Changes in Acreage of Census Farms in Ontario 1941 to 1971 by Census Subdivisions

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CHANGES IN ACREAGE OF CENSUS FARMS IN ONTARIO 1941 TO 1971 BY CENSUS SUBDIVISIONS

ECONOMICS BRANCH ONTARIO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, TORONTO, ONTARIO, M7A 1B6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Grateful acknowledgment is extended to Mr. H.K. Scott, Chief, Crops Section, Census of Agriculture, Statistics Canada, for his able advice and cooperation in this project. We especially wish to thank him for providing certain data adjusted for municipal boundary changes to April 1, 1974. ECONOMICS INFORMATION

CHANGES IN ACREAGE OF CENSUS FARMS IN ONTARIO 1941 TO 1971 BY CENSUS SUBDIVISIONS

Henry F. Noble

Economics Branch Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Parliament Buildings Toronto, Ontario M7A 186 April 1, 1974 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 Ontario — Percent Decrease in Farm Acres by Census Division, 1941-1971 1

2. Northwestern Ontario — Change in Acreage of Census Farms by Census Subdivision, 1941-1971 2

3. Northeastern Ontario — Change in Acreage of Census Farms by Census Subdivision, 1941-1971 3

4. Southern Ontario — Change in Acreage of Census Farms by Census Subdivision, 1941-1971 4 & 5

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1 Farm Acreage Change in Ontario by Census Subdivision, 1941-1971 6-10 FIGURE 1. Ontario - Percent Decrease In Farm Acres By Census Division, 1941-1971.

1 Source: Census of Canada, 1941, 1971. Census subdivisions are adjusted for municipal boundary changes, to April 1, 1974. Figure prepared by Henry F. Noble, Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2 Source: Census of Canada, 1941, 1971. Census subdivisions are adjusted for municipal boundary changes, to April 1, 1974. Figure prepared by Henry F. Noble, Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

3 4 Source: Census of Canada, 1941, 1971. Census subdivisions are adjusted for municipal boundary changes, to April 1, 1974. Figure prepared by Henry F. Noble, Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

