Linseed — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Linseed — Area harvested was 201,400 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Linseed — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, linseed — area harvested in Canada stood at 201,400 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.6% on the previous year and down 68.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — area harvested in Canada peaked at 1.34 million ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 201,400 ha, in 2024.
That places Canada 6th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 844,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 585,329 ha | -30.7% |
| 1963 | 680,845 ha | +16.3% |
| 1964 | 800,052 ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 936,729 ha | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 776,068 ha | -17.2% |
| 1967 | 414,150 ha | -46.6% |
| 1968 | 616,894 ha | +49.0% |
| 1969 | 947,230 ha | +53.5% |
| 1970 | 1.34 million ha | +41.6% |
| 1971 | 715,393 ha | -46.6% |
| 1972 | 534,582 ha | -25.3% |
| 1973 | 586,786 ha | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 586,790 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 566,552 ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 323,744 ha | -42.9% |
| 1977 | 598,000 ha | +84.7% |
| 1978 | 526,084 ha | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 930,764 ha | +76.9% |
| 1980 | 554,400 ha | -40.4% |
| 1981 | 465,500 ha | -16.0% |
| 1982 | 631,300 ha | +35.6% |
| 1983 | 429,300 ha | -32.0% |
| 1984 | 720,400 ha | +67.8% |
| 1985 | 740,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 755,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 591,300 ha | -21.7% |
| 1988 | 501,200 ha | -15.2% |
| 1989 | 596,900 ha | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 694,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 499,000 ha | -28.1% |
| 1992 | 252,900 ha | -49.3% |
| 1993 | 505,800 ha | +100.0% |
| 1994 | 720,300 ha | +42.4% |
| 1995 | 860,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 575,000 ha | -33.1% |
| 1997 | 736,500 ha | +28.1% |
| 1998 | 857,900 ha | +16.5% |
| 1999 | 707,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 590,900 ha | -16.4% |
| 2001 | 661,700 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 633,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 728,400 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 518,000 ha | -28.9% |
| 2005 | 732,600 ha | +41.4% |
| 2006 | 785,200 ha | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 524,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 625,200 ha | +19.3% |
| 2009 | 623,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 349,200 ha | -44.0% |
| 2011 | 291,400 ha | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 358,200 ha | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 411,900 ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 628,900 ha | +52.7% |
| 2015 | 626,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 341,500 ha | -45.5% |
| 2017 | 418,900 ha | +22.7% |
| 2018 | 341,800 ha | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 339,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 371,300 ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 392,300 ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 311,900 ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 238,500 ha | -23.5% |
| 2024 | 201,400 ha | -15.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 201,400 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 695 ha, 289.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 733,500 ha | 414,150 ha | 947,230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 670,956 ha | 323,744 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 598,610 ha | 429,300 ha | 755,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 640,840 ha | 252,900 ha | 860,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 642,270 ha | 518,000 ha | 785,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410,800 ha | 291,400 ha | 628,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 303,080 ha | 201,400 ha | 392,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 264 ha compare
- 3 USSR 680,000 ha compare
- 4 China 220,000 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 220,000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 132 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 ha compare
- 7 India 174,975 ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 81,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia PDR 75,000 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 linseed — area harvested in Canada?
- Linseed — area harvested in Canada was 201,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest linseed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,400 ha in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for linseed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.0%. 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 Linseed — 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.