Cherries — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cherries — Area harvested was 1,110 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cherries — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — area harvested in Canada stood at 1,110 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.5% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Canada peaked at 2,500 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1982.
Canada ranks 38th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cherries — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,880 ha | +38.2% |
| 1963 | 1,760 ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +42.0% |
| 1965 | 1,080 ha | -56.8% |
| 1966 | 1,840 ha | +70.4% |
| 1967 | 2,370 ha | +28.8% |
| 1968 | 1,540 ha | -35.0% |
| 1969 | 1,490 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1971 | 2,154 ha | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 1,430 ha | -33.6% |
| 1973 | 2,050 ha | +43.4% |
| 1974 | 1,670 ha | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 2,470 ha | +47.9% |
| 1976 | 1,720 ha | -30.4% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1978 | 1,770 ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 2,070 ha | +16.9% |
| 1980 | 1,800 ha | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 1,588 ha | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | -49.6% |
| 1983 | 1,850 ha | +131.2% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 880 ha | -53.7% |
| 1987 | 1,730 ha | +96.6% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | -24.9% |
| 1989 | 1,048 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 1,014 ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 1,055 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 1,029 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,068 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1,074 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,064 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 986 ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 862 ha | -12.6% |
| 1998 | 947 ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 987 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 1,014 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 1,149 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 1,095 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 1,085 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,072 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,311 ha | +22.3% |
| 2006 | 1,625 ha | +24.0% |
| 2007 | 1,221 ha | -24.9% |
| 2008 | 1,358 ha | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 1,464 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 1,362 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 1,851 ha | +35.9% |
| 2012 | 1,864 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,911 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,996 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,996 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,035 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1,889 ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 2,037 ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 2,127 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,181 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 2,276 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 2,198 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 2,291 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 1,110 ha | -51.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 1,110 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +131.2% | 800 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 1987 | +96.6% | 880 ha | 1,730 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,758 ha | 1,080 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,903 ha | 1,430 ha | 2,470 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,470 ha | 800 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,009 ha | 862 ha | 1,074 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,239 ha | 1,014 ha | 1,625 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,907 ha | 1,362 ha | 2,127 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,011 ha | 1,110 ha | 2,291 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 35 Azerbaijan 2,065 ha compare
- 36 Armenia 1,932 ha compare
- 37 New Zealand 1,342 ha compare
- 39 South Africa 1,097 ha compare
- 40 Kyrgyzstan 1,073 ha compare
- 41 Tunisia 1,021 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 cherries — area harvested in Canada?
- Cherries — area harvested in Canada was 1,110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1982.
- How does Canada rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 38th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — 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.