Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 5,380 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Canada stood at 5,380 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Canada peaked at 6,706 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Canada 22nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,157 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 1,259 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 1,275 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1,343 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 1,205 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 1,265 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 1,360 ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 1,510 ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 1,595 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 1,311 ha | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 1,376 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 1,433 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,351 ha | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 1,437 ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 1,250 ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 1,236 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,630 ha | +31.9% |
| 1979 | 1,969 ha | +20.8% |
| 1980 | 2,193 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 3,059 ha | +39.5% |
| 1982 | 3,110 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 2,834 ha | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 2,957 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 3,288 ha | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 3,129 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 3,087 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 3,079 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 2,681 ha | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 2,865 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 6,366 ha | +122.2% |
| 1992 | 6,427 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 6,172 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 6,586 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 6,044 ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 6,310 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 6,504 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 6,253 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 6,415 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 6,299 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 6,706 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 5,858 ha | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 6,090 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 6,699 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 5,640 ha | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 6,077 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 5,929 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 5,120 ha | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 5,947 ha | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 5,763 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 5,447 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 5,576 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 5,491 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 5,603 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 5,455 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 5,719 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 5,842 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 5,758 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 5,864 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 5,669 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 5,671 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,467 ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 5,281 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 5,380 ha | +1.9% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 5,380 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 490 ha, 11.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +122.2% | 2,865 ha | 6,366 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,275 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,459 ha | 1,236 ha | 1,969 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,942 ha | 2,193 ha | 3,288 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,994 ha | 2,865 ha | 6,586 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,036 ha | 5,120 ha | 6,706 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,652 ha | 5,447 ha | 5,864 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,494 ha | 5,281 ha | 5,671 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Canada?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Canada was 5,380 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 6,706 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 22nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.