Table 1 - Farm type (historical classification) for farms reporting total gross farm receipts greater than $2,499, by province, Census Agricultural Region (CAR) and Census Division (CD), 2001

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  • British Columbia

  • Farm typeTotal number of farms reporting total gross farm receipts greater than $2,499DairyCattle (Beef)HogPoultry and eggWheatGrain and oilseed (except wheat)Field crop (except grain and oilseed)FruitMiscellaneous specialtyLivestock combinationVegetableOther combination
    Geographic name - (Geographic level)
    Canada230,54018,57467,8147,1484,39415,24952,64817,2866,56028,3154,9912,8904,671
      Newfoundland and Labrador5195946833005523155127652
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)2603325517002697473925
          Division No. 1 - (CD)2413324517002496463722
          Division No. 2 - (CD)190100002010123
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)138116210001564832314
          Division No. 6 - (CD)1361102003215192
          Division No. 7 - (CD)559304008314176
          Division No. 8 - (CD)471224004119176
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)121151516001483321413
          Division No. 4 - (CD)394120100118282
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1821131500137250611
      Prince Edward Island1,7393094559422144346191114354259
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)295337020621079282321210
          Kings County - (CD)295337020621079282321210
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)8551712635688211543461262330
          Queens County - (CD)8551712635688211543461262330
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)58910512218841222829307719
          Prince County - (CD)58910512218841222829307719
      Nova Scotia3,318375828651111152426537577397101
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)5102810991701244225110811
          Shelburne County - (CD)17120100057001
          Yarmouth County - (CD)87725130111922044
          Digby County - (CD)9011251006360200
          Queens County - (CD)3511010002415200
          Lunenburg County - (CD)2811860212001511147646
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)1,07112026640761895166175275443
          Annapolis County - (CD)199227126102621287510
          Kings County - (CD)580341083566084312584114026
          Hants County - (CD)29264873400262063997
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)98611222912100468337148242022
          Halifax County - (CD)13416322500131143462
          Colchester County - (CD)3946693440326976714128
          Cumberland County - (CD)45830104610129229386212
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)50780147340232881258711
          Pictou County - (CD)23030761002204739573
          Guysborough County - (CD)7837000011549003
          Antigonish County - (CD)19947642400112637305
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)244357714002320584814
          Inverness County - (CD)1122448120010813114
          Richmond County - (CD)15030000026121
          Cape Breton County - (CD)8681802009831145
          Victoria County - (CD)31380000428114
      New Brunswick2,5633207187947426433304494335451
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)9408823029174192895217711816
          York County - (CD)24139644610252464527
          Carleton County - (CD)380261121330101341454635
          Victoria County - (CD)169725003592925003
          Madawaska County - (CD)15016291280438534031
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)6791292042118034887121111819
          Charlotte County - (CD)97218020044920002
          Sunbury County - (CD)75111802025918253
          Queens County - (CD)98539330010916427
          Kings County - (CD)14091111291811012920675117
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)608702402670264581059189
          Albert County - (CD)100103421005833034
          Westmorland County - (CD)3585014819202443151542
          Kent County - (CD)150105854001519214113
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)3363344350232107912107
          Northumberland County - (CD)92823130092815131
          Restigouche County - (CD)79146100210335134
          Gloucester County - (CD)16511151200137641042
      Quebec30,5398,5945,1592,193756563,1291,7001,0426,200309802599
        Bas-Saint-Laurent - (CAR)2,34097033951118701422264927645
          La Matapédia - (CD)25098543201518446217
          Matane - (CD)1525936010316129214
          La Mitis - (CD)297127531300923457605
          Rimouski-Neigette - (CD)27711831510415290425
          Les Basques - (CD)22079196211816173311
          Rivière-du-Loup - (CD)287148336201014459407
