Pears — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Pears — Area harvested was 711 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 711 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Canada peaked at 6,700 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 693 ha, in 2010.
Canada ranks 58th of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,750 ha | +16.2% |
| 1963 | 5,600 ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 6,700 ha | +19.6% |
| 1965 | 3,480 ha | -48.1% |
| 1966 | 6,350 ha | +82.5% |
| 1967 | 5,350 ha | -15.7% |
| 1968 | 5,550 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 3,400 ha | -38.7% |
| 1970 | 5,500 ha | +61.8% |
| 1971 | 4,645 ha | -15.5% |
| 1972 | 4,450 ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 3,550 ha | -20.2% |
| 1974 | 4,300 ha | +21.1% |
| 1975 | 4,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 3,330 ha | -23.4% |
| 1977 | 4,390 ha | +31.8% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1979 | 3,820 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 3,096 ha | -31.2% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 2,400 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 2,650 ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 2,250 ha | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 2,600 ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 2,150 ha | -17.3% |
| 1989 | 2,185 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 2,171 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,186 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 2,157 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 2,057 ha | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 2,106 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 2,091 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,969 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 1,811 ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 1,637 ha | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 1,431 ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 1,404 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,390 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,325 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 1,242 ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 1,119 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 1,076 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,178 ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1,198 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,095 ha | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 789 ha | -27.9% |
| 2010 | 693 ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 805 ha | +16.2% |
| 2012 | 799 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 805 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 828 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 775 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 769 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 745 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 749 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 714 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 715 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 724 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 726 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 730 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 711 ha | -2.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 711 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +82.5% | 3,480 ha | 6,350 ha |
| 1970 | +61.8% | 3,400 ha | 5,500 ha |
| 1965 | -48.1% | 6,700 ha | 3,480 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,237 ha | 3,400 ha | 6,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,234 ha | 3,330 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,763 ha | 2,150 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,962 ha | 1,431 ha | 2,186 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,182 ha | 789 ha | 1,404 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 768.2 ha | 693 ha | 828 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 721.2 ha | 711 ha | 730 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 pears — area harvested in Canada?
- Pears — area harvested in Canada was 711 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 6,700 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 693 ha in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for pears — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 58th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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 Pears — 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.