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Selected Agricultural Statistics
by Economic Region and Type of Farm

* Based on data from the 2001 Census of Agriculture

Kootenay

Type of Farm % of Farms % of Farm Receipts % of Farm Capital % of Farm Expenses % of Farm Area % Total Paid Labour Average Farm Size (acres)
Tree Fruit 7.68% 4.25% 3.98% 4.67% 0.88% 5.93% 38
Grain and Oilseed 0.72% 2.21% 0.96% 1.97% 1.13% 1.99% 513
Other Field Crop 12.39% 7.59% 10.59% 8.22% 6.18% x 411
Potato and Field Vegetable 3.99% 7.76% 2.39% 6.45% 0.81% 10.10% 67
Berry and Nut 1.59% 0.24% 0.56% 0.35% 0.09% x 18
Grapes 0.43% 0.15% 0.23% 0.23% 0.02% x 16
Greenhouse Vegetables 1.09% 0.91% 0.59% 0.95% 0.08% 1.49% 26
Mushrooms 0.22% x x x x x x
Floriculture 3.04% 5.63% 1.50% 4.45% 0.27% 9.56% 29
Nursery and Sod 2.61% 10.17% 1.59% 8.99% 0.81% 16.71% 102
All Other Crops 3.19% 3.81% 3.74% 3.86% 4.89% 0.67% 274
Total Crops 36.96% 42.72% 26.16% 40.14% 15.16% 46.45% 149
Dairy 2.46% 15.08% 4.87% 13.30% 1.51% 16.22% 201
Cattle 7.50% 5.06% 11.55% 5.24% 23.56% 3.20% 816
Hog 0.23% 0.03% 0.09% 0.05% 0.03% x 30
Poultry 0.26% 0.02% 0.08% 0.03% 0.02% x 20
Egg 0.51% 0.11% 0.16% 0.13% 0.05% 0.06% 24
Horses 3.19% 0.76% 1.94% 1.10% 1.13% 0.43% 92
Bees 0.25% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.05% x 53
Other Livestock (Specialty) 1.16% 0.10% 0.52% 0.21% 0.37% x 84
All Other Livestock 1.20% 0.21% 0.58% 0.36% 0.46% 0.19% 100
Total Livestock 16.76% 21.45% 19.87% 20.50% 27.17% 20.09% 158
All Farms * 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 329

x  Confidential
*  Numbers may not add due to rounding.


Vancouver Island/Coast  ||   Mainland/South West  ||  Thompson/Okanagan
Cariboo  ||  North Coast  ||  Nechako  ||  Peace River

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