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Farm operators and persons in the labour force, by country of birth, by province (2001 and 2006 Census of Agriculture and Census of Population)
(Canada)
	2001		2006
	Total farm operators	Person in the labour force¹	Total farm operators	Person in the labour force¹
	number
Canada
Total persons	346,200	15,821,985	327,055	17,090,550
	%
Country of birth
Canada	90.5	79.4	90.5	77.8
Austria	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Belgium	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
China, People's Republic of	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.5
Denmark	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Finland	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
France	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3
Germany	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.5
Hungary	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
India	0.3	1.4	0.4	1.7
Italy	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.7
Mexico	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Netherlands	2.2	0.4	2.0	0.3
Paraguay	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Poland	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.6
Portugal	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.5
Republic of Ireland, Eire	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Romania	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Russian Federation	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2
Sweden	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Switzerland	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
Ukraine	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
United Kingdom	1.3	2.2	1.4	1.9
United States	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0
All other countries	1.0	10.3	1.1	11.7
Note: In order to view the numbers please consult tables 6.2-1 and 6.2-2 in the Agriculture - Population Linkage Data publication Catalogue no. 95-633-XWE. 1. The total labour force includes all persons 15 years of age and over. Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture and Census of Population. Last modified: 2009-07-24.

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

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