          Témiscouata - (CD)42084524013201245208
          Kamouraska - (CD)437257611436820550418
        Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord - (CAR)1,166473182717010011291143151214
          Le Domaine-du-Roy - (CD)200822104031141725411
          Maria-Chapdelaine - (CD)246823910023215021324
          Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - (CD)351191525802022833273
          Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - (CD)311112521402645951425
          La Haute-Côte-Nord - (CD)365180000326200
          Manicouagan - (CD)122100100757001
        Québec - (CAR)1,08531117847451261106622273141
          Charlevoix-Est - (CD)7663316701703012
          Charlevoix - (CD)1212741197026511111
          L'Île-d'Orléans - (CD)17433823034339172816
          La Côte-de-Beaupré - (CD)75171102007416189
          La Jacques-Cartier - (CD)5713117007321121
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec - (CD)134342212039549135
          Portneuf - (CD)44819360871173110105187
        Mauricie - (CAR)1,169444162754231457024150161622
          Mékinac - (CD)174793763189126301
          Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie - (CD)1252520680717729213
          Francheville - (CD)41617645131114525116341111
          Maskinongé - (CD)43716353501908517428747
          Le Haut-Saint-Maurice - (CD)17170110214000
        Estrie - (CAR)2,6617436881211644015462774181526
          Le Granit - (CD)5571196415211234325102
          Asbestos - (CD)24890701301712145405
          Le Haut-Saint-François - (CD)4599217522305378106515
          Le Val-Saint-François - (CD)45913314319424357103432
          La Région-Sherbrookoise - (CD)1333635010441135151
          Coaticook - (CD)55324097483017261792364
          Memphrémagog - (CD)252331044302171468007
        Montréal/Laval - (CAR)20511600187131090437
          Laval - (CD)15233001458910343
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal - (CD)538300042518094
        Lanaudière - (CAR)1,7003821471431533252150372641711537
          D'Autray - (CD)4781294223451104551249468
          L'Assomption - (CD)174461544036111283206
          Joliette - (CD)2666530171603353929194
          Matawinie - (CD)21334245700128548304
          Montcalm - (CD)463892491171511957927015
          Les Moulins - (CD)10619123111645314100
        Outaouais - (CAR)1,191146674362151321516016715
          Papineau - (CD)28460120221237349332
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)881031000116423111
          Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)28418162140631548117
          La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau - (CD)20020134001118114623
          Pontiac - (CD)33538227000530226502
        Laurentides - (CAR)1,446299214282937190174395168245
          Deux-Montagnes - (CD)298299062179124500439
          Thérèse-De Blainville - (CD)9710442114514310102
          Mirabel - (CD)388993599034162811362316
          La Rivière-du-Nord - (CD)7351085013234203
          Argenteuil - (CD)2107747330519243227
          Les Laurentides - (CD)11331434120013159216
          Antoine-Labelle - (CD)2476575320025365432
        Abitibi-Témiscamingue/Nord-du-Québec - (CAR)76721127544021116810211312
          Témiscamingue - (CD)28010581300734340205
          Rouyn-Noranda - (CD)591024010011011101
          Abitibi-Ouest - (CD)2054695000627024511
          Abitibi - (CD)11844063110737422324
          Vallée-de-l'Or - (CD)3910120201715001
        Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CAR)2813810503011279665611
          Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CD)19160100107021
          Le Rocher-Percé - (CD)310180002116111
          La Côte-de-Gaspé - (CD)200100003312001
          La Haute-Gaspésie - (CD)312901013111021
          Bonaventure - (CD)1081148010511122414
          Avignon - (CD)7224230003838003
        Chaudière-Appalaches - (CAR)5,5881,6588217311251199205671,694681396
          L'Islet - (CD)504116381919571842594114
          Montmagny - (CD)318120421562109898107
          Bellechasse - (CD)91232312316419212291119612120
          Desjardins - (CD)1606312233088531214
          Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - (CD)15629231260618741455
          La Nouvelle-Beauce - (CD)6702177720835013175751607
          Robert-Cliche - (CD)4381538159170214096817
          Les Etchemins - (CD)28838351200391180613
          Beauce-Sartigan - (CD)593142100188172472712013
          L'Amiante - (CD)72915615245303257322817
          Lotbinière - (CD)82030113815691283412125529
        Montérégie - (CAR)7,3521,623723681203171,90224340488570425176
          Brome-Missisquoi - (CD)6981651144919010033621189920
