Applications to the land, by province (2001 Census of Agriculture)

Applications to the land, by province (2001 Census of Agriculture)
(Canada)
	1995	2000	1995 to 2000	1995	2000	1995 to 2000
	Farms reporting			Area^1,2
	number		% change	hectares		% change
Canada
Land in crops in Canada³	237,760	215,581	-9.3	34,918,733	36,395,150	4.2
Application of:^4,5,6
Herbicides	137,184	126,850	-7.5	23,264,691	25,900,910	11.3
Insecticides	39,087	27,742	-29.0	2,935,144	2,225,937	-24.2
Fungicides	22,022	22,482	2.1	1,818,436	2,572,388	41.5
Irrigation	21,448	17,204	-19.8	856,132	784,469	-8.4
Commercial fertilizer	162,257	134,120	-17.3	24,942,635	24,014,813	-3.7
Manure application using:^4,7
Solid spreader	101,890	85,542	-16.0	1,881,417	1,828,534	-2.8
Irrigation system	2,163	1,297	-40.0	66,876	48,287	-27.8
Liquid spreader (surface)	16,851	16,461	-2.3	579,177	718,162	24.0
Liquid spreader (injected)	1,011	1,958	93.7	51,512	126,306	145.2
1. Conversion factor: 1 hectare is equivalent to 2.471 acres. 2. Excludes Christmas tree area. 3. Land in crops is reported as of Census Day in the census year. 4. Data are reported on Census Day for the preceding calendar year. 5. Respondents could report more than one application. 6. As in previous censuses, the area of land on which herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and commercial fertilizer were applied is under-reported. However, the data are comparable with previous censuses. 7. As in 1995, the area of land on which manure was applied using each manure application method was under-reported. However, the 1995 and 2000 data are comparable. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture. Last modified: 2006-01-10.

For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the 2001 Census of Agriculture.

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