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Total farm area, land tenure and land in crops, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Saskatchewan)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
	number
Sask.
Total number of farms	63,431	60,840	56,995	50,598	44,329
Total farm area
Area in hectares¹	26,599,354	26,865,488	26,569,062	26,265,645	26,002,605
Farms reporting	63,431	60,840	56,995	50,598	44,329
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	419	442	466	519	587
Total area owned
Area in hectares¹	16,521,057	16,412,738	16,077,643	16,039,717	15,652,161
Farms reporting	57,933	56,183	52,925	47,466	42,270
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	285	292	304	338	370
Total area rented or leased from others²
Area in hectares¹	10,078,297	10,452,751	10,491,419	10,225,928	10,350,444
Farms reporting	34,015	32,629	30,915	27,203	24,130
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	296	320	339	376	429
Land in crops (excluding Christmas tree area)
Area in hectares¹	13,325,811	13,458,915	14,398,651	15,375,929	14,960,103
Farms reporting	61,217	58,650	54,226	48,055	41,056
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	218	229	266	320	364
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.