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Average farm size: Canadian provinces ranked (2021)

Measure: Average farm size (acres). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Farm area and land use by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2021.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0153-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 809 (Canada).

Lowest: 144 to 263
Group 2: 263 to 357
Group 3: 357 to 422
Group 4: 422 to 1,184
Highest: 1,184 to 1,766

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Saskatchewan	1,766
2	Alberta	1,184
3	Manitoba	1,177
4	Prince Edward Island	422
5	New Brunswick	370
6	British Columbia	357
7	Quebec	264
8	Nova Scotia	263
9	Ontario	243
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	144

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0153-01: Land use, Census of Agriculture historical data. Reference period: 2021.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by average farm size (acres) (2021). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0153-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-average-farm-size-acres/

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