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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

LAND AND POPULATION, 1996, 2001 AND 2006
  1996 Census 2001 Census 2006 Census
Number of Farms           24,383             21,071   19,054  
     Individual/Family Farms           15,340             12,322   10,866  
     Partnerships:                                   
         - with written agreement             1,092                  900   720  
         - with no written agreement             5,755               5,494   4,747  
     Corporation   - family             1,719               1,936   2,301  
                             - other                372                  356   361  
     Other                105                   63   59  
Average Size of Farm                317

              (784

 ha

acres)

                361

              (891

 ha

acres)

 405

(1,001

 ha

acres)
Total Land     54,770,473

(135,340,800

 ha

acres)

     54,770,473

(135,340,800

 ha

acres)

 54,770,472

(135,340,800

 ha

acres)
     Farm Land       7,732,138

   (19,106,531

 ha

acres)

       7,601,779

   (18,784,407

 ha

acres)

 7,718,570

(19,073,005

 ha

acres)
         Improved Land       5,379,040

   (13,291,899

 ha

acres)

       5,354,037

   (13,230,114

 ha

acres)

 5,325,889

(13,160,558

 ha

acres)
         Unimproved Land       2,353,098

     (5,814,632

 ha

acres)

       2,247,743

     (5,554,293

 ha

acres)

 2,392,682

(5,912,447

 ha

acres)
Number of Farms by Type  (Gross Receipts of $2,500 or more)           22,456             19,818   19,054  
     Dairy                946                  600   -  
     Beef Cattle             7,018               7,232   -  
     Hog                946                  980   -  
     Poultry & Egg                401                  286   -  
     Wheat             3,407               2,007   -  
     Grain & Oilseed (except Wheat)             6,110               5,325   -  
     Field Crop (except Grain & Oilseed)             1,248               1,276   -  
     Fruit                 85                   74   -  
     Vegetable*                 65                   62   -  
     Miscellaneous Specialty             1,334               1,318   -  
     Livestock Combination                489                  355   -  
     Other Combination                407                  319   -  
     Cattle Ranching and Farming -   -   7,046  
     Hog and Pig Farming -   -   768  
     Poultry and Egg Production -   -   270  
     Sheep and Goat Farming -   -   201  
     Other Animal Production -   -   1,663  
     Oilseeds and Grain Farming -   -   6,773  
     Vegetable and Melon Farming -   -   250  
     Fruit and Tree Nut Farming -   -   124  
     Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Prod. -   -   294  
     Other Crop Farming -   -   1,665  
Total Population

      1,113,898

  

      1,119,583

   1,148,401  
     Rural Population         313,835           314,262   327,479  
     Urban Population         800,063           805,321   820,922  
     Farm Population1           79,835             68,135      
Number of Farm Operators           33,310             28,795   26,625  
     Under the Age of 35             5,905               3,860   2,850  
     35-54 Years of Age           17,015             15,475   13,545  
     55 Years and Over           10,330               9,455   10,230  
         Average Age of Operators

                47.9

  

                49.4

   51.2  
*  In 2006 this became Vegetable and Melon Farming.

1  Refers to all persons who are members of a farm operator’s household, living on a farm in a rural or urban area.

SOURCE:  Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture, 1996, 2001 and 2006.