Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 435 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Canada is 435 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.8% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Canada peaked at 2,980 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 381 ha, in 2010.
That places Canada 63rd out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,060 ha | -14.2% |
| 1963 | 2,980 ha | +44.7% |
| 1964 | 2,830 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 1,890 ha | -33.2% |
| 1966 | 2,330 ha | +23.3% |
| 1967 | 1,950 ha | -16.3% |
| 1968 | 1,560 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,280 ha | -17.9% |
| 1970 | 1,690 ha | +32.0% |
| 1971 | 1,879 ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 1,540 ha | -18.0% |
| 1973 | 1,760 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | -31.8% |
| 1975 | 1,970 ha | +64.2% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | -39.1% |
| 1977 | 1,350 ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 1,220 ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 1,450 ha | +18.9% |
| 1980 | 1,780 ha | +22.8% |
| 1981 | 1,448 ha | -18.7% |
| 1982 | 1,660 ha | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 1,490 ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 1,510 ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 1,490 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,590 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 960 ha | -39.6% |
| 1989 | 947 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 817 ha | -13.7% |
| 1991 | 1,065 ha | +30.4% |
| 1992 | 1,051 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 1,034 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 947 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 845 ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 713 ha | -15.6% |
| 1998 | 735 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 684 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 678 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 676 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 629 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 647 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 599 ha | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 556 ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 540 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 496 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 488 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 405 ha | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 381 ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 576 ha | +51.2% |
| 2012 | 559 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 633 ha | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 603 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 561 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 522 ha | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 520 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 521 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 494 ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 482 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 486 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 481 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 482 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 435 ha | -9.8% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 435 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 71% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +64.2% | 1,200 ha | 1,970 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,142 ha | 1,280 ha | 2,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,526 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,970 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,418 ha | 947 ha | 1,780 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 889.1 ha | 684 ha | 1,065 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 571.4 ha | 405 ha | 678 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 537 ha | 381 ha | 633 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 473.2 ha | 435 ha | 486 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Canada?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Canada was 435 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,980 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 381 ha in 2010.
- How does Canada rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 63rd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.