Table 26 - Farms classified by operating arrangements, 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

  • Operating arrangementsTotal number of farmsSole proprietorshipPartnership without a written agreementPartnership with a written agreementFamily corporationNon-family corporationOther
    Geographic name - (Geographic level)
    Canada246,923142,91554,09116,08128,8544,151831
      Newfoundland and Labrador64339763181062633
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)3271973210541519
          Division No. 1 - (CD)3011802910501418
          Division No. 2 - (CD)261730411
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)1651091842446
          Division No. 6 - (CD)1422951511
          Division No. 7 - (CD)643992932
          Division No. 8 - (CD)5941411003
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)151911342878
          Division No. 4 - (CD)513671214
          Division No. 5 - (CD)110055632664
      Prince Edward Island1,8451,128304141245207
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)32219255323841
          Kings County - (CD)32219255323841
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)905576155749271
          Queens County - (CD)905576155749271
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)618360943511595
          Prince County - (CD)618360943511595
      Nova Scotia3,9232,600609228410706
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)6644551102658141
          Shelburne County - (CD)272042100
          Yarmouth County - (CD)112762011230
          Digby County - (CD)109691661530
          Queens County - (CD)463582100
          Lunenburg County - (CD)37025562152981
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)1,23076719489156231
          Annapolis County - (CD)25016249152130
          Kings County - (CD)644399895188161
          Hants County - (CD)33620656234740
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,14374718264127212
          Halifax County - (CD)152962572130
          Colchester County - (CD)452265823064101
          Cumberland County - (CD)53938675274281
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)59943876354460
          Pictou County - (CD)27418740232040
          Guysborough County - (CD)9071122500
          Antigonish County - (CD)23518024101920
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)28719347142562
          Inverness County - (CD)13889278941
          Richmond County - (CD)171610000
          Cape Breton County - (CD)97621651400
          Victoria County - (CD)352631221
      New Brunswick3,0342,06640484378975
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,08670014631174323
          York County - (CD)30119360103341
          Carleton County - (CD)425272531271161
          Victoria County - (CD)1831112553921
          Madawaska County - (CD)1771248431100
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)8205771142383230
          Charlotte County - (CD)127941521150
          Sunbury County - (CD)102661231470
          Queens County - (CD)1189695710
          Kings County - (CD)1473321781351100
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)7155051061769162
          Albert County - (CD)120822211320
          Westmorland County - (CD)418296611337101
          Kent County - (CD)1771272331941
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)413284381352260
          Northumberland County - (CD)117861131430
          Restigouche County - (CD)8951532190
          Gloucester County - (CD)20714722717140
      Quebec32,13916,5112,2186,3165,5781,47739
        Bas-Saint-Laurent - (CAR)2,4361,1651135035091442
          La Matapédia - (CD)25811510824380
          Matane - (CD)158917252870
          La Mitis - (CD)308155135768150
          Rimouski-Neigette - (CD)294133164681180
          Les Basques - (CD)231117133648170
          Rivière-du-Loup - (CD)29713611756771
          Témiscouata - (CD)437212305191530
          Kamouraska - (CD)4532061313183191
        Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean/Côte-Nord - (CAR)1,22763571238214627
          Le Domaine-du-Roy - (CD)21112911402182
          Maria-Chapdelaine - (CD)25714614444292
          Lac-Saint-Jean-Est - (CD)363156168485211
          Le Fjord-du-Saguenay - (CD)333163286462160
          La Haute-Côte-Nord - (CD)372705230
          Manicouagan - (CD)1261421252
        Québec - (CAR)1,15658163224219654
          Charlevoix-Est - (CD)79395111950
          Charlevoix - (CD)128606362150
          L'Île-d'Orléans - (CD)18711110263190
          La Côte-de-Beaupré - (CD)7848811740
          La Jacques-Cartier - (CD)62302101640
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec - (CD)1458112192382
          Portneuf - (CD)47721220111102302
        Mauricie - (CAR)1,22962158240250600
          Mékinac - (CD)1837712414760
          Le Centre-de-la-Mauricie - (CD)137849211670
          Francheville - (CD)4342102176104230
          Maskinongé - (CD)4542331510181240
