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Farm population, by provinces (2001 Censuses of Agriculture and Population)
| Definitions and notes |
1996 |
2001 |
1996 to 2001 |
| |
number |
% change |
| Canada |
|
|
| Total number of farms |
276,548 |
246,923 |
-10.7 |
| |
|
| Total farm population1 |
851,405 |
727,130 |
-14.6 |
| Rural2 farm population |
819,095 |
695,750 |
-15.1 |
| Urban3 farm population |
32,310 |
31,380 |
-2.9 |
| Total population |
28,751,593 |
29,914,315 |
4.0 |
| Rural population |
6,336,225 |
6,053,467 |
-4.5 |
| Urban population |
22,415,368 |
23,860,848 |
6.4 |
| |
% |
| Farm population as a % of total population |
3.0 |
2.4 |
… |
| Rural farm population as a % of total rural population |
12.9 |
11.5 |
… |
| Rural population as a % of total population |
22.0 |
20.2 |
… |
| 1. Refers to all persons who are members of a farm operator's household, living on a farm in a rural or urban area. |
| 2. Refers to sparsely populated lands lying outside urban areas. |
| 3. Refers to areas with minimum population concentrations of 1,000 and a population density of at least 400 per square kilometre, based on the previous census population counts. All territory outside urban areas is considered rural. Taken together, urban and rural areas cover all of Canada. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Censuses of Agriculture and Population. |
| Last modified: 2004-09-29. |
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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