Statistical Summary of Ontario Agriculture

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Farm Statistics, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Hired Farm Labour, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Area Grown to Major Field Crops, 201, 2006 and 2011 Census

Number of Livestock and Poultry on Farms, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Area of Major Fruit Crops, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Area Harvested of Major Vegetable Crops, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Area of Greenhouse Crops, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Machinery on Farms, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Farm Capital Value, 2001, 2006 and 2011 Census

Farm Income Statistics, 2001, 2006 and 2011

Top Commodities in Terms of Market Receipts, 2001, 2006 and 2011

 

Farm Statistics (number)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Number of farm operators	85,020	82,410	74,840
Total number of farms	59,728	57,211	51,950
Number of farms with sales over $25,000	32,980	31,883	30,589
Number of farms with sales over $100,000	18,576	17,965	17,680
Number of farms with sales over $250,000	8,989	10,000	10,950
Farms reporting under 53 hectares	29,638	29,710	27,201
Farms reporting 53 to 161 hectares	21,279	18,648	16,230
Farms reporting 162 hectares and over	8,811	8,853	8,519

Farm Statistics (hectares)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Total area of Farms	5,466,233	5,386,453	5,126,653
Total cropland	3,656,705	3,660,941	3,613,821
Summer fallow	14,235	11,895	9,490
Pasture	844,977	753,681	661,081
Christmas tree area, woodland and wetland		750,355	652,533
All other land	950,316	209,581	189,720
Total area owned (historical basis)	3,793,190	3,597,531	3,622,767
Total area rented or crop shared (historical basis)	1,673,043	1,788,922	1,643,398

Hired Farm Labour (number)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Farms reporting any hired labour	24,013	20,837	16,119

Hired Farm Labour (weeks)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Year-round labour	1,376,166	1,392,257	1,405,252
Seasonal labour	911,030	878,920	812,057
Total labour	2,287,196	2,271,177	2,217,309

Area Grown to Major Field Crops (hectares)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Hay	1,013,343	1,037,062	84,090
Soybeans	909,922	872,455	997,497
Grain corn	810,595	638,538	822,465
Winter wheat	220,707	416,209	445,155
Silage corn	129,242	129,807	109,953
Barley	124,938	89,447	51,347
Spring wheat	50,779	82,112	46,394
Mixed grain	88,329	70,194	42,962
Dry field beans	49,299	61,775	37,477
Oats	41,144	53,399	28,749
Fall rye	26,919	25,565	13,328
Tobacco	23,607	12,816	-
Canola	14,746	7,517	35,525

Number of Livestock and Poultry on Farms ( '000 head or '000 birds)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Dairy cows	364	330	318
Beef cows	376	377	282
Steers	332	312	291
All heifers	449	414	373
Calves	595	527	457
Total cattle and calves	2,141	1,983	1,741
Sows and gilts	356	418	281
Total pigs	3,457	3,951	3,089
Total sheep and lambs	338	311	353
Broilers and roasters	27,931	29,151	31,901
Laying hens and pullets	17,469	14,950	13,207
Turkeys	3,403	3,556	3,484

Area of Major Fruit Crops (hectares)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Grapes	7,368	8,335	7,439
Apples	9,814	8,162	6,406
Peaches	2,677	3,195	2,612
Strawberries	2,024	1,717	1,329
Sour cherries	936	1,030	948
Pears	1,080	1,030	560
Plums and prunes	546	498	435
Raspberries	526	467	365
Sweet cherries	402	384	233

Area of Major Vegetable Crops (hectares)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Sweet corn	19,837	15,628	10,336
Potatoes	17,562	15,441	15,129
Green peas	9,432	8,693	6,119
Tomatoes (excluding greenhouse)	8,580	8,173	6,710
Green and wax beans	5,275	4,807	3,717
Carrots	3,590	4,044	3,988
Pumpkin and squash	3,142	3,762	3,338
Dry onions	2,681	2,805	2,613
Cucumbers (excluding greenhouse)	2,671	1,678	1,410
Peppers	1,664	1,625	1,575
Broccoli	1,157	1,502	1,824
Cabbage	1,674	1,500	1,357
Asparagus	913	1,313	1,100

Area of Greenhouse Crops ('000 sq m)

Item	2001	2006	2011
Vegetables	4,434	6,485	8,009
Flowers	4,056	4,591	3,957

Machinery on Farms (number)

Item	Ontario	Ontario	Ontario
Tractors	183,704	185,576	171,406
Combines	17,677	15,982	14,282
Balers	35,385	33,052	28,916
Farms reporting computers for farm management	23,552	26,260	30,381

Farm Capital Value ( $ million )

Item	2001	2006	2011
Market value of land and buildings	40,898	55,912	75,818
Machinery and equipment	6,564	7,076	7,616
Livestock and poultry	3,067	2,349	2,269

Farm Income Statistics ($ million )

Item	2001	2006	2011
+ Total crop receipts	3,178	3,851	5,631
+ Total livestock receipts	4,520	4,351	5,214
= Total market receipts	7,698	8,202	10,845
+ Total payments	777	662	282
Total farm cash receipts	8,475	8,864	11,127
- Operating expenses after rebates	6,942	7,590	9,093
= Net cash income (receipts less expenses)	1,533	1,274	2,034
- Depreciation	11	10	9
+ Income-in-kind	1,017	1,126	1,313
= Realized net farm income	527	158	730

Top Commodities in terms of Market Receipts( $ million )

Item	2001	2006	2011
Dairy products	1,369	1,591	1,895
Vegetables (including greenhouse)	738	987	1,272
Soybeans	449	937	1,077
Corn	388	868	1,338
Cattle and calves	1,252	846	1,028
Floriculture and nursery	755	634	784
Poultry	612	547	891
Hogs	946	454	902
Eggs	211	292	301
Wheat	102	213	315
Fruit	224	192	203
Potatoes	72	178	103
Dry beans	22	90	70

 

Reference: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture