Insights and Stories of Statistics Canada

Nov. 4, 2008 at 6:19 pm CST

Canada’s rural population, namely people who live outside the commuting zone of larger urban centres, has remained fairly stable at about six million since 1981, according to Statistics Canada. However, stronger growth among the population of larger urban centres has meant that these six million people represent a smaller share […]

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Sep. 24, 2008 at 3:17 pm CDT

Prices farmers received for their commodities were virtually unchanged, up 0.1 per cent in July from June 2008, as a slight increase in the livestock and animal products index offset a 2.6 per cent dip in the crops index, according to Statistics Canada Wednesday. This was just the second monthly […]

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Sep. 3, 2008 at 2:56 pm CDT

Prices that Canadian farmers got for their commodities rose 17.7 per cent in June 2008 from the same month a year earlier, as strong crop prices offset a slip in livestock prices. Prices that producers received for crops were up 40.4 per cent in June compared with June 2007, continuing double-digit increases which began in […]

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Aug. 26, 2008 at 2:34 am CDT

Market receipts of Canadian farmers from the sale of crops and livestock totalled $19.9 billion between January and June 2008. Strong grain and oilseed prices were mostly responsible for the 12.4 per cent increase over the first six months of 2007. Revenues from January-to-June 2008 stood 25.7 per cent above […]

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Jul. 25, 2008 at 1:02 pm CDT

Canada’s largest farms, those with annual revenues of $500,000 or more, are becoming a major economic force in the country. Large farms are growing in numbers, the people who run them invest more in their businesses, and more large farms are profitable than smaller ones. While smaller farms dominate in […]

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