Canada - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Canada was 733,182 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 770,400 in 1989 and a minimum value of 549,789 in 1961.

Definition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 549,789
1962 558,379
1963 567,963
1964 577,593
1965 586,905
1966 597,940
1967 597,162
1968 596,825
1969 596,634
1970 596,426
1971 596,244
1972 605,118
1973 615,822
1974 617,328
1975 625,840
1976 634,481
1977 645,623
1978 656,897
1979 657,100
1980 657,400
1981 657,606
1982 672,000
1983 686,000
1984 700,000
1985 714,000
1986 728,074
1987 742,200
1988 756,300
1989 770,400
1990 750,000
1991 734,149
1992 730,000
1993 725,000
1994 720,000
1995 715,000
1996 711,335
1997 715,000
1998 719,000
1999 724,000
2000 729,000
2001 732,521
2002 732,650
2003 732,780
2004 732,915
2005 733,050
2006 733,182

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Canada was 186.64 as of 2006. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 186.64 in 2006, while its lowest value was 150.17 in 1961.

Definition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 150.17
1962 151.18
1963 152.43
1964 153.68
1965 154.82
1966 156.41
1967 155.93
1968 155.56
1969 155.24
1970 154.91
1971 154.60
1972 156.40
1973 158.67
1974 158.56
1975 160.24
1976 161.96
1977 163.63
1978 165.32
1979 164.21
1980 163.14
1981 162.06
1982 164.79
1983 167.41
1984 169.99
1985 172.56
1986 175.11
1987 178.73
1988 182.36
1989 186.00
1990 181.30
1991 177.69
1992 176.90
1993 175.91
1994 174.92
1995 173.92
1996 173.25
1997 174.23
1998 175.30
1999 176.62
2000 177.93
2001 178.89
2002 180.39
2003 181.91
2004 183.46
2005 185.04
2006 186.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production