Sour cherries — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 677 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 677 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Canada peaked at 2,380 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 610 ha, in 1976.
Canada ranks 23rd of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,070 ha | — |
| 1962 | 840 ha | -59.4% |
| 1963 | 1,360 ha | +61.9% |
| 1964 | 2,380 ha | +75.0% |
| 1965 | 1,750 ha | -26.5% |
| 1966 | 1,040 ha | -40.6% |
| 1967 | 1,800 ha | +73.1% |
| 1968 | 1,270 ha | -29.4% |
| 1969 | 1,670 ha | +31.5% |
| 1970 | 1,150 ha | -31.1% |
| 1971 | 1,798 ha | +56.3% |
| 1972 | 1,430 ha | -20.5% |
| 1973 | 880 ha | -38.5% |
| 1974 | 1,330 ha | +51.1% |
| 1975 | 680 ha | -48.9% |
| 1976 | 610 ha | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 650 ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 810 ha | +24.6% |
| 1980 | 840 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | -22.6% |
| 1982 | 780 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 780 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 810 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 820 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 960 ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 940 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 963 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 923 ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 931 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 915 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 917 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 933 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 902 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 930 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 893 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 907 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 913 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 925 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 969 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 813 ha | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 882 ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 985 ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 856 ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 925 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 874 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 848 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 994 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 1,034 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 903 ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 925 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 908 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 937 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 960 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 916 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 834 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 869 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 780 ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 706 ha | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 725 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 725 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 728 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 677 ha | -7.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 677 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 3.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +75.0% | 1,360 ha | 2,380 ha |
| 1967 | +73.1% | 1,040 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1963 | +61.9% | 840 ha | 1,360 ha |
| 1962 | -59.4% | 2,070 ha | 840 ha |
| 1971 | +56.3% | 1,150 ha | 1,798 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,576 ha | 840 ha | 2,380 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 998.8 ha | 610 ha | 1,798 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 839.3 ha | 650 ha | 963 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 916.4 ha | 893 ha | 933 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 907.1 ha | 813 ha | 994 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 906.6 ha | 780 ha | 1,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 712.2 ha | 677 ha | 728 ha | 5 |
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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 sour cherries — area harvested in Canada?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Canada was 677 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2,380 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 610 ha in 1976.
- How does Canada rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 23rd out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sour cherries — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.