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Nursery Trades Industry
Statistics, Ontario and Canada, 2008 to 2010
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Item
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Ontario 2008 |
Ontario 2009 |
Ontario 2010 |
Canada 2008 |
Canada 2009 |
Canada 2010 |
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Total nursery area (acres)
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22,880
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23,525
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23,530
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..
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49,360
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49,155
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Total sod area (acres)
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25,000
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26,160
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27,555
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55,770
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57,090
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59,610
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Sod area grown for sale (acres)
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8,900
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9,395
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10,390
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22,515
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23,205
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23,510
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direct sales to public (a) ($'000)
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20,490
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19,842
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22,835
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67,149
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68,136
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67,022
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sales to fruit growers ($'000)
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10,945
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8,362
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7,654
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21,406
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19,357
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21,563
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sales to landscape contractors ($'000)
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80,955
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74,579
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78,010
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171,342
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154,180
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158,839
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sales to garden centres ($'000)
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72,200
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78,139
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64,996
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139,319
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148,310
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141,138
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sales to mass merchandisers ($'000)
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53,000
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51,456
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54,997
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89,648
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84,583
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86,570
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sales to other nursery stock growers ($'000)
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22,900
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20,170
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22,739
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53,669
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42,342
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49,194
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sales to other buyers ($'000)
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23,510
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30,745
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33,285
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92,047
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118,981
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119,462
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Total sales of Nursery stock (b) ($'000)
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284,000
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283,293
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284,516
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634,580
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635,889
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643,788
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Value of Sod sold ($'000)
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48,080
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48,383
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x
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132,492
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x
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x
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Total sales ($'000)
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332,080
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331,676
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x
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767,072
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x
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x
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Total nurseries (no.)
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460
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455
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415
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1,310
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1,295
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1,280
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Total employees (c) - Nursery (no.)
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5,170
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5,125
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5,520
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12,985
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13,990
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14,400
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Gross yearly payroll (c) - Nursery ($'000)
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92,037
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93,758
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104,518
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198,841
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205,224
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226,020
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Total sod operations (no.)
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60
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65
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65
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195
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210
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205
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Total employees (c) - Sod (no.)
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665
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670
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820
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1,775
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1,800
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1,935
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Gross yearly payroll (c) - Sod ($'000)
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15,311
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17,042
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20,777
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36,923
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41,606
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46,385
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(a) Includes roadside stands and owner-owned retail outlets
(b) Includes purchases for resale
(c) Includes seasonal and permanent labour
.. not available for a specific reference period
Reference: Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 22-202-X
For more information: E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca
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