Potatoes — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Potatoes — Area harvested was 156,309 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Canada stood at 156,309 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Canada peaked at 447,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 99,782 ha, in 1972.
Canada ranks 20th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 117,265 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 116,779 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 113,218 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 120,542 ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 130,052 ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 124,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 123,699 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 124,508 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 128,798 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 109,657 ha | -14.9% |
| 1972 | 99,782 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 106,460 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 115,363 ha | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 106,338 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 106,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 112,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 110,770 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 113,128 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 106,910 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 110,520 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 113,393 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 113,027 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 117,480 ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 113,959 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 109,256 ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 113,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 111,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 114,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 119,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 293,400 ha | +145.1% |
| 1992 | 305,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 308,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 327,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 356,200 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 364,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 375,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 386,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 387,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 393,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 411,800 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 422,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 447,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 424,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 386,200 ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 391,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 395,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 373,400 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 359,700 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 139,214 ha | -61.3% |
| 2011 | 141,157 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 146,119 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 139,635 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 136,365 ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 137,556 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 137,848 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 137,621 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 133,749 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 138,339 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 143,866 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 153,782 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 153,762 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 154,452 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 156,309 ha | +1.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 156,309 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 15.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +145.1% | 119,700 ha | 293,400 ha |
| 2010 | -61.3% | 359,700 ha | 139,214 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,674 ha | 113,218 ha | 130,052 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,920 ha | 99,782 ha | 128,798 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112,394 ha | 106,910 ha | 117,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 322,520 ha | 119,700 ha | 387,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 400,450 ha | 359,700 ha | 447,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,760 ha | 133,749 ha | 146,119 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152,434 ha | 143,866 ha | 156,309 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 potatoes — area harvested in Canada?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Canada was 156,309 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 447,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,782 ha in 1972.
- How does Canada rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 20th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. 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 Potatoes — 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.