 95-629-XWE.
Canada (000000000) 4,859 1,197,289 484,526 6,175 670,293 271,258
Alberta - PR (480000000) 2,205 902,105 365,069 2,460 406,257 164,406
Agricultural Region 1 - CAR (481000000) 312 159,336 64,481 325 x x
Division No. 1 - CD (481001000) 275 138,868 56,198 283 44,434 17,982
Cypress County - CCS (481001003) 120 37,710 15,261 209 30,928 12,516
Forty Mile County No. 8 - CCS (481001008) 155 101,158 40,937 74 13,506 5,466
Division No. 4 - CD (481004000) 37 20,468 8,283 42 x x
Special Area No. 2 - CCS (481004004) 27 x x 35 7,336 2,969
Special Area No. 3 - CCS (481004012) 7 10,875 4,401 5 x x
Special Area No. 4 - CCS (481004020) 3 x x 2 x x
Agricultural Region 2 - CAR (482000000) 1,677 677,608 274,218 1,721 284,790 115,250
Division No. 2 - CD (482002000) 1,466 590,271 238,874 1,479 234,987 95,096
Warner County No. 5 - CCS (482002001) 66 24,150 9,773 127 17,888 7,239
Lethbridge County - CCS (482002011) 538 206,658 83,632 495 60,564 24,509
Taber - CCS (482002021) 457 236,757 95,812 357 51,798 20,962
Newell County No. 4 - CCS (482002031) 405 122,706 49,657 500 104,737 42,386
Division No. 5 - CD (482005000) 211 87,337 35,344 242 49,803 20,155
Vulcan County - CCS (482005001) 79 51,324 20,770 74 22,322 9,033
Wheatland County - CCS (482005012) 122 34,429 13,933 157 26,346 10,662
Starland County - CCS (482005031)1 4 526 213 7 x x
Kneehill County - CCS (482005041) 6 1,058 428 4 x x
Agricultural Region 3 - CAR (483000000) 161 56,882 23,019 356 61,262 24,792
Division No. 3 - CD (483003000) 125 51,416 20,807 282 52,716 21,333
Cardston County - CCS (483003001) 45 25,679 10,392 150 21,284 8,613
Pincher Creek No. 9 - CCS (483003011) 6 3,281 1,328 23 6,029 2,440
Willow Creek No. 26 - CCS (483003018) 74 22,456 9,088 109 25,403 10,280
Division No. 6 - CD (483006000) 36 5,466 2,212 71 x x
Foothills No. 31 - CCS (483006001) 11 2,110 854 24 2,729 1,104
Rocky View No. 44 - CCS (483006014) 20 3,063 1,240 39 4,192 1,696
Calgary - CCS (483006016) 3 x x 2 x x
Mountain View County - CCS (483006028) 2 x x 6 x x
Division No. 15 - CD (483015000) 0 0 0 3 x x
Crowsnest Pass - CCS (483015007) 0 0 0 1 x x
Bighorn No. 8 - CCS (483015015) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ranchland No. 66 - CCS (483015045)1 0 0 0 2 x x
Agricultural Region 4A - CAR (484000000) 8 2,471 1,000 9 1,237 501
Division No. 7 - CD (484007000) 8 2,471 1,000 9 1,237 501
Provost No. 52 - CCS (484007001) 2 x x 3 x x
Paintearth County No. 18 - CCS (484007011) 1 x x 0 0 0
Stettler County No. 6 - CCS (484007019) 1 x x 1 x x
Flagstaff County - CCS (484007031) 4 414 168 4 x x
Wainwright No. 61 - CCS (484007049) 0 0 0 1 x x
Agricultural Region 4B - CAR (484100000) 6 385 156 5 591 239
Division No. 10 - CD (484110000) 6 385 156 5 591 239
Camrose County No. 22 - CCS (484110001) 0 0 0 1 x x
Beaver County - CCS (484110016) 1 x x 1 x x
Minburn County No. 27 - CCS (484110026) 2 x x 2 x x
Vermilion River County No. 24 - CCS (484110036) 2 x x 1 x x
Two Hills County No. 21 - CCS (484110048) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamont County - CCS (484110058) 1 x x 0 0 0
