Soya beans — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Soya beans — Area harvested was 2.29 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 2.29 million ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Canada peaked at 2.93 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 85,792 ha, in 1961.
That places Canada 9th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,792 ha | — |
| 1962 | 89,434 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 92,267 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 93,481 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 107,240 ha | +14.7% |
| 1966 | 112,906 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 117,357 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 119,381 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 130,307 ha | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 135,568 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 148,517 ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 163,895 ha | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 190,200 ha | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 167,942 ha | -11.7% |
| 1975 | 157,825 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 152,969 ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 222,600 ha | +45.5% |
| 1978 | 285,299 ha | +28.2% |
| 1979 | 279,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 277,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 279,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 364,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1983 | 364,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 405,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 405,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 384,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 461,000 ha | +19.9% |
| 1988 | 533,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1989 | 539,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 483,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 1991 | 598,000 ha | +23.7% |
| 1992 | 622,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 747,900 ha | +20.1% |
| 1994 | 821,100 ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 824,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 862,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 1.06 million ha | +22.9% |
| 1998 | 980,100 ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 1.00 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1.06 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.07 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.20 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.17 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.20 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 1.41 million ha | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 1.51 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 1.55 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.69 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 1.87 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 2.26 million ha | +21.0% |
| 2015 | 2.23 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.23 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.93 million ha | +31.5% |
| 2018 | 2.54 million ha | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 2.27 million ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 2.04 million ha | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 2.08 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.12 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 2.26 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 2.29 million ha | +1.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2.29 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 733.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105,352 ha | 85,792 ha | 130,307 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 190,402 ha | 135,568 ha | 285,299 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 401,230 ha | 277,200 ha | 539,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 800,340 ha | 483,600 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.15 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.11 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 2.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.16 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 2.29 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82,000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 51,000 ha compare
- 7 Paraguay 3.65 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 43,712 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 2.71 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 35,723 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 1.15 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha compare
- 12 Uruguay 950,000 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 soya beans — area harvested in Canada?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Canada was 2.29 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2.93 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,792 ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 9th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Soya beans — 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.