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Section 2 - Agricultural perspectives from seven censuses, Canada and provinces: census years 1976 to 2006

Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador

Canada

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Canada	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	17,639,231,317	20,311,553,872	26,669,926,814	33,213,077,917	36,436,363,959
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	293,089	280,043	276,548	246,923	229,373
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	60,184	72,530	96,439	134,508	158,852
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	725,335,799	767,910,716	988,511,851	805,175,403	1,065,986,087
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.1	3.8	3.7	2.4	2.9
Farms reporting	..	..	111,011	107,647	106,590	84,166	81,399
Percentage of total farms	...	...	37.9	38.4	38.5	34.1	35.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	6,534	7,134	9,274	9,567	13,096
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	1,359,903,463	1,924,860,076
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	4.1	5.3
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	138,977	134,371
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	56.3	58.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	9,785	14,325
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	889,471,107	1,593,867,806	2,039,667,111	2,695,455,424	3,324,607,934	3,860,457,569
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.0	10.0	10.1	10.0	10.6
Farms reporting	..	115,199	141,841	123,516	120,172	103,280	89,608
Percentage of total farms	...	36.2	48.4	44.1	43.5	41.8	39.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	7,721	11,237	16,513	22,430	32,190	43,082
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	893,630,554	1,314,458,306	1,210,668,745	1,319,957,206	1,908,825,580	2,511,676,444
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.5	6.0	4.9	5.7	6.9
Farms reporting	..	287,610	264,551	247,785	258,992	236,513	217,750
Percentage of total farms	...	90.3	90.3	88.5	93.7	95.8	94.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,107	4,969	4,886	5,097	8,071	11,535
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	966,218,071	1,387,542,588	1,242,018,713	1,929,797,982	2,069,703,004	2,466,297,378
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.9	6.1	7.2	6.2	6.8
Farms reporting	..	196,871	194,514	174,598	172,340	158,499	133,737
Percentage of total farms	...	61.8	66.4	62.3	62.3	64.2	58.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	4,908	7,133	7,114	11,198	13,058	18,441
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	358,684,269	694,394,247	720,887,574	1,097,710,346	1,549,618,896	1,752,893,430
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.9	3.5	4.1	4.7	4.8
Farms reporting	..	176,013	182,500	154,269	148,094	137,962	119,122
Percentage of total farms	...	55.3	62.3	55.1	53.6	55.9	51.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,038	3,805	4,673	7,412	11,232	14,715
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	2,245,703,538	2,707,962,043	2,911,198,541	3,856,712,979	4,554,412,530	5,033,864,872
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	15.4	14.3	14.5	13.7	13.8
Farms reporting	..	188,168	167,054	167,568	165,365	147,546	129,720
Percentage of total farms	...	59.1	57.0	59.8	59.8	59.8	56.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	11,935	16,210	17,373	23,322	30,868	38,806
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	1,917,591,310	2,373,734,437	1,816,395,996	2,216,663,787	2,125,154,760
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	10.9	11.7	6.8	6.7	5.8
Farms reporting	..	..	177,730	172,945	161,152	157,938	137,892
Percentage of total farms	...	...	60.6	61.8	58.3	64.0	60.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	10,789	13,725	11,271	14,035	15,412
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Newfoundland and Labrador	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	42,663,353	60,808,903	66,612,382	78,820,591	91,921,164
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	651	725	742	643	558
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	65,535	83,874	89,774	122,583	164,733
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	175,820	240,944	405,334	390,918	262,519
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3
Farms reporting	..	..	218	274	265	246	179
Percentage of total farms	...	...	33.5	37.8	35.7	38.3	32.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	807	879	1,530	1,589	1,467
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	2,661,354	4,776,703
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	3.4	5.2
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	150	163
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	23.3	29.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	17,742	29,305
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	3,214,581	6,651,120	10,330,261	12,734,030	13,227,499	16,025,837
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	15.6	17.0	19.1	16.8	17.4
Farms reporting	..	259	331	405	382	340	319
Percentage of total farms	...	38.1	50.8	55.9	51.5	52.9	57.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	12,412	20,094	25,507	33,335	38,904	50,238
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	1,198,268	1,380,819	1,549,641	1,612,214	3,587,279	4,457,984
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.2	2.5	2.4	4.6	4.8
Farms reporting	..	473	491	505	614	591	504
Percentage of total farms	...	69.7	75.4	69.7	82.7	91.9	90.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,533	2,812	3,069	2,626	6,070	8,845
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	867,712	961,275	1,233,390	1,436,982	1,510,919	2,119,716
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	2.3	2.0	2.2	1.9	2.3
Farms reporting	..	404	385	431	485	467	377
Percentage of total farms	...	59.5	59.1	59.4	65.4	72.6	67.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,148	2,497	2,862	2,963	3,235	5,623
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	127,496	123,956	262,687	307,147	365,835	484,394
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Farms reporting	..	277	216	210	264	248	186
Percentage of total farms	...	40.8	33.2	29.0	35.6	38.6	33.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	460	574	1,251	1,163	1,475	2,604
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	11,834,331	18,678,607	23,284,757	22,801,217	27,028,999	27,078,928
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	43.8	38.3	34.2	34.3	29.5
Farms reporting	..	404	393	439	384	309	245
Percentage of total farms	...	59.5	60.4	60.6	51.8	48.1	43.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	29,293	47,528	53,040	59,378	87,472	110,526
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	1,598,138	3,190,246	2,233,491	2,588,991	3,087,498
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.7	5.2	3.4	3.3	3.4
Farms reporting	..	..	234	296	244	249	212
Percentage of total farms	...	...	35.9	40.8	32.9	38.7	38.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	6,830	10,778	9,154	10,398	14,564
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Prince Edward Island

