Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 11.67 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Canada is 11.67 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Canada peaked at 12.86 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 870,710 ha, in 1962.
That places Canada 8th out of 200 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.39 million ha | 870,710 ha | 2.02 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.80 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 4.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.73 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 4.92 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.06 million ha | 4.00 million ha | 7.70 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.25 million ha | 5.64 million ha | 8.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.11 million ha | 8.96 million ha | 12.86 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.47 million ha | 10.96 million ha | 11.73 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- 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)
- Rural population 17.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 7.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 42.53 billion current US$ (2022)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 27,780 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Canada?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Canada was 11.67 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 12.86 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 870,710 ha in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 8th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.