Peace Region 2006 Census of Agriculture
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Alberta Municipality Profile Peace Region 2006 Census of Agriculture ¾Big Lakes ¾Birch Hills County ¾Clear Hills No. 21 ¾Fairview No. 136 ¾Grande Prairie County No. 1 ¾Greenview No. 16 ¾Mackenzie No. 23 ¾Northern Lights No. 22 ¾Northern Sunrise County ¾Peace No. 135 ¾Saddle Hills County ¾Smoky River No. 130 ¾Spirit River No. 133 Alberta Municipality Profile – 2006 Census of Agriculture PEACE REGION Contents Introduction and Acknowledgements............................................................................................. ii Census Definitions and Notes ...................................................................................................... iii 2006 Municipalities and AAFRD Regions Map............................................................................. ix Alberta Municipalities Classified by Region ...................................................................................x Alberta Highlights ......................................................................................................................... xi Alberta ..........................................................................................................................................1 Peace Region................................................................................................................................6 Big Lakes.....................................................................................................................................11 Birch Hills County ........................................................................................................................16 Clear Hills No. 21.........................................................................................................................21 Fairview No. 136..........................................................................................................................26 Grande Prairie County No. 1 .......................................................................................................31 Greenview No. 16........................................................................................................................36 Mackenzie No. 23........................................................................................................................41 Northern Lights No. 22.................................................................................................................46 Northern Sunrise County .............................................................................................................51 Peace No. 135.............................................................................................................................56 Saddle Hills County .....................................................................................................................61 Smoky River No. 130...................................................................................................................66 Spirit River No. 133 .....................................................................................................................71 i Introduction Users are encouraged to refer to the section on the Census definitions and notes for explanations of This publication builds on an earlier release by the terms used in this report. Also, for spatial data Statistics and Data Development Branch entitled interpretation, users are advised to refer to the “2006 Census of Agriculture for Alberta, I.D., M.D., Alberta map with its regional boundaries, and Alberta and County Data by Region”. In that publication, Municipalities Classified by Region. data were presented by grouping Improvement District, Municipal District and County data for Comments or questions regarding the data should be selected farm variables. This latest publication goes directed to: a step further in restructuring the same farm variable information with the objective of building Marion Harry, Research Assistant individualized Improvement District, Municipal District Statistics & Data Development Branch and County profiles. #302, 7000 – 113 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6H 5T6 The data used in this publication was from a Telephone: (780) 427-9206 special custom run obtained from Statistics E-mail: [email protected] Canada, based on the 2006 Census of Fax : (780) 427-5220 Agriculture, conducted on May 16, 2006. For more information about the Census of Agriculture, readers Acknowledgements are encouraged to visit the Statistics Canada website at www.statcan.ca, or the Alberta The invaluable assistance from all of those who Agriculture and Rural Development website at provided input to this publication is greatly www.agric.gov.ab.ca. appreciated. In particular, a number of people merit special recognition, as follows: The “Alberta Municipality Profile – 2006 Census of Agriculture” consists of five publications which are From the Statistics and Data Development Branch, based on the former five ARD agricultural ARD: Reynold Jaipaul , Branch Head, for providing administrative regions (Southern, Central, North East, leadership and resources throughout the process. North West and Peace). It is important to note that while ARD no longer uses the agricultural From Statistics Canada: Bernard Houle (User administrative regions, these have been Services and Marketing, Ottawa), and Bruce Meyers maintained for the convenience of users to facilitate (Edmonton), for providing in a timely manner, the data comparisons with some of the previous Census custom data used in this publication. years. Note to Users Also worth noting, is that data confidentiality (as designated by an “x”) at the Municipality level has The contents of this document may not be used or resulted in some regional totals not adding up to the reproduced without properly accrediting: provincial total due to data suppression. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Economics and Competitiveness Division Statistics and Data Development Branch ii Census Definitions and Notes Incomplete Enumeration of Indian Reserves and Indian General Notes Settlements Conversion Factors On some Indian reserves and Indian settlements in the 2006 Census, enumeration was not permitted or was interrupted before it could be 1 acre = 0.404 685 6 hectares completed. Moreover, for some Indian reserves and Indian 1 hectare = 2.471 05 acres settlements, the quality of the enumeration was considered inadequate. 1 square foot = 0.092 903 04 square meters These geographic areas are called incompletely enumerated Indian 1 square meter = 10.763 91 square feet reserves and Indian settlements. 1 kilogram = 2.204 622 6 pounds 1 pound = 0.453 592 4 kilograms Data for census farms located on these incompletely enumerated reserves and settlements are therefore not available. The impact of the Rounding missing data is very small for higher-level geographic areas (Canada, provinces, and census agricultural regions). However, the impact is more significant for those smaller areas (census divisions and census Totals may not equal the sum of their parts due to the use of consolidated subdivisions) in which the affected reserves and conversion factors or the rounding of fractions to whole numbers. The settlements are located. "random rounding" procedure was applied to all data appearing in the farm operator tables. Employing this technique, all figures, including For a listing of the names and locations of the incompletely enumerated totals, were randomly rounded either up or down to a multiple of 5. Indian reserves and Indian settlements, please refer to the Statistics Canada web site at http://www.statcan.ca. Geographic Amalgamations Due to confidentiality constraints, agricultural data for subdivisions with What’s new for 2006? very few farms were combined with data from adjacent areas. Following are the amalgamations for the 2006 Census of Agriculture: Although no topics on the 2006 Census of Agriculture questionnaire are entirely new, several questions have been added or changed. Most Census 2006 Amalgamations & notable are: Division I.D. Components C.D. No. 5 482005031 Starland County Bees 482005031 Starland County 482005026 Drumheller Selling bees and their pollination services is a growing agricultural activity. Leafcutter bees, as well as other varieties, are becoming C.D. No. 12 486012005 Lakeland County increasingly important for pollinating crops such as alfalfa and 486012005 Lakeland County blueberries, as well as in greenhouses. In 2006, the question on bees 4816 Wood Buffalo (Division # 16) asked about numbers of colonies of honeybees as well as numbers of C.D. No. 15 483015045 Ranchland No. 66 other bees used exclusively for pollination. Pollinating bees are 483015045 Ranchland No. 66 reported in “gallons”. 483015013 Kananaskis Conservation Practices and Features 483015032 Improvement District No. 9 483015037 Improvement District No. 12 In 2006, Permanent grass cover, Contour cultivation, Grassed C.D. No. 17 487017033 Lesser Slave River No. 124 waterways, Strip-cropping and Mechanical or hand weeding of crops 487017033 Lesser Slave River No. 124 were dropped. Rotational grazing for soil conservation and Buffer 487017031 Opportunity No. 17 zones around water bodies were added to this category. Data are not available for: Fruits, Berries and Nuts (due to minimal or no agricultural activity) Improvement District No. 4 (Waterton Park) The Producing area column that had been added for all fruit trees and Improvement District No. 13 (Elk Island) nuts in 2001