Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 7,375 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Canada, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Canada is 7,375 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Canada peaked at 7,656 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1992.
That places Canada 36th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,080 ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 1,360 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 1,854 ha | +36.3% |
| 1997 | 1,517 ha | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 2,689 ha | +77.3% |
| 1999 | 3,299 ha | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 3,216 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 3,851 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 4,451 ha | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 4,632 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 4,324 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 4,466 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 5,083 ha | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 4,649 ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 4,760 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 5,248 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 5,909 ha | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 6,261 ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 6,550 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 6,729 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 6,592 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 7,144 ha | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 6,558 ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 6,136 ha | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 5,944 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 6,477 ha | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 7,115 ha | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 7,656 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 7,397 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 7,375 ha | -0.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 7,375 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 9.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +77.3% | 1,517 ha | 2,689 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,625 ha | 0 ha | 3,299 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4,343 ha | 3,216 ha | 5,083 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,307 ha | 5,248 ha | 7,144 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,204 ha | 6,477 ha | 7,656 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Canada?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Canada was 7,375 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 7,656 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1992.
- How does Canada rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 36th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.