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Prince Edward Island	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	170,557,783	209,699,421	288,600,073	337,679,101	348,943,628
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	2,833	2,361	2,217	1,845	1,700
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	60,204	88,818	130,176	183,024	205,261
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	4,697,338	6,713,964	10,087,911	11,610,738	12,763,030
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	2.8	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.7
Farms reporting	..	..	1,135	988	987	738	692
Percentage of total farms	...	...	40.1	41.8	44.5	40.0	40.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	4,139	6,796	10,221	15,733	18,444
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	8,314,126	11,840,874
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	2.5	3.4
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	1,040	936
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	56.4	55.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	7,994	12,651
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	14,294,508	22,681,675	33,243,561	42,284,056	49,086,652	54,393,313
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	13.3	15.9	14.7	14.5	15.6
Farms reporting	..	1,628	1,682	1,419	1,237	1,051	942
Percentage of total farms	...	51.6	59.4	60.1	55.8	57.0	55.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	8,780	13,485	23,427	34,183	46,705	57,742
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	7,824,732	11,545,646	10,604,591	12,269,150	16,527,574	21,735,179
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.8	5.1	4.3	4.9	6.2
Farms reporting	..	2,841	2,544	2,082	2,023	1,767	1,610
Percentage of total farms	...	90.1	89.8	88.2	91.2	95.8	94.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,754	4,538	5,093	6,065	9,353	13,500
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	14,715,689	18,732,341	20,016,557	32,967,687	35,360,513	35,508,559
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	11.0	9.5	11.4	10.5	10.2
Farms reporting	..	2,582	2,261	1,852	1,681	1,429	1,240
Percentage of total farms	...	81.9	79.8	78.4	75.8	77.5	72.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	5,699	8,285	10,808	19,612	24,745	28,636
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	5,484,367	7,957,542	8,962,315	17,687,451	25,688,667	25,226,427
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.7	4.3	6.1	7.6	7.2
Farms reporting	..	2,042	1,800	1,375	1,270	1,141	922
Percentage of total farms	...	64.7	63.5	58.2	57.3	61.8	54.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,686	4,421	6,518	13,927	22,514	27,361
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	19,888,232	24,179,010	28,381,331	32,199,675	32,213,242	34,457,799
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	14.2	13.5	11.2	9.5	9.9
Farms reporting	..	2,382	2,096	1,847	1,578	1,265	1,127
Percentage of total farms	...	75.5	74.0	78.2	71.2	68.6	66.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	8,349	11,536	15,366	20,405	25,465	30,575
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	13,200,307	17,064,007	19,138,620	27,047,088	24,783,167
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.7	8.1	6.6	8.0	7.1
Farms reporting	..	..	1,626	1,419	1,282	1,214	1,033
Percentage of total farms	...	...	57.4	60.1	57.8	65.8	60.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	8,118	12,025	14,929	22,279	23,991
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Nova Scotia

