Agriculture in Canada

This page includes tables with production, harvested area and yield of some crops in Canada using data from Statistics Canada

Harvested area (acres) of the top 7 crops produced in Canada from 1965 to 2024

Year Corn Oats Barley Wheat Soybeans Peas Canola
1965 746,000 8,362,000 6,121,200 28,301,400 265,000 58,900 1,435,000
1966 806,600 7,895,900 7,461,300 29,692,500 279,000 61,300 1,525,000
1967 876,100 7,379,100 8,121,300 30,121,700 290,000 47,200 1,635,000
1968 964,300 7,430,900 8,854,400 29,425,500 295,000 52,900 1,056,000
1969 987,200 7,298,000 9,358,300 24,961,500 322,000 72,600 2,022,000
1970 1,233,800 6,882,000 9,893,900 12,483,400 335,000 85,900 4,074,000
1971 1,408,100 6,868,900 13,980,500 19,406,700 367,000 80,800 5,341,000
1972 1,347,000 6,149,500 12,507,700 21,351,100 405,000 67,800 3,318,000
1973 1,345,100 6,733,500 11,947,600 23,664,500 470,000 66,500 3,205,000
1974 1,476,000 3,176,000 11,785,900 22,085,300 415,000 79,100 3,160,000
1975 1,569,000 5,965,500 11,028,700 23,424,100 390,000 75,500 4,520,000
1976 1,752,000 5,952,700 10,757,300 27,803,600 378,000 61,000 1,778,000
1977 1,819,000 5,239,000 11,741,900 24,996,100 550,000 85,000 3,590,000
1978 2,105,500 4,451,000 10,541,400 26,132,100 705,000 97,000 6,980,000
1979 2,354,000 3,686,500 9,215,700 26,003,500 690,000 108,000 8,420,000
1980 2,525,500 3,585,500 11,582,000 27,697,200 685,000 122,000 5,140,000
1981 2,819,600 3,855,600 13,533,200 30,708,200 690,000 147,000 3,463,000
1982 2,739,900 3,984,000 12,723,000 30,941,700 900,000 194,000 4,370,000
1983 2,656,900 3,459,000 10,707,000 33,807,000 900,000 159,000 5,717,000
1984 2,839,400 3,302,500 11,263,000 32,520,000 1,000,000 184,000 7,588,000
1985 2,775,400 3,122,500 11,738,000 33,925,000 1,000,000 184,000 6,875,000
1986 2,455,400 3,144,500 11,932,100 35,166,000 950,900 324,700 6,498,000
1987 2,486,600 3,085,200 12,337,000 33,255,200 1,139,800 585,000 6,460,000
1988 2,457,700 3,342,800 10,356,400 31,986,200 1,317,100 670,000 9,180,000
1989 2,556,700 3,907,900 11,681,900 33,897,000 1,333,200 370,000 7,210,000
1990 2,544,800 2,852,000 11,190,800 34,836,100 1,195,000 305,000 6,250,000
1991 2,730,031 2,080,000 10,420,100 34,992,256 1,477,385 490,290 7,760,407
1992 2,118,500 3,068,800 9,370,900 34,174,300 1,536,800 640,000 7,525,000
1993 2,501,500 3,321,100 10,276,900 30,578,400 1,848,000 1,155,000 10,190,000
