Ontario Farm Data, Census of
Agriculture, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011
| Item |
1996 |
2001 |
2006 |
2011 |
|
Number of census farms
|
67,520
|
59,728
|
57,211
|
51,950
|
|
Total area of farms (acres)
|
13,879,565
|
13,507,357
|
13,310,216
|
12,668,236
|
|
Total area owned (acres)
|
9,764,607
|
9,373,178
|
8,889,694
|
8,952,054
|
|
Total area rented (acres)
|
4,114,958
|
4,134,179
|
4,420,522
|
3,716,182
|
|
Number of Farm Operators
|
96,940
|
85,015
|
82,410
|
74,840
|
|
Average farm size (acres)
|
206
|
226
|
233
|
244
|
|
Cropland (acres)
|
8,759,707
|
9,035,915
|
9,046,383
|
8,929,948
|
|
Pasture (acres)
|
2,502,478
|
2,087,985
|
1,862,387
|
1,633,566
|
|
Summerfallow (acres)
|
48,492
|
35,175
|
29,394
|
23,450
|
|
All other land (acres)
|
2,568,888
|
2,348,282
|
2,372,052
|
2,081,272
|
|
Winter wheat (acres)
|
719,498
|
545,380
|
1,028,476
|
1,100,003
|
|
Spring wheat (acres)
|
59,149
|
125,477
|
202,902
|
114,643
|
|
Oats (acres)
|
98,357
|
101,670
|
131,952
|
71,040
|
|
Barley (acres)
|
332,821
|
308,728
|
221,029
|
126,881
|
|
Mixed grain (acres)
|
279,762
|
218,265
|
173,454
|
106,162
|
|
All rye (acres)
|
65,483
|
68,332
|
65,356
|
34,868
|
|
Buckwheat (acres)
|
6,808
|
5,941
|
6,133
|
6,306
|
|
Soybeans (acres)
|
1,918,055
|
2,248,466
|
2,155,884
|
2,464,870
|
|
Canola (acres)
|
53,304
|
36,439
|
18,575
|
88,279
|
|
Grain corn (acres)
|
1,895,650
|
2,003,025
|
1,577,862
|
2,032,356
|
|
Silage corn (acres)
|
296,029
|
319,364
|
320,759
|
271,701
|
|
Flaxseed (acres)
|
1,582
|
1,983
|
4,257
|
2,973
|
|
Dry field beans (acres)
|
108,545
|
121,821
|
163,901
|
92,608
|
|
Dry field peas (acres)
|
955
|
3,127
|
4,376
|
4,803
|
|
Sunflowers (acres)
|
1,069
|
1,109
|
2,501
|
1,336
|
|
Hay and fodder crops (acres)
|
2,515,846
|
2,504,026
|
2,562,637
|
2,077,911
|
|
Tobacco (acres)
|
68,194
|
58,333
|
31,669
|
|
|
Ginseng (acres)
|
..
|
4,480
|
7,156
|
7,232
|
|
Sugar beets (acres)
|
210
|
6,006
|
9,353
|
10,816
|
|
Fruit (acres)
|
70,664
|
65,076
|
63,704
|
52,740
|
|
Vegetables (acres)
|
158,471
|
170,147
|
155,594
|
129,595
|
|
Potatoes (acres)
|
39,905
|
43,396
|
38,155
|
37,384
|
|
Nursery products (acres)
|
26,217
|
25,488
|
27,079
|
25,270
|
|
Sod (acres)
|
23,538
|
28,674
|
32,196
|
28,414
|
|
Total of above crops (acres)
|
8,740,112
|
9,014,753
|
9,004,960
|
8,888,191
|
|
Greenhouse area (thousand square feet)
|
63,303
|
98,374
|
126,590
|
135,076
|
|
Number of bulls
|
32,677
|
24,435
|
22,536
|
20,297
|
|
Number of dairy cows
|
404,797
|
363,544
|
329,737
|
318,158
|
|
Number of beef cows
|
441,211
|
376,020
|
377,354
|
282,062
|
|
Number of heifers
|
450,777
|
449,326
|
414,483
|
372,934
|
|
Number of steers
|
348,663
|
332,215
|
311,989
|
291,263
|
|
Number of calves
|
607,871
|
595,191
|
526,552
|
456,667
|
|
Total number of cattle and calves
|
2,285,996
|
2,140,731
|
1,982,651
|
1,741,381
|
|
Number of sows and boars
|
312,083
|
369,360
|
427,234
|
285,801
|
|
Number of all other pigs
|
2,518,999
|
3,087,986
|
3,523,358
|
2,802,845
|
|
Total number of pigs
|
2,831,082
|
3,457,346
|
3,950,592
|
3,088,646
|
|
Number of sheep and lambs
|
231,087
|
337,625
|
311,162
|
352,807
|
|
Number of horses (on census farms only)
|
76,553
|
83,337
|
97,285
|
86,642
|
|
Number of hens and chickens
|
35,596,946
|
43,624,696
|
44,101,552
|
46,902,316
|
|
Number of turkeys
|
3,447,259
|
3,402,697
|
3,556,250
|
3,483,828
|
|
Number of tractors
|
180,213
|
183,704
|
185,576
|
171,406
|
|
Number of combines
|
19,855
|
17,677
|
15,982
|
14,282
|
|
Number of balers
|
38,329
|
35,385
|
33,052
|
28,916
|
|
Number of farms reporting computers for farm
management
|
14,131
|
23,552
|
26,260
|
30,381
|
|
Percentage of of farms with computers for
farm management
|
21
|
39
|
46
|
58
|
|
Market value of land and buildings (dollars
'000)
|
33,167,842
|
40,898,278
|
55,912,249
|
75,817,764
|
|
Value of machinery and equipment (dollars
'000)
|
5,410,519
|
6,564,008
|
7,075,892
|
7,616,206
|
|
Value of livestock and poultry (dollars '000
)
|
2,282,575
|
3,067,498
|
2,348,655
|
2,269,368
|
|
Total capital value (dollars'000)
|
40,860,936
|
50,529,784
|
65,336,796
|
85,703,337
|
|
Number of farms reporting paid agricultural
labour
|
27,946
|
24,013
|
20,837
|
16,118
|
|
Weeks of year-round paid labour
|
1,147,368
|
1,376,166
|
1,392,257
|
1,405,252
|
|
Weeks of seasonal paid labour
|
780,765
|
911,030
|
878,920
|
812,057
|
|
Total weeks of paid labour
|
1,928,133
|
2,287,196
|
2,271,177
|
2,217,309
|
Reference: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture.
|
Author :
|
Kumuduni Kulasekera - Economist
/OMAFRA |
|
Last Reviewed :
|
11 May 2012 |
For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca
|
