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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(British Columbia)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
B.C.
Total number of farms	19,063	19,225	21,835	20,290	19,844
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	17,984	18,455	18,317	19,558	19,822
Farm reporting	4,358	4,195	4,612	3,988	4,174
Percentage of total farms	22.9	21.8	21.1	19.7	21.0
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	4	4	4	5	5
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	7,568	8,275	7,117	7,277	6,957
Farm reporting	1,364	1,532	1,916	1,802	1,705
Percentage of total farms	7.2	8.0	8.8	8.9	8.6
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	6	5	4	4	4
Sod
Area in hectares¹	639	929	936	837	844
Farm reporting	48	62	78	64	62
Percentage of total farms	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	13	15	12	13	14
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	1,566	2,373	3,213	4,207	4,505
Farm reporting	501	1,131	1,453	1,377	1,196
Percentage of total farms	2.6	5.9	6.7	6.8	6.0
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	3	2	2	3	4
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	1,306,123	1,787,225	2,834,332	4,552,771	5,293,197
Farm reporting	801	927	1,290	1,290	1,170
Percentage of total farms	4.2	4.8	5.9	6.4	5.9
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	1,631	1,928	2,197	3,529	4,524
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 .