British Columbia lost almost 10 per cent of its farms over a five-year period.
The 2021 Census of Agriculture counted 15,841 farms compared to 17,528 in 2016.
That means B.C. lost 1,687 farms during that time, or an average of 337 farms each year between the two censuses.
The total farm area in B.C. also fell.
In 2021, British Columbia farmers produced food on 5,648,160 acres, with each farm averaging 357 acres.
In 2016, B.C. producers worked on 6,400,549 acres, and a farm averaged 365 acres.