1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
%
of
Total
%
Chg.
'11/'06
% %
Greenhouse Area in Use…………………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
5,744,516 7,959,527 10,556,535 12,432,719 12,861,869 100.0
3.5
Flowers (cut, bedding plants, etc.)……………………………………..………………………………………..……………………
3,458,812 4,257,565 5,030,590 5,794,901 4,785,343 37.2 -17.4
Vegetables……………………………………..………………………………………..……………………
2,163,808 2,752,860 3,644,696 4,729,622 6,281,029 48.8
32.8
Other Greenhouse Products (8)……………………………………..………………………………………..……………………
121,896
949,102 1,881,249 1,908,196 1,795,497 14.0
-5.9
Growing Area for Mushrooms…………………………………..……………………………………………..…………
391,644
497,304
470,020
497,304
x
-
-
% %
Farms Reporting Certified Organic Production……………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
-
-
197
230
290 100.0
26.1
Hay or Field Crops……………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
-
-
142
193
256 88.3
32.6
Fruits, Vegetables or Greenhouse Products……………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
-
-
21
31
21
7.2 -32.3
Herbs, Spices or Garlic Products (7) …………………………………..………………………………………..……………………………
-
-
-
-
9
3.1
-
Animals or Animal Products……………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
-
-
60
84
66 22.8 -21.4
Farms Reporting Transitional Organic Production ……………………………………..………………………………………..…………………………………
-
-
-
26
42 100.0
61.5
Livestock and Poultry on Farms at May 10, 2011
Total Cattle and Calves ……………………………………..…………………………………..
4,756,365 5,942,257 6,615,201 6,369,116 5,104,605 100.0 -19.9
Total Cows…………………………………………………..…………………………………………
1,741,632 2,119,719 2,183,332 2,114,716 1,611,085 31.6 -23.8
Dairy Cows……………………………………………..………………………………..……………………………………………………..
105,905
102,830
84,044
78,875
80,694
1.6
2.3
Beef Cows…………………………………………………..……………………………..……………………………………………………..
1,635,727 2,016,889 2,099,288 2,035,841 1,530,391 30.0 -24.8
Total Heifers……………………………………………..……………………………………………………
733,665
952,563 1,159,329 1,119,315
989,230 19.4 -11.6
Heifers for Dairy Herd Replacement……………………………………………..……………………………………………………
-
-
38,485
37,803
40,388
0.8
6.8
Heifers for Beef Herd Replacement……………………………………………..……………………………………………………
-
-
359,291
275,683
264,372
5.2
-4.1
Heifers for Slaughter or Feeding……………………………………………..……………………………………………………
-
-
761,553
805,829
684,470 13.4 -15.1
Bulls - One Year and Over………………………………..……………………………………………………………..………………………………………….
95,525
118,600
111,379
109,753
90,813
1.8 -17.3
Steers - One Year and Over………………………………..………………………………………………………………..……………………………………….
626,350
892,696
991,554
974,559
819,409 16.1 -15.9
Calves - Under One Year…………………………………………………………..…………………………………………..……………………………………………………
1,559,193 1,858,679 2,169,607 2,050,773 1,594,068 31.2 -22.3
Other Livestock and Poultry
Pigs…………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………….
1,729,870 1,729,810 2,027,533 2,052,067 1,397,534
-31.9
Sheep and Lambs……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………..……………………………………….……
305,642
259,817
307,302
222,340
202,903
-8.7
Horses and Ponies……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………..………………………………………..
109,237
149,960
159,962
155,533
139,410
… -10.4
Bison (Buffalo)………………………………………..……………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………….
-
22,782
79,731
97,366
57,483
-41.0
Deer and Elk……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………..……………………………………………..
-
10,687
39,635
42,748
18,630
… -56.4
Total Hens and Chickens………………………………..…………………………………………………………………..………………………………………
8,702,434 9,485,635 12,175,246 11,757,860 11,956,949
1.7
Total Turkeys…………………………………………..……………………………………………
812,849
842,798
864,438
703,462
706,902
… 0.5
Chicks and Poults Hatched in Commercial Hatcheries …………………..………………………
-
58,452,442 71,319,860 63,625,470 68,224,440
… 7.2
Colonies of Honey Bees…………………………………………..……………………………………………
147,706
170,288
209,821
230,894
235,951
… 2.2
Gallons of Other Pollinating Bees …………………………………………..……………………………………………
-
-
-
89,580
189,510
… -
Poultry Production
% %
Broilers, Roasters and Cornish…………………………………………..……………………………………………
-
72,660,726 105,387,692 115,766,269 124,468,680
… 7.5
Turkey…………………………………………..…………………………………………… -
12,984,255 15,068,034 16,054,282 16,958,259
… 5.6
Operating Arrangements of Farms (9)
% %
Sole Proprietorship…………………………………………..……………………………………………
35,875
35,938
30,409
27,815
24,459 56.6 -12.1
Total Partnership……………………………………………………… 16,742
16,672
16,147
13,920
10,947 25.3 -21.4
Partnership With a Written Agreement………………………………..……………………………………………………………
2,455
2,664
2,135
1,458
1,239
2.9 -15.0
Partnership With No Written Agreement……………………………………..……………………………………………………
14,287
14,008
14,012
12,462
9,708 22.5 -22.1
Total Corporation………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………..
4,307
6,209
6,857
7,411
7,592 17.6
2.4
Family Corporation……………………………………..………………………………………………………………………….
3,663
5,248
6,124
6,714
6,821 15.8
1.6
Non-Family Corporation…………………………………..………………………………………………………………………..
644
961
733
697
771
1.8
10.6
Other Types……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………
321
188
239
285
236
0.5 -17.2
Total Farms……………………………………………..………………………………………………………………..
57,245
59,007
53,652
49,431
43,234 100.0 -12.5
Value of Farm Capital
% %
Total Capital ($'000)……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………..
30,806,123 40,150,414 55,256,378 71,781,210 95,571,931 100.0
33.1
Land and Buildings ($'000) ………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………
21,291,475 28,733,732 38,872,514 57,101,345 80,371,125 84.1
40.8
Farm Machinery and Equipment ($'000) (10)………………………………………..……………………………………………
6,079,438 7,466,999 8,684,163 9,680,138 10,933,208 11.4
12.9
Livestock and Poultry ($'000)……………………………………………..………………………………………………………………….
3,435,210 3,949,683 7,699,701 4,999,727 4,267,598
4.5 -14.6
Average Per Reporting Farm ($)……………………………………………..……………………………………………………..
538,145
680,435 1,029,903 1,452,150 2,210,573
… 52.2
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
Square Feet
Number
kilograms
Number of Farms
Current Dollars
Table 107 (Cont'd.): Census of Agriculture, Profile for Alberta, 1991-2011
Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook, 2012
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