1994 2,404,700 3,685,800 10,113,800 26,622,000 2,028,900 1,690,000 14,220,000
1995 2,479,800 2,993,300 10,781,800 27,486,000 2,036,500 1,955,000 13,025,000
1996 2,694,400 4,160,500 12,077,800 30,301,900 2,130,400 1,285,000 8,527,400
1997 2,582,400 3,707,800 11,618,700 28,209,700 2,618,500 2,095,000 12,032,800
1998 2,763,600 3,933,000 10,556,600 26,390,500 2,422,100 2,665,000 13,414,800
1999 2,838,900 3,455,600 10,055,300 25,651,900 2,480,900 2,064,000 13,749,700
2000 2,734,300 3,224,900 11,041,000 26,823,800 2,620,900 3,015,000 12,007,400
2001 3,132,100 3,060,300 10,253,500 26,207,500 2,641,500 3,175,000 9,353,400
2002 3,171,100 3,407,500 8,257,900 21,524,500 2,529,900 2,420,000 8,964,800
2003 3,029,800 3,496,400 10,865,500 25,241,100 2,591,400 2,840,000 11,587,200
2004 2,650,000 3,050,000 9,490,700 23,201,100 2,899,700 3,074,000 12,026,600
2005 2,680,700 3,141,500 8,979,600 23,237,400 2,879,600 3,130,000 12,788,600
2006 2,621,600 3,797,500 7,964,000 23,924,500 2,968,200 3,041,000 12,943,800
2007 3,382,500 4,406,800 9,793,500 21,291,200 2,884,700 3,565,000 15,649,000
2008 2,897,900 3,579,300 8,657,400 24,749,000 2,953,900 3,895,000 16,052,000
2009 2,884,100 2,427,700 7,219,500 23,871,900 3,488,100 3,675,000 16,101,700
2010 3,051,900 2,203,500 5,915,900 20,501,000 3,721,300 3,432,000 16,945,900
2011 3,142,600 2,678,200 5,933,900 21,133,500 3,840,800 2,407,000 18,753,800
2012 3,523,600 2,483,100 6,831,900 23,424,100 4,188,500 3,645,000 21,893,800
2013 3,673,800 2,788,900 6,640,700 25,816,000 4,608,700 3,315,000 20,345,100
2014 3,086,000 2,319,400 5,355,200 23,607,300 5,576,500 3,968,000 20,738,100
2015 3,312,500 2,589,800 5,812,900 23,620,200 5,516,500 3,692,000 20,668,900
2016 3,493,100 2,284,900 5,598,500 22,180,900 5,514,700 4,144,000 20,419,200
2017 3,474,600 2,599,200 5,222,300 22,198,600 7,252,000 4,058,000 22,914,300
2018 3,535,400 2,483,200 5,918,600 24,416,700 6,275,500 3,536,500 22,535,200
2019 3,585,700 2,883,800 6,740,000 23,859,400 5,610,400 4,227,700 20,932,800
2020 3,479,700 3,248,100 6,940,600 24,754,400 5,044,000 4,163,200 20,572,400
2021 3,611,768 2,999,311 7,440,857 22,730,487 5,140,003 3,719,004 22,106,220
2022 3,568,200 3,464,500 6,513,100 24,947,000 5,233,500 3,331,200 21,241,800
2023 3,753,200 2,040,400 6,678,600 26,439,000 5,587,600 2,964,900 21,885,200
2024 3,581,300 2,454,300 5,915,600 26,312,500 5,657,800 3,164,300 21,858,600

