Table 3 - Farms classified by total farm area, by province, Census Agricultural Region (CAR) and Census Division (CD), 2001

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  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Manitoba
  • Nova Scotia
  • Saskatchewan
  • New Brunswick
  • Alberta
  • Quebec
  • British Columbia
  • Farm areaTotal number of farmsUnder 10 acres10 to 69 acres70 to 129 acres130 to 179 acres180 to 239 acres240 to 399 acres400 to 559 acres560 to 759 acres760 to 1,119 acres1,120 to 1,599 acres1,600 to 2,239 acres2,240 to 2,879 acres2,880 to 3,519 acres3,520 acres and over
    Geographic name - (Geographic level)
    Canada246,92312,60033,58628,00629,28314,51133,11819,54316,02018,94915,28111,1285,5463,1976,155
      Newfoundland and Labrador643147262783034362213654222
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)327761474281114124323212
          Division No. 1 - (CD)301711304081114113323212
          Division No. 2 - (CD)26517200011000000
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)165536117912632110000
          Division No. 6 - (CD)1421313624121000000
          Division No. 7 - (CD)642120836311100000
          Division No. 8 - (CD)591928342200010000
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)15118541913111677221010
          Division No. 4 - (CD)51714646533111000
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1100114013951144110010
      Prince Edward Island1,845782872821981863361641169449251893
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)32212424442305531251896431
          Kings County - (CD)32212424442305531251896431
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)90544149152100100175764830157621
          Queens County - (CD)90544149152100100175764830157621
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)61822968656561065743462512841
          Prince County - (CD)61822968656561065743462512841
      Nova Scotia3,9233528166293643806203452061304620708
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)66410716211862519631131743000
          Shelburne County - (CD)27108212011110000
          Yarmouth County - (CD)1122130201351360310000
          Digby County - (CD)10940291443980200000
          Queens County - (CD)4679343944210000
          Lunenburg County - (CD)370298679403865128913000
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)1,230110293191116111188106663386101
          Annapolis County - (CD)2501750472125442414700001
          Kings County - (CD)644711789164558546301833000
          Hants County - (CD)3362265533131593622853100
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,143912361699293190988551229403
          Halifax County - (CD)1523132248817167450000
          Colchester County - (CD)45220787245458341372262001
          Cumberland County - (CD)5394012673394090414125117402
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)5992381101647410189331891203
          Pictou County - (CD)2741143542436473510931001
          Guysborough County - (CD)903171410810165320002
          Antigonish County - (CD)235921333030443818640200
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)2872144503051452191131001
          Inverness County - (CD)13851318192427157811000
          Richmond County - (CD)1750314400000000
          Cape Breton County - (CD)9792124919930210000
          Victoria County - (CD)35210514532110001
      New Brunswick3,03420247342126732854632622514061211176
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,086571291319111720612298703613853
          York County - (CD)30128444319285547171351100
          Carleton County - (CD)425134553484178423630256422
          Victoria County - (CD)1839171814263717142244010
          Madawaska County - (CD)177723171022361631522321
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)82054135986710416183673593211
          Charlotte County - (CD)1277321912181988310000
          Sunbury County - (CD)1021619167111475600010
          Queens County - (CD)11831818121221148712101
          Kings County - (CD)1473286645366310754461971100
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)715541141087577128764125123110
          Albert County - (CD)120121722141519116111100
          Westmorland County - (CD)41834696637437443211992010