          Le Haut-Saint-Maurice - (CD)211711200
        Estrie - (CAR)2,8611,4362327153561211
          Le Granit - (CD)5933053414476340
          Asbestos - (CD)26813824712780
          Le Haut-Saint-François - (CD)4952644511852151
          Le Val-Saint-François - (CD)4942625412045130
          La Région-Sherbrookoise - (CD)1477818262050
          Coaticook - (CD)58120333197115330
          Memphrémagog - (CD)283186243921130
        Montréal/Laval - (CAR)216123162040152
          Laval - (CD)1629015163560
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-Montréal - (CD)543314592
        Lanaudière - (CAR)1,7768411102844391002
          D'Autray - (CD)4992462083118320
          L'Assomption - (CD)18092103232131
          Joliette - (CD)274121213383160
          Matawinie - (CD)233112153261130
          Montcalm - (CD)4802092792132200
          Les Moulins - (CD)1106117121361
        Outaouais - (CAR)1,29190617212855273
          Papineau - (CD)308203314514150
          Communauté-Urbaine-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)9863168830
          Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais - (CD)3222365121752
          La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau - (CD)2051462523821
          Pontiac - (CD)35825849311820
        Laurentides - (CAR)1,536859187287148550
          Deux-Montagnes - (CD)315170425137150
          Thérèse-De Blainville - (CD)995812141140
          Mirabel - (CD)4072134610135120
          La Rivière-du-Nord - (CD)82521051140
          Argenteuil - (CD)22112727421960
          Les Laurentides - (CD)1147901823970
          Antoine-Labelle - (CD)26514932512670
        Abitibi-Témiscamingue/Nord-du-Québec - (CAR)8104306520882241
          Témiscamingue - (CD)292137238635101
          Rouyn-Noranda - (CD)6438108710
          Abitibi-Ouest - (CD)21511213632160
          Abitibi - (CD)119812217401450
          Vallée-de-l'Or - (CD)4121211520
        Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CAR)292173155038160
          Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine - (CD)191014220
          Le Rocher-Percé - (CD)332333310
          La Côte-de-Gaspé - (CD)211402230
          La Haute-Gaspésie - (CD)332213610
          Bonaventure - (CD)112647221360
          Avignon - (CD)74403161230
        Chaudière-Appalaches - (CAR)6,0153,1802961,1321,1472537
          L'Islet - (CD)562352338866230
          Montmagny - (CD)331165136668181
          Bellechasse - (CD)96449443181207390
          Desjardins - (CD)17169132647142
          Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - (CD)16176112833112
          La Nouvelle-Beauce - (CD)69426816126256280
          Robert-Cliche - (CD)476290131006391
          Les Etchemins - (CD)329229194624101
          Beauce-Sartigan - (CD)6653864711880340
          L'Amiante - (CD)80647347146110300
          Lotbinière - (CD)85637841207193370
        Montérégie - (CAR)7,5513,8236071,4001,3673459
          Brome-Missisquoi - (CD)73338979115122271
          La Haute-Yamaska - (CD)475218459683321
          Acton - (CD)4271842412178200
          Le Bas-Richelieu - (CD)310172127441110
          Les Maskoutains - (CD)1,22957887255245631
          Rouville - (CD)54325337107105401
          Le Haut-Richelieu - (CD)67228962148149222
          La Vallée-du-Richelieu - (CD)453262336663281
          Champlain - (CD)231023530
          Lajemmerais - (CD)205114212436100
          Roussillon - (CD)21712714284080
          Les Jardins-de-Napierville - (CD)6853706785137251
          Le Haut-Saint-Laurent - (CD)6953906213391190
          Beauharnois-Salaberry - (CD)348169116484200
          Vaudreuil-Soulanges - (CD)536298518188171
        Centre-du-Québec - (CAR)3,7431,7382138877141901
          L'Érable - (CD)74838830134158380
          Bécancour - (CD)4912312712588200
          Arthabaska - (CD)99343862250184581
          Drummond - (CD)88340970215141480
          Nicolet-Yamaska - (CD)62827224163143260
      Ontario59,72833,67514,6464,0786,67060554
        Southern Ontario Region - (CAR)19,63110,0844,8501,4433,04219616
          Hamilton Division - (CD)1,02654325666151100
          Niagara Regional Municipality - (CD)2,2661,130596154339452
          Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality - (CD)2,6021,161714244449313
          Brant County - (CD)81739420967133140
          Oxford County - (CD)2,104854521233473203
          Elgin County - (CD)1,608735475126256151
          Chatham-Kent Division - (CD)2,3521,360550132293152
          Essex County - (CD)1,7891,043366102253232
          Lambton County - (CD)2,4271,49554612026150
          Middlesex County - (CD)2,6401,369617199434183
        Western Ontario Region - (CAR)19,19110,8394,7001,3282,10520514
          Peel Regional Municipality - (CD)5222731214572110
          Dufferin County - (CD)898583216326430
          Wellington County - (CD)2,6161,341720222295326
