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Agriculture census

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

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    Census of agriculture, Ontario summary

    • 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Number and area of census farms, Canada and the provinces

    • 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Ontario census farms

    • by Industry: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by capital value and total farm capital: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by total gross farm receipts: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by cropland: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by total farm area: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Number of census farms and number of farm operators, Canada and the provinces

    • 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Number of census farms and number of farm operators, by county

    • 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    County level data

    Number of census farms by county

    • 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Area of census farms by county

    • 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • Ontario total farm area using agriculture census and MPAC data by county 2006-2016, 2021

    Farm land area classified by use of land, by county

    • 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Farm capital value by county

    • 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Census farms classified

    • by size of operation, by county: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by economic class and total value of sales, by County: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by industry, by county: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021
    • by capital value, by county: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021

    Related information

    Agriculture and food economic indicators

    County profiles: agriculture, food and business

    Dairy statistics

    Farm finance statistics

    Field crops statistics

    Food and beverage statistics

    Horticultural crop statistics

    International trade statistics

    Livestock and poultry statistics

    Updated: July 12, 2022
    Published: May 18, 2022

    Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

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