Spinach — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Spinach — Area harvested was 689 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Canada is 689 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Canada peaked at 834 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 270 ha, in 1970.
Canada ranks 28th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 570 ha | +14.0% |
| 1965 | 433 ha | -24.0% |
| 1966 | 449 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 340 ha | -24.3% |
| 1968 | 370 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 355 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 270 ha | -23.9% |
| 1971 | 295 ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 433 ha | +46.8% |
| 1973 | 312 ha | -27.9% |
| 1974 | 352 ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 342 ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 337 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 289 ha | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 430 ha | +48.8% |
| 1979 | 472 ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 456 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 459 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 533 ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 567 ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 563 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 537 ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 409 ha | -23.8% |
| 1987 | 409 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 404 ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 370 ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 417 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 476 ha | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 484 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 496 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 548 ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 544 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 525 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 451 ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 535 ha | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 596 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 628 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 634 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 641 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 583 ha | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 631 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 524 ha | -17.0% |
| 2006 | 573 ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 558 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 737 ha | +32.1% |
| 2009 | 702 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 834 ha | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 609 ha | -27.0% |
| 2012 | 649 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 626 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 752 ha | +20.1% |
| 2015 | 641 ha | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 628 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 608 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 597 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 569 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 464 ha | -18.5% |
| 2021 | 663 ha | +42.9% |
| 2022 | 714 ha | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 698 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 689 ha | -1.3% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 689 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 4.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 448.56 ha | 340 ha | 570 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 353.2 ha | 270 ha | 472 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 470.7 ha | 370 ha | 567 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 507.2 ha | 417 ha | 596 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 621.1 ha | 524 ha | 737 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 651.3 ha | 569 ha | 834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 645.6 ha | 464 ha | 714 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 spinach — area harvested in Canada?
- Spinach — area harvested in Canada was 689 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 834 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 ha in 1970.
- How does Canada rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 28th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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 Spinach — 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.