Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario Region at a Glance

Author:	Bill McGee - Coordinator, Statistics Section/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed:	21 June 2007

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Farms, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total	2,479	57,211	4.33
Reporting under 53 hectares	679	29,710	2.29
Reporting 53 to 161 hectares	942	18,648	5.05
Reporting 162 hectares and over	858	8,853	9.69

Land Use, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Land in crops	153,856	3,660,941	4.20
Summerfallow land	875	11,895	7.36
Tame or seeded pasture	38,887	303,400	12.82
Natural land for pasture	89,910	450,281	19.97
Christmas trees, woodland & wetland	112,736	750,355	15.02
All other land	17,348	209,581	8.28
Total area of farms	413,613	5,386,453	7.68

Greenhouse Area, 2006 Census (square metres)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total area under glass or plastic	317,631	11,760,576	2.70

Hired Farm Labour, 2006 Census (weeks)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Year round	27,179	1,392,257	1.95
Seasonal	16,562	878,920	1.88
Total	43,741	2,271,177	1.93

Farm Capital Value, 2006 Census (farms reporting)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Under $ 200,000	558	4,226	13.20
$ 200,000 to $ 499,999	1,138	18,858	6.03
$ 500,000 to $ 999,999	533	16,803	3.17
$ 1,000,000 and over	250	17,324	1.44

Total Gross Farm Receipts, 2006 Census (farms reporting)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Under $ 10,000	946	14,500	6.52
$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	558	10,828	5.15
$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	358	7,397	4.84
$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	236	6,521	3.62
$ 100,000 to $ 249,99	195	7,965	2.45
$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	123	5,589	2.20
$ 500,000 to $ 999,999	44	2,745	1.60
$ 1,000,000 to $ 1,999,999	15	1,098	1.37
$ 2,000,000 and over	4	568	0.70

Farms by Industry Group, 2006 Census (number of farms)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Dairy cattle and milk production	171	4,937	3.46
Beef cattle ranching and farming	752	11,052	6.80
Hog and pig farming	11	2,222	0.50
Sheep and goat farming	46	1,365	3.37
Poultry and egg production	27	1,700	1.59
Other animal production	383	7,573	5.06
Oilseed and grain farming	59	13,056	0.45
Vegetable and melon farming	54	1,769	3.05
Fruit and tree nut farming	35	1,892	1.85
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture	131	2,822	4.64
Other crop farming	810	8,823	9.18

Major Field Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Winter wheat	1,792	416,209	0.43
Oats for grain	8,029	53,399	15.04
Barley for grain	10,250	89,447	11.46
Mixed grains	2,739	70,194	3.90
Corn for grain	773	638,538	0.12
Corn for silage	1,627	129,807	1.25
Hay	112,992	1,037,062	10.90
Soybeans	1,775	872,455	0.20
Dry white beans	x	37,348	-
Other dry beans	7	28,816	0.02
Potatoes	597	15,441	3.87

Major Fruit Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Apples	23	8,162	0.28
Peaches	0	3,195	0.00
Sour Cherries	x	1,030	-
Raspberries	21	467	4.50
Strawberries	90	1,717	5.24
Grapes	x	8,335	-
Total fruit crops	162	25,780	0.63

Major Vegetable Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Sweet corn	73	15,628	0.47
Tomatoes	6	8,173	0.07
Green peas	9	8,693	0.10
Green or wax beans	12	4,807	0.25
Total vegetables	199	62,967	0.32

Livestock Inventories, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Dairy cows	11,922	329,737	3.62
Beef cows	39,723	377,354	10.53
Steers	5,971	311,989	1.91
Total cattle and calves	108,906	1,982,651	5.49
Total pigs	10,171	3,950,592	0.26
Total sheep and lambs	13,899	311,162	4.47

Poultry Inventories, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Northern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total hens and chickens	79,252	44,101,552	0.18
Total turkeys	1,559	3,556,250	0.04

2006 Census of Agriculture and Economic Development Policy Branch, OMAFRA
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