Table 10 - Farms classified by soil conservation practices used, 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
  • Soil conservation practicesTotal number of farms2Crop rotationPermanent grass coverWinter cover crops3Contour cultivationStrip-croppingGrassed waterwaysWindbreaks or shelterbeltsGreen manure crops for plough-down3Mechanical or hand weeding of crops4
    Geographic name - (Geographic level)
    Canada246,923148,97978,11111,3138,4608,41325,43433,34016,41924,461
      Newfoundland and Labrador64323122422259169164182
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)327108124151067342688
          Division No. 1 - (CD)3019911514957342378
          Division No. 2 - (CD)269911100310
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)165664251015301954
          Division No. 6 - (CD)142199130010715
          Division No. 7 - (CD)642518251110319
          Division No. 8 - (CD)592215220410920
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)15157582524271940
          Division No. 4 - (CD)512413220110614
          Division No. 5 - (CD)110033450323171326
      Prince Edward Island1,8451,375721278206237437452427301
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)32221812153334060716866
          Kings County - (CD)32221812153334060716866
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)9056804041319893201221186152
          Queens County - (CD)9056804041319893201221186152
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)618477196947510417616017383
          Prince County - (CD)618477196947510417616017383
      Nova Scotia3,9231,2091,551251141100273266362650
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)6648519716151411314295
          Shelburne County - (CD)27450100225
          Yarmouth County - (CD)112123423224823
          Digby County - (CD)1098182212167
          Queens County - (CD)465150000114
          Lunenburg County - (CD)37056125129117232556
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)1,2304686011705948123132180261
          Annapolis County - (CD)2509012132111024193251
          Kings County - (CD)64426129011436267275110156
          Hants County - (CD)33611719024121227383854
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,143396394323022764868149
          Halifax County - (CD)1523257544861216
          Colchester County - (CD)45215818918151043192668
          Cumberland County - (CD)539206148911825233065
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)5991972321923946393973
          Pictou County - (CD)274113122912222152038
          Guysborough County - (CD)9091311124113
          Antigonish County - (CD)2357597910622201822
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)287631271414717163372
          Inverness County - (CD)1382372364961127
          Richmond County - (CD)17352110135
          Cape Breton County - (CD)973037652661429
          Victoria County - (CD)3571332023511
      New Brunswick3,0341,309993151130132254164351443
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,08656731484918113548166155
          York County - (CD)3019813674614162044
          Carleton County - (CD)42525712635293449188271
          Victoria County - (CD)1831273827413154114624
          Madawaska County - (CD)17785141517101831816
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)820312340301814584364126
          Charlotte County - (CD)127342822053611
          Sunbury County - (CD)102313932259827
          Queens County - (CD)1183864931861025
          Kings County - (CD)147320920916111140254063
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)71527726721101948367394
          Albert County - (CD)1203543132831216
          Westmorland County - (CD)4181541721541225184251
          Kent County - (CD)177885253515151927
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)4131537216111813374868
          Northumberland County - (CD)11752286336121417
          Restigouche County - (CD)893116735361011
          Gloucester County - (CD)207702835104192440
      Quebec32,13918,3453,9736086015041,3621,8453,3054,108
        Bas-Saint-Laurent - (CAR)2,4361,62916728413267123195203
          La Matapédia - (CD)258192220513171718
          Matane - (CD)15812010313110219
          La Mitis - (CD)308238173526133418
          Rimouski-Neigette - (CD)29418818012114112219
          Les Basques - (CD)23115015143651826
          Rivière-du-Loup - (CD)2972252275612203342
          Témiscouata - (CD)43715415437671320
          Kamouraska - (CD)45336248106919403751
        Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord - (CAR)1,2278659219331739116115149
          Le Domaine-du-Roy - (CD)211156197528312328
          Maria-Chapdelaine - (CD)25717812311511242536
          Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - (CD)363278305928242943
          Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - (CD)3332232947612273232
          La Haute-Côte-Nord - (CD)372200100503
          Manicouagan - (CD)126820020567
        Québec - (CAR)1,1566651372027294278142162
          Charlevoix-Est - (CD)7942190403333
          Charlevoix - (CD)1288213135191214
          L'Île-d'Orléans - (CD)18712422123911235859
          La Côte-de-Beaupré - (CD)784617054591015
          La Jacques-Cartier - (CD)6214110120648
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec - (CD)1456616103271216
          Portneuf - (CD)47729139611620214347
        Mauricie - (CAR)1,2298361251123165668136178
          Mékinac - (CD)18313021042861417
          Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie - (CD)1376914054591625
          Francheville - (CD)43430249710728415384
          Maskinongé - (CD)4543263734314114849
          Le Haut-Saint-Maurice - (CD)21941001153
        Estrie - (CAR)2,8611,225580378047115139153209
          Le Granit - (CD)5931915668816212127
          Asbestos - (CD)268143413768131312
          Le Haut-Saint-François - (CD)4952141285101615213231
          Le Val-Saint-François - (CD)49418114378822311943
          La Région-Sherbrookoise - (CD)14770211406131121
          Coaticook - (CD)5813351001232530273855
          Memphrémagog - (CD)2839191311418131920
        Montréal/Laval - (CAR)21667133395123255
          Laval - (CD)162479138582544
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal - (CD)5420420104711
        Lanaudière - (CAR)1,7761,12614656313069116271405
          D'Autray - (CD)49933933177720367190
          L'Assomption - (CD)18013196655143257
          Joliette - (CD)27418724214414305673
          Matawinie - (CD)2338832274871624
          Montcalm - (CD)48032533859182186146
          Les Moulins - (CD)1105615221481015
        Outaouais - (CAR)1,2916673092233156572145122
          Papineau - (CD)30814768511614124035
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)98381930112119
          Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)3221428757326192731
          La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau - (CD)20511236342552118
          Pontiac - (CD)35822899611319344629
        Laurentides - (CAR)1,5367471842628235797209289
          Deux-Montagnes - (CD)31513330310412155085
          Thérèse-De Blainville - (CD)995653153111735
          Mirabel - (CD)4072313663612186282
          La Rivière-du-Nord - (CD)822210301531018
          Argenteuil - (CD)2211185566318242824
          Les Laurentides - (CD)114749194403101721
          Antoine-Labelle - (CD)265138291444162524
        Abitibi-Témiscamingue/Nord-du-Québec - (CAR)810547110761530435440
          Témiscamingue - (CD)2922233115116111918
          Rouyn-Noranda - (CD)6432151032152
          Abitibi-Ouest - (CD)21514232304414710
          Abitibi - (CD)119812925216613199
          Vallée-de-l'Or - (CD)412170012441
        Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CAR)2921992410979244943
          Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CD)19631012356
          Le Rocher-Percé - (CD)332242222555
          La Côte-de-Gaspé - (CD)211021000097
          La Haute-Gaspésie - (CD)332000000144
          Bonaventure - (CD)11280115445101815
          Avignon - (CD)746141300586
        Chaudière-Appalaches - (CAR)6,0152,7426906074110145178310310
          L'Islet - (CD)5622094655513214140
          Montmagny - (CD)33117023342382020
          Bellechasse - (CD)9644981176142022325350
          Desjardins - (CD)171108163364102113
          Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - (CD)16188203491582624
          La Nouvelle-Beauce - (CD)694388105581318172035
          Robert-Cliche - (CD)4762484937147131521
          Les Etchemins - (CD)3296432154651010
          Beauce-Sartigan - (CD)66522748381413192323
          L'Amiante - (CD)80625110778614182325
          Lotbinière - (CD)8564911272181730275849
        Montérégie - (CAR)7,5514,7938852391461074615571,0831,477
          Brome-Missisquoi - (CD)7333551722721943599097
          La Haute-Yamaska - (CD)4751459635621212434
          Acton - (CD)427240841011333224752
          Le Bas-Richelieu - (CD)310230156536123662
          Les Maskoutains - (CD)1,229838582430176369181260
          Rouville - (CD)54330654211053354101114
          Le Haut-Richelieu - (CD)67246967326104170106146
          La Vallée-du-Richelieu - (CD)453315321054172365100
          Champlain - (CD)231010010123
          Lajemmerais - (CD)205154137025182642
          Roussillon - (CD)2171681251114132760
