Buckwheat — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Buckwheat — Area harvested was 14,300 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for buckwheat — area harvested in Canada is 14,300 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 3,624.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buckwheat — area harvested in Canada peaked at 66,300 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2008.
That places Canada 14th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buckwheat — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,269 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,858 ha | -19.0% |
| 1963 | 20,679 ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 24,362 ha | +17.8% |
| 1965 | 22,298 ha | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 22,096 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 30,796 ha | +39.4% |
| 1968 | 33,427 ha | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 40,873 ha | +22.3% |
| 1970 | 61,997 ha | +51.7% |
| 1971 | 49,533 ha | -20.1% |
| 1972 | 41,601 ha | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 36,017 ha | -13.4% |
| 1974 | 25,738 ha | -28.5% |
| 1975 | 21,100 ha | -18.0% |
| 1976 | 27,200 ha | +28.9% |
| 1977 | 43,300 ha | +59.2% |
| 1978 | 60,300 ha | +39.3% |
| 1979 | 66,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 46,500 ha | -29.9% |
| 1981 | 56,800 ha | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 55,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 46,100 ha | -16.8% |
| 1984 | 34,800 ha | -24.5% |
| 1985 | 19,400 ha | -44.3% |
| 1986 | 36,300 ha | +87.1% |
| 1987 | 33,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 35,600 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 22,400 ha | -37.1% |
| 1990 | 27,500 ha | +22.8% |
| 1991 | 21,800 ha | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 17,200 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 9,400 ha | -45.3% |
| 1994 | 10,700 ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 16,800 ha | +57.0% |
| 1996 | 17,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 14,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 13,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 14,800 ha | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 14,300 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 11,900 ha | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 9,300 ha | -21.8% |
| 2004 | 4,000 ha | -57.0% |
| 2005 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,900 ha | +72.5% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | -42.0% |
| 2008 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2010 | 0 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | — |
| 2012 | 96 ha | — |
| 2013 | 384 ha | +300.0% |
| 2014 | 384 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 3,231 ha | — |
| 2017 | 5,800 ha | +79.5% |
| 2018 | 12,700 ha | +119.0% |
| 2019 | 13,900 ha | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 9,800 ha | -29.5% |
| 2021 | 7,640 ha | -22.0% |
| 2022 | 11,600 ha | +51.8% |
| 2023 | 13,124 ha | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 14,300 ha | +9.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 14,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,278 ha, 2.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buckwheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +300.0% | 96 ha | 384 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,295 ha | 18,858 ha | 40,873 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,309 ha | 21,100 ha | 66,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,680 ha | 19,400 ha | 56,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,310 ha | 9,400 ha | 27,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,920 ha | 0 ha | 14,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,650 ha | 0 ha | 13,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,293 ha | 7,640 ha | 14,300 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 buckwheat — area harvested in Canada?
- Buckwheat — area harvested in Canada was 14,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 66,300 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest buckwheat — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2008.
- How does Canada rank for buckwheat — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 14th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buckwheat — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,624.0%. 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 Buckwheat — 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.