5 TABLE 1 - FARM ACREAGE CHANGE IN ONTARIO BY CENSUS SUBDIVISION, 1941-1971.

Census farm Census farm Acr.change Census farm Census farm Census area Acreage Acreage Acr. chge as a acreage, acreage, as % of Census area acreage, acreage, change change % of 1941 acres 1941 1971 1941 acres 1941 1971 – ------acres ------– ------acres ------% The Province 22,387,981 15,963,056 6,424,925 28.7 Luther, East 39,176 30,345 8,831 22.5 Melancthon 73,750 60,075 13,675 18.5 Algoma 2/ 262,765 115,747 147,018 56.0 Mono 69,002 39,358 29,644 43.0 Day & Bright Mulmur 65,039 40,417 24,622 37.9 Additional 11,030 5,050 5,980 54.2 Elliot Lake - - - - Dundas 232,535 189,260 43,275 18.6 Hilton 6,436 ...... Matilda 63,585 48,974 14,611 23.0 Jocelyn 3/ 8,959 A 2,265 13,130 85.3 Mountain 54,172 44,751 9,421 17.4 Johnson 18,625 10,481 8,144 43.7 Williamsburg 57,794 39,899 17,895 31.0 Laird 14,522 10,314 4,208 29.0 Winchester 56,984 55,636 1,348 2.4 Macdonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Additional 12,043 7,214 4,829 40.1 Durham 2/ 556,696 388,905 167,791 30.1 Michipicoten - - - - Ajax 2/ 14,442 9,202 5,240 36.3 North Shore - - - - Brock 2] 92,622 75,692 16,930 18.3 Plummer Additional 4/ 22,807 20,299 4,935 19.6 Newcastle 2, 134,670 93,135 41,535 30.8 Prince 2,427 @ ...... Oshawa 29,706 15.609 14,097 47.5 St. Joseph 18,696 12,733 5,963 31.9 Pickering 2/ 50,031 31,812 18,219 36.4 Tarbutt & Tarbutt Scugog 2/ 106,659 79,414 27,245 25.5 Additional 9,006 4,761 4.245 47.1 Uxbridge 11 97,042 61,233 35,809 36.9 Thessalon 5/ 15,015 12,214 9,761 44.4 Whitby 31,389 22,808 8,581 27.3 Thompson 6,960 @ ...... Indian Reserves 135 --- 135 100.0 White River - - - - Wicksteed 148 - 148 100.0 Elgin 422,986 394,099 28,887 6.8 Unorganized 115,394 30,416 84,978 73.6 Aldborough 74,653 69,182 5,471 7.3 Indian Reserves 697 - 697 100.0 Bayham 55,033 53,947 1,086 2.0 Dorchester. South 29.734 28,220 1,514 5.1 Brant 228,593 197,794 30,799 13.5 Dunwich 68,955 58,742 10,213 14.8 Brantford 64,856 54,101 10,755 16.6 Malahide 58,354 58,260 94 0.2 Burford 64,318 58,683 5,635 8.8 Southwold 70,086 66,834 3,252 4.6 Dumfries, South 45,044 47,341 + 2,297 +5.1 Yarmouth 66,171 58,914 7,257 11.0 Oakland 9,720 10,137 + 417 +4.3 Onondaga 22,176 19,390 2,786 12.6 Essex 2/ 392,333 353,203 39,130 10.0 Indian Reserves 22,479 8,142 14,337 63.8 Anderdon 22,116 15,853 6,263 28.3 Colchester, North 29,182 28,442 740 2.5 Bruce 793,741 683,736 110,005 13.9 Colchester, South 32,116 28,998 3,118 9.7 Albemarle 39,689 29,573 10,116 25.5 Gosfield, North 27,895 25,865 2,030 7.3 Amabel 55,549 35,281 