Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 23,800 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 23,800 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.2% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Canada peaked at 161,300 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 8,498 ha, in 1974.
Canada ranks 34th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,719 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,308 ha | -32.2% |
| 1963 | 16,997 ha | +82.6% |
| 1964 | 31,767 ha | +86.9% |
| 1965 | 27,518 ha | -13.4% |
| 1966 | 21,448 ha | -22.1% |
| 1967 | 18,534 ha | -13.6% |
| 1968 | 16,187 ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 19,425 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 28,530 ha | +46.9% |
| 1971 | 96,880 ha | +239.6% |
| 1972 | 87,816 ha | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 52,204 ha | -40.6% |
| 1974 | 8,498 ha | -83.7% |
| 1975 | 25,090 ha | +195.2% |
| 1976 | 20,234 ha | -19.4% |
| 1977 | 68,200 ha | +237.1% |
| 1978 | 91,500 ha | +34.2% |
| 1979 | 161,300 ha | +76.3% |
| 1980 | 136,300 ha | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 116,200 ha | -14.7% |
| 1982 | 77,300 ha | -33.5% |
| 1983 | 41,700 ha | -46.1% |
| 1984 | 79,300 ha | +90.2% |
| 1985 | 51,800 ha | -34.7% |
| 1986 | 26,100 ha | -49.6% |
| 1987 | 34,400 ha | +31.8% |
| 1988 | 40,500 ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 53,400 ha | +31.9% |
| 1990 | 64,800 ha | +21.3% |
| 1991 | 82,100 ha | +26.7% |
| 1992 | 51,000 ha | -37.9% |
| 1993 | 77,000 ha | +51.0% |
| 1994 | 83,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 44,500 ha | -46.4% |
| 1996 | 35,200 ha | -20.9% |
| 1997 | 50,600 ha | +43.8% |
| 1998 | 68,800 ha | +36.0% |
| 1999 | 78,900 ha | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 68,800 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 66,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 94,600 ha | +41.6% |
| 2003 | 105,600 ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 55,400 ha | -47.5% |
| 2005 | 70,800 ha | +27.8% |
| 2006 | 76,900 ha | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 78,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 64,700 ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 63,500 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 51,400 ha | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 13,800 ha | -73.2% |
| 2012 | 39,700 ha | +187.7% |
| 2013 | 27,500 ha | -30.7% |
| 2014 | 29,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 38,400 ha | +32.0% |
| 2016 | 27,500 ha | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 25,500 ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 26,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 28,800 ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 45,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 2021 | 36,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 37,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 39,800 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 23,800 ha | -40.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 23,800 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,434 ha | 9,308 ha | 31,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,025 ha | 8,498 ha | 161,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,700 ha | 26,100 ha | 136,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,590 ha | 35,200 ha | 83,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,520 ha | 55,400 ha | 105,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,860 ha | 13,800 ha | 51,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,580 ha | 23,800 ha | 45,000 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Canada?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Canada was 23,800 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 161,300 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,498 ha in 1974.
- How does Canada rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 34th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.