Agriculture and food statistics

Selected geographical area: Canada

• Realized net farm income - Canada
  (2018)

  $4.2 billion

  -41.0%

  (annual change)
• Farm cash receipts (quarterly) - Canada
  (January to September 2019)

  $47.4 billion

  4.5%

  (year-over-year change)
• Farm cash receipts - Canada
  (2018)

  $62.4 billion

  0.3%

  (annual change)
• Farm operating expenses - Canada
  (2018)

  $50.5 billion

  6.2%

  (annual change)
• Total net farm income - Canada
  (2018)

  $3.6 billion

  -$4.7 billion

  (annual change)
• Wheat stocks - Canada
  (July 2019)

  6.2 million tonnes

  -4.6%

  (year-over-year change)
• Canola stocks - Canada
  (July 2019)

  3.9 million tonnes

  55.0%

  (year-over-year change)
• Cattle inventories - Canada
  (July 1, 2019)

  12.3 million

  1.3%

  (year-over-year change)
• Hog inventories - Canada
  (July 1, 2019)

  14.0 million

  0.0%

  (year-over-year change)
• Sheep inventories - Canada
  (July 1, 2019)

  1.0 million

  2.0%

  (year-over-year change)
• Wheat area - Canada
  (2019)

  24.6 million acres

  -0.6%

  (annual change)
• Canola area - Canada
  (2019)

  21.0 million acres

  -8.2%

  (annual change)
• Soybean area - Canada
  (2019)

  5.7 million acres

  -9.6%

  (annual change)
• Corn for grain area - Canada
  (2019)

  3.7 million acres

  1.9%

  (annual change)
• Sales of mushrooms - Canada
  (2018)

  $553 million

  4.9%

  (annual change)
• Farm sector equity - Canada
  (2018)

  $522.2 billion

  3.6%

  (annual change)
• Greenhouse flower and plant sales and resales - Canada
  (2018)

  $1.6 billion

  3.5%

  (annual change)
• Greenhouse vegetable and fruit sales - Canada
  (2018)

  $1.5 billion

  5.2%

  (annual change)
• Nursery sales and resales - Canada
  (2018)

  $643.5 million

  -2.4%

  (annual change)
• Farms reporting direct marketing: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  24,510
• Farms reporting organic products for sale: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  4,289

  4.1%

  (period-to-period change)
• Vegetable area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  270,294 acres

  1.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Area under glass: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  268,319,936 square feet

  7.6%

  (period-to-period change)
• Colonies of honeybees: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  772,652 colonies

  37.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Fruit area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  332,812 acres

  6.7%

  (period-to-period change)
• Canola area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  20,606,778 acres

  6.4%

  (period-to-period change)
• Soybean area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  5,615,864 acres

  41.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Lentil area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  5,584,808 acres

  116.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of cattle and calves: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  12,530,730

  -2.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of pigs: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  14,091,503

  11.1%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of hens and chickens: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  145,519,566

  9.4%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of farm operators: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  271,935

  -7.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of male operators: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  193,965

  -9.0%

  (period-to-period change)
• Number of female operators: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  77,970

  -3.3%

  (period-to-period change)
• Work on the farm (more than 40 hours): Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  102,070

  -13.5%

  (period-to-period change)
• Total number of farms: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  193,492

  -5.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Total farm area: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  158.7 million acres

  -0.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Land in crops (excluding Christmas trees): Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  93.4 million acres

  6.9%

  (period-to-period change)
• Average age of farm operators: Census of Agriculture - Canada
  (2016)

  55.0

  1.9%

  (period-to-period change)