20,268 36.5 Gosfield, South 29,351 27,106 2,245 7.6 Arran 54,311 52,775 1,536 2.8 Maidstone 40,447 36,070 4,377 10.8 Brant 67,677 65,789 1,888 2.8 Malden 19,056 18,452 604 3.2 Bruce 66,339 50,061 16,278 24.5 Mersea 57,079 55,329 1,750 3.1 Carrick 58,318 57,556 762 1.3 Pelee 10,946 8,022 2,934 26.8 Culross 56,006 51,37I 4,635 8.3 Rochester 32,041 31,272 769 2.4 Eastnor 36,432 39,998 +3566 +9.8 Sandwich. South 32,363 24,378 7,985 24.7 Elderslie 54,579 54,166 413 0.8 Sandwich. West 12,651 8,623 4,028 31.8 Greenock 61,908 51,343 10,565 17.1 Tilbury, North 2/ 26,888 23,840 3,048 11.3 Huron 58,664 51,617 7,047 12.0 Tilbury, West 20,202 20,963 +761 +3.8 Kincardine 59,985 54,761 5,224 8.7 Kinloss 45,769 42,476 3,293 7.2 Frontenac 556,916 292,180 264,736 47.5 Lindsay 32,212 10,496 21,716 67.4 Barrie 8,163 1,714 6,449 79.0 St. Edmunds 7,342 ...... Bedford 52,999 24,938 28,061 52.9 Saugeen 1/ 37,2841 @ 36,473 9,830 21.2 Clarendon & Miller 29,519 9,114 20,405 69.1 Indian Reserves 1,677 @ ...... Hinchinbrooke 54,952 27,569 27,383 49.8 Howe Island 7,853 5,785 2,068 26.3 Cochrane 429,168 100,456 328,712 76.6 Kennebec 35.847 6,358 29,489 82.3 Black River-Matheson 2/ 114,833 25,586 89,247 77.7 Kingston 51,149 27,491 23,658 46.3 Fauquier 19,238 4,229 15,009 78.0 Loughborough 43,113 19,283 23,830 55.3 Glackmeyer 25,376 14,752 10,624 41.9 Olden 32,533 15.464 17,069 52.5 Kapuskasing 2/ 14,878 3,315 11,563 77.7 Oso 28,642 9,873 18,769 65.5 Kendry 717 - 717 100.0 Palmerston N. & South Canonto 28,205 10,186 18,019 63.9 Owens, Williamson & Pittsburgh 47,086 32,885 14,201 30.2 lddington 2/ 9,120 2,032 7,088 77.7 Portland 49,208 40,790 8,418 17.1 Shackleton & Machin 19,471 ...... Storrington 56.328 33,500 22,828 40.5 Timmins; & 7/ 49.454 @ 11,309 57,616 83.6 Wolfe Island 31.319 27,230 4,089 I3.1 Iroquois Falls 37,233 8,296 28,937 77.7 Unorganized 2/ & 8/ 138,848 30,937 107,911 77.7 Glengarry 281,347 213,267 68,080 24.2 Indian Reserves . . @ - . . . Charlottenburgh 80.583 55,740 24,843 30.8 Kenyon 74,791 51,216 23,575 31.5 Dufferin 349,100 254,832 94,268 27.0 Lancaster 56,446 46,236 10,210 18.1 Amaranth 62,320 48,693 13,627 21.9 Lochiel 69,527 60,075 9,452 13.6 Garafraxa, East 39,813 35,944 3,869 9.7 Grenville 257,171 162,157 95,014 36.9 Augusta 72.255 43,570 28,685 39.7 Symbols The following standard symbols (used in Statistics Canada Edwardsburgh 65,771 38,002 27,769 42.2 publications) are used in Table 1: Gower, South 20.899 14,942 5,957 28.5 . . data not available Oxford-on-Rideau 55,738 37,334 18,404 33.0 - nil or zero Wolford 42,508 28,309 14,199 33.4

