Area and Number of Farms by Size of Crop Area, Ontario, 2006 and 2011

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	36	1.1	47	1.7	31.8%	162	41.4	216	55.5	33.3%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	60	1.8	46	1.7	-22.4%	64	16.4	49	12.6	-23.4%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	19	0.6	36	1.3	83.9%	13	3.3	24	6.2	84.6%
2 to 4.9 acres	111	3.4	76	2.8	-31.5%	42	10.7	30	7.7	-28.6%
5 to 9.9 acres	160	4.9	99	3.6	-38.1%	26	6.7	15	3.9	-42.3%
10 to 29.9 acres	851	26.2	428	15.6	-49.8%	49	12.5	25	6.4	-49.0%
30 to 49.9 acres	744	22.9	398	14.5	-46.5%	20	5.1	11	2.8	-45.0%
50 to 99.9 acres	790	24.4	1,014	37.0	28.4%	12	3.1	16	4.1	33.3%
100 acres and over	473	14.6	600	21.9	26.8%	3	0.8	3	0.8	0.0%
Total	3,245	100.0	2,744	100.0	-15.4%	391	100.0	389	100.0	-0.5%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	106	0.9	127	1.4	20.2%	539	63.3	646	69.1	19.9%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	83	0.7	88	1.0	6.3%	86	10.1	91	9.7	5.8%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	16	0.1	28	0.3	76.9%	10	1.2	21	2.3	110.0%
2 - 4.9 acres	156	1.3	128	1.4	-17.9%	58	6.8	48	5.1	-17.2%
5 - 9.9 acres	162	1.4	196	2.1	21.0%	24	2.8	33	3.5	37.5%
10 - 29.9 acres	514	4.3	220	2.4	-57.3%	29	3.4	12	1.3	-58.6%
30 - 49.9 acres	1,168	9.8	771	8.4	-34.0%	30	3.5	21	2.3	-30.0%
50 - 99.9 acres	2,916	24.6	2,571	28.0	-11.8%	46	5.4	39	4.2	-15.2%
100 acres and over	6,759	56.9	5,057	55.1	-25.2%	30	3.5	24	2.6	-20.0%
Total	11,880	100.0	9,186	100.0	-22.7%	852	100.0	935	100.0	9.7%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	88	8.1	104	7.6	19.1%	492	81.1	612	79.2	24.4%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	58	5.3	66	4.8	14.2%	60	9.9	71	9.2	18.3%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	11	1.0	X			7	1.2	13	1.7	85.7%
2 to 4.9 acres	63	5.8	68	5.0	7.9%	23	3.8	29	3.8	26.1%
5 to 9.9 acres	36	3.3	66	4.8	83.3%	7	1.2	12	1.6	71.4%
10 to 29.9 acres	134	12.3	346	25.2	158.8%	8	1.3	22	2.9	175.0%
30 to 49.9 acres	110	10.1	233	17.0	111.8%	3	0.5	7	0.9	133.3%
50 to 99.9 acres	x	x	355	25.9		5	0.8	6	0.8	20.0%
100 acres and over	x	x	X			2	0.3	1	0.1	-50.0%
Total	1,088	100.0	1,371	100.0	26.0%	607	100.0	773	100.0	27.3%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	41	1.1	52	1.2	28.1%	232	67.1	282	70.5	21.6%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	36	1.0	29	0.6	-20.3%	37	10.7	30	7.5	-18.9%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	5	0.1	X			3	0.9	9	2.3	200.0%
2 to 4.9 acres	82	2.2	90	2.0	10.0%	29	8.4	33	8.3	13.8%
5 to 9.9 acres	37	1.0	92	2.0	148.1%	7	2.0	15	3.8	114.3%
10 to 29.9 acres	213	5.7	174	3.9	-18.2%	17	4.9	12	3.0	-29.4%
30 to 49.9 acres	244	6.6	188	4.2	-23.0%	7	2.0	5	1.3	-28.6%
50 to 99.9 acres	319	8.6	X			5	1.5	2	0.5	-60.0%
100 acres and over	2,735	73.7	3,727	82.7	36.3%	9	2.6	12	3.0	33.3%
