Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 15.83 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 15.83 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Canada peaked at 22.16 million ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 13.17 million ha, in 2010.
Canada ranks 12th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.99 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 18.34 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 18.56 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 18.66 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 18.63 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 19.60 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 19.80 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 19.84 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 18.33 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 13.53 million ha | -26.2% |
| 1971 | 18.11 million ha | +33.9% |
| 1972 | 17.84 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 18.76 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 17.87 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 18.08 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 19.65 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 18.64 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 18.48 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 17.69 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 19.32 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 21.68 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 21.48 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 21.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 21.10 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 21.71 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 22.16 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 21.54 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 20.23 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 21.92 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 21.55 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 20.87 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 20.18 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 19.45 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 17.97 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 18.28 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 20.57 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 19.19 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 18.32 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 17.52 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 18.21 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 17.73 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 15.17 million ha | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 17.83 million ha | +17.5% |
| 2004 | 16.16 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 15.85 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 15.95 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 16.15 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 16.52 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 15.06 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 13.17 million ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 13.61 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 15.00 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 15.99 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 14.17 million ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 14.58 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 13.90 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 13.83 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 15.00 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 15.33 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 15.96 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 15.24 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 15.98 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 16.07 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 15.83 million ha | -1.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 15.83 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 280,960 ha, 56.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.75 million ha | 16.99 million ha | 19.84 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.87 million ha | 13.53 million ha | 19.65 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.27 million ha | 19.32 million ha | 22.16 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.39 million ha | 17.52 million ha | 21.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.46 million ha | 15.06 million ha | 18.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.46 million ha | 13.17 million ha | 15.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.82 million ha | 15.24 million ha | 16.07 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 9 Nigeria 18.28 million ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 2.70 million ha compare
- 10 Argentina 17.66 million ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.69 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.35 million ha compare
- 11 Kazakhstan 16.06 million ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 million ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 15.45 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 12.59 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 885,160 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 12.53 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 808,105 ha compare
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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Canada?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Canada was 15.83 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 22.16 million ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.17 million ha in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 12th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.