6 Census farm Census farm Acr. change Census farm Census farm Acr. chge as a Acreage Acreage Census area acreage, acreage, as % of Census area acreage, acreage, % of 1941 change change 1941 1971 1941 acres 1941 1971 acres ------acres ------% ------acres ------% Grey 1,053,262 760,193 293,069 27.8 Huron 798,169 742,965 55,204 6.9 Artemesia 64,630 43,063 21,567 33.4 Ashfield 63,381 61,516 1,865 2.9 Bentinck 74,763 52,038 22,725 30.4 Colborne 34,051 26,737 7,314 21.5 Collingwood 66,634 42,002 24,632 37.0 Goderich 51,348 43,957 7,391 14.4 Derby 2/ 47,025 37,383 9,642 20.5 Grey 64,689 58,848 5,841 9.0 Egremont 72,507 59,915 12,592 17.4 Hay 52,353 47,735 4,618 8.8 Euphrasia 71,714 55,384 16,330 22.8 Howick 66,671 65,771 900 1.3 Glenelg 65,013 37,146 27,867 42.9 Hullett 52,936 49,458 3,478 6.6 Holland 66,577 43,998 22,579 33.9 McKillop 52,768 49,371 3,397 6.4 Keppel 87,798 58,491 29,307 33.4 Morris 55,856 55,359 497 0.9 Normanby 68,522 60,775 7,747 11.3 Stanley 44,354 44,237 117 0.3 Osprey 70,915 50,843 20,072 28.3 Stephen 56,697 48,483 8,214 14.5 Proton 80,206 58,340 21,866 27.3 Tuckersmith 40,659 39,448 1,211 3.0 St. Vincent 64,386 37,637 26,749 41.5 Turnberry 37,032 32,091 4,941 13.3 Sarawak 10,450 8,212 2,238 21.4 Usborne 43,016 44,883 +1,867 +4.3 Sullivan 72,857 59,904 12,953 17.8 Wawanosh, East 42,140 39,853 2,287 5.4 Sydenham 2/ 69,265 55,062 14,203 20.5 Wawanosh, West 40,218 35,218 5,000 12.4

