1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
%
of
Total
%
Chg.
'11/'06
% %
Population of Alberta…………………………………………..…… 2,545,555 2,696,826 2,974,807 3,290,350 3,645,257 100.0
10.8
Rural Population…………………….………….…...……………………………..……… 514,660
554,011
569,647
590,499
614,855 16.9
4.1
Urban Population………………….………….…………………………...………..…..
2,030,895 2,142,815 2,405,160 2,699,851 3,030,402 83.1
12.2
Total Census Farms (1)……………………….………….…...……………………………………………...….
57,245
59,007
53,652
49,431
43,234
…
-12.5
Total Census Farm Operators (2)
-
82,455
76,195
71,660
62,050
…
-13.4
% %
Average Farm Size………………….………….…….………….….
898
881
970
1,055
1,168
…
10.7
Distribution of Farms by Size
% %
Under 70 Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
4,428
5,969
5,216
5,656
4,517 10.4
-20.1
70 - 239
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
13,268
14,724
13,374
12,040
10,947 25.3
-9.1
240 - 559
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
14,447
14,014
12,285
10,595
9,048 20.9
-14.6
560-759
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
5,672
5,363
4,600
3,979
3,258
7.5
-18.1
760 - 1,119
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
6,825
6,424
5,625
4,807
3,997
9.2
-16.9
1,120
Acres and Over…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
12,605
12,513
12,552
12,354
11,467 26.5
-7.2
1,120 - 1,599
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
5,188
4,845
4,382
3,924
3,335
7.7
-15.0
1,600 - 2,239
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
3,232
3,244
3,297
3,012
2,694
6.2
-10.6
2,240 - 2,879
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
1,512
1,590
1,594
1,681
1,575
3.6
-6.3
2,880 - 3,519
Acres…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
859
898
971
1,064
1,025
2.4
-3.7
3,520
Acres and Over…………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
1,814
1,936
2,308
2,673
2,838
6.6
6.2
Total Farms…………………….………….………………………….…………………………….....
57,245
59,007
53,652
49,431
43,234 100.0
-12.5
Farms by Type Classified by Gross Farm Receipts (3)
Dairy …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
745
605
485
1.1
-19.8
Beef Cattle (including feedlots) …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
23,036
20,494
12,022 27.8
-41.3
Hog …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
901
598
193
0.4
-67.7
Poultry and Egg …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
526
416
339
0.8
-18.5
Sheep and Goat …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
830
558
490
1.1
-12.2
Other Livestock …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
6,302
7,414
6,374 14.7
-14.0
Wheat …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
3,853
2,809
2,083
4.8
-25.8
Oilseed and Grain (except wheat) …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
9,527
9,753
10,609 24.5
8.8
Fruit and tree-nut …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
138
227
151
0.3
-33.5
Vegetable …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
267
286
277
0.6
-3.1
Greenhouse, Nursery, Floriculture, Mushroom …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
832
910
826
1.9
-9.2
Other Crops …………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….……
-
-
6,695
5,361
9,385 21.7
75.1
Total Farms Classified……….………………………….………….…………………………...
-
-
53,652
49,431
43,234 100.0
-12.5
Use of Land
% %
Total Area of Farms……………………………………….……………………………………….………….……………………………..…..
51,425,111 51,964,360 52,058,898 52,127,857 50,498,834 100.0
-3.1
Total Land in Crops…………………………………………………….…………………….………….…………………………….…….
22,961,142 23,590,033 24,038,861 23,775,509 24,102,289 47.7
1.4
Summerfallow……………………………………………………………….………………….………….…………………………………….
4,377,212 3,550,265 3,053,214 2,239,633 1,263,051
2.5
-43.6
Tame or Seeded Pasture (4)…………………………………………….…………………….………….……………………………………
4,305,760 4,731,087 5,512,654 6,137,362 5,920,507 11.7
-3.5
Unimproved Land……………………………….…………………………….……………….…………………………………
16,492,059
-
-
-
-
-
-
Natural Land for Pasture…………………………………………………….…………………………….………….…………………………………….
-
16,347,251 16,503,920 16,135,646 15,903,273 31.5
-1.4
All Other Land………………………………….………….……………………………………..………………
3,288,938 3,745,724 2,950,249 3,839,707 3,309,714
6.6
-13.8
Christmas Tree Area, Woodland and Wetland…………………………………………….………….………………………………
-
-
-
2,849,415 2,209,124
4.4
-22.5
All Other Land…………………………………………….………….………………………………
-
-
-
990,292 1,100,590
2.2
11.1
Farm Land Classified by Tenure
Total Area of Farms (5)………………………………….………….………………………...……………....
51,425,111 51,964,360 52,058,898 52,127,857 50,498,834 100.0
-3.1
Area Owned………………………………….………….……………………………………….……..
30,467,667 31,344,893 30,701,572 32,228,183 30,233,516 59.9
-6.2
%
of Total Area of Farms…………………………….………….……………………………...………
59.2
60.3
59.0
61.8
59.9
… …
Area Rented, Leased, Crop Shared or Used From Others…….……………………….………….……………………….
20,957,444 20,619,467 21,357,326 22,204,148 22,690,880 44.9
2.2
%
of Total Area of Farms………………………………………….………….………………………….……
40.8
39.7
41.0
42.6
44.9
… …
Less Total Area of Land Used by Others ……………………………………….………….………………………….……
-
-
-
2,304,474 2,425,562
4.8
5.3
%
of Total Area of Farms………………………………………….………….………………………….……
-
-
-
4.4
4.8
… …
See Census of Agriculture - Notes
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture. For more information visit the Statistics Canada web site at:
www.statcan.gc.ca
Number
Acres
Acres
Number
Table 107: Census of Agriculture, Profile for Alberta, 1991-2011
Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012
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