Data from Statistics Canada (accessed February 18, 2026)

Production (tons) of some Canadian crops from 2014 to 2024

Year Chick peas Lentils Peas Oats Soybeans Barley Corn Canola Wheat
2014 135,584.13 2,190,289.97 4,199,911.33 3,281,356.41 6,663,243.49 7,844,919.81 12,793,850.78 18,089,017.33 32,454,321.25
2015 92,042.89 2,800,418.56 3,528,163.62 3,775,411.75 7,116,844.05 9,101,332.75 15,079,049.65 20,256,599.72 30,476,005.49
2016 82,893.71 3,520,557.68 5,330,660.93 3,561,784.07 7,271,387.92 9,743,759.01 15,309,983.59 21,604,394.15 35,428,133.17
2017 105,380.84 2,820,260.14 4,532,919.18 4,114,923.23 8,506,085.35 8,698,658.90 15,537,610.61 23,653,478.21 33,485,201.56
2018 343,149.10 2,416,373.75 3,947,041.42 3,787,537.16 8,175,392.35 9,237,027.11 15,305,353.89 22,843,721.29 35,661,822.89
2019 277,230.97 2,625,702.42 4,669,936.32 4,659,795.06 6,773,694.95 11,444,843.81 14,775,253.01 21,949,527.41 36,012,247.24
2020 236,335.26 3,161,094.39 5,064,453.06 5,043,950.10 7,009,038.14 11,839,470.79 14,950,961.22 21,478,179.66 39,062,779.93
2021 100,627.68 1,756,685.31 2,473,330.11 3,195,176.71 6,860,809.41 7,698,468.00 16,105,622.13 15,706,022.63 24,716,105.05
2022 160,827.03 2,569,085.57 3,773,500.34 5,761,184.63 7,212,588.49 11,008,418.33 16,026,350.61 20,778,324.14 38,367,863.87
2023 175,377.52 1,985,380.46 2,875,742.70 2,913,469.26 7,694,702.51 9,816,494.94 16,998,622.20 21,155,153.22 36,316,903.68
2024 316,107.23 2,680,028.67 3,304,013.29 3,701,062.04 8,342,296.41 8,977,099.10 16,914,878.61 19,670,187.33 38,534,808.72

Data from Statistics Canada (accessed February 18, 2026)

Yield (bushels per acre) of the top 7 crops in Canada since 1943

Year Corn Oats Barley Wheat Soybeans Peas Canola
1943 33.9 31.3 25.6 16.9 16.0 15.5 13.8
1944 43.4 31.2 26.7 18.3 18.8 15.2 11.3
1945 43.8 26.6 21.4 13.6 18.3 15.5 13.4
1946 42.4 30.6 23.7 16.9 18.1 19.1 11.0
1947 37.9 25.2 18.9 14.0 18.2 14.1 7.5
1948 49.2 31.8 23.8 16.1 19.4 17.8 16.0
1949 50.2 27.7 19.9 13.4 25.1 17.0 17.0
1950 45.3 35.9 25.7 17.1 23.4 16.8 5.0
1951 50.6 41.5 31.3 21.9 24.8 20.2 18.5
1952 58.3 42.6 34.4 26.8 24.0 20.7 15.0
1953 57.7 41.9 29.4 24.0 21.7 20.2 16.6
1954 54.1 30.5 22.3 13.0 19.5 18.0 14.4
1955 62.2 36.5 25.4 22.9 26.4 13.9 11.3
1956 54.6 44.6 32.1 25.2 21.8 20.7 17.0
1957 57.8 35.9 23.0 18.2 25.4 16.4 14.0
1958 60.3 37.4 25.6 18.0 25.3 15.8 12.4
1959 63.7 37.9 27.3 18.2 27.2 14.8 16.7
1960 57.3 41.4 28.2 21.1 22.1 18.4 14.6
1961 73.0 33.2 20.4 11.2 31.3 15.7 15.8
1962 76.0 46.6 31.4 21.1 29.9 16.6 15.8
1963 65.5 47.7 35.8 26.2 21.9 19.6 17.5
1964 80.7 43.5 30.7 20.2 30.2 22.7 16.7
1965 79.8 47.8 35.7 22.9 30.3 22.5 15.7
1966 82.3 46.9 39.7 27.9 32.3 17.8 16.9
1967 84.6 40.9 31.1 19.7 27.9 23.5 15.2
1968 84.8 48.0 36.8 22.1 30.6 19.1 18.4
1969 75.1 48.6 39.7 26.9 23.8 17.5 16.6
1970 84.0 51.3 41.3 26.6 31.0 18.9 17.8
1971 82.2 53.2 43.0 27.3 28.0 23.8 17.9
1972 75.0 49.2 41.4 25.0 34.0 23.5 17.5
1973 84.3 48.8 39.3 25.1 31.0 24.0 16.8
1974 69.9 41.8 34.3 22.1 26.6 21.4 16.2
1975 91.5 48.7 39.6 26.8 34.6 24.0 17.9
1976 84.5 52.6 44.9 31.2 24.3 26.1 20.8
1977 92.0 53.0 46.2 29.2 38.7 23.8 24.2
1978 83.8 52.0 45.3 29.7 26.9 30.2 22.1
1979 88.2 50.6 42.3 24.3 35.0 26.4 17.9
1980 89.7 52.6 45.2 25.6 37.0 22.9 21.3
1981 93.3 53.6 46.6 29.7 32.3 27.6 23.5
1982 93.7 59.2 50.4 31.7 34.6 29.7 22.4
1983 87.9 52.0 43.8 28.8 30.0 27.0 20.0
1984 94.0 50.6 41.9 23.9 33.7 26.2 19.8
1985 98.9 56.8 48.5 26.3 37.2 33.7 22.4
1986 94.8 66.4 56.1 32.8 37.1 15.3 25.7
1987 111.8 62.2 51.8 28.7 40.9 15.0 25.6
1988 87.3 57.1 45.8 19.0 32.2 15.2 20.4
1989 101.2 54.2 46.3 26.9 33.6 22.7 19.8
1990 109.3 61.2 55.2 33.9 38.8 31.8 23.0
1991 106.9 55.9 51.2 33.5 36.3 30.7 24.0
1992 91.7 59.8 54.1 32.1 34.7 29.0 22.7
1993 106.3 69.4 58.0 32.7 38.7 30.9 23.9
1994 117.7 64.0 53.1 31.6 40.8 31.3 22.4
1995 115.6 62.2 55.5 33.4 41.5 27.3 21.8
1996 110.2 68.0 59.2 36.1 37.4 33.5 26.2
1997 109.5 61.0 53.5 31.7 38.4 30.9 23.4
1998 127.5 65.2 55.3 33.5 41.5 32.2 25.1
1999 127.0 68.3 60.3 38.6 41.2 40.1 28.2
2000 100.1 68.4 55.0 36.3 37.9 34.9 26.5
2001 105.4 57.0 48.6 28.9 22.7 23.7 23.7
2002 111.7 55.4 41.5 27.2 33.9 19.5 22.2
2003 124.6 62.6 51.4 33.6 32.2 25.0 25.8
2004 131.3 73.7 60.8 39.3 38.6 37.0 28.1
2005 137.1 67.8 59.7 40.7 40.3 35.1 32.7
2006 135.0 65.8 55.2 38.8 42.9 30.4 30.7
2007 135.6 68.0 51.2 34.7 34.2 30.2 27.1
2008 144.6 77.4 62.5 42.5 41.5 33.6 34.7
2009 133.7 77.8 60.6 41.5 37.7 33.8 35.3
2010 155.4 72.1 59.2 41.8 43.9 32.3 33.3
2011 142.3 76.5 61.1 44.0 42.7 38.2 34.3
2012 145.9 73.9 53.9 42.7 44.6 33.7 27.9
2013 152.1 91.3 71.1 53.5 42.7 43.9 40.2
2014 148.1 83.2 61.0 45.8 39.8 35.3 34.9
2015 162.6 85.8 65.2 43.0 43.0 31.9 39.2
2016 156.5 91.7 72.5 53.2 44.0 42.9 42.3
2017 159.7 93.1 69.4 50.3 39.1 37.2 41.3
2018 154.6 89.7 65.0 48.7 43.4 37.2 40.6
2019 147.2 95.1 70.8 50.3 40.2 36.8 41.9
2020 153.5 91.3 71.1 52.6 46.3 40.5 41.8
2021 159.3 62.7 43.1 36.2 44.5 22.2 28.4
2022 160.4 97.8 70.4 51.3 45.9 37.8 39.1
2023 161.8 83.9 61.2 45.8 45.9 32.3 38.7
2024 168.7 88.7 63.2 48.8 49.1 34.8 36.00

Data from Statistics Canada (accessed February 18, 2026)