Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 11.67 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 11.67 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Canada peaked at 12.86 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 870,710 ha, in 1962.
Canada ranks 8th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.28 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 870,710 ha | -32.0% |
| 1963 | 1.03 million ha | +18.8% |
| 1964 | 1.28 million ha | +23.4% |
| 1965 | 1.72 million ha | +34.4% |
| 1966 | 1.61 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 1.30 million ha | -19.5% |
| 1968 | 1.39 million ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 2.02 million ha | +44.9% |
| 1970 | 3.22 million ha | +59.7% |
| 1971 | 3.19 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 2.18 million ha | -31.6% |
| 1973 | 2.24 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 2.18 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 2.64 million ha | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 1.25 million ha | -52.7% |
| 1977 | 2.42 million ha | +93.0% |
| 1978 | 3.83 million ha | +58.4% |
| 1979 | 4.84 million ha | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 3.14 million ha | -35.1% |
| 1981 | 2.35 million ha | -25.1% |
| 1982 | 2.90 million ha | +23.5% |
| 1983 | 3.24 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1984 | 4.42 million ha | +36.1% |
| 1985 | 4.12 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 3.99 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 3.87 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 4.92 million ha | +27.0% |
| 1989 | 4.31 million ha | -12.4% |
| 1990 | 4.00 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 4.44 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 4.09 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 5.64 million ha | +38.1% |
| 1994 | 7.70 million ha | +36.5% |
| 1995 | 7.26 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 5.16 million ha | -29.0% |
| 1997 | 7.01 million ha | +35.9% |
| 1998 | 7.62 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 7.63 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 6.79 million ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 5.75 million ha | -15.4% |
| 2002 | 5.64 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 6.90 million ha | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 6.90 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 7.33 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 7.44 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 8.30 million ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 8.58 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 8.84 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 8.96 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 9.61 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 11.13 million ha | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 10.74 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 11.55 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 11.43 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 11.13 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 12.86 million ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 12.28 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 11.36 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 10.96 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 11.64 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 11.37 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 11.73 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 11.67 million ha | -0.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 11.67 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 52,034 ha, 224.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +93.0% | 1.25 million ha | 2.42 million ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 5 Argentina 19.46 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 2.54 million ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.10 million ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 11.35 million ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 747,837 ha compare
- 10 USSR 9.65 million ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 623,071 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 485,796 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 9.12 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.914 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.4113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.35 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Canada?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 12.86 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 870,710 ha in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 8th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.