Mixed grain — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Mixed grain — Area harvested was 61,700 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mixed grain — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mixed grain — area harvested in Canada stood at 61,700 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mixed grain — area harvested in Canada peaked at 835,624 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 50,700 ha, in 2014.
That places Canada 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mixed grain — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 633,607 ha | — |
| 1962 | 616,611 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 593,423 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 621,265 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 663,473 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 714,908 ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 678,567 ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 644,574 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 709,283 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 792,606 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 831,536 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 835,624 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 809,967 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 732,835 ha | -9.5% |
| 1975 | 736,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 644,900 ha | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 624,259 ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 604,200 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 592,400 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 568,900 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 544,600 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 530,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 504,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 461,800 ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 439,100 ha | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 382,400 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 391,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 386,100 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 264,900 ha | -31.4% |
| 1990 | 247,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 245,695 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 199,100 ha | -19.0% |
| 1993 | 255,300 ha | +28.2% |
| 1994 | 234,300 ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 236,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 212,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 226,400 ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 195,300 ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 158,200 ha | -19.0% |
| 2000 | 145,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 159,200 ha | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 131,800 ha | -17.2% |
| 2003 | 135,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 118,800 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 113,700 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 129,600 ha | +14.0% |
| 2007 | 96,100 ha | -25.8% |
| 2008 | 82,400 ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 84,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 83,600 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 78,800 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 61,700 ha | -21.7% |
| 2013 | 58,900 ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 50,700 ha | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 51,900 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 61,900 ha | +19.3% |
| 2017 | 53,800 ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 69,100 ha | +28.4% |
| 2019 | 67,600 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 96,500 ha | +42.8% |
| 2021 | 91,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 71,900 ha | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 60,400 ha | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 61,700 ha | +2.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 61,700 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 587 ha, 105.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 652,857 ha | 593,423 ha | 714,908 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 720,493 ha | 592,400 ha | 835,624 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 447,410 ha | 264,900 ha | 568,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 220,960 ha | 158,200 ha | 255,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,710 ha | 82,400 ha | 159,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,800 ha | 50,700 ha | 83,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,340 ha | 60,400 ha | 96,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
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 mixed grain — area harvested in Canada?
- Mixed grain — area harvested in Canada was 61,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 835,624 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest mixed grain — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,700 ha in 2014.
- How does Canada rank for mixed grain — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mixed grain — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. 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 Mixed grain — 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.