Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 493 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Canada stood at 493 ha.
That represents a change of up 24.8% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Canada peaked at 721 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1991.
That places Canada 61st out of 105 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.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 70 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 85 ha | +21.4% |
| 1966 | 50 ha | -41.2% |
| 1967 | 62 ha | +24.0% |
| 1968 | 38 ha | -38.7% |
| 1969 | 28 ha | -26.3% |
| 1970 | 92 ha | +228.6% |
| 1971 | 75 ha | -18.5% |
| 1972 | 30 ha | -60.0% |
| 1973 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 30 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16 ha | -46.7% |
| 1981 | 20 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 23 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | +73.9% |
| 1985 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 60 ha | +71.4% |
| 1987 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 50 ha | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1993 | 442 ha | — |
| 1994 | 423 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 446 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 363 ha | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 378 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -20.6% |
| 1999 | 392 ha | +30.7% |
| 2000 | 386 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 463 ha | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 538 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 380 ha | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 471 ha | +23.9% |
| 2005 | 447 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 480 ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 423 ha | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 484 ha | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 512 ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 478 ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 465 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 583 ha | +25.4% |
| 2013 | 645 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 721 ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 698 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 660 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 545 ha | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 497 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 441 ha | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 405 ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 406 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 408 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 395 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 493 ha | +24.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.11 ha | 28 ha | 120 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.5 ha | 28 ha | 92 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43 ha | 16 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 279.4 ha | 0 ha | 446 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 458.4 ha | 380 ha | 538 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 573.3 ha | 441 ha | 721 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 421.4 ha | 395 ha | 493 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Canada?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Canada was 493 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 721 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1991.
- How does Canada rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 61st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. 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 Cantaloupes and other melons — 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.