          Kent County - (CD)177828202419352214520000
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)41337958434305145191042002
          Northumberland County - (CD)11772823121017107120000
          Restigouche County - (CD)89610116415208520002
          Gloucester County - (CD)207245750161619154402000
      Quebec32,1391,6604,8845,2323,6364,1186,3733,0221,5881,041383137341318
        Bas-Saint-Laurent - (CAR)2,436651752701772646514172281344112200
          La Matapédia - (CD)25871320141066513729101000
          Matane - (CD)15869109124527221521000
          La Mitis - (CD)3089192912389065271521100
          Rimouski-Neigette - (CD)2941033411723706423652000
          Les Basques - (CD)2316152313215646251682000
          Rivière-du-Loup - (CD)2979152723459741271021000
          Témiscouata - (CD)43783671224993724328104100
          Kamouraska - (CD)453103549676613451241520000
        Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord - (CAR)1,227458711710915027617712085449521
          Le Domaine-du-Roy - (CD)2119182216285126161492000
          Maria-Chapdelaine - (CD)25711326132045453730193401
          Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - (CD)36314252736579551311762020
          Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - (CD)33317243438417449301591100
          La Haute-Côte-Nord - (CD)3711121966811000
          Manicouagan - (CD)12636743200100000
        Québec - (CAR)1,1566120420815615320790412464002
          Charlevoix-Est - (CD)793121115118114210001
          Charlevoix - (CD)12871727141529107200000
          L'Île-d'Orléans - (CD)18783841313022103310000
          La Côte-de-Beaupré - (CD)782121214121277000000
          La Jacques-Cartier - (CD)629161476331210000
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec - (CD)1451640292091963201000
          Portneuf - (CD)477166974557011443161333001
        Mauricie - (CAR)1,22974197176157180261105452284000
          Mékinac - (CD)18371819262357226500000
          Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie - (CD)13714332815162181010000
          Francheville - (CD)43420746148641003718624000
          Maskinongé - (CD)45432676468767736201040000
          Le Haut-Saint-Maurice - (CD)2115401620110000
        Estrie - (CAR)2,8618035143530538064035917292359012
          Le Granit - (CD)59358092578014187341142000
          Asbestos - (CD)2685204329376736181012000
          Le Haut-Saint-François - (CD)495946744670112713420101002
          Le Val-Saint-François - (CD)494116510162651074223972000
          La Région-Sherbrookoise - (CD)1478372815222185210000
          Coaticook - (CD)5812962575366132914830102010
          Memphrémagog - (CD)28313414043406024101020000
        Montréal/Laval - (CAR)216719121711541212000
          Laval - (CD)16257721444321212000
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal - (CD)541419737220000000
        Lanaudière - (CAR)1,776162331363226221251955251139200
          D'Autray - (CD)49940649757689636161834000
          L'Assomption - (CD)180153042242421641012100
          Joliette - (CD)274284248393945149721000
          Matawinie - (CD)23330604524243096221000
          Montcalm - (CD)480421129668574727131241100
          Les Moulins - (CD)110723351491234210000
        Outaouais - (CAR)1,2913195206126180271163107692911300
          Papineau - (CD)3085206841406734181221000
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)9810221813101254310000
          Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)3227376234455834181962000
          La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau - (CD)205451414244542261765300
          Pontiac - (CD)35851144246189484118143000
        Laurentides - (CAR)1,5361064002791491642181055146106110
          Deux-Montagnes - (CD)315321426027231564401100
          Thérèse-De Blainville - (CD)991130181210761400000
          Mirabel - (CD)4072511892313560279711010
          La Rivière-du-Nord - (CD)8210351487303200000
          Argenteuil - (CD)22163141242952217802000
          Les Laurentides - (CD)1147151724212027153311000
          Antoine-Labelle - (CD)2657273026405430241881000
        Abitibi-Témiscamingue/Nord-du-Québec - (CAR)81017255019621311621321205521943
          Témiscamingue - (CD)2927131481842665344179010
          Rouyn-Noranda - (CD)64128229159940210
          Abitibi-Ouest - (CD)2154413420294035311610522
          Abitibi - (CD)1198551441744342731141101
          Vallée-de-l'Or - (CD)4101115778541100
        Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CAR)29221383524245348221841013
          Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CD)1947521000000000
          Le Rocher-Percé - (CD)3326842442010000
          La Côte-de-Gaspé - (CD)2147323000100001
          La Haute-Gaspésie - (CD)3335434653000000
          Bonaventure - (CD)1127871011282012700011
          Avignon - (CD)7415833151951031001
        Chaudière-Appalaches - (CAR)6,0152421,0311,1678168811,18341217374255312
          L'Islet - (CD)56230105103597610745211320001
          Montmagny - (CD)331453613851742516441000
          Bellechasse - (CD)964451591851581561735622820000
          Desjardins - (CD)17111393822242266120000
          Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - (CD)1619413523162163601000
          La Nouvelle-Beauce - (CD)69449118148991051282712231110
          Robert-Cliche - (CD)476168987757496238710000
          Les Etchemins - (CD)329855864446522012510000
          Beauce-Sartigan - (CD)6652113714088771175520810001
          L'Amiante - (CD)8061613214110012217674271061100
          Lotbinière - (CD)8563310314311013421775261031100
        Montérégie - (CAR)7,5514891,3821,3539159111,3355552802216829634
          Brome-Missisquoi - (CD)73342101135878617263231651002
          La Haute-Yamaska - (CD)475239484787782178930000
          Acton - (CD)4271961795765893710811000
          Le Bas-Richelieu - (CD)31019565033424820141862011
          Les Maskoutains - (CD)1,229117197221145156216854226137400
          Rouville - (CD)5435514910657507628111100000
          Le Haut-Richelieu - (CD)6726087102648312472323783000
          La Vallée-du-Richelieu - (CD)45336111765143673421644000
          Champlain - (CD)23410110330010000
          Lajemmerais - (CD)2051248351924291710622010
          Roussillon - (CD)2171163332120242271221100
          Les Jardins-de-Napierville - (CD)685361661437267106373115111000
          Le Haut-Saint-Laurent - (CD)69511651261319414264371723111
          Beauharnois-Salaberry - (CD)34818437246486124171432000
          Vaudreuil-Soulanges - (CD)536261319053569632172672000
        Centre-du-Québec - (CAR)3,743196477552450537891330164834415301
          L'Érable - (CD)748251021279111617567241182000
          Bécancour - (CD)49116657166611294622752001
          Arthabaska - (CD)99352115143119140240984430101100
          Drummond - (CD)8836613312510011920970341557000
          Nicolet-Yamaska - (CD)62837628674101138494020163200
      Ontario59,7282,86012,51614,2626,5316,1928,5563,9362,1731,548665288835563
        Southern Ontario Region - (CAR)19,6311,2775,3804,3272,0301,7852,3541,080588435205104272514
          Hamilton Division - (CD)1,02611740921598626322121573021
          Niagara Regional Municipality - (CD)2,2664101,0813041449913041211768140
          Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality - (CD)2,60212962168233723231214065332716413
          Brant County - (CD)81747224189938889371814114030
          Oxford County - (CD)2,1041034435432772352778157501314542
          Elgin County - (CD)1,608733793341771662419754373013421
          Chatham-Kent Division - (CD)2,3526948254224726333420210075295130
          Essex County - (CD)1,7891416683601371061647559391916212
          Lambton County - (CD)2,427714245752722753742159877307612
          Middlesex County - (CD)2,640117649583248259370170104783318443
        Western Ontario Region - (CAR)19,1918363,5115,4502,2792,2172,6281,02155237217487271225
          Peel Regional Municipality - (CD)5224016711437315828211663001
          Dufferin County - (CD)89832163274959111859312093300
          Wellington County - (CD)2,616135570798320307288883735189623
          Halton Regional Municipality - (CD)619482561364538491514683001
          Waterloo Regional Municipality - (CD)1,4449627856118312311839171563311
          Perth County - (CD)2,570984187643583343521314241179303
          Huron County - (CD)2,8801344337133423564641851226830174210
          Bruce County - (CD)2,34555253624280317404176113762418212
