Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Canada
Canada: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.2582 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested, per capita in Canada is 0.2582 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Canada peaked at 0.6219 ha per person in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.2369 ha per person, in 1970.
Canada ranks 5th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5607 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5831 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 0.5883 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.6219 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 0.582 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 0.5994 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 0.5972 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.574 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 0.4804 ha per person | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 0.2369 ha per person | -50.7% |
| 1971 | 0.3576 ha per person | +50.9% |
| 1972 | 0.3889 ha per person | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 0.4257 ha per person | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3919 ha per person | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 0.4096 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 0.4798 ha per person | +17.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4263 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4413 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4348 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4572 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5007 ha per person | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 0.4985 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5393 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 0.514 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 0.5313 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5452 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5089 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4831 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 0.5029 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 0.5091 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.5051 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.4875 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4314 ha per person | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3715 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3796 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4141 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 0.3817 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3542 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3415 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3537 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3419 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2778 ha per person | -18.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3228 ha per person | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 0.294 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 0.2917 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2973 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.262 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3012 ha per person | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2873 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.244 ha per person | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2491 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2731 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2978 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2696 ha per person | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2677 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2486 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2458 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2665 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2567 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2634 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2406 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2596 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2674 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2582 ha per person | -3.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.2582 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0299 ha per person, 8.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +50.9% | 0.2369 ha per person | 0.3576 ha per person |
| 1970 | -50.7% | 0.4804 ha per person | 0.2369 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5763 ha per person | 0.4804 ha per person | 0.6219 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3993 ha per person | 0.2369 ha per person | 0.4798 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5081 ha per person | 0.4572 ha per person | 0.5452 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4176 ha per person | 0.3415 ha per person | 0.5091 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.303 ha per person | 0.262 ha per person | 0.3537 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2619 ha per person | 0.244 ha per person | 0.2978 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2578 ha per person | 0.2406 ha per person | 0.2674 ha per person | 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 wheat — area harvested, per capita in Canada?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Canada was 0.2582 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6219 ha per person in 1964.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2369 ha per person in 1970.
- How does Canada rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Canada ranks 5th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.