          Halton Regional Municipality - (CD)6193631332284161
          Waterloo Regional Municipality - (CD)1,444704380108225243
          Perth County - (CD)2,5701,243643268389261
          Huron County - (CD)2,8801,603648208393280
          Bruce County - (CD)2,3451,403573157196151
          Grey County - (CD)2,8341,772708154167312
          Simcoe County - (CD)2,4631,554558112220190
        Central Ontario Region - (CAR)8,9385,5482,139487662975
          Hastings County - (CD)1,1907473017457110
          Prince Edward Division - (CD)535305142453940
          Northumberland County - (CD)1,104663296647380
          Peterborough County - (CD)1,202781287458180
          Kawartha Lakes Division - (CD)1,5161,0153368271111
          Durham Regional Municipality - (CD)1,709980441106158231
          York Regional Municipality - (CD)11,02058419357157263
          Muskoka District Municipality - (CD)201137475930
          Haliburton County - (CD)6957100200
          Parry Sound District - (CD)3922798691530
        Eastern Ontario Region - (CAR)9,3335,5452,3216896917611
          Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Counties - (CD)1,9391,019502197210110
          Prescott and Russell United Counties - (CD)1,148640215142140101
          Ottawa Division - (CD)1,31880129591114134
          Leeds and Grenville United Counties - (CD)1,3488383507272133
          Lanark County - (CD)910555278472370
          Frontenac County - (CD)699446165354292
          Lennox and Addington County - (CD)629398168302931
          Renfrew County - (CD)1,3428483487561100
        Northern Ontario Region - (CAR)2,6351,659636131170318
          Nipissing District - (CD)28418074161310
          Manitoulin District - (CD)28420451121322
          Sudbury District - (CD)1681163551020
          Greater Sudbury Division - (CD)1591112951040
          Timiskaming District - (CD)532299144414242
          Cochrane District - (CD)2041463661231
          Algoma District - (CD)33722272152251
          Thunder Bay District - (CD)23812861182821
          Rainy River District - (CD)32619910581031
          Kenora District - (CD)103542951050
      Manitoba21,07112,3225,4949001,93635663
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)1,55692338280149211
          Division No. 5 - (CD)1,55692338280149211
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)2,1381,217535129226256
          Division No. 6 - (CD)892530220538081
          Division No. 7 - (CD)1,24668731576146175
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)1,9071,159468104150215
          Division No. 15 - (CD)1,9071,159468104150215
        Agricultural Region 4 - (CAR)9215472792359121
          Division No. 16 - (CD)9215472792359121
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)885618183155982
          Division No. 20 - (CD)885618183155982
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)1,8121,1614497299274
          Division No. 17 - (CD)1,8121,1614497299274
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)2,5091,422606983006914
          Division No. 8 - (CD)1,31577633252121277
          Division No. 9 - (CD)73941815428113215
          Division No. 10 - (CD)4552281201866212
        Agricultural Region 8 - (CAR)3,0211,681826117338554
          Division No. 3 - (CD)1,83099548670242352
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,1916863404796202
        Agricultural Region 9 - (CAR)2,4851,268694137318635
          Division No. 2 - (CD)1,655745497112248503
          Division No. 11 - (CD)170914682041
          Division No. 12 - (CD)660432151175091
        Agricultural Region 10 - (CAR)688418199263375
          Division No. 1 - (CD)688418199263375
        Agricultural Region 11 - (CAR)1,36985832142113278
          Division No. 13 - (CD)5393391211848112
          Division No. 14 - (CD)8305192002465166
        Agricultural Region 12 - (CAR)1,7801,0505525792218
          Division No. 18 - (CD)1,5348944875179176
          Division No. 19 - (CD)112481371500
          Division No. 21 - (CD)12275285842
      Saskatchewan50,59833,46310,4181,3734,602444298
        Agricultural Region 1A - (CAR)2,1161,4724106016284
        Agricultural Region 1B - (CAR)2,0211,35643086130163
        Agricultural Region 2A - (CAR)1,5921,06030839164138
        Agricultural Region 2B - (CAR)2,7001,74060888242166
        Agricultural Region 3AN - (CAR)1,27386524137107815
        Agricultural Region 3AS - (CAR)2,3701,614483431992011
        Agricultural Region 3BN - (CAR)2,5271,585481753472514
        Agricultural Region 3BS - (CAR)1,436891282371902115
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)1,089612253291571325
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)1,151700199371891511
        Agricultural Region 5A - (CAR)4,0502,91883968188298
        Agricultural Region 5B - (CAR)4,2793,053842762524115
        Agricultural Region 6A - (CAR)3,4792,328779832473210
        Agricultural Region 6B - (CAR)3,5272,1788071203534524