Agricultural Region 5 - CAR (485000000) 22 2,986 1,208 20 1,898 768
Division No. 8 - CD (485008000) 6 1,115 451 11 1,276 516
Red Deer County - CCS (485008001) 2 x x 3 x x
Lacombe County - CCS (485008022) 2 x x 6 1,127 456
Ponoka County - CCS (485008038) 2 x x 2 x x
Division No. 9 - CD (485009000) 0 0 0 1 x x
Clearwater County - CCS (485009002) 0 0 0 1 x x
Division No. 11 - CD (485011000) 16 1,871 757 8 x x
Wetaskiwin County No. 10 - CCS (485011001) 3 370 150 1 x x
Leduc County - CCS (485011012) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazeau County - CCS (485011032) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parkland County - CCS (485011034) 3 x x 1 x x
Strathcona County - CCS (485011052) 3 641 259 1 x x
Sturgeon County - CCS (485011059) 6 752 304 5 479 194
Edmonton - CCS (485011061) 1 x x 0 0 0
Agricultural Region 6 - CAR (486000000) 6 278 113 12 x x
Division No. 12 - CD (486012000)1 3 81 33 2 x x
Bonnyville No. 87 - CCS (486012004) 2 x x 2 x x
Lakeland County - CCS (486012005)1 1 x x 0 0 0
St. Paul County No. 19 - CCS (486012014) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoky Lake County - CCS (486012022) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Division No. 13 - CD (486013000) 2 x x 9 313 127
Lac Ste. Anne County - CCS (486013001) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barrhead County No. 11 - CCS (486013018) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westlock County - CCS (486013028) 0 0 0 4 234 95
Woodlands County - CCS (486013029) 1 x x 2 x x
Thorhild County No. 7 - CCS (486013036) 1 x x 1 x x
Athabasca County No. 12 - CCS (486013044) 0 0 0 2 x x
Division No. 14 - CD (486014000) 1 x x 1 x x
Yellowhead County - CCS (486014003) 1 x x 1 x x
Agricultural Region 7 - CAR (487000000) 13 2,159 874 12 2,096 848
Division No. 17 - CD (487017000) 6 1,583 641 5 x x
Northern Sunrise County - CCS (487017026) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Big Lakes - CCS (487017027) 1 x x 2 x x
Lesser Slave River No.124 - CCS (487017033)1 1 x x 0 0 0
Clear Hills No. 21 - CCS (487017062) 1 x x 0 0 0
Northern Lights No. 22 - CCS (487017076) 1 x x 1 x x
Mackenzie No. 23 - CCS (487017095) 2 x x 2 x x
Division No. 18 - CD (487018000) 0 0 0 1 x x
Greenview No. 16 - CCS (487018015) 0 0 0 1 x x
Division No. 19 - CD (487019000) 7 576 233 6 1,448 586
Grande Prairie County No. 1 - CCS (487019006) 2 x x 4 x x
Smoky River No. 130 - CCS (487019041) 1 x x 1 x x
Birch Hills County - CCS (487019049) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spirit River No. 133 - CCS (487019054) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saddle Hills County - CCS (487019059) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fairview No. 136 - CCS (487019066) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peace No. 135 - CCS (487019071) 4 327 132 1 x x
British Columbia - PR (590000000) 918 44,386 17,962 3,074 190,733 77,187
Vancouver Island-Coast - CAR (590100000) 126 3,655 1,479 327 10,959 4,435