          Grey County - (CD)2,834794038023803854561708347197120
          Simcoe County - (CD)2,46311957066423923532113072483715544
        Central Ontario Region - (CAR)8,9383822,0062,2198878961,226624343209813310913
          Hastings County - (CD)1,190331782651281152341187032104111
          Prince Edward Division - (CD)535261059353558965231392011
          Northumberland County - (CD)1,1044124025512510716588382877111
          Peterborough County - (CD)1,2024019435013313717393442692001
          Kawartha Lakes Division - (CD)1,51635221454182195211835744216511
          Durham Regional Municipality - (CD)1,70976548427143138173855633165324
          York Regional Municipality - (CD)11,0208741721471508637211867024
          Muskoka District Municipality - (CD)201124961172517107110010
          Haliburton County - (CD)6991216661142210000
          Parry Sound District - (CD)39223428429686741251210000
        Eastern Ontario Region - (CAR)9,3332741,3931,9299421,1061,848850485321128351372
          Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Counties - (CD)1,9394828339120624041716910650187220
          Prescott and Russell United Counties - (CD)1,14835186231113136239974737196200
          Ottawa Division - (CD)1,31854303314116131208923640134421
          Leeds and Grenville United Counties - (CD)1,34845222270158137262121793788010
          Lanark County - (CD)91026992268711518471483987000
          Frontenac County - (CD)69921981167676144784723162200
          Lennox and Addington County - (CD)629111031146462109803228220211
          Renfrew County - (CD)1,34234992671222092851429067241110
        Northern Ontario Region - (CAR)2,635912263373931885003612052117729629
          Nipissing District - (CD)2848244932376240161141000
          Manitoulin District - (CD)28437401124464527461910312
          Sudbury District - (CD)16866124115352416913000
          Greater Sudbury Division - (CD)15954347261111111310000
          Timiskaming District - (CD)532824569734114844849121014
          Cochrane District - (CD)204991550123728181762100
          Algoma District - (CD)33720436048226732201762000
          Thunder Bay District - (CD)2381545363012482715820000
          Rainy River District - (CD)32688154416615541412410102
          Kenora District - (CD)1039177145191531020101
      Manitoba21,0715091,6141,2642,1216632,6091,9892,0742,7482,1981,468755417642
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,55613584114632171103166229235164835164
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1,55613584114632171103166229235164835164
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)2,1384411410520145251197214318269170994467
          Division No. 6 - (CD)8921327348115113799714512084372027
          Division No. 7 - (CD)1,2463187711203013811811717314986622440
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,90717747519038244159204287280167644464
          Division No. 15 - (CD)1,90717747519038244159204287280167644464
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)921323261001711610610514812569411923
          Division No. 16 - (CD)921323261001711610610514812569411923
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)885945331252811584881179367421722
          Division No. 20 - (CD)885945331252811584881179367421722
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)1,81225586819238209151195263228153904993
          Division No. 17 - (CD)1,81225586819238209151195263228153904993
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)2,5094920114321391312254239344281175774288
          Division No. 8 - (CD)1,31514756013236167146137192149105491835
          Division No. 9 - (CD)739167646573910273661046835121431
          Division No. 10 - (CD)4551950372416433536486435161022
        Agricultural Region 8 - (CAR)3,02199308190247116360335310423254195864454
          Division No. 3 - (CD)1,830812591451348421719315123014194442433
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,19118494511332143142159193113101422021
        Agricultural Region 9 - (CAR)2,48514344028028913433723318617811567331832
          Division No. 2 - (CD)1,65584291186190792271741241187847241221
          Division No. 11 - (CD)1704448320711107564221
          Division No. 12 - (CD)660151019179489949555531167410