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Nova Scotia	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	242,925,824	300,957,456	327,512,644	388,693,565	442,459,821
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	4,283	3,980	4,453	3,923	3,795
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	56,719	75,617	73,549	99,081	116,590
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	2,129,832	2,824,366	3,214,474	3,565,815	3,688,904
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8
Farms reporting	..	..	1,142	1,023	993	827	680
Percentage of total farms	...	...	26.7	25.7	22.3	21.1	17.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	1,865	2,761	3,237	4,312	5,425
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	12,309,676	20,717,529
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	3.2	4.7
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	1,762	1,750
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	44.9	46.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	6,986	11,839
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	24,424,571	41,371,145	55,462,201	66,256,223	74,014,740	86,442,051
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	17.0	18.4	20.2	19.0	19.5
Farms reporting	..	2,182	2,397	2,223	2,245	1,944	1,884
Percentage of total farms	...	43.3	56.0	55.9	50.4	49.6	49.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	11,194	17,260	24,949	29,513	38,073	45,882
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	9,556,418	11,850,573	11,234,318	12,519,617	20,495,569	26,041,469
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.9	3.7	3.8	5.3	5.9
Farms reporting	..	4,167	3,587	3,264	4,050	3,710	3,561
Percentage of total farms	...	82.6	83.7	82.0	90.9	94.6	93.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,293	3,304	3,442	3,091	5,524	7,313
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	8,052,987	9,778,861	10,537,182	11,208,933	12,909,414	12,994,032
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.0	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.9
Farms reporting	..	3,401	2,818	2,680	3,125	2,820	2,482
Percentage of total farms	...	67.4	65.8	67.3	70.2	71.9	65.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,368	3,470	3,932	3,587	4,578	5,235
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	2,552,551	3,737,263	4,448,240	5,875,373	8,014,536	9,063,801
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.1	2.0
Farms reporting	..	1,815	1,537	1,435	1,738	1,654	1,489
Percentage of total farms	...	36.0	35.9	36.1	39.0	42.2	39.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	1,406	2,432	3,100	3,381	4,846	6,087
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	65,169,451	73,316,786	75,565,390	76,399,208	84,288,007	90,638,763
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	30.2	25.1	23.3	21.7	20.5
Farms reporting	..	3,701	2,939	2,753	2,523	2,226	2,070
Percentage of total farms	...	73.4	68.6	69.2	56.7	56.7	54.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	17,609	24,946	27,448	30,281	37,865	43,787
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	14,401,435	23,532,414	20,002,753	24,200,162	26,895,602
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	5.9	7.8	6.1	6.2	6.1
Farms reporting	..	..	1,881	1,940	1,930	1,929	1,677
Percentage of total farms	...	...	43.9	48.7	43.3	49.2	44.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	7,656	12,130	10,364	12,545	16,038
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

