Oil of maize — Production in Canada
Canada: Oil of maize — Production was 79,300 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Oil of maize — Production in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Canada recorded 79,300 t for oil of maize — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of maize — production in Canada peaked at 88,900 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Canada ranks 5th of 58 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil of maize — Production in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 450 t | — |
| 1965 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 630 t | +40.0% |
| 1977 | 5,780 t | +817.5% |
| 1978 | 5,170 t | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 8,660 t | +67.5% |
| 1980 | 7,890 t | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 8,780 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 25,900 t | +195.0% |
| 1983 | 21,900 t | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 24,000 t | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 23,700 t | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 20,200 t | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 19,500 t | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 24,400 t | +25.1% |
| 1989 | 24,200 t | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 24,700 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 25,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 25,600 t | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 26,100 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 26,800 t | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 27,600 t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 28,100 t | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 28,600 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 29,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 31,300 t | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 32,500 t | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 35,500 t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 40,500 t | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 42,500 t | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 44,400 t | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 46,200 t | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 48,500 t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 50,500 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 52,300 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 53,300 t | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 54,300 t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 55,500 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 57,300 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 58,300 t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 59,200 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 59,900 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 60,300 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 61,400 t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 62,300 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 63,100 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 63,500 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 62,000 t | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 88,900 t | +43.4% |
| 2023 | 79,300 t | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 t | 0 t | 450 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,294 t | 450 t | 8,660 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,047 t | 7,890 t | 25,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,340 t | 24,700 t | 31,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,620 t | 32,500 t | 53,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,160 t | 54,300 t | 63,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,425 t | 62,000 t | 88,900 t | 4 |
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.93 (2022)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.93 (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of maize — production in Canada?
- Oil of maize — production in Canada was 79,300 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of maize — production recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 88,900 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest oil of maize — production recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for oil of maize — production?
- Canada ranks 5th out of 58 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of maize — production rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. 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 Oil of maize — Production. 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.