Canadian Statistics - Total area of farms, land tenure and land in crops, by provinces (1981-2001 Censuses of Agriculture)

Total area of farms, land tenure and land in crops, by provinces (1981-2001 Censuses of Agriculture)

	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001
	number
Canada
Total number of farms	318,361	293,089	280,043	276,548	246,923
Total area of farms¹
Area in hectares²	65,888,916	67,825,757	67,753,700	68,054,956	67,502,447
Farms reporting	318,361	293,089	280,043	276,548	246,923
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	207	231	242	246	273
Total area owned
Area in hectares²	45,554,298	43,218,905	42,961,352	43,060,963	42,265,707
Farms reporting	298,514	273,963	264,837	262,152	235,131
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	153	158	162	164	180
Total area rented or leased from others³
Area in hectares²	20,334,571	24,606,852	24,792,348	24,993,993	25,236,740
Farms reporting	116,703	118,735	111,387	111,718	103,484
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	174	207	223	224	244
Land in crops
Area in hectares²	30,965,812	33,181,235	33,507,780	34,918,733	36,395,151
Farms reporting	291,879	264,141	248,147	237,760	215,581
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	106	126	135	147	169
1. In 1981, the area of unimproved land was under-reported in the four western provinces. This affected the "Total area of farms" for each of the western provinces and for Canada.
2. Conversion factor: 1 hectare equals 2.471 acres.
3. In 2001, crop shared from others was asked separately from rented or leased from others. This may affect comparability of the data with other years.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.
Last modified: 2004-05-30.

For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the 2001 Census of Agriculture .

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