          Les Jardins-de-Napierville - (CD)685466783714175088105205
          Le Haut-Saint-Laurent - (CD)6954481273115127146116112
          Beauharnois-Salaberry - (CD)34829018126727197785
          Vaudreuil-Soulanges - (CD)53635958141710374280105
        Centre-du-Québec - (CAR)3,7432,237511706747202222411466
          L'Érable - (CD)7483271158131217424151
          Bécancour - (CD)4913605495732266979
          Arthabaska - (CD)99351513518231248636666
          Drummond - (CD)8835521422212104656106138
          Nicolet-Yamaska - (CD)62848365131465935129132
      Ontario59,72839,04017,9135,7512,2981,2808,2768,1327,2888,785
        Southern Ontario Region - (CAR)19,63114,3213,7103,1197235423,0583,5462,8454,201
          Hamilton Division - (CD)1,0264963111084719157110137185
          Niagara Regional Municipality - (CD)2,2667335982225820271164314464
          Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality - (CD)2,6021,851517773102232398600517693
          Brant County - (CD)8175771761734629128112119160
          Oxford County - (CD)2,1041,687474333136104530400316309
          Elgin County - (CD)1,6081,2983343397247423337282384
          Chatham-Kent Division - (CD)2,3522,1491913937416226637302772
          Essex County - (CD)1,7891,3341691903824156291172411
          Lambton County - (CD)2,4272,1273272405211236361317382
          Middlesex County - (CD)2,6402,0696133489840533534369441
        Western Ontario Region - (CAR)19,19113,5656,1171,6799134072,9082,5852,5332,396
          Peel Regional Municipality - (CD)52226819438157100497161
          Dufferin County - (CD)89852437668472412412710185
          Wellington County - (CD)2,6161,85785622515791420395328296
          Halton Regional Municipality - (CD)619286225411512836551110
          Waterloo Regional Municipality - (CD)1,4441,1433591787343275140228222
          Perth County - (CD)2,5702,22847030411243335420365376
          Huron County - (CD)2,8802,38165232515344489494454390
          Bruce County - (CD)2,3451,76287417511553445282304280
          Grey County - (CD)2,8341,7421,27013511549326333358276
          Simcoe County - (CD)2,4631,37484119011141311280273300
        Central Ontario Region - (CAR)8,9384,6793,5316533832021,1468849341,060
          Hastings County - (CD)1,19066347873471813399137124
          Prince Edward Division - (CD)5352921914621884726991
          Northumberland County - (CD)1,1046863831136239184118103102
          Peterborough County - (CD)1,202655568685818140119121136
          Kawartha Lakes Division - (CD)1,5168216701064624148128154145
          Durham Regional Municipality - (CD)1,7099196411438866271211201217
          York Regional Municipality - (CD)11,02047332785472013699105165
          Muskoka District Municipality - (CD)201389674317141234
          Haliburton County - (CD)6913203224469
          Parry Sound District - (CD)39211915798429202637
        Eastern Ontario Region - (CAR)9,3335,2483,455252211103884912732905
          Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Counties - (CD)1,9391,360593554515174255178183
          Prescott and Russell United Counties - (CD)1,148766253231896310078104
          Ottawa Division - (CD)1,318791447303115119134110154
          Leeds and Grenville United Counties - (CD)1,34858460832161013112991115
          Lanark County - (CD)910407443322513941077496
          Frontenac County - (CD)69925634417171271535858
          Lennox and Addington County - (CD)6293232582721997545468
          Renfrew County - (CD)1,3427615093638201358089127
        Northern Ontario Region - (CAR)2,6351,2271,100486826280205244223
          Nipissing District - (CD)28412311457525132119
          Manitoulin District - (CD)28411514433236273125
          Sudbury District - (CD)168776424314111212
          Greater Sudbury Division - (CD)1594850610771521
          Timiskaming District - (CD)5323441991020656395341
          Cochrane District - (CD)20498803101792323
          Algoma District - (CD)33715114559430242831
          Thunder Bay District - (CD)23896104711328312629
          Rainy River District - (CD)326132159610260372517
          Kenora District - (CD)103434112177105
      Manitoba21,07113,3447,2077837982942,5774,0725431,327
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,5561,13860917361222763111849
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1,5561,13860917361222763111849
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)2,1381,404861164776233747267133
          Division No. 6 - (CD)8925833826326221111633432
          Division No. 7 - (CD)1,246821479101514022630933101
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,9071,3806946395273623453866
          Division No. 15 - (CD)1,9071,3806946395273623453866
