Canada - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Canada was 38,687,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,579,000 in 1986 and a minimum value of 36,610,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

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Year Value
1961 36,610,000
1962 36,935,000
1963 37,260,000
1964 37,585,000
1965 37,910,000
1966 38,230,000
1967 38,298,000
1968 38,366,000
1969 38,434,000
1970 38,502,000
1971 38,568,000
1972 38,690,000
1973 38,812,000
1974 38,934,000
1975 39,056,000
1976 39,176,000
1977 39,456,000
1978 39,736,000
1979 40,016,000
1980 40,296,000
1981 40,578,000
1982 40,778,000
1983 40,978,000
1984 41,178,000
1985 41,378,000
1986 41,579,000
1987 41,526,000
1988 41,473,000
1989 41,420,000
1990 41,367,000
1991 41,317,410
1992 41,266,000
1993 41,214,000
1994 41,162,000
1995 41,110,000
1996 41,059,000
1997 41,037,000
1998 41,015,000
1999 40,993,000
2000 40,971,000
2001 40,948,000
2002 40,615,000
2003 40,282,000
2004 39,949,000
2005 39,616,000
2006 39,283,000
2007 38,884,000
2008 38,485,000
2009 38,086,000
2010 37,687,000
2011 37,285,000
2012 37,534,000
2013 37,783,000
2014 38,032,000
2015 38,282,000
2016 38,530,000
2017 38,509,000
2018 38,687,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Canada was 1.04 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.00 in 1961 and a minimum value of 1.04 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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 2.00
1962 1.98
1963 1.96
1964 1.94
1965 1.93
1966 1.91
1967 1.88
1968 1.85
1969 1.83
1970 1.81
1971 1.76
1972 1.74
1973 1.73
1974 1.71
1975 1.69
1976 1.67
1977 1.66
1978 1.66
1979 1.65
1980 1.64
1981 1.63
1982 1.62
1983 1.62
1984 1.61
1985 1.60
1986 1.59
1987 1.57
1988 1.55
1989 1.52
1990 1.49
1991 1.47
1992 1.45
1993 1.44
1994 1.42
1995 1.40
1996 1.39
1997 1.37
1998 1.36
1999 1.35
2000 1.34
2001 1.32
2002 1.30
2003 1.27
2004 1.25
2005 1.23
2006 1.21
2007 1.18
2008 1.16
2009 1.13
2010 1.11
2011 1.09
2012 1.08
2013 1.08
2014 1.07
2015 1.07
2016 1.07
2017 1.05
2018 1.04

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Canada was 4.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.64 in 1986, while its lowest value was 4.08 in 1961.

Definition: 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 4.08
1962 4.12
1963 4.16
1964 4.19
1965 4.23
1966 4.26
1967 4.27
1968 4.28
1969 4.29
1970 4.29
1971 4.30
1972 4.32
1973 4.33
1974 4.34
1975 4.36
1976 4.37
1977 4.40
1978 4.43
1979 4.46
1980 4.49
1981 4.53
1982 4.55
1983 4.57
1984 4.59
1985 4.62
1986 4.64
1987 4.63
1988 4.63
1989 4.62
1990 4.61
1991 4.61
1992 4.60
1993 4.60
1994 4.59
1995 4.59
1996 4.58
1997 4.58
1998 4.57
1999 4.57
2000 4.57
2001 4.57
2002 4.53
2003 4.49
2004 4.46
2005 4.42
2006 4.38
2007 4.34
2008 4.29
2009 4.25
2010 4.20
2011 4.16
2012 4.19
2013 4.21
2014 4.24
2015 4.27
2016 4.30
2017 4.30
2018 4.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use