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Total farm area, land tenure and land in crops, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Quebec)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
	number
Que.
Total number of farms	41,448	38,076	35,991	32,139	30,675
Total farm area
Area in hectares¹	3,638,801	3,429,610	3,456,213	3,417,026	3,462,935
Farms reporting	41,448	38,076	35,991	32,139	30,675
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	88	90	96	106	113
Total area owned
Area in hectares¹	3,166,015	3,000,832	2,958,514	2,852,881	2,831,857
Farms reporting	39,968	37,169	35,023	30,995	29,677
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	79	81	84	92	95
Total area rented or leased from others²
Area in hectares¹	472,785	428,778	497,699	564,145	631,078
Farms reporting	10,386	8,932	9,665	10,468	10,534
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	46	48	51	54	60
Land in crops (excluding Christmas tree area)
Area in hectares¹	1,744,396	1,638,453	1,738,811	1,849,938	1,933,274
Farms reporting	36,035	31,160	28,676	26,036	23,967
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	48	53	61	71	81
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.