Total	3,712	100.0	4,506	100.0	21.4%	346	100.0	400	100.0	15.6%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	48	1.3	61	1.8	27.1%	267	60.4	337	67.9	26.2%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	48	1.3	48	1.4	-0.2%	49	11.1	49	9.9	0.0%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	9	0.2	11	0.3	27.3%	5	1.1	9	1.8	80.0%
2 to 4.9 acres	163	4.4	130	3.9	-20.0%	54	12.2	46	9.3	-14.8%
5 to 9.9 acres	92	2.5	115	3.4	24.5%	16	3.6	19	3.8	18.8%
10 to 29.9 acres	364	9.8	222	6.6	-39.2%	24	5.4	15	3.0	-37.5%
30 to 49.9 acres	321	8.7	120	3.6	-62.6%	9	2.0	3	0.6	-66.7%
50 to 99.9 acres	632	17.1	532	15.9	-15.9%	9	2.0	8	1.6	-11.1%
100 acres and over	2,031	54.8	2,117	63.1	4.2%	9	2.0	10	2.0	11.1%
Total	3,707	100.0	3,354	100.0	-9.5%	442	100.0	496	100.0	12.2%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	80	0.8	95	1.0	19.1%	455	70.2	530	73.2	16.5%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	32	0.3	47	0.5	47.5%	34	5.3	50	6.9	47.1%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	5	0.1	14	0.1	178.0%	3	0.5	11	1.5	266.7%
2 - 4.9 acres	70	0.7	88	0.9	26.0%	27	4.2	32	4.4	18.5%
5 - 9.9 acres	131	1.3	95	1.0	-27.8%	22	3.4	15	2.1	-31.8%
10 - 29.9 acres	486	4.9	352	3.6	-27.7%	30	4.6	22	3.0	-26.7%
30 - 49.9 acres	1,014	10.2	519	5.3	-48.8%	26	4.0	14	1.9	-46.2%
50 - 99.9 acres	2,011	20.1	1,887	19.2	-6.2%	27	4.2	27	3.7	0.0%
100 acres and over	6,165	61.7	6,758	68.6	9.6%	24	3.7	23	3.2	-4.2%
Total	9,994	100.0	9,855	100.02	-1.4%	648	100.0	724	100.0	11.7%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	35	1.7	41	2.5	16.2%	185	56.6	219	66.6	18.4%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	38	1.9	27	1.6	-28.1%	39	11.9	28	8.5	-28.2%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	15	0.8	X			10	3.1	8	2.4	-20.0%
2 to 4.9 acres	99	4.9	89	5.4	-9.8%	34	10.4	33	10.0	-2.9%
5 to 9.9 acres	93	4.6	82	5.0	-11.9%	15	4.6	13	4.0	-13.3%
10 to 29.9 acres	346	17.1	177	10.7	-48.7%	22	6.7	11	3.3	-50.0%
30 to 49.9 acres	222	11.0	110	6.7	-50.5%	6	1.8	3	0.9	-50.0%
50 to 99.9 acres	816	40.3	811	49.2	-0.6%	13	4.0	12	3.7	-7.7%
100 acres and over	362	17.9	X			3	0.9	2	0.6	-33.3%
Total	2,025	100.0	1,649	100.0	-18.6%	327	100.0	329	100.0	0.6%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	116	2.8	109	3.1	-5.8%	577	59.9	593	64.4	2.8%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	102	2.5	90	2.6	-12.1%	105	10.9	94	10.2	-10.5%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	18	0.4	28	0.8	61.1%	12	1.2	20	2.2	66.7%
2 to 4.9 acres	238	5.7	153	4.4	-35.8%	89	9.2	58	6.3	-34.8%
5 to 9.9 acres	371	9.0	325	9.3	-12.6%	57	5.9	52	5.7	-8.8%
10 to 29.9 acres	1,487	35.9	1,188	34.1	-20.1%	95	9.9	75	8.1	-21.1%
30 to 49.9 acres	629	15.2	720	20.7	14.5%	18	1.9	20	2.2	11.1%
50 to 99.9 acres	516	12.5	248	7.1	-51.9%	8	0.8	4	0.4	-50.0%
100 acres and over	670	16.2	624	17.9	-6.9%	3	0.3	5	0.5	66.7%
