Apples — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Apples — Area harvested was 15,557 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Canada stood at 15,557 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Canada peaked at 52,820 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 15,289 ha, in 2020.
That places Canada 42nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,190 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,680 ha | +20.2% |
| 1963 | 44,900 ha | +16.1% |
| 1964 | 39,060 ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 43,080 ha | +10.3% |
| 1966 | 40,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 41,740 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 38,300 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 41,550 ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 39,600 ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 37,349 ha | -5.7% |
| 1972 | 37,440 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 35,820 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 38,780 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 43,940 ha | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 39,060 ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 39,260 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 43,170 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 41,550 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 52,820 ha | +27.1% |
| 1981 | 34,112 ha | -35.4% |
| 1982 | 38,610 ha | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 39,180 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 35,060 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 34,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 29,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 31,570 ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 32,887 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 32,812 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 32,145 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 32,777 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 33,286 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 31,369 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 29,359 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 27,832 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 26,934 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 26,165 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 24,277 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 22,531 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 20,139 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 20,710 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 19,965 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 19,614 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 19,861 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 18,312 ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 17,808 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 17,147 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 16,245 ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 16,534 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 15,958 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 16,038 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 15,874 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 15,737 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 15,873 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 15,612 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 15,740 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 15,329 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 15,289 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 15,493 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 15,376 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 15,386 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 15,557 ha | +1.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 15,557 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 3.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -35.4% | 52,820 ha | 34,112 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,978 ha | 32,190 ha | 44,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,597 ha | 35,820 ha | 43,940 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,985 ha | 25,000 ha | 52,820 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,557 ha | 26,165 ha | 33,286 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,036 ha | 17,147 ha | 24,277 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,894 ha | 15,329 ha | 16,534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,420 ha | 15,289 ha | 15,557 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 39 Australia 18,510 ha compare
- 40 Argentina 18,184 ha compare
- 41 Lebanon 16,100 ha compare
- 43 North Macedonia 15,216 ha compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,049 ha compare
- 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13,827 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Canada?
- Apples — area harvested in Canada was 15,557 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 52,820 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,289 ha in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for apples — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 42nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.