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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Manitoba)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Man.
Total number of farms	27,336	25,706	24,383	21,071	19,054
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	399	450	541	513	442
Farm reporting	215	237	358	295	261
Percentage of total farms	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.4	1.4
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	2	2	2	2	2
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	1,376	1,689	1,948	2,053	2,283
Farm reporting	227	280	318	258	273
Percentage of total farms	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.4
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	6	6	6	8	8
Sod
Area in hectares¹	1,251	1,970	1,378	946	1,768
Farm reporting	17	20	11	9	17
Percentage of total farms	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	74	99	125	105	104
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	578	942	900	1,014	700
Farm reporting	68	166	172	161	108
Percentage of total farms	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	9	6	5	6	6
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	106,346	131,262	210,086	231,036	270,513
Farm reporting	190	199	245	235	211
Percentage of total farms	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.1
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	560	660	857	983	1,282
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 .