          La Haute-Yamaska - (CD)454102878427015141895516
          Acton - (CD)41413475100802910542137
          Le Bas-Richelieu - (CD)30398252940946525188
          Les Maskoutains - (CD)1,2031919625278335999101116727
          Rouville - (CD)535883283280102101094451717
          Le Haut-Richelieu - (CD)65419954444023211255611108
          La Vallée-du-Richelieu - (CD)443711568418513435842313
          Champlain - (CD)230010080211001
          Lajemmerais - (CD)1983290018721633261
          Roussillon - (CD)21523623286117234435
          Les Jardins-de-Napierville - (CD)665745212125143483889317316
          Le Haut-Saint-Laurent - (CD)6802199666114323636192726
          Beauharnois-Salaberry - (CD)3431401750012055273174
          Vaudreuil-Soulanges - (CD)524874586119929710222117
        Centre-du-Québec - (CAR)3,5881,285645302102336914250587232852
          L'Érable - (CD)70120813758911032142143114
          Bécancour - (CD)47520283251405213760667
          Arthabaska - (CD)943371181652615340141714512
          Drummond - (CD)85323617712238112736107751113
          Nicolet-Yamaska - (CD)616268673215012721565556
      Ontario55,0926,41413,6692,4541,60939512,8634,5311,7337,3011,6171,2331,273
        Southern Ontario Region - (CAR)18,6491,2121,5378756942137,8111,5621,1982,147306699395
          Hamilton Division - (CD)93255115216141646181271165528
          Niagara Regional Municipality - (CD)2,02411612432167920071767432243448
          Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality - (CD)2,4851422305710817626692692852716666
          Brant County - (CD)762747323241222914420115102216
          Oxford County - (CD)2,0274352252131031553516829165703831
          Elgin County - (CD)1,54211813851261368419241141426036
          Chatham-Kent Division - (CD)2,299106012219341,6517827711314569
          Essex County - (CD)1,71722312619281,0702896273610513
          Lambton County - (CD)2,3467021315172491,5182924133312333
          Middlesex County - (CD)2,51517032817995321,1349944261675155
        Western Ontario Region - (CAR)18,0292,3035,3481,4146421243,3089892482,243783245382
          Peel Regional Municipality - (CD)4818410156260311814411811
          Dufferin County - (CD)8174829312102100121417227721
          Wellington County - (CD)2,46043561920712627361106183781132050
          Halton Regional Municipality - (CD)55026934217924927180112020
          Waterloo Regional Municipality - (CD)1,3822962892269161822881051101526
          Perth County - (CD)2,52250940040710817740436147931636
          Huron County - (CD)2,8172825903351722397048191641443040
          Bruce County - (CD)2,2302471,02810437143511119171931748
          Grey County - (CD)2,5452061,240613661252441013281141470
          Simcoe County - (CD)2,22517069553352032720838454679860
        Central Ontario Region - (CAR)7,9068452,83398173327487771661,523267202242
          Hastings County - (CD)1,03715439813926415520138381333
          Prince Edward Division - (CD)4719511321036249346111724
          Northumberland County - (CD)1,014142336172571437134161321333
          Peterborough County - (CD)1,06910551511283551028170291033
          Kawartha Lakes Division - (CD)1,3628870519175111143418439740
          Durham Regional Municipality - (CD)1,540195441204642019938350574148
          York Regional Municipality - (CD)1931521481326711068193313010522
          Muskoka District Municipality - (CD)1471450300265501223
          Haliburton County - (CD)5521800016025102
          Parry Sound District - (CD)280111143911584531844
        Eastern Ontario Region - (CAR)8,2291,8152,911518415935815981,05120168185
          Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Counties - (CD)1,7595863621518440211416160321337
          Prescott and Russell United Counties - (CD)1,04841318610343156781610321721
          Ottawa Division - (CD)1,1802093419621909227226342420
          Leeds and Grenville United Counties - (CD)1,15721540791111001381718736630
          Lanark County - (CD)769913600222893513029623
          Frontenac County - (CD)6039830311187467418415
          Lennox and Addington County - (CD)55773261291277447410517
          Renfrew County - (CD)1,1561306915312415279721322
        Northern Ontario Region - (CAR)2,2792391,0401616116138823337601969
          Nipissing District - (CD)2453198401352339815
          Manitoulin District - (CD)25710187010228018317
          Sudbury District - (CD)1451764010124126434
          Greater Sudbury Division - (CD)130036240125741437
          Timiskaming District - (CD)47983207417416923712016
          Cochrane District - (CD)174974020343124837
          Algoma District - (CD)277181262412425537611