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)921622409113861611411639
          Division No. 16 - (CD)921622409113861611411639
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)885566311153261361442731
          Division No. 20 - (CD)885566311153261361442731
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)1,8121,0917694256242532874966
          Division No. 17 - (CD)1,8121,0917694256242532874966
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)2,5091,7777511311024726564074212
          Division No. 8 - (CD)1,3159264789856351723594384
          Division No. 9 - (CD)739480241242710652212186
          Division No. 10 - (CD)45537132919228601042
        Agricultural Region 8 - (CAR)3,0212,2896941011754351885668301
          Division No. 3 - (CD)1,8301,370310521063420352843227
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,191919384496993153282574
        Agricultural Region 9 - (CAR)2,4851,3365972960249334081184
          Division No. 2 - (CD)1,655838419223718672404599
          Division No. 11 - (CD)1706631211327427
          Division No. 12 - (CD)660432147522523733258
        Agricultural Region 10 - (CAR)6882972721321945922758
          Division No. 1 - (CD)6882972721321945922758
        Agricultural Region 11 - (CAR)1,36973740016366391943484
          Division No. 13 - (CD)539300126615215761855
          Division No. 14 - (CD)83043727410214241181629
        Agricultural Region 12 - (CAR)1,7807078402545189225044104
          Division No. 18 - (CD)1,534604735224015832153688
          Division No. 19 - (CD)1124326712251357
          Division No. 21 - (CD)122713823142239
      Saskatchewan50,59839,22913,8241,1812,2433,6444,9957,2821,1972,224
        Agricultural Region 1A - (CAR)2,1161,675632149871031292646787
        Agricultural Region 1B - (CAR)2,0211,5906999893192622695590
        Agricultural Region 2A - (CAR)1,5921,28136328921161642224071
        Agricultural Region 2B - (CAR)2,7002,0876134110012223334671145
        Agricultural Region 3AN - (CAR)1,2731,00737828912421592045164
        Agricultural Region 3AS - (CAR)2,3701,791681211705813483416296
        Agricultural Region 3BN - (CAR)2,5271,9467923914942239849849138
        Agricultural Region 3BS - (CAR)1,4361,07243420994962602823364
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)1,08965449032573231651671850
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)1,151888251727033858109569
        Agricultural Region 5A - (CAR)4,0503,2661,0271211604527241292166
        Agricultural Region 5B - (CAR)4,2793,4969809213149403485115161
        Agricultural Region 6A - (CAR)3,4792,8608499715212820846689151
        Agricultural Region 6B - (CAR)3,5272,4081,0937711720818469958169
        Agricultural Region 7A - (CAR)1,9681,672314121231762102312295
        Agricultural Region 7B - (CAR)1,9831,69844730124902073722596
        Agricultural Region 8A - (CAR)2,7702,21556049722726141295141
        Agricultural Region 8B - (CAR)2,7242,3704543582362513546181
        Agricultural Region 9A - (CAR)4,4383,2071,4108717971362673136200
        Agricultural Region 9B - (CAR)3,1052,0461,3575395524614765390
        Division No. 1 - (CD)2,6512,09887719112111122834584109
        Division No. 2 - (CD)2,6922,1536783817427130137173108
        Division No. 3 - (CD)2,6201,9997322819183740640059115
        Division No. 4 - (CD)1,7901,153692441015492943213781
        Division No. 5 - (CD)3,2312,5549611141233429638573140
        Division No. 6 - (CD)3,9013,0618835717397291488117208
        Division No. 7 - (CD)2,7952,1598956115038340952485147
        Division No. 8 - (CD)3,0582,4066669919463927937630173
        Division No. 9 - (CD)3,1182,46482281953031532991108
        Division No. 10 - (CD)2,5342,16646448933613928343100
        Division No. 11 - (CD)3,5642,6011,01410713716620157778173
        Division No. 12 - (CD)2,3771,838696541021722104312795
        Division No. 13 - (CD)2,7442,3286032515213631250333125
        Division No. 14 - (CD)3,8123,0647967210136354566140205
        Division No. 15 - (CD)4,3823,5229426213164338618108155
        Division No. 16 - (CD)12,8692,104946551284825140972113
        Division No. 17 - (CD)2,4601,5591,1574577353713564769
      Alberta53,65231,20621,9851,2431,6271,9596,4229,7841,5573,176
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)3,1231,8901,12610314064031836045160
          Division No. 1 - (CD)1,636934493425236713315621109
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,48795663361882731852042451
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)6,2044,0672,13523122772869974892464
          Division No. 2 - (CD)3,3292,0981,11713411746219731951327
          Division No. 5 - (CD)2,8751,9691,0189711026650242941137