Capital - CD (590117000) 46 851 344 87 1,523 616
North Saanich - CCS (590117005) 10 240 97 7 288 117
Central Saanich - CCS (590117015) 8 397 161 25 554 224
Saanich - CCS (590117021)1 10 159 64 25 469 190
Capital F - CCS (590117027) 7 29 12 8 51 21
Capital G - CCS (590117029) 6 x x 6 63 25
Capital H (Part 2) - CCS (590117056) 5 x x 16 98 40
Cowichan Valley - CD (590119000) 30 1,250 506 132 4,294 1,738
North Cowichan - CCS (590119008) 18 749 303 63 2,061 834
Cowichan Valley G - CCS (590119015) 4 331 134 13 x x
Cowichan Valley F - CCS (590119033)1 0 0 0 2 x x
Cowichan Valley B - CCS (590119046) 8 170 69 54 1,715 694
Nanaimo - CD (590121000) 21 527 213 54 1,220 494
Nanaimo - CCS (590121007) 4 64 26 15 337 136
Nanaimo C - CCS (590121016) 5 31 13 16 406 164
Nanaimo E - CCS (590121030) 4 69 28 3 55 22
Nanaimo F - CCS (590121032) 4 220 89 12 207 84
Nanaimo G - CCS (590121034) 3 x x 4 183 74
Nanaimo H - CCS (590121036) 1 x x 4 32 13
Alberni-Clayoquot - CD (590123000) 5 101 41 17 1,217 493
Alberni-Clayoquot B - CCS (590123033) 2 x x 11 1,052 426
Alberni-Clayoquot D - CCS (590123035)1 3 x x 4 x x
Alberni-Clayoquot F - CCS (590123039) 0 0 0 2 x x
Comox-Strathcona - CD (590125000)1 17 907 367 30 2,662 1,077
Comox-Strathcona A - CCS (590125018) 1 x x 4 114 46
Comox-Strathcona K - CCS (590125019) 2 x x 1 x x
Comox-Strathcona B - CCS (590125022) 6 210 85 9 1,696 686
Comox-Strathcona C - CCS (590125024) 7 670 271 12 825 334
Comox-Strathcona D - CCS (590125042) 0 0 0 3 x x
Comox-Strathcona H - CCS (590125046)1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comox-Strathcona J - CCS (590125054) 1 x x 1 x x
Powell River - CD (590127000) 7 19 8 7 43 17
Powell River A - CCS (590127010)1 3 7 3 4 23 9
Powell River C - CCS (590127016) 2 x x 2 x x
Powell River E - CCS (590127020)1 2 x x 1 x x
Central Coast - CD (590145000) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Coast C - CCS (590145010)1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lower Mainland-Southwest - CAR (590200000) 239 11,648 4,714 241 12,801 5,180
Fraser Valley - CD (590209000) 142 4,783 1,936 135 7,325 2,964
Fraser Valley B - CCS (590209016)1 0 0 0 7 610 247
Fraser Valley D - CCS (590209034) 7 294 119 18 1,067 432
Fraser Valley E - CCS (590209036) 47 1,469 594 45 1,819 736
Abbotsford - CCS (590209052) 74 2,599 1,052 55 3,340 1,352
Fraser Valley F - CCS (590209060) 6 71 29 4 40 16
Fraser Valley G - CCS (590209062) 8 350 142 6 449 182
Greater Vancouver - CD (590215000) 81 x x 62 x x
Langley - CCS (590215001) 24 803 325 31 475 192
Surrey - CCS (590215004) 17 1,144 463 10 286 116
Delta - CCS (590215011) 22 3,719 1,505 10 749 303
Richmond - CCS (590215015) 9 350 142 4 122 49
Greater Vancouver A - CCS (590215020) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burnaby - CCS (590215025)1 2 x x 1 x x
Pitt Meadows - CCS (590215070) 5 135 55 2 x x
Maple Ridge - CCS (590215075) 2 x x 4 61 25
Sunshine Coast - CD (590229000) 2 x x 3 x x
Sunshine Coast A - CCS (590229018) 2 x x 3 x x
