2001 Census of Agriculture for Alberta, I.D., M.D. and County Data by Region

As background, on May 15, 2002, farm data relating to the 2001 Census of Agriculture for Canada was released by Statistics Canada on its website. At the time of the release, data for all farm variables were presented at four levels of geography, namely, national, provincial, Census Agriculture Region (CAR), and Census Division (CD). The latter two essentially presented data at the sub-provincial level, and in the case of Alberta is tailored to its seven CAR's and nineteen CD's Unfortunately, while these types of data aggregation are very useful, one limitation is that these are sometimes still too broad to accommodate the needs of some clients, particularly, those working with even lower levels of geography, such as County, Municipality, etc.

The 2001 Census of Agriculture data contained in this publication is for selected farm variables on agriculture. The data is presented in a tabular format, by County, Municipality and Improvement District, which are subsequently rolled up to what was formerly the five AAF agricultural administrative regions (South, Central, North East, North West and Peace). It is important to note that while AAF no longer uses the agricultural administrative regions, these have been maintained for the convenience of users, to facilitate data comparisons with some of the previous Census years.

Also worth noting, is that data confidentiality (as designated by an "x") at the Municipal level, has resulted in some regional totals not adding up to the provincial total, as the confidentiality has led to data suppression.

Users are encouraged to refer to the section containing the Census definitions and notes when attempting to interpret the data. Also, for spatial data interpretation, please refer to the Alberta map with its regional boundaries, and counties classified by region.

Contents

Alberta Agricultural Regional Map - 67K PDF
Alberta Municipalities Classified by Region - 67K PDF
Tables		PDF File Size
Section 1.1 - 4.1		215K
Section 5.1 - 5.6 - Field Crops Grown		326K
Section 6.1 - 6.3 - Other Field Crops
Fruits, Berries and Nuts Grown For Sale		25K
Section 7.1 - 7.5
Vegetables Grown For Sale (excluding greenhouse vegetables)		35K
8.1	Nursery, Sod and Forest Products Grown for Sale	53K
9.1	Farm Land Area Classified by Use of Land	56K
10.1	Farms Classified by Area in Crops and Summerfallow	55K
Section 11.1 - 11.2
	Greenhouse Products and Mushrooms Grown for Sale	106K
12.1	Use of Irrigation, Commercial Fertilizer, Herbicides, Insecticides
	and Fungicides	56K
13.1	Manure Application Methods	54K
14.1	Farms Classified by Soil Conservation Practices	55K
15.1	Tillage Practices Used to Prepare Land for Seeding	55K
16.1	Forms of Weed Control Used on Summerfallow Land	55K
Section 17.1 - 17.3 - Poultry Inventory		111K
18.1	Poultry Production and Birds Hatched in Commercial
	Hatcheries	54K
Section 19.1 - 19.2 - Cattle and Calves		116K
20.1	Pigs	58K
21.1	Sheep and Lambs	57K
Section 22.1 - 22.2
Other Livestock and Colonies of Bees		112K
Section 23.1 - 23.4
Farm Machinery Inventory and Market Value		224K
Farm Capital
24.1	Total Farm Capital; Land and Buildings, Total, Owned, Rented;
	Livestock and Poultry; Total Value of Farm Machinery and Equipment	60K
Section 26.1 - 26.4
Farm Business Operating Expenses		81K
27.1	Farms Classified by Total Gross Farm Receipts	57K
28.1	Farms Reporting Total Gross Receipts of $2,500 or More,
	Classified by Farm Type	60K
29.1	Paid Agricultural Labour	55K
30.1	Farms Classified by Computer Application Used	55K

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