Eastern Ontario

Eastern Ontario Region at a Glance

Author:	Bill McGee - Coordinator, Statistics Section/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed:	18 June 2007

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Farms, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total	8,864	57,211	15.49
Reporting under 53 hectares	3,570	29,710	12.02
Reporting 53 to 161 hectares	3,469	18,648	18.60
Reporting 162 hectares and over	1,825	8,853	20.61

Land Use, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Land in crops	546,492	3,660,941	14.93
Summerfallow land	1,862	11,895	15.65
Tame or seeded pasture	59,728	303,400	19.69
Natural land for pasture	128,805	450,281	28.61
Christmas trees, woodland & wetland	193,271	750,355	25.76
All other land	43,411	209,581	20.71
Total area of farms	973,568	5,386,453	18.07

Greenhouse Area, 2006 Census (square metres)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total area under glass or plastic	258,528	11,760,576	2.20

Hired Farm Labour, 2006 Census (weeks)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Year round	131,590	1,392,257	9.45
Seasonal	49,576	878,920	5.64
Total	181,166	2,271,177	7.98

Farm Capital Value, 2006 Census (farms reporting)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Under $ 200,000	1,116	4,226	26.41
$ 200,000 to $ 499,999	3,713	18,858	19.69
$ 500,000 to $ 999,999	2,125	16,803	12.65
$ 1,000,000 and over	1,910	17,324	11.03

Total Gross Farm Receipts, 2006 Census (farms reporting)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Under $ 10,000	3,268	14,500	22.54
$ 10,000 to $ 24,999	1,781	10,828	16.45
$25,000 to $ 49,999	955	7,397	12.91
$ 50,000 to $ 99,999	711	6,521	10.90
$ 100,000 to $ 249,999	950	7,965	11.93
$ 250,000 to $ 499,999	759	5,589	13.58
$ 500,000 to $ 999,999	332	2,745	12.09
$ 1,000,000 to $ 1,999,999	83	1,098	7.56
$ 2,000,000 and over	25	568	4.40

Farms by Industry Group, 2006 Census (number of farms)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Dairy cattle and milk production	1,373	4,937	27.81
Beef cattle ranching and farming	2,203	11,052	19.93
Hog and pig farming	52	2,222	2.34
Sheep and goat farming	223	1,365	16.34
Poultry and egg production	102	1,700	6.00
Other animal production	1,183	7,573	15.62
Oilseed and grain farming	971	13,056	7.44
Vegetable and melon farming	149	1,769	8.42
Fruit and tree nut farming	118	1,892	6.24
Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture	306	2,822	10.84
Other crop farming	2,184	8,823	24.75

Major Field Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Winter wheat	4,298	416,209	1.03
Oats for grain	10,122	53,399	18.96
Barley for grain	15,339	89,447	17.15
Mixed grains	6,954	70,194	9.91
Corn for grain	84,842	638,538	13.29
Corn for silage	26,545	129,807	20.45
Hay	275,310	1,037,062	26.55
Soybeans	84,824	872,455	9.72
Dry white beans	x	37,348	-
Other dry beans	826	28,816	2.87
Potatoes	380	15,441	2.46

Major Fruit Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Apples	347	8,162	4.25
Peaches	x	3,195	-
Sour Cherries	3	1,030	0.29
Raspberries	103	467	22.06
Strawberries	248	1,717	14.44
Grapes	x	8,335	-
Total fruit crops	780	25,780	3.03

Major Vegetable Crops, 2006 Census (hectares)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Sweet corn	433	15,628	2.77
Tomatoes	60	8,173	0.73
Green peas	17	8,693	0.20
Green or wax beans	48	4,807	1.00
Total vegetables	1,157	62,967	1.84

Livestock Inventories, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Dairy cows	90,898	329,737	27.57
Beef cows	76,211	377,354	20.20
Steers	14,293	311,989	4.58
Total cattle and calves	356,412	1,982,651	17.98
Total pigs	107,182	3,950,592	2.71
Total sheep and lambs	47,275	311,162	15.19

Poultry Inventories, 2006 Census (number)

Item	Eastern Ontario	Province	Percent of province
Total hens and chickens	3,311,620	44,101,552	7.51
Total turkeys	12,155	3,556,250	0.34

2006 Census of Agriculture and Economic Development Policy Branch, OMAFRA For more information:
E-mail: stats.omafra@ontario.ca