Squamish-Lillooet - CD (590231000) 14 593 240 41 3,646 1,475
Squamish-Lillooet C - CCS (590231017)1 14 593 240 11 515 208
Squamish-Lillooet B - CCS (590231034)1 0 0 0 30 3,131 1,267
Thompson-Okanagan - CAR (590300000) 403 18,760 7,592 1,768 89,003 36,018
Okanagan-Similkameen - CD (590307000) 103 1,511 611 372 9,466 3,831
Okanagan-Similkameen A - CCS (590307022) 17 162 66 10 249 101
Okanagan-Similkameen B - CCS (590307026) 13 242 98 48 1,302 527
Okanagan-Similkameen C - CCS (590307028) 20 336 136 65 1,026 415
Okanagan-Similkameen D - CCS (590307047) 17 133 54 55 591 239
Okanagan-Similkameen E - CCS (590307049) 6 18 7 11 105 42
Okanagan-Similkameen F - CCS (590307051) 12 111 45 86 1,080 437
Okanagan-Similkameen G - CCS (590307053) 10 154 62 57 3,639 1,473
Okanagan-Similkameen H - CCS (590307055) 8 355 144 40 1,474 597
Thompson-Nicola - CD (590333000) 99 7,786 3,151 589 53,395 21,608
Thompson-Nicola M - CCS (590333008) 7 2,765 1,119 32 7,406 2,997
Thompson-Nicola N - CCS (590333012) 5 x x 36 2,278 922
Thompson-Nicola E (Bonaparte Plateau) - CCS (590333032) 7 x x 52 5,459 2,209
Thompson-Nicola I (Blue Sky Country) - CCS (590333037) 9 1,178 477 72 8,108 3,281
Thompson-Nicola J (Copper Desert Country) - CCS (590333039) 1 x x 33 2,252 911
Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks) - CCS (590333044) 35 1,590 643 142 10,349 4,188
Thompson-Nicola L - CCS (590333060) 21 1,119 453 126 9,984 4,040
Thompson-Nicola A (Wells Gray Country) - CCS (590333068) 2 x x 25 1,775 718
Thompson-Nicola O (Lower North Thompson) - CCS (590333072) 12 586 237 71 5,784 2,341
Central Okanagan - CD (590335000) 55 982 397 288 4,186 1,694
Central Okanagan - CCS (590335012) 49 810 328 254 3,793 1,535
Central Okanagan J - CCS (590335020) 6 172 70 34 393 159
North Okanagan - CD (590337000) 111 7,034 2,847 380 15,072 6,099
North Okanagan B - CCS (590337017) 23 1,156 468 184 5,294 2,142
North Okanagan D - CCS (590337022) 16 x x 52 3,254 1,317
North Okanagan E - CCS (590337023) 1 x x 7 185 75
Spallumcheen - CCS (590337024) 32 2,482 1,004 73 2,930 1,186
North Okanagan F - CCS (590337041) 39 2,042 826 64 3,409 1,380
Columbia-Shuswap - CD (590339000) 35 1,447 586 139 6,884 2,786
Columbia-Shuswap A - CCS (590339011) 4 x x 17 950 384
Columbia-Shuswap B - CCS (590339023) 0 0 0 1 x x
Columbia-Shuswap C - CCS (590339037) 6 541 219 13 826 334
Columbia-Shuswap D - CCS (590339039) 23 646 261 94 3,922 1,587
Columbia-Shuswap E - CCS (590339043) 1 x x 5 x x
Columbia-Shuswap F - CCS (590339044) 1 x x 9 635 257
Kootenay - CAR (590400000) 82 3,839 1,554 432 23,916 9,678
East Kootenay - CD (590401000) 24 1,034 418 154 15,146 6,129
East Kootenay A - CCS (590401017) 0 0 0 2 x x
East Kootenay B - CCS (590401019) 8 329 133 31 3,053 1,236
East Kootenay C - CCS (590401035) 7 231 93 47 6,319 2,557
East Kootenay E - CCS (590401037) 2 x x 28 2,131 862
East Kootenay F - CCS (590401046) 3 x x 18 1,943 786
East Kootenay G - CCS (590401048) 4 x x 28 x x
Central Kootenay - CD (590403000) 25 1,574 637 104 2,565 1,038