        Agricultural Region 10 - (CAR)68819424810232117927773372110810
          Division No. 1 - (CD)68819424810232117927773372110810
        Agricultural Region 11 - (CAR)1,36955186176142561781191071427853322025
          Division No. 13 - (CD)53938998450255748323821231185
          Division No. 14 - (CD)830178792923112171751045730211220
        Agricultural Region 12 - (CAR)1,780336579174361991561832262031679861100
          Division No. 18 - (CD)1,53426446316233180148159205173144824867
          Division No. 19 - (CD)112425350821412181211824
          Division No. 21 - (CD)12251613731161091211559
      Saskatchewan50,5984221,2181,1005,5296985,6334,2104,5657,1327,1075,6102,9081,6472,819
        Agricultural Region 1A - (CAR)2,1161540292071721315920032734626511766115
        Agricultural Region 1B - (CAR)2,021184523173192171671973263462611025671
        Agricultural Region 2A - (CAR)1,59283414148121711071482472282229547111
        Agricultural Region 2B - (CAR)2,7002197703923431921525438135225612470115
        Agricultural Region 3AN - (CAR)1,27316810391017411117721117611871107
        Agricultural Region 3AS - (CAR)2,37012111518712203164179287377381207125210
        Agricultural Region 3BN - (CAR)2,52713594623628249205215337327309184133186
        Agricultural Region 3BS - (CAR)1,4369911785114899718924421512978169
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)1,0896917671460435311311116110966260
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)1,15147563487598715818417711961136
        Agricultural Region 5A - (CAR)4,0502796745246055443542762257633115072102
        Agricultural Region 5B - (CAR)4,2792358636077062645446665354635416480115
        Agricultural Region 6A - (CAR)3,479331025138442351276270453526445222140184
        Agricultural Region 6B - (CAR)3,527631972854309742826827537741929715986146
        Agricultural Region 7A - (CAR)1,9681114181471916612416426830528518384180
        Agricultural Region 7B - (CAR)1,9831730221502016414013231537328513583117
        Agricultural Region 8A - (CAR)2,77046797239649390264261405351244875769
        Agricultural Region 8B - (CAR)2,724267780360653203042914333332131015764
        Agricultural Region 9A - (CAR)4,438451351405737256340346663755540619485164
        Agricultural Region 9B - (CAR)3,105241135730450337260272427397327209130198
        Division No. 1 - (CD)2,6511953372462325519424940846935613784121
        Division No. 2 - (CD)2,69216401923720255181239375383384212114217
        Division No. 3 - (CD)2,62068181797222176195377442419215127229
        Division No. 4 - (CD)1,7901315231151812487101184234249174106347
        Division No. 5 - (CD)3,231258451359434253203605254303081406794
        Division No. 6 - (CD)3,901361418652851487351364546511369188109134
        Division No. 7 - (CD)2,79512493927426258195215342403397212143230
        Division No. 8 - (CD)3,05815493623021264190255433445400273152295
        Division No. 9 - (CD)3,11816515147551453388336476396223854671
        Division No. 10 - (CD)2,534143839313313142222484013822581236586
        Division No. 11 - (CD)3,5645315323941571401267268367504372176111167
        Division No. 12 - (CD)2,37722835821645230165179325317290180103164
        Division No. 13 - (CD)2,74419422720536217186200409488396216106197
        Division No. 14 - (CD)3,8125910389542675323583725695003371276394
        Division No. 15 - (CD)4,3824917117762111357445746263649230814076106
        Division No. 16 - (CD)12,8693060673253834025230142138729815572123
        Division No. 17 - (CD)2,46018784424937282221221338324246155103144
      Alberta53,6521,1184,0983,0418,9451,3887,2994,9864,6005,6254,3823,2971,5949712,308
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)3,12366867724141244148181252327363238179680
          Division No. 1 - (CD)1,63657676714433153978813917717111167265
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,48791910978915193113150192127112415
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)6,204152590354609162748500513628565538253181411
          Division No. 2 - (CD)3,329993532533351155063242862642232108176204
          Division No. 5 - (CD)2,8755323710127447242176227364342328172105207
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)7,1222129685561,30522588956550756443430815698335
