Asparagus — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Asparagus — Area harvested was 2,494 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2,494 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Canada peaked at 2,494 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,110 ha, in 1998.
Canada ranks 11th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,860 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,920 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 1,740 ha | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 1,540 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 1,546 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 1,546 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,403 ha | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 1,227 ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 1,198 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 1,279 ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 1,271 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,453 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 1,493 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1,530 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 1,562 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,658 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1,458 ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 1,393 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 1,507 ha | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 1,502 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 1,585 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 1,476 ha | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 1,950 ha | +32.1% |
| 1984 | 2,042 ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 2,225 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 2,362 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 2,280 ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 2,073 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 1,984 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 1,797 ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,683 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 1,628 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 1,481 ha | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 1,450 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,362 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1,199 ha | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 1,253 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 1,110 ha | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 1,221 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,245 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 1,280 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,228 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 1,281 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1,398 ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 1,386 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,475 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1,635 ha | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 1,643 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,860 ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 1,693 ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 1,614 ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 1,724 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,771 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,899 ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 1,970 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,019 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 2,029 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,012 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,159 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 1,953 ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 2,066 ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 2,476 ha | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 2,439 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,494 ha | +2.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2,494 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 9.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,553 ha | 1,198 ha | 1,920 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,460 ha | 1,271 ha | 1,658 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,948 ha | 1,476 ha | 2,362 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,418 ha | 1,110 ha | 1,797 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,443 ha | 1,228 ha | 1,860 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,889 ha | 1,614 ha | 2,159 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,286 ha | 1,953 ha | 2,494 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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 asparagus — area harvested in Canada?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Canada was 2,494 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,494 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,110 ha in 1998.
- How does Canada rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 11th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.