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)7,1223,0633,5542992261808521,219128387
          Division No. 3 - (CD)2,0438561,08712468952853103593
          Division No. 6 - (CD)4,9412,1952,3931741588556290192290
          Division No. 15 - (CD)13812741005814
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)3,3162,2151,4781311144631563147101
          Division No. 7 - (CD)3,3162,2151,4781311144631563147101
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)5,6943,9552,120105156676991,102127228
          Division No. 10 - (CD)5,6943,9552,120105156676991,102127228
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)12,4286,3455,4491703111071,6182,648309832
          Division No. 8 - (CD)4,5422,4452,12283148478291,11587244
          Division No. 9 - (CD)1,268583719936131482614182
          Division No. 11 - (CD)6,6183,3172,60878127476411,272181506
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)8,6555,0343,6461032291069311,635355394
          Division No. 12 - (CD)12,8301,4431,3112875362103908676
          Division No. 13 - (CD)4,9213,1781,89271139606321,061236251
          Division No. 14 - (CD)90441344341510891843367
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)7,1104,6372,477101224859901,441454610
          Division No. 17 - (CD)2,7581,7441,023418031339577183181
          Division No. 18 - (CD)8214203859269861815274
          Division No. 19 - (CD)3,5312,4731,0695111845565683219355
      British Columbia20,2903,6919,7201,0453912548221,2521,3253,265
        Vancouver Island-Coast - (CAR)2,8104921,4112674456125165318685
          Capital Regional District - (CD)97420741711519173669143285
          Cowichan Valley Regional District - (CD)6917639743516192554136
          Nanaimo Regional District - (CD)4908525442101031294599
          Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - (CD)81104642213415
          Comox-Strathcona Regional District - (CD)14458723055810303456111
          Powell River Regional District - (CD)982151801631534
          Central Coast Regional District - (CD)316160002215
        Lower Mainland-Southwest - (CAR)5,7338722,33647771701341553671,007
          Fraser Valley Regional District - (CD)2,6614811,13232341308088205472
          Greater Vancouver Regional District - (CD)2,8543271,11313426384749134477
          Sunshine Coast Regional District - (CD)9726291430361230
          Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - (CD)12138626124121628
        Thompson-Okanagan - (CAR)5,6797502,6351519570141234301952
          Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - (CD)1,611125650482225295299331
          Thompson-Nicola Regional District - (CD)1,17513565333178366748146
          Central Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,10276449202714212343208
          North Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,175298544361812345482185
          Columbia-Shuswap Regional District - (CD)61611633914111121382982
        Kootenay - (CAR)1,3802657025040224460121219
          East Kootenay Regional District - (CD)41861212310113111526
          Central Kootenay Regional District - (CD)609133284311914173170127
          Kootenay Boundary Regional District - (CD)353712061611714183666
        Cariboo - (CAR)1,8172731,1263749128517670150
          Cariboo Regional District - (CD)1,18812874724241049963771
          Fraser-Fort George Regional District - (CD)6291453791325236803379
        North Coast - (CAR)15242828638201941
          Kitimat-Stikine Regional District - (CD)115242828638201941
        Nechako - (CAR)94523855211194491143155
          Bulkley-Nechako Regional District - (CD)194523855211194491143155
        Peace River - (CAR)1,77475987644671723632898156
          Peace River Regional District - (CD)11,77475987644671723632898156
    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.

    2. When comparing the number of farms reporting soil conservation practices to previous censuses, calculating the number of farms reporting any one practice as a percentage of the total number of farms is recommended, since the total number of farms varies over time.

    3. The number of 2001 farms reporting "winter cover crops" and "green manure crops for plough-down" is not directly comparable to 1996. Only one category, "winter cover crops for spring plough-down," existed in 1996.

    4. Due to response errors, the number of farms reporting "mechanical or hand weeding of crops" was overstated. Telephone follow-up with a sample of these respondents confirmed that tillage prior to seeding, the use of machinery to spray herbicides, and hand weeding of personal home gardens were sometimes included as mechanical or hand weeding.