Cereals, primary — Yield in Canada
Canada: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,021 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Canada is 4,021 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Canada peaked at 4,239 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 985 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Canada 67th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 985 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,595 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 1963 | 1,839 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 1,527 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1965 | 1,730 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1966 | 1,973 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 1,519 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1968 | 1,734 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1969 | 1,959 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 2,111 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 2,145 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 1,988 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1973 | 1,951 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 1,727 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1975 | 2,052 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1976 | 2,276 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 2,266 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 2,267 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 2,033 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1980 | 2,141 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 2,346 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 2,483 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 2,205 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 2,028 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 2,222 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 2,570 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 2,397 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 1,754 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1989 | 2,194 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 2,636 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1991 | 2,580 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 2,460 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 2,647 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 2,594 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 2,700 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 2,844 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 2,585 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 2,783 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 3,088 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 2,806 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 2,447 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 2,375 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 2,759 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 3,142 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 3,216 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,046 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 2,973 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3,392 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 3,300 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 3,501 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 3,552 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 3,456 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 4,160 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2014 | 3,647 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 3,673 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,239 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 4,105 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 3,915 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 4,011 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 4,092 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3,120 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2022 | 4,105 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2023 | 3,800 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 4,021 kg/ha | +5.8% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 4,021 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,651 kg/ha | 985 kg/ha | 1,973 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,082 kg/ha | 1,727 kg/ha | 2,276 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,234 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,692 kg/ha | 2,460 kg/ha | 3,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,946 kg/ha | 2,375 kg/ha | 3,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,826 kg/ha | 3,456 kg/ha | 4,239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,828 kg/ha | 3,120 kg/ha | 4,105 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Canada?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Canada was 4,021 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 4,239 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 985 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Canada ranks 67th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.