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STATCAN: Face of Canada’s farm population changing

OTTAWA — Results from the “Agriculture–Population Linkage” show that the face of Canada’s farm population is changing. Farm households are becoming more diverse and becoming smaller. Additionally, greater percentages of farm households are living in urban areas, while their income continues to outpace that of the total population.

These conclusions used information from the “Agriculture–Population Linkage” (this linkage combines data from the Census of Agriculture with the Census of Population) to provide a socioeconomic profile of Canada’s farm population. Canada’s farm population comprises farm operators (people responsible for the management decisions in operating a farm) and the individuals in their households. In 2021, the farm population (590,710 people) represented 1.6% of the total population in Canada.

Source : Farmersforum

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