Strawberries — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Strawberries — Area harvested was 2,727 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Strawberries — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for strawberries — area harvested in Canada is 2,727 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in Canada peaked at 13,450 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,685 ha, in 2023.
That places Canada 27th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,282 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,470 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 5,380 ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 6,280 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 3,900 ha | -37.9% |
| 1966 | 7,200 ha | +84.6% |
| 1967 | 7,680 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 7,720 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 6,300 ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 7,540 ha | +19.7% |
| 1971 | 5,174 ha | -31.4% |
| 1972 | 3,300 ha | -36.2% |
| 1973 | 3,550 ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 3,730 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 4,210 ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 4,640 ha | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 5,130 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 6,350 ha | +23.8% |
| 1979 | 6,240 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 6,930 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 8,300 ha | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 9,600 ha | +15.7% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 11,900 ha | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 13,450 ha | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 5,100 ha | -62.1% |
| 1987 | 5,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 5,411 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 4,977 ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 4,958 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 5,613 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 5,190 ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 5,277 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 5,541 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 5,709 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 5,336 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 5,014 ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 5,097 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 4,739 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 4,664 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 4,816 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 4,684 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 4,478 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 4,158 ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 4,023 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 3,685 ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 3,895 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 3,492 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 3,185 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 3,025 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 3,407 ha | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 3,343 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 3,180 ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 3,186 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,206 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,211 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 3,111 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 3,086 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,952 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 2,893 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 2,924 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,846 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 2,685 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 2,727 ha | +1.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2,727 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 740 ha, 3.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Strawberries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +84.6% | 3,900 ha | 7,200 ha |
| 1986 | -62.1% | 13,450 ha | 5,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,135 ha | 3,900 ha | 7,720 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,986 ha | 3,300 ha | 7,540 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,147 ha | 4,977 ha | 13,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,247 ha | 4,739 ha | 5,709 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,108 ha | 3,185 ha | 4,816 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,171 ha | 2,952 ha | 3,407 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,815 ha | 2,685 ha | 2,924 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 strawberries — area harvested in Canada?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Canada was 2,727 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 13,450 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,685 ha in 2023.
- How does Canada rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 27th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. 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 Strawberries — 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.