          Thunder Bay District - (CD)2024939211229457828
          Rainy River District - (CD)28519189120447019202
          Kenora District - (CD)85320101229023402
      Manitoba19,8186007,2329682842,0075,3251,276721,31835562319
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,513185773242334694816826037
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1,513185773242334694816826037
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)2,048378093816187557122718255236
          Division No. 6 - (CD)8627405143752043627526114
          Division No. 7 - (CD)1,18630404241311235386510729122
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,8262266839521560093311335132
          Division No. 15 - (CD)1,8262266839521560093311335132
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)883541393762226215917214
          Division No. 16 - (CD)883541393762226215917214
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)83683002811342066036814212
          Division No. 20 - (CD)83683002811342066036814212
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)1,7141488020618437211527815127
          Division No. 17 - (CD)1,7141488020618437211527815127
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)2,413738491131124174713510132431841
          Division No. 8 - (CD)1,27530588610923246715130427
          Division No. 9 - (CD)70836230266622075345212812
          Division No. 10 - (CD)4307312658721615529162
        Agricultural Region 8 - (CAR)2,912101633273392961,238901512359936
          Division No. 3 - (CD)1,742482821633017084455127530924
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,1705335111091263943534829012
        Agricultural Region 9 - (CAR)2,20820751229813820040112613228361534
          Division No. 2 - (CD)1,50618236627113010420663912524917
          Division No. 11 - (CD)13711353152714145535
          Division No. 12 - (CD)5652413322581168493587312
        Agricultural Region 10 - (CAR)59835219422322621167518310
          Division No. 1 - (CD)59835219422322621167518310
        Agricultural Region 11 - (CAR)1,20360394492113328482911826522
          Division No. 13 - (CD)443189815772115376557310
          Division No. 14 - (CD)760422963414611694536319212
        Agricultural Region 12 - (CAR)1,6642097827178616722719821418
          Division No. 18 - (CD)1,4362084727177713618808420317
          Division No. 19 - (CD)111509000071304001
          Division No. 21 - (CD)1130410092426110110
      Saskatchewan48,99033212,0782931138,99221,7362,055481,70675638843
        Agricultural Region 1A - (CAR)2,06014503313739357419826032
        Agricultural Region 1B - (CAR)1,975197139125873475010342021
        Agricultural Region 2A - (CAR)1,5586256104846993033128020
        Agricultural Region 2B - (CAR)2,57244381655011,33494512344431
        Agricultural Region 3AN - (CAR)1,259033110356496390137016
        Agricultural Region 3AS - (CAR)2,3283688407807075002829039
        Agricultural Region 3BN - (CAR)2,4767566636571,0368325238026
        Agricultural Region 3BS - (CAR)1,4232409704194932311925025
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)1,0760576401942032602522026
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)1,142024120621223901217017
        Agricultural Region 5A - (CAR)3,8902395613154892,000156311956258
        Agricultural Region 5B - (CAR)4,1392096624114972,140238510155181
        Agricultural Region 6A - (CAR)3,372124992586271,88795210845559
        Agricultural Region 6B - (CAR)3,32713071152465441,27619112227721155
        Agricultural Region 7A - (CAR)1,9462244826679442012217118
        Agricultural Region 7B - (CAR)1,95064241354389383202923240
        Agricultural Region 8A - (CAR)2,654105031912001,390279115235361
        Agricultural Region 8B - (CAR)2,655103236563751,6596027740236
        Agricultural Region 9A - (CAR)4,197141,3932383601,6703097212834114
        Agricultural Region 9B - (CAR)2,991101,39581152972172315552368
        Division No. 1 - (CD)2,58315740514121,08499114545036
        Division No. 2 - (CD)2,6397602307691,0865134938031
        Division No. 3 - (CD)2,5862641809468415402030044
        Division No. 4 - (CD)1,7672795604024103613738040
        Division No. 5 - (CD)3,1222593814134181,364124012258046
        Division No. 6 - (CD)3,712475925107071,942130814755960
        Division No. 7 - (CD)2,7538675835501,26410426239038
        Division No. 8 - (CD)3,0113571511,2799774815538132
        Division No. 9 - (CD)2,992238801643271,36320937830257
        Division No. 10 - (CD)2,465103701663441,5396014932038
        Division No. 11 - (CD)3,3907858534266391,512184720361655
        Division No. 12 - (CD)2,3121052315153731,1296429243640
        Division No. 13 - (CD)2,699115541446831,2753624332243