New Brunswick

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
New Brunswick	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	204,447,263	250,599,830	284,157,417	383,725,467	423,016,894
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	3,554	3,252	3,405	3,034	2,776
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	57,526	77,060	83,453	126,475	152,384
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	1,745,922	2,544,329	3,588,269	4,166,053	5,168,926
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.1	1.2
Farms reporting	..	..	989	920	937	758	739
Percentage of total farms	...	...	27.8	28.3	27.5	25.0	26.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	1,765	2,766	3,830	5,496	6,994
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	8,511,342	18,158,316
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	2.2	4.3
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	1,060	1,005
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	38.1	36.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	8,030	18,068
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	19,244,734	31,532,636	44,981,262	55,820,557	71,912,488	83,183,515
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	15.4	17.9	19.6	18.7	19.7
Farms reporting	..	1,892	2,057	1,871	1,790	1,561	1,440
Percentage of total farms	...	46.6	57.9	57.5	52.6	51.5	51.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	10,172	15,329	24,041	31,185	46,068	57,766
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	9,226,822	12,450,098	11,672,140	12,114,545	19,515,707	25,859,499
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.1	4.7	4.3	5.1	6.1
Farms reporting	..	3,559	3,118	2,748	3,171	2,904	2,625
Percentage of total farms	...	87.6	87.7	84.5	93.1	95.7	94.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,593	3,993	4,248	3,820	6,720	9,851
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	10,911,837	12,396,210	14,390,996	17,551,141	19,901,458	21,200,531
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.1	5.7	6.2	5.2	5.0
Farms reporting	..	2,788	2,345	2,130	2,265	2,115	1,789
Percentage of total farms	...	68.6	66.0	65.5	66.5	69.7	64.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,914	5,286	6,756	7,749	9,410	11,850
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	4,553,974	6,158,829	7,148,879	10,437,809	13,332,465	16,508,694
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.0	2.9	3.7	3.5	3.9
Farms reporting	..	1,714	1,417	1,150	1,222	1,221	1,070
Percentage of total farms	...	42.2	39.9	35.4	35.9	40.2	38.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,657	4,346	6,216	8,542	10,919	15,429
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	40,127,363	54,833,771	52,105,682	54,657,019	69,919,638	67,853,264
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	26.8	20.8	19.2	18.2	16.0
Farms reporting	..	2,784	2,344	2,269	1,956	1,700	1,507
Percentage of total farms	...	68.5	66.0	69.8	57.4	56.0	54.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	14,414	23,393	22,964	27,943	41,129	45,025
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	12,788,126	18,585,141	15,303,730	22,618,862	23,923,182
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.3	7.4	5.4	5.9	5.7
Farms reporting	..	..	1,704	1,617	1,527	1,549	1,346
Percentage of total farms	...	...	47.9	49.7	44.8	51.1	48.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	7,505	11,494	10,022	14,602	17,774
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Quebec

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Quebec	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	2,515,755,987	3,101,854,944	3,995,982,037	5,107,180,792	6,042,406,039
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	41,448	38,076	35,991	32,139	30,675
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	60,697	81,465	111,027	158,909	196,981
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	22,907,084	33,178,281	40,011,676	62,785,305	92,721,337
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.5
Farms reporting	..	..	10,689	9,710	9,956	9,969	9,720
Percentage of total farms	...	...	25.8	25.5	27.7	31.0	31.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	2,143	3,417	4,019	6,298	9,539
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	207,992,234	343,201,558
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	4.1	5.7
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	17,697	17,640
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	55.1	57.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	11,753	19,456
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	137,150,700	247,685,892	357,220,597	463,741,910	593,627,640	723,373,404
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.8	11.5	11.6	11.6	12.0
Farms reporting	..	19,406	23,415	20,022	17,391	16,212	14,657
Percentage of total farms	...	40.3	56.5	52.6	48.3	50.4	47.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	7,067	10,578	17,841	26,666	36,617	49,353
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	80,337,981	118,046,788	105,220,782	107,481,112	207,931,146	295,890,417
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.7	3.4	2.7	4.1	4.9
Farms reporting	..	42,192	36,228	32,831	33,400	30,777	29,371
Percentage of total farms	...	87.6	87.4	86.2	92.8	95.8	95.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	1,904	3,258	3,205	3,218	6,756	10,074
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	111,217,444	150,004,321	154,589,792	181,938,510	193,834,036	222,207,361
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.0	5.0	4.6	3.8	3.7
Farms reporting	..	29,489	26,740	23,072	21,784	19,476	17,539
Percentage of total farms	...	61.3	64.5	60.6	60.5	60.6	57.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,771	5,610	6,700	8,352	9,952	12,669
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	24,093,004	36,024,152	43,069,290	59,521,116	87,962,863	98,332,896
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.6
Farms reporting	..	21,778	18,890	16,160	15,528	15,696	14,317
Percentage of total farms	...	45.2	45.6	42.4	43.1	48.8	46.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	1,106	1,907	2,665	3,833	5,604	6,868
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	592,970,800	707,318,417	749,956,975	992,332,562	1,077,439,111	1,199,009,365
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	28.1	24.2	24.8	21.1	19.8
Farms reporting	..	33,181	27,552	26,075	22,611	19,933	17,705
Percentage of total farms	...	68.9	66.5	68.5	62.8	62.0	57.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	17,871	25,672	28,762	43,887	54,053	67,722
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	245,889,703	391,975,856	307,037,694	399,075,974	407,663,431
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.8	12.6	7.7	7.8	6.7
Farms reporting	..	..	25,232	25,536	23,601	23,397	20,986
Percentage of total farms	...	...	60.9	67.1	65.6	72.8	68.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	9,745	15,350	13,010	17,057	19,425
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Ontario

