Farm Operators' Income from Farm and Off-Farm Sources, by Region, 2004

Author:	Bill McGee - Coordinator, Science and Statistics/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed:	14 September 2006

Gross Farm Revenue Class; Southern Ontario

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	5,295	3,750	3,140	3,470	1,655	940	18,260
Number of farms	4,225	2,825	2,315	2,330	1,040	500	13,245
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	68,995	98,866	166,570	372,397	358,075	432,358	1,499,669
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	81,164	98,069	146,604	300,626	297,025	376,765	1,302,296
Net operating income ($ '000)	-12,169	797	19,966	71,770	61,049	55,593	197,373
Average per operator ( $ )	-2,298	213	6,359	20,683	36,888	59,142	10,809
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	218,523	150,300	90,461	65,944	32,855	39,003	597,533
Average per operator ( $ )	41,270	40,080	28,809	19,004	19,852	41,493	32,724
Total income of operators ($ '000)	206,354	151,097	110,427	137,714	93,905	94,596	794,906
Average per operator ( $ )	38,972	40,293	35,168	39,687	56,740	100,634	43,533

Gross Farm Revenue Class Western Ontario

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	4,090	2,760	3,010	3,160	1,890	825	15,720
Number of farms	3,285	2,125	2,260	2,225	1,195	485	11,590
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	53,339	75,755	158,405	356,217	407,543	442,072	1,498,896
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	72,898	72,513	148,984	302,492	333,794	385,713	1,321,228
Net operating income ($ '000)	-19,558	3,242	9,422	53,725	73,749	56,359	177,668
Average per operator ( $ )	-4,782	1,175	3,130	17,002	39,020	68,313	11,302
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	199,636	91,120	79,632	73,887	26,937	15,355	486,088
Average per operator ( $ )	48,811	33,014	26,456	23,382	14,252	18,612	30,922
Total income of operators ($ '000)	180,077	94,362	89,054	127,612	100,685	71,714	663,756
Average per operator ( $ )	44,029	34,189	29,586	40,384	53,273	86,926	42,224

Gross Farm Revenue Class Central Ontario

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	2,830	1,580	860	955	520	200	6,935
Number of farms	2,260	1,170	640	670	300	105	5,145
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	36,873	41,081	44,510	109,114	100,885	112,470	449,220
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	51,749	46,795	46,070	91,963	82,644	99,546	422,614
Net operating income ($ '000)	-14,876	-5,713	-1,559	17,151	18,241	12,924	26,606
Average per operator ( $ )	-5,257	-3,616	-1,813	17,960	35,078	64,620	3,836
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	180,212	41,696	25,782	15,570	9,801	2,635	275,300
Average per operator ( $ )	63,679	26,390	29,979	16,304	18,847	13,174	39,697
Total income of operators ($ '000)	165,336	35,982	24,222	32,722	28,041	15,559	301,906
Average per operator ( $ )	58,423	22,774	28,166	34,263	53,926	77,794	43,534

Gross Farm Revenue Class Eastern Ontario

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	2,130	940	860	1,390	935	275	6,525
Number of farms	1,650	710	570	910	490	145	4,470
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	26,094	25,170	42,454	151,639	171,641	110,506	525,414
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	38,565	26,633	35,214	119,217	129,990	86,804	434,778
Net operating income ($ '000)	-12,470	-1,463	7,240	32,421	41,651	23,703	90,636
Average per operator ( $ )	-5,855	-1,556	8,418	23,325	44,547	86,191	13,891
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	67,343	29,491	24,759	18,552	8,906	2,736	151,671
Average per operator ( $ )	31,617	31,373	28,790	13,347	9,525	9,948	23,245
Total income of operators ($ '000)	54,873	28,028	31,999	50,973	50,557	26,438	242,307
Average per operator ( $ )	25,762	29,817	37,208	36,672	54,072	96,139	37,135

Gross Farm Revenue Class Northern Ontario

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	615	430	210	155	140	-	1,560
Number of farms	500	345	155	100	80	-	1,175
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	8,544	12,109	11,162	16,012	26,959	-	77,291
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	9,394	11,278	10,168	12,914	21,625	-	67,631
Net operating income ($ '000)	-850	831	994	3,098	5,334	-	9,660
Average per operator ( $ )	-1,383	1,932	4,734	19,986	38,101	-	6,192
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	19,990	15,334	5,783	x	587	-	43,492
Average per operator ( $ )	32,505	35,661	27,537	x	4,191	-	27,879
Total income of operators ($ '000)	19,140	16,165	6,777	x	5,921	-	53,152
Average per operator ( $ )	31,122	37,593	32,271	x	42,292	-	34,072

Gross Farm Revenue Class The Province

Income	$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	$ 25,000 to $ 49,999	$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	$ 500,000 and over	Total
Number of operators	14,955	9,510	8,095	9,135	5,145	2,245	49,090
Number of farms	11,920	7,205	5,955	6,250	3,105	1,250	35,680
Total operating revenue ($ '000)	193,846	253,830	424,092	1,007,982	1,065,359	1,111,319	4,055,288
Total operating expenses^a ($ '000)	253,807	255,873	389,240	829,645	865,289	961,366	3,554,201
Net operating income ($ '000)	-59,961	-2,044	34,852	178,337	200,071	149,954	501,087
Average per operator ( $ )	-4,009	-215	4,305	19,522	38,886	66,794	10,208
Total off-farm income^b($ '000)	685,481	331,572	226,493	175,977	79,147	59,791	1,558,555
Average per operator ( $ )	45,836	34,866	27,979	19,264	15,383	26,633	31,749
Total income of operators ($ '000)	625,520	329,528	261,346	354,314	279,218	209,745	2,059,642
Average per operator ( $ )	41,827	34,651	32,285	38,786	54,270	93,428	41,956

^a Excludes depreciation charges.
^b Includes income from wages and salaries, net off-farm self-employment, investments, pensions and other sources.

Note: The table above includes those farm operators involved in a single, unincorporated farm with total operating revenues of $10,000 or more.

Statistics Canada, Taxation Data Program, Whole Farm Data Base. For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca