Cranberries — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Cranberries — Area harvested was 7,947 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cranberries — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 7,947 ha for cranberries — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cranberries — area harvested in Canada peaked at 7,947 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45 ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cranberries — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45 ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 80 ha | +77.8% |
| 1964 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 240 ha | +128.6% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +108.3% |
| 1972 | 310 ha | -38.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +29.0% |
| 1974 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 520 ha | +30.0% |
| 1977 | 550 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 640 ha | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 490 ha | -24.6% |
| 1981 | 690 ha | +40.8% |
| 1982 | 540 ha | -21.7% |
| 1983 | 760 ha | +40.7% |
| 1984 | 540 ha | -28.9% |
| 1985 | 680 ha | +25.9% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 960 ha | +37.1% |
| 1988 | 886 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 983 ha | +10.9% |
| 1990 | 997 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1,159 ha | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 1,204 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,229 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,261 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 1,382 ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 1,443 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 1,766 ha | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 2,179 ha | +23.4% |
| 1999 | 2,208 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 2,331 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 2,523 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 2,588 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 3,185 ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 3,389 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 2,829 ha | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 3,780 ha | +33.6% |
| 2007 | 3,944 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 4,425 ha | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 4,552 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 4,676 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 5,141 ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 5,750 ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 5,921 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 6,305 ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 6,853 ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 6,897 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 6,962 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 6,498 ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 6,564 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 6,632 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6,852 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 7,202 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 7,597 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 7,947 ha | +4.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 7,947 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 85 ha, 93.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cranberries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +128.6% | 105 ha | 240 ha |
| 1971 | +108.3% | 240 ha | 500 ha |
| 1963 | +77.8% | 45 ha | 80 ha |
| 1972 | -38.0% | 500 ha | 310 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85 ha | 45 ha | 105 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 459 ha | 240 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 722.9 ha | 490 ha | 983 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,483 ha | 997 ha | 2,208 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,355 ha | 2,331 ha | 4,552 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,157 ha | 4,676 ha | 6,962 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,246 ha | 6,632 ha | 7,947 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 cranberries — area harvested in Canada?
- Cranberries — area harvested in Canada was 7,947 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cranberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 7,947 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cranberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 ha in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for cranberries — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 1st out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cranberries — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. 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 Cranberries — 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.