Haldimand-Norfolk 2/ 651,713 575,675 76,038 11.7 Kenora 165,847 53,192 112,655 67.9 Delhi 2/ 113,927 103,760 10,167 8.9 Balmertown - - - - Dunnville 2/ 66,067 49,952 16,115 24.4 Barclay 2/ 855 ...... Haldimand 2/ 142,912 135,436 7,476 5.2 Jaffray & Melick15/ 20,058 @ 6,283 14,630 70.0 Nanticoke 2/ & 9/ 163,391 152,947 13,123 7.9 Ear Falls - - - - Indian Reserves 2,679 @ ...... Ignace - - - - Norfolk 2/ 162,737 133,580 29,157 17.9 Machin 2/ 29,023 10,534 18,489 63.7 Red Lake - - - - Haliburton 119,794 24,798 94,996 79.3 Sioux Narrows - - - - Anson, Hindon & Unorganized 2/ 115,764 36,375 79,389 68.6 Minden 28,366 6,403 21,963 77.4 Indian Reserves 147 - 147 100.0 Bicroft - --- Cardiff 13,889 ...... Kent 2/ 544,188 559,811 +15,623 +2.9 Dysart et al 10/ 14,173 @ 5,015 23,047 82.1 Camden 39,047 39,146 +99 + 0.3 Glamorgan 9,303 - 9,303 100.0 Chatham 83,169 93,308 +10,139 +12.2 Lutterworth 10,763 ...... Dover 65,928 77,867 +11,939 18.1 Monmouth 11/ 11,428 @ 6,389 15,802 71.2 Harwich 86,042 85,968 74 0.1 Sherborne etc. 437 - 437 100.0 Howard 55,859 55,170 689 1.2 Snowdon 20,953 3,415 17,538 83.7 Orford 47,581 43,723 3,858 8.1 Stanhope 10,482 3,576 6,906 65.9 Raleigh 64,295 64,385 +90 +0.1 Romney 25,470 25,567 +97 +0.4 Halton 2/ 211,368 123,279 88,089 41.7 Tilbury, East 2/ 54,033 53,331 702 1.3 Burlington 2/ 30,891 18,017 12,874 41.7 Zone16/ 19,776 21,346 1,418 6.2 Halton Hills2/ 73,990 43,154 30,836 41.7 Reserves 2,986 @ ...... Milton 2; 84,351 49,197 35,154 41.7 Oakville 2/ 22,136 12,911 9,225 41.7 Lambton 606,805 574,401 32,404 5.3 Bosanquet 58,933 62,325 +3,392 +5.8 Hamilton-Wentworth 2/ 238,041 165,809 72,232 30.3 Brooke 64.498 70,004 +5,506 +8.5 Ancaster 41,070 31,835 9,235 22.5 Dawn 58,446 55,573 2,873 4.9 Dundas 2/ ...... Enniskillen 73,366 77,272 +3,906 +5.3 Flamborough 2/ & 12/ 117,569 A 79,268 38,301 32.6 Euphemia 36,721 32,419 4,302 11.7 Glanbrook 2/ 48,196 39,081 9,115 18.9 Moore 72,044 58,165 13,879 19.3 Hamilton 2/ 5,555 2,785 2,770 49.9 Plympton 74,646 68,803 5,843 7.8 Stoney Creek 2/ 25,651 12,840 12,811 49.9 Sarnia 35,627 27,344 8,283 23.2 Sombra 61,290 55,734 5,556 9.1 Hastings 727,895 436,610 291,285 40.0 Warwick 17/ 64,111 66,762 4,472 6.3 Bangor, McClure & Indian Reserves 7,123 A ...... Wicklow 33,157 8,191 24,966 75.3 Carlow 20,650 7,792 12,858 62.3 Lanark 592,910 393,283 199,627 33.7 Dungannon 28,325 7,941 20,384 72.0 Bathurst 58,726 45,187 13,539 23.1 Elzevir & Beckwith 54,892 39,562 15,330 27.9 Grimsthorpe 26,492 12,288 14,204 53.6 Burgess, North 30,819 16,471 14,348 46.6 Faraday 23,720 4,055 19,665 82.9 Dalhousie & North Herschel 16,467 2,059 14,408 87.5 Sherbrooke 64,156 28,681 35,475 55.3 Hungerford 89,809 60,917 28,892 32.2 Darling 26,631 11,653 14,978 56.2 Huntingdon 45,483 37,301 8,182 18.0 Drummond 58,126 50,282 7,844 13.5 Limerick 8,664 ...... Elmsley. North 26,108 19,544 6,564 25.1 Madoc 13/ 57,683 A 50,242 16,105 24.3 Lanark 62,077 37,645 24,432 39.4 Marmora & Lake 39,002 23,548 15,454 39.6 Lavant 14,268 6,642 7,626 53.4 Mayo 17,974 4,899 13,075 72.7 Montague 58,893 34,850 24,043 40.8 Monteagle 37,948 13,366 24,582 64.8 Pakenham 49,774 42,415 7,359 14.8 Rawdon 65,244 55,952 9,292 14.2 Ramsay 60,820 46,710 14,110 23.2 Sidney 64,604 47,423 17,181 26.6 Sherbrooke, South 27,620 13,641 13,979 50.6 Thurlow 47,909 41,898 6,011 12.5 Tudor & Cashel 12,646 ...... Leeds 461,333 326,309 135,024 29.3 Tyendinaga 14/ 65,265 A 48,116 29,795 38.2 Bastard & South Wollaston 17,082 6,942 10,140 59.4 Burgess 55,868 48,070 7,798 14.0 Indian Reserves 9,771 3,680 6,091 62.3 Crosby, North 43,107 25,676 17,431 40.4 Crosby, South 32,255 22,626 9,629 29.9 Elizabethtown 74,887 49,891 24,996 33.4 Continued on Page 8

