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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Prince Edward Island)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
P.E.I.
Total number of farms	2,833	2,361	2,217	1,845	1,700
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	860	844	2,379	3,358	4,195
Farm reporting	140	104	132	166	203
Percentage of total farms	4.9	4.4	6.0	9.0	11.9
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	6	8	18	20	21
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	1,122	1,238	1,644	1,008	1,103
Farm reporting	182	134	167	124	114
Percentage of total farms	6.4	5.7	7.5	6.7	6.7
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	6	9	10	8	10
Sod
Area in hectares¹	x	9	10	71	72
Farm reporting	2	3	3	5	3
Percentage of total farms	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	x	3	3	14	24
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	5	13	15	19	5
Farm reporting	6	10	22	12	8
Percentage of total farms	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.5
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	1	1	1	2	1
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	19,035	26,013	33,075	37,097	45,657
Farm reporting	33	28	53	42	29
Percentage of total farms	1.2	1.2	2.4	2.3	1.7
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	577	929	624	883	1,574
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 .