        Agricultural Region 7A - (CAR)1,9681,104387613811619
        Agricultural Region 7B - (CAR)1,9831,269361612482024
        Agricultural Region 8A - (CAR)2,7701,8305631152282014
        Agricultural Region 8B - (CAR)2,7241,86053974225206
        Agricultural Region 9A - (CAR)4,4383,0669321012583546
        Agricultural Region 9B - (CAR)3,1051,962674833353120
        Division No. 1 - (CD)2,6511,83050891201174
        Division No. 2 - (CD)2,6921,787519602882315
        Division No. 3 - (CD)2,6201,759536602242714
        Division No. 4 - (CD)1,7901,039383462642335
        Division No. 5 - (CD)3,2312,25769882170168
        Division No. 6 - (CD)3,9012,595903110258287
        Division No. 7 - (CD)2,7951,846567762602026
        Division No. 8 - (CD)3,0581,7895561075523420
        Division No. 9 - (CD)3,1182,261618511472912
        Division No. 10 - (CD)2,5341,79850143159285
        Division No. 11 - (CD)3,5642,3127931062974016
        Division No. 12 - (CD)2,3771,420510703392117
        Division No. 13 - (CD)2,7441,678523804022437
        Division No. 14 - (CD)3,8122,5447711473052817
        Division No. 15 - (CD)4,3822,9639131193313917
        Division No. 16 - (CD)12,8691,994587611722035
        Division No. 17 - (CD)2,4601,591532642332713
      Alberta53,65230,40914,0122,1356,124733239
        Agricultural Region 1 - (CAR)3,1231,7006131775554632
          Division No. 1 - (CD)1,6368492871083393122
          Division No. 4 - (CD)1,487851326692161510
        Agricultural Region 2 - (CAR)6,2043,0961,4312901,20513547
          Division No. 2 - (CD)3,3291,6677421406638334
          Division No. 5 - (CD)2,8751,4296891505425213
        Agricultural Region 3 - (CAR)7,1223,7901,93228893012458
          Division No. 3 - (CD)2,0431,0844951082934617
          Division No. 6 - (CD)4,9412,6521,416177617727
          Division No. 15 - (CD)1385421320634
        Agricultural Region 4A - (CAR)3,3161,923824129395369
          Division No. 7 - (CD)3,3161,923824129395369
        Agricultural Region 4B - (CAR)5,6943,5501,404166500659
          Division No. 10 - (CD)5,6943,5501,404166500659
        Agricultural Region 5 - (CAR)12,4286,9753,5365481,19614231
          Division No. 8 - (CD)4,5422,5181,251248473448
          Division No. 9 - (CD)1,268686395541041415
          Division No. 11 - (CD)6,6183,7711,890246619848
        Agricultural Region 6 - (CAR)8,6555,0242,5372836929722
          Division No. 12 - (CD)12,8301,772753831822515
          Division No. 13 - (CD)4,9212,7581,519171402683
          Division No. 14 - (CD)9044942652910844
        Agricultural Region 7 - (CAR)7,1104,3511,7352546518831
          Division No. 17 - (CD)2,7581,780631762204110
          Division No. 18 - (CD)821469238356784
          Division No. 19 - (CD)3,5312,1028661433643917
      British Columbia20,29010,3445,9238082,80532387
        Vancouver Island-Coast - (CAR)2,8101,57980286290485
          Capital Regional District - (CD)9745862592781201
          Cowichan Valley Regional District - (CD)6913432272980111
          Nanaimo Regional District - (CD)490276141125182
          Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District - (CD)81451741320
          Comox-Strathcona Regional District - (CD)1445244128105661
          Powell River Regional District - (CD)9870203500
          Central Coast Regional District - (CD)3115101410
        Lower Mainland-Southwest - (CAR)5,7332,6501,3532961,28613018
          Fraser Valley Regional District - (CD)2,6611,067642172720519
          Greater Vancouver Regional District - (CD)2,8541,466646115545748
          Sunshine Coast Regional District - (CD)9751314830
          Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - (CD)121663451321
        Thompson-Okanagan - (CAR)5,6792,9671,7372396287335
          Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District - (CD)1,611819527791531914
          Thompson-Nicola Regional District - (CD)1,175569367601471814
          Central Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,10260528747150112
          North Okanagan Regional District - (CD)1,17562936139126173
          Columbia-Shuswap Regional District - (CD)616345195145282
        Kootenay - (CAR)1,38075141944137236
          East Kootenay Regional District - (CD)418221120184883
          Central Kootenay Regional District - (CD)6093461851549122
          Kootenay Boundary Regional District - (CD)353184114114031
        Cariboo - (CAR)1,81791362458199158
          Cariboo Regional District - (CD)1,1886023984213583
          Fraser-Fort George Regional District - (CD)629311226166475
        North Coast - (CAR)152874711241
          Kitimat-Stikine Regional District - (CD)1152874711241
        Nechako - (CAR)9454623393310164
          Bulkley-Nechako Regional District - (CD)19454623393310164
        Peace River - (CAR)1,774935602511522410
          Peace River Regional District - (CD)11,774935602511522410
    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.