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Ontario	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	4,711,942,124	5,462,588,275	6,545,516,325	7,829,246,574	8,843,882,426
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	72,713	68,633	67,520	59,728	57,211
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	64,802	79,591	96,942	131,082	154,584
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	127,492,984	144,089,273	164,235,193	214,197,522	211,121,522	270,098,489
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.1	3.0	3.3	2.7	3.1
Farms reporting	..	30,612	24,187	21,971	22,278	18,545	17,610
Percentage of total farms	...	37.1	33.3	32.0	33.0	31.0	30.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	4,165	5,957	7,475	9,615	11,384	15,338
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	361,476,583	511,715,957
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	4.6	5.8
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	35,004	33,930
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	58.6	59.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	10,327	15,082
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	336,674,862	531,636,659	665,354,142	870,427,370	1,118,177,692	1,269,812,144
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	11.3	12.2	13.3	14.3	14.4
Farms reporting	..	34,023	36,941	28,928	27,946	24,013	20,837
Percentage of total farms	...	41.3	50.8	42.1	41.4	40.2	36.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	9,896	14,392	23,000	31,147	46,566	60,940
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	204,406,264	236,100,731	215,707,916	221,169,249	417,469,144	582,869,778
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	5.0	3.9	3.4	5.3	6.6
Farms reporting	..	73,742	63,924	58,607	62,478	56,702	53,610
Percentage of total farms	...	89.4	87.9	85.4	92.5	94.9	93.7
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,772	3,693	3,681	3,540	7,363	10,872
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	252,152,422	293,560,362	274,372,548	360,444,054	363,697,863	422,881,752
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.2	5.0	5.5	4.6	4.8
Farms reporting	..	56,992	51,702	45,020	43,315	40,746	35,819
Percentage of total farms	...	69.1	71.1	65.6	64.2	68.2	62.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	4,424	5,678	6,094	8,321	8,926	11,806
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	92,608,592	141,905,500	147,547,431	198,706,181	257,206,528	283,021,264
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.0	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.2
Farms reporting	..	47,765	44,810	35,581	35,229	33,855	30,340
Percentage of total farms	...	57.9	61.6	51.8	52.2	56.7	53.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	1,939	3,167	4,147	5,640	7,597	9,328
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	712,566,212	718,155,240	830,309,484	932,643,707	1,024,877,426	1,170,289,777
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	15.2	15.2	14.2	13.1	13.2
Farms reporting	..	53,931	46,209	45,180	43,305	37,519	34,066
Percentage of total farms	...	65.4	63.5	65.8	64.1	62.8	59.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	13,213	15,541	18,378	21,537	27,316	34,354
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	466,487,221	572,872,987	418,691,587	523,219,977	539,245,751
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.9	10.5	6.4	6.7	6.1
Farms reporting	..	..	40,524	37,353	35,213	34,404	31,158
Percentage of total farms	...	...	55.7	54.4	52.2	57.6	54.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	11,511	15,337	11,890	15,208	17,307
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Manitoba

