Horticultural crops statistics

Get data on production, harvested area, sales and prices for fruits, vegetables, greenhouse, honey and maple syrup in Ontario.

Field crops statistics

Get data on major field crop harvested areas, production, crop year and weekly price, and supply-disposition.

Livestock and poultry statistics

Get data on the number of cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry on Ontario farms. Includes supply and disposition tables, livestock and provincial meat plant slaughter prices.

Dairy statistics

Get data on production of dairy products, sales of milk and cream, milk shipments and dairy producers.

Farm finance statistics

Get data on farm cash receipts and farm income for Ontario, government payments to farmers and farm cash receipts by county.

Food and beverage statistics

Get data on food manufacturing revenue and sales, production workers, food store and food service sales and food disappearance.

Agriculture and food economic indicators

Get data on key economic indicators including Gross Domestic Product of the Ontario economy and agri-food sector, Consumer Price Index and employment.

International trade statistics

Get data on the Ontario agri-food trade balance, commodity exports and imports and agri-food trade between Ontario and other countries.

Agriculture census

Get data from the census of agriculture including number of farms, farm area, use of land and county level data.

County and conservation profiles: agriculture, food and business

Get agriculture, food and business profiles for regions, counties and townships in Ontario.

Introduction

Information appearing in the Statistics area of the OMAFRA web site are compiled by the Statistics and Economics staff, to serve as the source of agriculture and food statistics for the province of Ontario. Data are prepared primarily by Statistics and Economics staff, in co-operation with the Agriculture Division of Statistics Canada and various government departments and farm marketing boards.

Data appearing here are derived from three major sources. First, most agriculture production statistics are collected from telephone, mail-in and enumerative surveys of farmers, with additional information supplied by government field officers, agribusiness personnel, and farm marketing boards. The second source is the Census of Agriculture which is conducted every five years. The Census serves as a "benchmark" for livestock inventory and crop area estimates as well as supplying a wealth of information on many other aspects of agriculture in this province (for example, land use, farm types, value of sales). The third source of statistics is commonly termed administrative data. These data consist of complete or nearly complete counts of items such as exports, imports and marketing of inspected or controlled commodities.

Symbols and abbreviations

The following standard symbols and abbreviations are used in the statistical tables:

..Figures not available
...Figures not appropriate or applicable
-Nil or zero
--Amount too small to be expressed
xData suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions

More information

Questions, comments or requests for additional information should be directed to the statistician responsible for the compilation of the table. To email the statistician please click on their name.

ContactSubject area
Steve Duff
Chief Economist - Statistics Coordinator
519-829-8345
Farm financial statistics, Census of agriculture statistics
Siva Mailvaganam
519-400-8533
Fruit and vegetable crop statistics, Greenhouse and nursery crop statistics, Census of agriculture statistics
Cassidy Judd 
519-400-3167
Agri-food trade statistics, Food and beverage statistics
Noah Berry
519-830-8179
Dairy industry statistics, Field crop statistics, Livestock statistics, Economic indicators
Jennifer Johnston
226-979-6860
County and conservation profiles: agriculture, Census of agriculture statistics

Written enquiries may be addressed to:

Steve Duff
Chief Economist
Economic Analysis Unit
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
1 Stone Road West
Guelph, Ontario N1G 4Y2
Fax: 519-826-3492
Toll-free phone line: 1-888-4OM-AFRA (66-2372)