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Ontario Farm Data, Census of Agriculture,
1996, 2001 and 2006

Author: Bill McGee - Coordinator, Statistics Section/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 22 May 2007
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Item 1996 2001 2006
Number of census farms
67,520
59,728
57,211
Total area of farms (acres)
13,879,565
13,507,357
13,310,216
Total area owned (acres)
9,764,607
9,373,178
8,889,694
Total area rented (acres)
4,114,958
4,134,179
4,420,522
Average farm size (acres)
206
226
233
Cropland (acres)
8,759,707
9,035,915
9,046,383
Pasture (acres)
2,502,478
2,087,985
1,862,387
Summerfallow (acres)
48,492
35,175
29,394
All other land (acres)
2,568,888
2,348,282
2,372,052
Winter wheat (acres)
719,498
545,380
1,028,476
Spring wheat (acres)
59,149
125,477
202,902
Oats (acres)
98,357
101,670
131,952
Barley (acres)
332,821
308,728
221,029
Mixed grain (acres)
279,762
218,265
173,454
All rye (acres)
65,483
68,332
65,356
Buckwheat (acres)
6,808
5,941
6,133
Soybeans (acres)
1,918,055
2,248,466
2,155,884
Canola (acres)
53,304
36,439
18,575
Grain corn (acres)
1,895,650
2,003,025
1,577,862
Silage corn (acres)
296,029
319,364
320,759
Flaxseed (acres)
1,582
1,983
4,257
Dry field beans (acres)
108,545
121,821
163,901
Dry field peas (acres)
955
3,127
4,376
Sunflowers (acres)
1,069
1,109
2,501
Hay and fodder crops (acres)
2,515,846
2,504,026
2,562,637
Tobacco (acres)
68,194
58,333
31,669
Ginseng (acres)
..
4,480
7,156
Sugar beets (acres)
210
6,006
9,353
Fruit (acres)
70,664
65,076
63,704
Vegetables (acres)
158,471
170,147
155,594
Potatoes (acres)
39,905
43,396
38,155
Nursery products (acres)
26,217
25,488
27,079
Sod (acres)
23,538
28,674
32,196
Total of above crops (acres)
8,740,112
9,014,753
9,004,960
Greenhouse area (thousand square feet)
63,303
98,374
126,590
Number of bulls
32,677
24,435
22,536
Number of dairy cows
404,797
363,544
329,737
Number of beef cows
441,211
376,020
377,354
Number of heifers
450,777
449,326
414,483
Number of steers
348,663
332,215
311,989
Number of calves
607,871
595,191
526,552
Total number of cattle and calves
2,285,996
2,140,731
1,982,651
Number of sows and boars
312,083
369,360
427,234
Number of all other pigs
2,518,999
3,087,986
3,523,358
Total number of pigs
2,831,082
3,457,346
3,950,592
Number of sheep and lambs
231,087
337,625
311,162
Number of horses (on census farms only)
76,553
83,337
97,285
Number of hens and chickens
35,596,946
43,624,696
44,101,552
Number of turkeys
3,447,259
3,402,697
3,556,250
Number of tractors
180,213
183,704
185,576
Number of combines
19,855
17,677
15,982
Number of balers
38,329
35,385
33,052
Number of farms reporting computers for farm management
14,131
23,552
26,260
Percentage of of farms with computers for farm management
21
39
46
Market value of land and buildings (dollars)
33,167,842
40,898,278
55,912,249
Value of machinery and equipment (dollars)
5,410,519
6,564,008
7,075,892
Value of livestock and poultry (dollars)
2,282,575
3,067,498
2,348,655
Total capital value (dollars)
40,860,936
50,529,784
65,336,796
Number of farms reporting paid agricultural labour
27,946
24,013
20,837
Weeks of year-round paid labour
1,147,368
1,376,166
1,392,257
Weeks of seasonal paid labour
780,765
911,030
878,920
Total weeks of paid labour
1,928,133
2,287,196
2,271,177

 

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