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Manitoba	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	1,687,849,384	1,816,781,480	2,473,639,241	3,069,555,199	3,489,253,123
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	27,336	25,706	24,383	21,071	19,054
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	61,745	70,675	101,449	145,677	183,124
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	80,610,119	104,561,553	94,788,358	112,244,544	113,466,138	141,888,030
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.2	5.2	4.5	3.7	4.1
Farms reporting	..	14,106	12,843	12,369	11,786	9,505	8,930
Percentage of total farms	...	47.9	47.0	48.1	48.3	45.1	46.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	5,715	8,142	7,663	9,524	11,938	15,889
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	116,592,430	153,955,620
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	3.8	4.4
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	12,614	11,884
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	59.9	62.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	9,243	12,955
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	48,688,484	98,901,632	130,643,572	168,941,099	215,965,795	270,957,876
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	5.9	7.2	6.8	7.0	7.8
Farms reporting	..	9,433	12,140	11,119	10,247	8,669	7,843
Percentage of total farms	...	32.0	44.4	43.3	42.0	41.1	41.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	5,162	8,147	11,750	16,487	24,912	34,548
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	102,745,325	167,343,338	150,416,702	155,929,039	200,624,798	258,710,746
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.9	8.3	6.3	6.5	7.4
Farms reporting	..	27,530	25,747	23,763	23,340	20,513	18,509
Percentage of total farms	...	93.5	94.2	92.4	95.7	97.4	97.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,732	6,500	6,330	6,681	9,780	13,978
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	152,285,815	219,152,549	186,594,286	290,668,723	291,214,275	351,136,399
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	13.0	10.3	11.8	9.5	10.1
Farms reporting	..	19,298	19,528	17,808	15,969	14,098	11,328
Percentage of total farms	...	65.5	71.4	69.3	65.5	66.9	59.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	7,891	11,222	10,478	18,202	20,656	30,997
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	58,716,840	111,902,381	115,907,647	185,677,870	231,052,066	240,426,360
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.6	6.4	7.5	7.5	6.9
Farms reporting	..	18,134	20,124	16,476	14,704	12,937	10,464
Percentage of total farms	...	61.6	73.6	64.1	60.3	61.4	54.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,238	5,561	7,035	12,628	17,860	22,977
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	147,474,020	179,954,954	210,896,441	319,966,494	401,898,052	502,766,266
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	10.7	11.6	12.9	13.1	14.4
Farms reporting	..	15,970	14,658	14,378	14,412	12,694	10,937
Percentage of total farms	...	54.2	53.6	55.9	59.1	60.2	57.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	9,234	12,277	14,668	22,201	31,660	45,969
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	168,597,577	200,908,573	156,407,130	196,407,117	185,188,832
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	10.0	11.1	6.3	6.4	5.3
Farms reporting	..	..	17,643	16,844	15,603	15,006	12,928
Percentage of total farms	...	...	64.5	65.5	64.0	71.2	67.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	9,556	11,928	10,024	13,089	14,325
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Saskatchewan

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Saskatchewan	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	3,144,297,333	3,327,846,932	4,356,709,980	5,021,035,934	5,580,116,405
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	63,431	60,840	56,995	50,598	44,329
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	49,570	54,698	76,440	99,234	125,880
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	217,095,876	239,713,183	244,740,243	324,272,637	169,436,714	231,842,749
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.6	7.4	7.4	3.4	4.2
Farms reporting	..	33,350	29,799	30,127	29,322	19,482	19,504
Percentage of total farms	...	49.5	47.0	49.5	51.4	38.5	43.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	6,510	8,044	8,124	11,059	8,697	11,887
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	218,885,600	268,552,335
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	4.4	4.8
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	31,894	29,775
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	63.0	67.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	6,863	9,019
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	80,842,352	189,502,118	209,292,202	268,325,622	293,663,661	321,033,428
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.8
Farms reporting	..	20,522	28,738	26,320	26,469	20,418	16,832
Percentage of total farms	...	30.5	45.3	43.3	46.4	40.4	38.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,939	6,594	7,952	10,137	14,383	19,073
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	241,408,999	391,333,998	375,732,449	419,415,218	472,149,647	570,325,456
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	12.4	11.3	9.6	9.4	10.2
Farms reporting	..	63,166	59,742	56,691	54,853	49,102	42,896
Percentage of total farms	...	93.8	94.2	93.2	96.2	97.0	96.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,822	6,550	6,628	7,646	9,616	13,296
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	167,455,247	310,925,369	247,116,169	510,960,746	575,891,622	699,408,711
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	9.9	7.4	11.7	11.5	12.5
Farms reporting	..	36,202	40,976	36,977	38,999	34,760	27,240
Percentage of total farms	...	53.8	64.6	60.8	68.4	68.7	61.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	4,626	7,588	6,683	13,102	16,568	25,676
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	90,427,580	221,930,280	218,764,523	366,970,739	567,377,893	659,813,369
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.1	6.6	8.4	11.3	11.8
Farms reporting	..	43,163	52,462	45,594	42,577	37,154	30,345
Percentage of total farms	...	64.1	82.7	74.9	74.7	73.4	68.5
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,095	4,230	4,798	8,619	15,271	21,744
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	143,532,733	192,858,591	177,282,856	224,020,224	272,736,442	348,344,254
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.1	5.3	5.1	5.4	6.2
Farms reporting	..	28,394	24,833	25,195	25,060	22,520	19,308
Percentage of total farms	...	42.2	39.1	41.4	44.0	44.5	43.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	5,055	7,766	7,036	8,939	12,111	18,041
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	452,417,541	487,672,776	330,669,927	364,764,834	335,931,810
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	14.4	14.7	7.6	7.3	6.0
Farms reporting	..	..	43,332	42,868	37,467	36,097	30,583
Percentage of total farms	...	...	68.3	70.5	65.7	71.3	69.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	10,441	11,376	8,826	10,105	10,984
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

Alberta

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
Alberta	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	3,943,193,456	4,653,484,267	6,669,475,011	8,908,533,331	8,791,632,114
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	57,777	57,245	59,007	53,652	49,431
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	68,248	81,291	113,029	166,043	177,857
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	165,063,265	183,014,240	193,582,394	245,512,371	194,217,537	260,832,175
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	4.6	4.2	3.7	2.2	3.0
Farms reporting	..	24,578	25,039	25,514	24,958	19,768	19,309
Percentage of total farms	...	42.3	43.3	44.6	42.3	36.8	39.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	6,716	7,309	7,587	9,837	9,825	13,508
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	300,371,126	446,134,064
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	3.4	5.1
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	30,206	29,694
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	56.3	60.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	9,944	15,024
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	123,800,679	254,952,138	303,856,844	407,013,958	489,253,019	537,119,073
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	6.5	6.5	6.1	5.5	6.1
Farms reporting	..	17,950	24,978	22,487	23,890	21,218	17,195
Percentage of total farms	...	30.9	43.2	39.3	40.5	39.5	34.8
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	6,897	10,207	13,513	17,037	23,058	31,237
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	199,396,270	312,778,314	279,034,996	323,748,368	437,049,021	566,699,937
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	7.9	6.0	4.9	4.9	6.4
Farms reporting	..	53,524	53,682	52,266	55,845	51,780	47,158
Percentage of total farms	...	92.2	92.9	91.3	94.6	96.5	95.4
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,725	5,827	5,339	5,797	8,440	12,017
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	219,427,120	335,543,183	293,773,990	467,103,063	513,237,102	613,351,120
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	8.5	6.3	7.0	5.8	7.0
Farms reporting	..	34,730	37,497	34,933	33,787	31,582	26,012
Percentage of total farms	...	59.8	64.9	61.0	57.3	58.9	52.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	6,318	8,949	8,410	13,825	16,251	23,580
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	70,205,462	150,047,993	158,442,917	229,290,038	330,559,348	384,018,598
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.8	3.4	3.4	3.7	4.4
Farms reporting	..	32,662	34,945	30,586	29,391	27,234	23,816
Percentage of total farms	...	56.3	60.5	53.4	49.8	50.8	48.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,149	4,294	5,180	7,801	12,138	16,124
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	334,414,836	524,708,689	545,644,654	911,569,805	1,254,301,691	1,260,756,337
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	13.3	11.7	13.7	14.1	14.3
Farms reporting	..	34,841	34,481	37,230	39,929	36,422	31,197
Percentage of total farms	...	60.0	59.7	65.0	67.7	67.9	63.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	9,598	15,217	14,656	22,830	34,438	40,413
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	424,896,508	517,104,620	429,440,482	507,035,211	441,157,211
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	10.8	11.1	6.4	5.7	5.0
Farms reporting	..	..	36,643	36,796	35,942	35,411	30,202
Percentage of total farms	...	...	63.4	64.3	60.9	66.0	61.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	11,596	14,053	11,948	14,319	14,607
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

