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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Alberta)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Alta.
Total number of farms	57,777	57,245	59,007	53,652	49,431
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	198	466	682	1,019	1,187
Farm reporting	277	330	496	545	593
Percentage of total farms	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.2
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	1	1	1	2	2
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	3,600	4,668	5,562	5,744	5,339
Farm reporting	478	483	594	509	508
Percentage of total farms	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.0
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	8	10	9	11	11
Sod
Area in hectares¹	2,359	2,702	2,538	2,871	3,805
Farm reporting	50	48	36	29	46
Percentage of total farms	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	47	56	71	99	83
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	2,081	2,160	2,493	2,688	3,624
Farm reporting	291	384	584	586	573
Percentage of total farms	0.5	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.2
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	7	6	4	5	6
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	519,187	533,683	739,464	980,734	1,155,037
Farm reporting	405	424	600	569	522
Percentage of total farms	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.1
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	1,282	1,259	1,232	1,724	2,213
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 .