Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 3.33 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Canada stood at 3.33 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Canada peaked at 4.05 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 46,538 ha, in 1962.
Canada ranks 6th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,417 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,538 ha | -12.9% |
| 1963 | 50,181 ha | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 64,384 ha | +28.3% |
| 1965 | 62,321 ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 72,558 ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 53,903 ha | -25.7% |
| 1968 | 58,193 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 65,801 ha | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 67,986 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 78,508 ha | +15.5% |
| 1972 | 81,664 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 80,659 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 101,199 ha | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 96,558 ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 91,465 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 106,900 ha | +16.9% |
| 1978 | 112,093 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 97,191 ha | -13.3% |
| 1980 | 132,450 ha | +36.3% |
| 1981 | 155,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 199,800 ha | +28.9% |
| 1983 | 147,600 ha | -26.1% |
| 1984 | 175,900 ha | +19.2% |
| 1985 | 190,700 ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 313,900 ha | +64.6% |
| 1987 | 544,800 ha | +73.6% |
| 1988 | 457,100 ha | -16.1% |
| 1989 | 304,200 ha | -33.5% |
| 1990 | 313,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 534,040 ha | +70.1% |
| 1992 | 596,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 879,800 ha | +47.5% |
| 1994 | 1.16 million ha | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 1.23 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 911,880 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 1.28 million ha | +40.5% |
| 1998 | 1.59 million ha | +23.9% |
| 1999 | 1.62 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 2.36 million ha | +45.8% |
| 2001 | 3.35 million ha | +42.3% |
| 2002 | 1.70 million ha | -49.4% |
| 2003 | 1.88 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 2.13 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 2.30 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 2.10 million ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 2.35 million ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 2.44 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 2.61 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 2.93 million ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 2.10 million ha | -28.4% |
| 2012 | 2.68 million ha | +27.5% |
| 2013 | 2.59 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.01 million ha | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 3.27 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 4.05 million ha | +23.8% |
| 2017 | 3.61 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 3.24 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 3.51 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 3.69 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 3.43 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 3.28 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 2.92 million ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 3.33 million ha | +14.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 3.33 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 197.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,588 ha | 46,538 ha | 72,558 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,422 ha | 67,986 ha | 112,093 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 262,145 ha | 132,450 ha | 544,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 million ha | 313,900 ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.32 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 3.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.10 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 4.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.33 million ha | 2.92 million ha | 3.69 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 3 Nigeria 5.30 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.55 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 4.95 million ha compare
- 5 Myanmar 3.39 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 802,016 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 797,205 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 673,893 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 3.30 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 3.29 million ha compare
- 9 Brazil 2.66 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
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 pulses, total — area harvested in Canada?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Canada was 3.33 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 4.05 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,538 ha in 1962.
- How does Canada rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.