British Columbia

Table 2.20
Selected expenditures, Canada and provinces, census years 1976 to 2006
British Columbia	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Total expenses¹	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	975,598,810	1,126,932,364	1,661,721,704	2,088,607,363	2,382,732,345
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Farms reporting	..	..	19,063	19,225	21,835	20,290	19,844
Percentage of total farms	...	...	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	51,178	58,618	76,104	102,938	120,073
Rental or leasing of land and buildings	Empty cell
In dollars	..	17,228,200	22,301,554	25,062,644	34,977,113	34,414,663	46,719,928
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	2.3	2.2	2.1	1.6	2.0
Farms reporting	..	5,245	4,970	4,751	5,108	4,328	4,036
Percentage of total farms	...	26.2	26.1	24.7	23.4	21.3	20.3
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	3,285	4,487	5,275	6,848	7,952	11,576
Custom work, contract work and hired trucking²	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	..	..	..	122,788,992	145,807,120
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	...	...	...	5.9	6.1
Farms reporting	..	..	..	..	..	7,550	7,594
Percentage of total farms	...	...	...	...	...	37.2	38.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	...	...	...	16,263	19,200
Wages and salaries	Empty cell
In dollars	..	101,135,636	168,952,791	229,282,469	339,910,599	405,678,748	498,116,928
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	17.3	20.3	20.5	19.4	20.9
Farms reporting	..	7,904	9,162	8,722	8,575	7,854	7,659
Percentage of total farms	...	39.5	48.1	45.4	39.3	38.7	38.6
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	12,796	18,441	26,288	39,640	51,653	65,037
Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery^3,4	Empty cell
In dollars	..	37,529,475	51,628,001	49,495,210	53,698,694	113,475,695	159,085,979
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	5.3	4.4	3.2	5.4	6.7
Farms reporting	..	16,416	15,488	15,028	19,218	18,667	17,906
Percentage of total farms	...	82.0	81.2	78.2	88.0	92.0	90.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,286	3,333	3,294	2,794	6,079	8,885
Fertilizer and lime	Empty cell
In dollars	..	29,131,798	36,488,117	39,393,803	55,518,143	62,145,802	85,489,197
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	3.7	3.5	3.3	3.0	3.6
Farms reporting	..	10,985	10,262	9,695	10,930	11,006	9,911
Percentage of total farms	...	54.9	53.8	50.4	50.1	54.2	49.9
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	2,652	3,556	4,063	5,079	5,647	8,626
Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides	Empty cell
In dollars	..	9,914,403	14,606,351	16,333,645	23,236,622	28,058,695	35,997,627
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.5
Farms reporting	..	6,663	6,299	5,702	6,171	6,822	6,173
Percentage of total farms	...	33.3	33.0	29.7	28.3	33.6	31.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	1,488	2,319	2,865	3,765	4,113	5,831
Feed and supplements	Empty cell
In dollars	..	177,725,560	213,957,978	217,770,971	290,123,068	309,709,922	332,670,119
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	21.9	19.3	17.5	14.8	14.0
Farms reporting	..	12,580	11,549	12,202	13,607	12,958	11,558
Percentage of total farms	...	62.9	60.6	63.5	62.3	63.9	58.2
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	14,128	18,526	17,847	21,322	23,901	28,783
Farm interest expenses	Empty cell
In dollars	..	..	117,314,754	140,827,817	117,470,582	149,705,571	137,278,276
Percentage of total expenses	...	...	12.0	12.5	7.1	7.2	5.8
Farms reporting	..	..	8,911	8,276	8,343	8,682	7,767
Percentage of total farms	...	...	46.7	43.0	38.2	42.8	39.1
Average dollar value per farm reporting	...	...	13,165	17,016	14,080	17,243	17,675
Symbols x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero xxfor confidentiality reasons, data have been combined with those of the preceding size class .. not available for a specific reference period ...not applicable Notes Not all expenses are presented in this table; therefore the sum of the variables does not add up to "Total expenses." The data for expenses are reported for the year preceding the census year. Changes to the question on rental and leasing of farm machinery in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Gross farm receipts and some operating expenses could be understated at the aggregate level due to the increase over time in contractual arrangements (e.g., contract feeding), custom work performed by non-farmers, and the involvement in primary agriculture of large non-farm corporations such as food processors, meatpacking plants and others. "Total expenses" does not include depreciation or capital cost allowance. "Custom work, contract work and hired trucking" was overstated in British Columbia in 2001 due to respondent errors. In 1981, heating costs were included in expenses for "Fuel, oil and lubricants for farm machinery." Changes to the question for fuel in 2001 may affect the comparability of the data with previous censuses. Source Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.

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Section 2 - Agricultural perspectives from seven censuses, Canada and provinces: census years 1976 to 2006

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