The Census of Agriculture provides community-level data on a wide range of topics, such as:
- land use
- crops
- livestock
- agricultural labour
- machinery and equipment
- land management practices
- farm finances
It identifies trends and provides information on emerging issues, opportunities and challenges within the agricultural community. In the Census of Agriculture Toolkit, you will find tools and resources to help you and your organization share information about the upcoming data releases with your networks.
What's in the toolkit?
Products and resources that you can share with your online community.
Materials available include:
- Social media content
- Web images
- Agriculture–Population Linkage data
- Farm and farm operator data
- 2021 Provincial and Territorial Profiles
- Terms of use
Social media content
Statistics Canada encourages our supporters to post our content and images to their own social media accounts. You can save the images to your device and copy and paste the text content to your social media platforms to share.
Post 1
The #CensusOfAgriculture: Community Profiles is Statistics Canada's new interactive tool which highlights the statistical profile of farm and farm operators for a specific geographic location or community. https://bit.ly/3zhUrW1 #CdnAg
Post 2
The 2021 #CensusOfAgriculture Mapping Tool is now available! This tool allows users to visualize data at all geographic levels. To learn more: https://bit.ly/3mop3NU #CdnAg
Post 3
Canadian farmers have shown remarkable resilience these past few years. New data from the 2021 #CensusOfAgriculture provide new insights on farm and farm operator trends across Canada: https://bit.ly/3AQlQgq #CdnAg
Post 4
Statistics Canada released new data from the 2021 #CensusOfAgriculture. Learn about the adaptability of Canadian farm operators and data trends in the agriculture industry. https://bit.ly/3AQlQgq #CdnAg
Post 5
New data from the 2021 #CensusOfAgriculture are now available! Discover Canada's farm count, farm types, sustainable farming practices and more. https://bit.ly/3AQlQgq #CdnAg
Web images
Census of Agriculture (horizontal banner) (JPG, 44.0 KB)
Agriculture–Population Linkage data
- The socioeconomic portrait of the Indigenous farm population in Canada, 2021
- The farm operator gender pay gap is narrowing
- A story about the diversity of Canada's farm operators
- The socioeconomic snapshot of Canada's evolving farm population
- Infographic: Socioeconomic portrait of Canada's farm population, 2021
- Infographic: Educational portrait of Canada's farm operators, 2021
- Infographic: Portrait of Canada's immigrant farm population, 2021
Farm and farm operator data
- A closer look at dairy goat farming in Ontario
- Canada's farms integrate renewable energy production and technologies toward a future of sustainable and efficient agriculture
- Canada's farms were more profitable in 2020 than in 2015
- Canada's farms are adjusting the ways they sell their products to consumers
- Infographic: Canadian eggs, from farm to fork
- Infographic: Canadian potatoes, from farm to fork
- Female farm operator numbers increase for the first time in 30 years
- Infographic: A portrait of Canada's female farm operators
- Comparing Canada's agriculture with other developed nations: Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States
2021 Provincial and Territorial Profiles
- Small-scale diversified farming prominent in Yukon and the Northwest Territories
- Mushroom, greenhouse and highbush blueberry farming play pivotal role in British Columbia
- Alberta has the highest farm operating revenues in Canada
- Saskatchewan continues to live up to the title of breadbasket of Canada
- Manitoba has the highest proportion of young farm operators
- Ontario is an agricultural powerhouse that leads in many farming categories
- Quebec continues to be the main force behind maple, blueberries, cranberries, dairy cows and pigs
- New Brunswick leads Atlantic Canada in maple taps and lowbush blueberries
- Lowbush blueberries, apples, mink and poultry play a large role in Nova Scotia farming
- Prince Edward Island leads the way in potato production
- Vegetable and melon farms make up the biggest share of farms in Newfoundland and Labrador
Terms of use
See the Census engagement toolkits - Terms of use for information on the approved use of official wordmarks, identifiers and content.