          Division No. 3 - (CD)2,04360152115279582351731621991761368048170
          Division No. 6 - (CD)4,9411518104321,0081626343873413592491687047123
          Division No. 15 - (CD)13816918520546946342
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)3,316401128236154346255239418427409219127227
          Division No. 7 - (CD)3,316401128236154346255239418427409219127227
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)5,6948730030889614675758855770156438717495134
          Division No. 10 - (CD)5,6948730030889614675758855770156438717495134
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)12,4283901,4801,1122,6174341,9901,1921,0121,02059730512156102
          Division No. 8 - (CD)4,542135451289941138730483416427270148542733
          Division No. 9 - (CD)1,26838576637536223127102115672412521
          Division No. 11 - (CD)6,6182179727571,3012601,037582494478260133552448
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)8,6551163774051,7122131,3831,0178871,01868042117788161
          Division No. 12 - (CD)12,8302497114536574173112593462581777648110
          Division No. 13 - (CD)4,92180230233972125818608548582362206833044
          Division No. 14 - (CD)90412505820431148988090603818107
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)7,110551851471,2041139427217041,024788566256147258
          Division No. 17 - (CD)2,758153950461403583372934013091969456109
          Division No. 18 - (CD)821625191601313775781217459161325
          Division No. 19 - (CD)3,53134121785836044730933350240531114678124
      British Columbia20,2905,2527,4181,6971,6625241,11054346048538525813476286
        Vancouver Island-Coast - (CAR)2,8101,0951,19423111757612218392010
          Capital Regional District - (CD)9744683826321131155330000
          Cowichan Valley Regional District - (CD)6912433175336161672010000
          Nanaimo Regional District - (CD)4901892034421101341032000
          Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - (CD)8121361061403000000
          Comox-Strathcona Regional District - (CD)14451312074323141356020010
          Powell River Regional District - (CD)983744942110000000
          Central Coast Regional District - (CD)3165961301000000
        Lower Mainland-Southwest - (CAR)5,7332,2452,5844571651091004415641111
          Fraser Valley Regional District - (CD)2,6618611,2862801085843147211000
          Greater Vancouver Regional District - (CD)2,8541,2991,230160484442225300010
          Sunshine Coast Regional District - (CD)975932311100000000
          Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - (CD)121263614861483130101
        Thompson-Okanagan - (CAR)5,6791,4032,58448837513723110280815444231166
          Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - (CD)1,61159380974311230101081282210
          Thompson-Nicola Regional District - (CD)1,1751373701161574490494451252214947
          Central Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,1023935825123131476534001
          North Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,1752095411639142612112898604
          Columbia-Shuswap Regional District - (CD)6167128284732636158952104
        Kootenay - (CAR)1,38026950714310149103404634281781025
          East Kootenay Regional District - (CD)418581014437254915212411104316
          Central Kootenay Regional District - (CD)609146289663311231810550012
          Kootenay Boundary Regional District - (CD)35365117333113317155127467
        Cariboo - (CAR)1,8171243162113148920812698987948251467
          Cariboo Regional District - (CD)1,18863206149191611266871686136181060
          Fraser-Fort George Regional District - (CD)629611106212328825827301812747
        North Coast - (CAR)1523147141891183431300
          Kitimat-Stikine Regional District - (CD)11523147141891183431300
        Nechako - (CAR)9455610986185371296747706232201233
          Bulkley-Nechako Regional District - (CD)19455610986185371296747706232201233
        Peace River - (CAR)1,77429776738737267134153189146113542794
          Peace River Regional District - (CD)11,77429776738737267134153189146113542794
    Source: Statistics Canada

    Footnotes:
    1. Due to confidentiality constraints, the data for one or more adjacent 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, click on Geographic area amalgamations.