Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Canada
Canada: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area was 2,191 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Canada stood at 2,191 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Canada peaked at 2,740 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1964.
Canada ranks 57th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | -18.8% |
| 1981 | 1,210 ha | +86.2% |
| 1982 | 1,446 ha | +19.5% |
| 1983 | 1,655 ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 1,716 ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 2,083 ha | +21.4% |
| 1986 | 1,999 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 2,135 ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 2,175 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 2,019 ha | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 2,036 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 2,011 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 2,036 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1,807 ha | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 1,826 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 2,182 ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 2,319 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 2,167 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 1,883 ha | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 1,834 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 2,091 ha | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 2,726 ha | +30.4% |
| 2002 | 2,044 ha | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 2,032 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,760 ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 1,926 ha | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 1,839 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 2,143 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 1,756 ha | -18.1% |
| 2009 | 1,746 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,868 ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 2,289 ha | +22.5% |
| 2012 | 2,433 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 2,453 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,623 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 2,700 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,740 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,536 ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 2,502 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 2,223 ha | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 2,371 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 2,425 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 2,361 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,363 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,191 ha | -7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477.78 ha | 300 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 620 ha | 400 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,709 ha | 650 ha | 2,175 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,010 ha | 1,807 ha | 2,319 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,006 ha | 1,746 ha | 2,726 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,437 ha | 1,868 ha | 2,740 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,342 ha | 2,191 ha | 2,425 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Canada?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area in Canada was 2,191 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,740 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1964.
- How does Canada rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area?
- Canada ranks 57th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) — area rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. 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 Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — 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.