Central Kootenay A - CCS (590403010) 2 x x 5 58 23
Central Kootenay B - CCS (590403013) 9 800 324 29 590 239
Central Kootenay C - CCS (590403017) 3 710 287 7 611 247
Central Kootenay D - CCS (590403039) 1 x x 4 x x
Central Kootenay E - CCS (590403041) 3 x x 17 290 117
Central Kootenay G - CCS (590403047) 2 x x 2 x x
Central Kootenay H - CCS (590403052) 1 x x 21 280 113
Central Kootenay J - CCS (590403058) 2 x x 7 85 34
Central Kootenay K - CCS (590403060) 2 x x 12 377 153
Kootenay Boundary - CD (590405000) 33 1,231 498 174 6,205 2,511
Kootenay Boundary B - CCS (590405030)1 2 x x 19 362 146
Kootenay Boundary D - CCS (590405052) 18 439 178 87 1,666 674
Kootenay Boundary E - CCS (590405054) 13 x x 68 4,177 1,690
Cariboo - CAR (590500000) 47 3,403 1,377 243 46,716 18,905
Cariboo - CD (590541000) 37 3,065 1,240 224 45,152 18,272
Cariboo D - CCS (590541010) 4 341 138 26 3,325 1,346
Cariboo E - CCS (590541012) 6 1,240 502 23 2,695 1,091
Cariboo F - CCS (590541014) 2 x x 32 6,011 2,433
Cariboo G - CCS (590541015) 3 x x 6 438 177
Cariboo H - CCS (590541016) 1 x x 7 837 339
Cariboo L - CCS (590541017) 2 x x 7 360 146
Cariboo A - CCS (590541019) 3 190 77 15 2,331 943
Cariboo B - CCS (590541021) 2 x x 4 x x
Cariboo C - CCS (590541026) 0 0 0 4 x x
Cariboo I - CCS (590541027) 4 x x 14 1,922 778
Cariboo J - CCS (590541039) 2 x x 41 10,042 4,064
Cariboo K - CCS (590541041) 8 451 183 45 16,629 6,730
Fraser-Fort George - CD (590553000) 10 338 137 19 1,564 633
Fraser-Fort George H - CCS (590553019) 3 81 33 11 1,011 409
Fraser-Fort George A - CCS (590553038) 3 x x 4 x x
Fraser-Fort George C - CCS (590553042) 3 126 51 3 293 119
Fraser-Fort George D - CCS (590553044) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fraser-Fort George E - CCS (590553046) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fraser-Fort George F - CCS (590553048)1 1 x x 1 x x
North Coast - CAR (590600000) 4 48 19 3 121 49
Kitimat-Stikine - CD (590649000)1 4 48 19 3 121 49
Kitimat-Stikine C (Part 1) - CCS (590649013)1 2 x x 3 121 49
Kitimat-Stikine B - CCS (590649028) 2 x x 0 0 0
Nechako - CAR (590700000) 14 3,020 1,222 49 4,625 1,872
Bulkley-Nechako - CD (590751000)1 14 3,020 1,222 49 4,625 1,872
Bulkley-Nechako C - CCS (590751015)1 0 0 0 2 x x
Bulkley-Nechako D - CCS (590751017) 0 0 0 1 x x
Bulkley-Nechako F - CCS (590751019) 9 x x 19 2,879 1,165
Bulkley-Nechako B - CCS (590751028) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulkley-Nechako E - CCS (590751031) 2 x x 10 620 251
Bulkley-Nechako A - CCS (590751051) 2 x x 16 796 322
Bulkley-Nechako G - CCS (590751053) 1 x x 1 x x
Peace River - CAR (590800000) 3 13 5 11 2,592 1,049
Peace River - CD (590855000) 3 13 5 10 x x
Peace River D - CCS (590855021) 1 x x 8 1,442 584
Peace River E - CCS (590855023) 1 x x 0 0 0
Peace River B - CCS (590855040) 0 0 0 2 x x
Peace River C - CCS (590855042) 1 x x 0 0 0
Northern Rockies - CD (590859000) 0 0 0 1 x x
Northern Rockies A - CCS (590859011) 0 0 0 1 x x
Date Modified: 2007-05-11

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