Canadian Census of Agriculture

Special categorization is given to operations in the territories, including the herding of wild animals, breeding of sled dogs, and harvesting of indigenous plants and berries.

Questions on four new topics were added to the 2016 Census of Agriculture, including adoption of technologies, direct marketing, succession planning and renewable energy systems.

[8] There were several types of data collected to assess information on current agriculture, as an important commodity in the Canadian economy.

[4] Statistics Canada provides the data to government and public entities at various levels to inform agricultural policy, as well as to establish benchmarks of crops, livestock, and farm finances.

[10] It has also been used in the past to gauge the effects of climate change within the prairie provinces of Canada.