        Division No. 14 - (CD)3,666136962662741,944358320649586
        Division No. 15 - (CD)4,2036373493215312,2701481018574371
        Division No. 16 - (CD)12,727109961922331,04919229656270
        Division No. 17 - (CD)2,36351,18661105687158211738256
      Alberta50,58077622,9398484463,7189,3274,725735,4951,16570998
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)3,07191,390338770376183114554795
          Division No. 1 - (CD)1,6089610237471180122110627646
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,46307801012991966103927149
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)6,0281032,070171951,1081,232513739615023160
          Division No. 2 - (CD)3,255861,2501003749842443242257222105
          Division No. 5 - (CD)2,77317820715861080881317178155
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)6,597763,4106758212896518131,0411637136
          Division No. 3 - (CD)1,949221,14125148525899520056341
          Division No. 6 - (CD)4,530542,20842431266354128820105473
          Division No. 15 - (CD)118061011370212022
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)3,240231,5504412259900144416879255
          Division No. 7 - (CD)3,240231,5504412259900144416879255
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)5,470482,14388694061,8322808343179371
          Division No. 10 - (CD)5,470482,14388694061,8322808343179371
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)11,4864155,7792621322351,368993231,86325215149
          Division No. 8 - (CD)4,3091752,3001573659553331555685052
          Division No. 9 - (CD)1,17828788104226122016416018
          Division No. 11 - (CD)5,9992122,6919592174789540181,1431511579
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)8,016834,52514245136890981788016810149
          Division No. 12 - (CD)12,616101,50027828288348229157453
          Division No. 13 - (CD)4,596642,55811233105572527543793387
          Division No. 14 - (CD)80494673433010601521839
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)6,672192,07241275921,8331,113106591203183
          Division No. 17 - (CD)2,58311840168193738461119858059
          Division No. 18 - (CD)7542357643567138110518021
          Division No. 19 - (CD)3,335687519153641,0285148356443103
      British Columbia17,3827954,690146973621841,8082,5214,775636416376
        Vancouver Island-Coast - (CAR)2,28893435271921718217683116074110
          Capital Regional District - (CD)784983580035786327423854
          Cowichan Valley Regional District - (CD)57346129552014739179451317
          Nanaimo Regional District - (CD)40710102835013618139351013
          Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - (CD)6851604006424522
          Comox-Strathcona Regional District - (CD)13582183816113223127191116
          Powell River Regional District - (CD)72210140036291106
          Central Coast Regional District - (CD)260120101106302
        Lower Mainland-Southwest - (CAR)5,08052276059596192786531,82713317963
          Fraser Valley Regional District - (CD)2,4074283444737502104368621465418
          Greater Vancouver Regional District - (CD)2,5089338411211171442751,1477811938
          Sunshine Coast Regional District - (CD)731418004633736
          Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - (CD)92028020026426231
        Thompson-Okanagan - (CAR)4,8881121,2082412414164321,5851,03414511381
          Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - (CD)1,4101147491045940182244116
          Thompson-Nicola Regional District - (CD)1,02865154251011318273501211
          Central Okanagan Regional District - (CD)9414782222366518187142916
          North Okanagan Regional District - (CD)9936329184381215085256322223
          Columbia-Shuswap Regional District - (CD)5163817762521582413625915
        Kootenay - (CAR)1,110303959281913899300522722
          East Kootenay Regional District - (CD)3583155490037101211432
          Central Kootenay Regional District - (CD)46719125414156676105221614
          Kootenay Boundary Regional District - (CD)285811515043513741686
        Cariboo - (CAR)1,574128142023322395343751226
          Cariboo Regional District - (CD)1,0467574101611144322641716
          Fraser-Fort George Regional District - (CD)52852401072195211734510
        North Coast - (CAR)1110352301102359410
          Kitimat-Stikine Regional District - (CD)11110352301102359410
        Nechako - (CAR)8061842726310136115729116
          Bulkley-Nechako Regional District - (CD)18061842726310136115729116
        Peace River - (CAR)1,52586163139130393024833648
          Peace River Regional District - (CD)11,52586163139130393024833648
    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.