Blueberries — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Blueberries — Area harvested was 45,829 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Blueberries — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for blueberries — area harvested in Canada is 45,829 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, blueberries — area harvested in Canada peaked at 46,555 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,750 ha, in 1962.
That places Canada 1st out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Blueberries — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,750 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,900 ha | +41.8% |
| 1964 | 3,260 ha | -16.4% |
| 1965 | 2,840 ha | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 6,100 ha | +114.8% |
| 1967 | 4,900 ha | -19.7% |
| 1968 | 2,860 ha | -41.6% |
| 1969 | 4,650 ha | +62.6% |
| 1970 | 4,470 ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | -21.7% |
| 1972 | 4,100 ha | +17.1% |
| 1973 | 5,830 ha | +42.2% |
| 1974 | 3,050 ha | -47.7% |
| 1975 | 5,140 ha | +68.5% |
| 1976 | 3,950 ha | -23.2% |
| 1977 | 5,050 ha | +27.8% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 4,700 ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 5,400 ha | +14.9% |
| 1981 | 6,200 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 8,200 ha | +32.3% |
| 1983 | 7,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 5,900 ha | -24.4% |
| 1985 | 7,700 ha | +30.5% |
| 1986 | 6,600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 10,300 ha | +56.1% |
| 1988 | 9,687 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 14,063 ha | +45.2% |
| 1990 | 13,741 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 21,461 ha | +56.2% |
| 1992 | 18,231 ha | -15.1% |
| 1993 | 19,492 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 17,943 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 18,250 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 19,887 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 20,388 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 19,625 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 22,250 ha | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 23,808 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 22,165 ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 25,817 ha | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 27,142 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 28,162 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 29,704 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 31,485 ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 31,691 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 34,109 ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 34,848 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 34,277 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 38,479 ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 36,841 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 37,985 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 40,443 ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 40,760 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 42,570 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 41,569 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 41,068 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 40,671 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 39,736 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 41,932 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 42,147 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 46,555 ha | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 45,829 ha | -1.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 45,829 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 340 ha, 134.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Blueberries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +114.8% | 2,840 ha | 6,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,784 ha | 2,750 ha | 6,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,479 ha | 3,050 ha | 5,830 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,185 ha | 5,400 ha | 14,063 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,127 ha | 13,741 ha | 22,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,893 ha | 22,165 ha | 34,848 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,466 ha | 34,277 ha | 42,570 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,240 ha | 39,736 ha | 46,555 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 blueberries — area harvested in Canada?
- Blueberries — area harvested in Canada was 45,829 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 46,555 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,750 ha in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for blueberries — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 1st out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is blueberries — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Blueberries — 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.