Area, Production and Farm Value of Specified Commercial Vegetable Crops, Ontario, 2008


Crop
Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Average Price (cents/lb) Farm Value(a) ($'000)
Asparagus
3,200
8,300
125.3
10,400
Beans, Green and Wax (b)
8,000
43,000
22.8
9,800
Beets
1,000
11,920
13.7
1,638
Broccoli
3,545
16,000
55.0
8,800
Brussels Sprouts
x
x
x
x
Cabbage, Chinese
740
9,200
27.2
2,500
Cabbage, Other
3,045
94,500
13.0
12,250
Total Cabbage
3,785
103,700
14.2
14,750
Carrots, Baby
x
x
x
x
Carrots, Other
x
x
x
x
Total Carrots
8,250
262,444
7.1
18,764
Cauliflower
1,310
26,230
25.4
6,670
Celery
465
28,600
15.3
4,375
Corn, Sweet
26,000
260,000
10.8
28,000
Cucumbers and Gherkins
2,290
42,873
21.7
9,305
Cucumbers, Greenhouse (c)
...
295,568
51.0
150,658
Garlic
290
915
182.5
1,670
Leeks (d)
165
2,600
66.5
1,730
Lettuce, Head
x
x
x
x
Lettuce, Leaf
x
x
x
x
Total Lettuce
1,540
13,500
30.7
4,150
Lettuce, Greenhouse (c)
...
x
x
x
Mushrooms
...
112,112
168.1
188,507
Onions, Dry
5,490
185,000
11.5
21,300
Onions, Green (e)
520
5,330
65.7
3,500
Parsley
135
1,410
78.7
1,110
Parsnips
100
3,000
20.0
600
Peas, Green
19,463
88,126
14.0
12,346
Peppers
2,880
45,692
27.8
12,705
Peppers, Greenhouse (c)
...
116,872
128.0
149,563
Pumpkins
x
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
2,625
24,890
30.9
7,690
Pumpkins and Squash (f)
x
x
x
x
Radishes
315
4,195
32.3
1,355
Rhubarb
65
500
30.0
150
Rutabagas (g)
1,780
38,310
14.9
5,700
Spinach
1,160
5,370
57.7
3,100
Tomatoes, Field
17,208
1,227,736
5.7
69,714
Tomatoes, Greenhouse (c)
...
300,903
72.0
216,579

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in July 2010, following the release of the Spring Fruit and Vegetable Survey and Greenhouse, Sod and Nursery Indusry Survey data.

(a) Does not include government subsidy payments
(b) Includes Romano beans
(c) Does not include commissions, packaging charges or Board fees
(d) Includes all other alliaceous vegetables
(e) Includes bunching onions and shallots
(f) Includes zucchini
(g) Includes turnips
.. Figures not available
... Figures not appropriate or applicable
x Data suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions

 

Reference: Fruit and Vegetable Production, Statistics Canada; Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers


Author:
Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 06 July 2011

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