Total	4,146	100.0	3,484	100.0	-16.0%	964	100.0	921	100.0	-4.5%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	77	1.1	94	1.5	21.8%	405	62.5	485	70.6	19.8%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	63	0.9	47	0.7	-25.1%	66	10.2	49	7.1	-25.8%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	19	0.3	17	0.3	-10.3%	12	1.9	12	1.8	0.0%
2 to 4.9 acres	130	1.9	101	1.6	-22.0%	48	7.4	39	5.7	-18.8%
5 to 9.9 acres	100	1.4	68	1.1	-31.3%	17	2.6	11	1.6	-35.3%
10 to 29.9 acres	651	9.4	506	7.8	-22.2%	36	5.6	28	4.1	-22.2%
30 to 49.9 acres	801	11.6	943	14.6	17.8%	20	3.1	25	3.6	25.0%
50 to 99.9 acres	1,811	26.1	1,271	19.7	-29.8%	26	4.0	19	2.8	-26.9%
100 acres and over	3,280	47.3	3,408	52.8	3.9%	18	2.8	19	2.8	5.6%
Total	6,930	100.0	6,456	100.0	-6.9%	648	100.0	687	100.0	6.0%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	75	0.4	85	0.6	13.5%	393	51.5	469	60.8	19.3%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	47	0.2	59	0.4	24.5%	50	6.6	60	7.8	20.0%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	19	0.1	14	0.1	-25.3%	12	1.6	11	1.4	-8.3%
2 - 4.9 acres	127	0.6	90	0.6	-28.9%	49	6.4	33	4.3	-32.7%
5 - 9.9 acres	74	0.3	78	0.5	5.4%	12	1.6	13	1.7	8.3%
10 - 29.9 acres	423	2.0	295	2.0	-30.2%	27	3.5	18	2.3	-33.3%
30 - 49.9 acres	1,543	7.2	1,482	9.8	-3.9%	39	5.1	36	4.7	-7.7%
50 - 99.9 acres	7,445	34.7	5,598	37.0	-24.8%	109	14.3	83	10.8	-23.9%
100 acres and over	11,729	54.6	7,419	49.1	-36.7%	72	9.4	49	6.4	-31.9%
Total	21,482	100.0	15,121	100.0	-29.6%	763	100.0	772	100.0	1.2%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	87	2.2	97	2.5	12.1%	448	56.4	484	62.1	8.0%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	91	2.3	75	1.9	-17.7%	96	12.1	77	9.9	-19.8%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	29	0.7	43	1.1	48.8%	19	2.4	31	4.0	63.2%
2 to 4.9 acres	234	5.8	181	4.7	-22.5%	81	10.2	69	8.9	-14.8%
5 to 9.9 acres	268	6.7	173	4.5	-35.3%	41	5.2	29	3.7	-29.3%
10 to 29.9 acres	1,207	30.1	821	21.1	-32.0%	75	9.4	53	6.8	-29.3%
30 to 49.9 acres	717	17.9	728	18.7	1.6%	20	2.5	21	2.7	5.0%
50 to 99.9 acres	731	18.2	615	15.8	-15.8%	11	1.4	10	1.3	-9.1%
100 acres and over	652	16.2	1,159	29.8	77.7%	4	0.5	6	0.8	50.0%
Total	4,015	100.0	3,892	100.0	-3.1%	795	100.0	780	100.0	-1.9%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 to 0.5 acres	110	2.0	116	2.5	5.5%	453	40.1	483	47.5	6.6%
0.6 to 1.0 acres	175	3.2	140	3.0	-20.3%	184	16.3	146	14.4	-20.7%
1.1 to 1.9 acres	64	1.2	41	0.9	-36.3%	44	3.9	29	2.9	-34.1%
2 to 4.9 acres	573	10.5	507	10.9	-11.4%	208	18.4	185	18.2	-11.1%
5 to 9.9 acres	644	11.9	492	10.6	-23.6%	107	9.5	83	8.2	-22.4%
10 to 29.9 acres	1,488	27.4	956	20.5	-35.7%	100	8.9	71	7.0	-29.0%
30 to 49.9 acres	601	11.1	294	6.3	-51.1%	17	1.5	8	0.8	-52.9%
50 to 99.9 acres	576	10.6	342	7.3	-40.6%	9	0.8	6	0.6	-33.3%
100 acres and over	1,200	22.1	1,770	38.0	47.5%	8	0.7	5	0.5	-37.5%
Total	5,430	100.0	4,658	100.0	-14.2%	1,130	100.0	1,016	100.0	-10.1%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	122	3.1	142	4.0	16.6%	516	50.1	612	56.6	18.6%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	180	4.6	155	4.3	-13.8%	189	18.4	163	15.1	-13.8%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	71	1.8	47	1.3	-32.9%	49	4.8	33	3.1	-32.7%
2 - 4.9 acres	395	10.2	418	11.7	5.9%	150	14.6	153	14.1	2.0%
5 - 9.9 acres	314	8.1	358	10.0	14.2%	51	5.0	60	5.6	17.6%
10 - 29.9 acres	825	21.3	542	15.1	-34.2%	52	5.1	35	3.2	-32.7%
30 - 49.9 acres	302	7.8	314	8.8	4.0%	9	0.9	9	0.8	0.0%
50 - 99.9 acres	635	16.4	650	18.1	2.4%	9	0.9	10	0.9	11.1%
100 acres and over	1,025	26.5	964	26.8	-6.0%	5	0.5	7	0.7	40.0%
Total	3,867	100.0	3,590	100.0	-7.2%	1,030	100.0	1,082	100.0	5.0%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	89	0.2	84	0.3	-6.0%	344	24.6	338	29.5	-1.7%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	127	0.3	110	0.4	-13.2%	136	9.7	117	10.2	-14.0%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	64	0.2	60	0.2	-5.6%	41	2.9	40	3.5	-2.4%
2 - 4.9 acres	639	1.7	513	2.0	-19.7%	217	15.5	175	15.3	-19.4%
5 - 9.9 acres	935	2.4	660	2.6	-29.5%	145	10.4	106	9.3	-26.9%
10 - 29.9 acres	2,909	7.5	2,352	9.2	-19.2%	173	12.4	143	12.5	-17.3%
30 - 49.9 acres	3,514	9.1	2,954	11.6	-15.9%	89	6.4	77	6.7	-13.5%
50 - 99.9 acres	11,278	29.2	5,778	22.6	-48.8%	169	12.1	88	7.7	-47.9%
100 acres and over	19,062	49.4	13,030	51.0	-31.6%	85	6.1	62	5.4	-27.1%
Total	38,617	100.0	25,540	100.0	-33.9%	1,399	100.0	1,146	100.0	-18.1%

Farm Size	2006 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	2011 Total Area (acres)	Percent of Area	Total Area Percentage Change (2011/2006)	2006 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	2011 Number of Farms	Percent of Farms	Number of Farms Percentage Change (2011/2006)
0.1 - 0.5 acres	161	0.8	175	1.1	8.7%	709	49.6	805	56.6	13.5%
0.6 - 1.0 acres	183	0.9	158	1.0	-13.4%	191	13.4	167	11.7	-12.6%
1.1 - 1.9 acres	57	0.3	62	0.4	9.5%	38	2.7	47	3.3	23.7%
2 - 4.9 acres	485	2.4	385	2.3	-20.7%	175	12.3	144	10.1	-17.7%
5 - 9.9 acres	382	1.9	416	2.5	8.9%	65	4.6	69	4.9	6.2%
10 - 29.9 acres	1,304	6.5	746	4.5	-42.8%	79	5.5	47	3.3	-40.5%
30 - 49.9 acres	1,474	7.3	1,092	6.6	-25.9%	41	2.9	30	2.1	-26.8%
50 - 99.9 acres	3,779	18.7	3,340	20.2	-11.6%	53	3.7	47	3.3	-11.3%
100 acres and over	12,369	61.3	10,185	61.5	-17.7%	78	5.5	66	4.6	-15.4%
Total	20,194	100.0	16,558	100.0	-18.0%	1,429	100.0	1,422	100.0	-0.5%

x Data suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions

Reference: 2006 and 2011 Census of Agriculture, Statistics Canada

Author :	Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed :	15 July 2014

For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca