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Area, Production and Farm Value of Specified Commercial Vegetable Crops, Ontario, 2006

Author: Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 27 January, 2009

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Crop
Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production
('000 lbs)
Average Price (cents/lb) Farm Value a ($'000)
Asparagus
3,100
7,700
125.3
9,650
Beans, Green and Waxb
9,400
48,500
23.5
11,400
Beets
1,050
14,600
9.5
1,385
Broccoli
3,225
18,566
53.6
9,950
Brussels Sprouts
x
x
x
x
Cabbage, Chinese
1,700
13,000
44.6
5,800
Cabbage, Other
2,900
91,000
11.9
10,850
Total Cabbage
4,600
104,000
16.0
16,650
Carrots, Baby
600
3,600
60.0
2,160
Carrots, Other
9,140
383,600
6.8
26,257
Total Carrots
9,740
387,200
7.3
28,417
Cauliflower
1,650
24,050
28.7
6,900
Celery
530
29,800
15.3
4,550
Corn, Sweet
35,126
392,808
8.7
33,993
Cucumbers and Gherkins
3,520
41,480
17.6
7,307
Cucumbers, Greenhousec
...
262,600
48.4
127,000
Garlic
215
370
175.7
650
Leeksd
150
2,410
58.5
1,410
Lettuce, Head
x
x
x
x
Lettuce, Leaf
x
x
x
x
Total Lettuce
1,030
17,450
25.8
4,510
Lettuce, Greenhousec
...
2,931
68.2
2,000
Mushrooms
...
117,970
145.6
171,810
Onions, Dry
6,700
221,000
9.8
21,600
Onions, Greene
x
x
x
x
Parsley
x
x
x
x
Parsnips
240
3,900
18.7
730
Peas, Green
20,900
96,610
11.6
11,189
Peppers
4,000
67,160
27.2
18,298
Peppers, Greenhousec
...
79,000
146.8
116,000
Pumpkins
x
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
3,520
40,800
17.4
7,100
Pumpkins and Squashf
x
x
x
x
Radishes
x
x
x
x
Rhubarb
x
x
x
x
Rutabagasg
1,735
35,800
13.1
4,700
Spinach
930
4,400
54.5
2,400
Tomatoes, Field
18,126
1,251,480
6.2
77,423
Tomatoes, Greenhousec
...
288,000
75.7
218,000

Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were intercensally revised in November 2008, following the release of the intercensal revision 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.

Last revised: 27 January, 2009

Statistics Canada: Fruit and Vegetable Survey; Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers

 

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