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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Newfoundland and Labrador)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
N.L.
Total number of farms	651	725	742	643	558
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	251	340	839	617	892
Farm reporting	56	78	87	84	77
Percentage of total farms	8.6	10.8	11.7	13.1	13.8
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	4	4	10	7	12
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	393	485	538	440	432
Farm reporting	202	202	246	189	154
Percentage of total farms	31.0	27.9	33.2	29.4	27.6
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	2	2	2	2	3
Sod
Area in hectares¹	x	49	123	151	266
Farm reporting	4	17	19	24	30
Percentage of total farms	0.6	2.3	2.6	3.7	5.4
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	x	3	6	6	9
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	7	11	22	33	30
Farm reporting	11	16	27	28	26
Percentage of total farms	1.7	2.2	3.6	4.4	4.7
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	1	1	1	1	1
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	27,563	34,925	38,045	57,706	64,810
Farm reporting	63	79	98	110	88
Percentage of total farms	9.7	10.9	13.2	17.1	15.8
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	438	442	388	525	736
x : suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1. Conversion factor: 1 hectare equals 2.471 054 13 acres. 2. Conversion factor: 1 square metre equals 10.763 91 square feet. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture. Last modified: 2008-10-29.

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