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Total farm area, land tenure and land in crops, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Canada)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
	number
Canada
Total number of farms	293,089	280,043	276,548	246,923	229,373
Total farm area
Area in hectares¹	67,825,757	67,753,700	68,054,956	67,502,446	67,586,739
Farms reporting	293,089	280,043	276,548	246,923	229,373
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	231	242	246	273	295
Total area owned
Area in hectares¹	43,218,905	42,961,352	43,060,963	42,265,706	41,377,673
Farms reporting	273,963	264,837	262,152	235,131	220,513
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	158	162	164	180	188
Total area rented or leased from others²
Area in hectares¹	24,606,852	24,792,348	24,993,993	25,236,740	26,209,066
Farms reporting	118,735	111,387	111,718	103,484	97,989
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	207	223	224	244	267
Land in crops (excluding Christmas tree area)
Area in hectares¹	33,181,235	33,507,780	34,918,733	36,395,150	35,912,247
Farms reporting	264,141	248,147	237,760	215,581	194,717
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	126	135	147	169	184
1. Conversion factor: 1 hectare equals 2.471 054 13 acres. 2. Total area rented or leased from others includes land; leased from governments, rented or leased from others and crop-shared from others. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture. Last modified: 2008-10-31.

For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the 2006 Census of Agriculture.