Description for figure 3
Number of farms and farm area, Canada, 1921 to 2011
The title of the graph is "Figure 3
Number of farms and farm area, Canada, 1921 to 2011".
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 16 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 200 with ticks every 20 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 800 with ticks every 100 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1921 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Total farm area".
This series is a column clustered chart.
The vertical axis is "acres (millions)".
The minimum value is 140.9 occurring in 1921.
The maximum value is 174.1 occurring in 1966.
The title of series 2 is "Number of farms".
This series is a line markers chart.
The vertical axis is "number of farms (thousands)".
The minimum value is 205.7 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 732.8 occurring in 1941.
This chart has a note which reads "Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture, 1921 to 2011".
| Total farm area | Number of farms | |
|---|---|---|
| acres (millions) | number of farms (thousands) | |
| 1921 | 140.9 | 711.1 |
| 1931 | 163.1 | 728.6 |
| 1941 | 173.6 | 732.8 |
| 1951 | 174.0 | 623.1 |
| 1956 | 173.9 | 575.0 |
| 1961 | 172.5 | 480.9 |
| 1966 | 174.1 | 430.5 |
| 1971 | 169.7 | 366.1 |
| 1976 | 169.1 | 338.6 |
| 1981 | 162.8 | 318.4 |
| 1986 | 167.6 | 293.1 |
| 1991 | 167.4 | 280.0 |
| 1996 | 168.2 | 276.5 |
| 2001 | 166.8 | 246.9 |
| 2006 | 167.0 | 229.4 |
| 2011 | 160.2 | 205.7 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture, 1921 to 2011
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