Insights and Stories on GDP

Alberta potatoes chip in $2.9 billion for Canadian economy

Jul. 4, 2023 at 4:45 pm CDT

Alberta’s potato industry is making a big impact — not just on that province but the entire country. A new report — dubbed a “landmark study” by the Potato Growers of Alberta — revealed the sector drove a total contribution of $2.87 billion to Canada’s economy in 2022. It also […]

Federal carbon tax rises despite opposition, pandemic

Apr. 6, 2020 at 4:54 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Ukrainian lawmakers vote to lift ban on sale of farmland by 2020

Nov. 13, 2019 at 11:21 am CST

By Pavel Polityuk

Election 2019: Ag groups want the parties to pay attention

Sep. 18, 2019 at 8:07 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatsCan to add marijuana economic impact to GDP data

Nov. 21, 2017 at 7:17 pm CST

By Reuters

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:05 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS – A new report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday has pegged agriculture as contributing C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016, which accounted 6.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP. The annual report entitled An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and AgriFood System, provides […]

By MarketsFarm Team