Mustard seed — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Mustard seed — Area harvested was 242,700 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mustard seed — area harvested in Canada stood at 242,700 ha.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — area harvested in Canada peaked at 327,700 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 30,756 ha, in 1964.
Canada ranks 1st of 31 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,887 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,422 ha | -25.5% |
| 1963 | 50,991 ha | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 30,756 ha | -39.7% |
| 1965 | 63,132 ha | +105.3% |
| 1966 | 81,181 ha | +28.6% |
| 1967 | 89,436 ha | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 215,700 ha | +141.2% |
| 1969 | 108,052 ha | -49.9% |
| 1970 | 80,938 ha | -25.1% |
| 1971 | 83,485 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 72,842 ha | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 135,568 ha | +86.1% |
| 1974 | 141,638 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 65,963 ha | -53.4% |
| 1976 | 35,207 ha | -46.6% |
| 1977 | 73,654 ha | +109.2% |
| 1978 | 97,933 ha | +33.0% |
| 1979 | 64,000 ha | -34.6% |
| 1980 | 92,700 ha | +44.8% |
| 1981 | 88,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 63,500 ha | -28.3% |
| 1983 | 95,100 ha | +49.8% |
| 1984 | 140,500 ha | +47.7% |
| 1985 | 137,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 184,100 ha | +34.0% |
| 1987 | 113,400 ha | -38.4% |
| 1988 | 170,500 ha | +50.4% |
| 1989 | 199,900 ha | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 230,700 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 112,877 ha | -51.1% |
| 1992 | 110,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 186,200 ha | +69.0% |
| 1994 | 323,600 ha | +73.8% |
| 1995 | 261,000 ha | -19.3% |
| 1996 | 233,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 292,200 ha | +25.4% |
| 1998 | 279,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 273,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 207,900 ha | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 161,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 2002 | 254,800 ha | +58.3% |
| 2003 | 327,700 ha | +28.6% |
| 2004 | 284,500 ha | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 188,000 ha | -33.9% |
| 2006 | 129,500 ha | -31.1% |
| 2007 | 186,200 ha | +43.8% |
| 2008 | 184,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 208,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 182,100 ha | -12.6% |
| 2011 | 128,300 ha | -29.5% |
| 2012 | 134,700 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 145,700 ha | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 195,400 ha | +34.1% |
| 2015 | 132,600 ha | -32.1% |
| 2016 | 194,900 ha | +47.0% |
| 2017 | 152,900 ha | -21.5% |
| 2018 | 197,200 ha | +29.0% |
| 2019 | 154,700 ha | -21.6% |
| 2020 | 101,300 ha | -34.5% |
| 2021 | 110,411 ha | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 218,600 ha | +98.0% |
| 2023 | 250,600 ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 242,700 ha | -3.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 242,700 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,301 ha, 105.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,506 ha | 30,756 ha | 215,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,123 ha | 35,207 ha | 141,638 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128,570 ha | 63,500 ha | 199,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 230,188 ha | 110,200 ha | 323,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 213,200 ha | 129,500 ha | 327,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,850 ha | 128,300 ha | 197,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 184,722 ha | 101,300 ha | 250,600 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 2 USSR 228,000 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 223,195 ha compare
- 4 Nepal 189,012 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 0 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 mustard seed — area harvested in Canada?
- Mustard seed — area harvested in Canada was 242,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 327,700 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,756 ha in 1964.
- How does Canada rank for mustard seed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 1st out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mustard seed — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 Mustard seed — 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.