Wheat — Yield in Canada
Canada: Wheat — Yield was 3,374 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 3,374 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Canada peaked at 3,598 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 752.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
Canada ranks 57th of 124 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.
Wheat — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 752.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,418 kg/ha | +88.4% |
| 1963 | 1,765 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1964 | 1,360 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1965 | 1,543 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 1,874 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 1,324 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1968 | 1,486 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 1,808 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1970 | 1,786 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 1,835 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,680 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 1,688 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,488 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 1,802 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 2,096 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 1,963 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 1,999 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1,634 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 1,721 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 1,996 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1982 | 2,134 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 1,934 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 1,610 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1985 | 1,766 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 2,205 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1987 | 1,928 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 1,229 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1989 | 1,808 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1990 | 2,277 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1991 | 2,256 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 2,160 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 2,203 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 2,128 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 2,247 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 2,430 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 2,128 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 2,255 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 2,597 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 2,445 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 1,945 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 1,832 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 2,256 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 2,641 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 2,738 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 2,610 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 2,332 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 2,858 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 2,790 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 2,808 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,957 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 2,874 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 3,598 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 3,082 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 2,892 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 3,580 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2017 | 3,382 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 3,274 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 3,383 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 3,537 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 2,438 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 2022 | 3,449 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2023 | 3,120 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 3,374 kg/ha | +8.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 3,374 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,481 kg/ha | 752.9 kg/ha | 1,874 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,797 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 2,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,833 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 2,205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,268 kg/ha | 2,128 kg/ha | 2,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,445 kg/ha | 1,832 kg/ha | 2,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,183 kg/ha | 2,808 kg/ha | 3,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,184 kg/ha | 2,438 kg/ha | 3,537 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 54 Finland 3,536 kg/ha compare
- 55 North Macedonia 3,411 kg/ha compare
- 56 Portugal 3,374 kg/ha compare
- 58 Azerbaijan 3,348 kg/ha compare
- 59 Pakistan 3,268 kg/ha compare
- 60 Tajikistan 3,254 kg/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 wheat — yield in Canada?
- Wheat — yield in Canada was 3,374 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 3,598 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 752.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for wheat — yield?
- Canada ranks 57th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Wheat — Yield. 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.