Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 16,070 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Canada stood at 16,070 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Canada peaked at 37,104 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 16,070 ha, in 2024.
That places Canada 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 23,000 ha | -14.8% |
| 1964 | 28,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1965 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 32,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 33,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 1969 | 33,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 31,220 ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 26,840 ha | -14.0% |
| 1972 | 31,800 ha | +18.5% |
| 1973 | 28,352 ha | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 29,157 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 31,332 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 30,657 ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 25,884 ha | -15.6% |
| 1978 | 26,540 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 28,418 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 28,333 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 32,007 ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 33,022 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 30,825 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 31,612 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 32,252 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 31,482 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 31,609 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 37,104 ha | +17.4% |
| 1989 | 36,501 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 35,895 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 33,711 ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 33,072 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 31,424 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 32,051 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 31,629 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 35,538 ha | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 33,838 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 33,325 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 32,183 ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 30,838 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 32,477 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 30,285 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 30,623 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 26,300 ha | -14.1% |
| 2005 | 24,775 ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 22,347 ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 26,072 ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 21,080 ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 20,529 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 20,470 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 22,481 ha | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 20,952 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 20,594 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 19,597 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 19,183 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 18,840 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,828 ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 16,650 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 16,227 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 16,560 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 16,824 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 16,522 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 16,533 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 16,070 ha | -2.8% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 16,070 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 16.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,922 ha | 23,000 ha | 33,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,020 ha | 25,884 ha | 31,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,475 ha | 28,333 ha | 37,104 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,267 ha | 31,424 ha | 35,895 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,533 ha | 20,529 ha | 32,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,182 ha | 16,227 ha | 22,481 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,502 ha | 16,070 ha | 16,824 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Canada?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Canada was 16,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 37,104 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,070 ha in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.