7 Census farm Census farm Acr. change Census farm Census farm Acr. chge Acreage Acreage Census area acreage, acreage, as % of 1941 Census area acreage, acreage, as a % of change change 1941 1971 acres 1941 1971 1941 acres ------acres ------% ------acres ------% Elmsley, South 21,715 14,821 6,894 31.7 Niagara-on-the-Lake 2/ 36,816 22,354 14,462 39.3 Escott, Front of 2/ 25,086 17,627 7,459 29.7 Pelham 2/ 30,312 18,405 11,907 39.3 Kitley 48,835 35,580 13,255 27.1 Thorold 2/ 14,772 8,969 5,803 39.3 Leeds & Lansdowne, Front of 59,010 45,601 13,409 22.7 Nipissing 296,046 138,729 157,317 53.1 Leeds & Lansdowne, Airy 4,408 - 4,408 100.0 Rear of 44,915 30,724 14,191 31.6 Bonfield 28,977 13,747 15,230 52.6 Yonge, Front of 2/ 27,727 15,288 12,439 44.9 Caldwell 22,209 22,192 17 0.1 Yonge & Escott, Rear of 27,928 20,405 7,523 26.9 Calvin 22/ 17,700 12,776 12,687 49.8 Cameron I. D. 7,763 A ...... Lennox & Addington 374,639 260,281 114,358 30.5 Chisholm 32,337 16,020 16,317 50.5 Adolphustown 10,866 9,692 1,168 10.8 Ferris, East 2/ 20,157 7,907 12,250 60.8 Amherst Island 14,635 9,618 5,017 34.3 Field 4,725 ...... Camden East 86,761 67,843 18,918 21.8 Mattawan 3,313 A 3,313 .. .. Denbigh, Abinger Papineau 2/ 16,639 A 9,220 15,457 62.6 & Ashby 30,064 7,472 22,592 75.1 Springer 19,547 8,067 11,480 58.7 Ernestown 64,470 41,952 22,518 34.9 Temagami ID. - - - Fredericksburgh, North 23,538 20,674 2,864 12.2 North Bay 2/ 19,805 2,628 17,177 86.7 Fredericksburgh, S. 20,276 16,363 3,913 19.3 Unorganized 2/ & 24/ 98,466 46,172 52,294 53.1 Kaladar, Anglesea Indian Reserves .. A -.... & Effingham 22,540 7,082 15,458 68.6 Richmond 51,I04 48,925 2,179 4.3 Northumberland 2/ 468,685 349,169 119,516 25.5 Sheffield 50,391 30,660 19,731 39.2 Alnwick 16,616 11,684 4,932 29.7 Brighton 45,735 33,660 12,075 26.4 Manitoulin 278,592 242,125 36,467 13.1 Cramahe 46,715 32,783 13,932 29.8 Assiginack 23,398 35,326 +11,928 +51.0 Haldimand 71,540 46,940 24,600 34.4 Barrie island 13,941 14,454 +513 + 3.7 Hamilton 62,827 49,379 13,448 21.4 Billings 17,911 17,962 +51 +0.3 Hope 59,087 46,350 12,737 21.6 Burpee 20,014 6,953 13,061 65.3 Murray 47,416 32,918 14,498 30.6 Carnarvon 34,448 23,214 11,234 32.6 Percy 51,176 40,939 10,237 20.0 Cockburn island 2,521 - 2,521 100.0 Seymour 25/ 65,949 54,516 13,057 19.3 Gordon 18,018 23,047 + 5,029 + 27.9 Indian Reserves 1,624 A ...... Howland 24,095 36,630 +12,535 + 52.0 Rutherford & Ottawa-Carleton 2/ 602,722 390,180 212,542 35.3 George Island 2/ 404 - 404 100.0 Carleton, West 2/ 135,840 105,331 30,509 22.5 Sandfield 11,659 6,217 5,442 46.7 Cumberland 71,129 55,322 15,807 22.2 Tehkummah 17,429 15,963 1,466 8.4 Gloucester 75,929 26,480 49,449 65.1 Unorganized 18/ 90,861 62,359 32,395 34.2 Goulbourn 64,082 40,468 23,614 36.8 Indian Reserves 3 ,893 A ...... March 26,627 16,058 10,569 39.7 Nepean 50,878 29,392 21,486 42.2 Osgoode 89,032 69,709 19,323 21.7 Middlesex 764,812 662,092 102,720 13.4 Rideau 2/ 89,205 47,420 41,785 46.8 Adelaide 44,433 40,034 4,399 9.9 Biddulph 39,401 38,951 450 1.1 Oxford 467,445 428,976 38,469 8.2 Caradoc 60,815 57,980 2,835 4.7 Blandford 28,739 22,613 6,126 21.3 Delaware 24,060 20,914 3,146 13.1 Blenheim 64,244 54,621 9,623 15.0 Dorchester, North 50,884 45,046 5,838 11.5 Dereham 65,683 59,102 6,581 10.0 Ekfrid 54,726 50,39I 4,335 7.9 Nissouri, East 46,435 41,677 4,758 10.2 Lobo 46,972 38,967 8,005 17.0 Norwich, North 33,522 37,464 + 3,942 +11.8 London 94,687 74,559 20,128 21.3 Norwich, South 35,516 34,452 1,064 3.0 McGillivray 66,910 65,642 1,268 1.9 Oxford, East 33,801 29,630 4,171 12.3 Metcalfe 36,097 34,000 2,097 5.8 Oxford, North 21,304 20,869 435 2.0 Mosa 47,814 40,242 7,572 15.8 Oxford, West 24,882 21,942 2,940 11.8 Nissouri, West 48,683 44,292 4,391 9.0 Zorra, East 57,170 55,698 1,472 2.6 Westminster 59,171 43,211 15,960 27.0 Zorra, West 56,149 50,908 5,241 9.3 Williams, East 38,510 34,701 3,809 9.9 Williams. West 36,801 30,618 6,183 16.8 Parry Sound 409,064 162,858 246,206 60.2 Indian Reserves 14,848 2,544 12,304 82.9 Armour 16,772 8,311 8,461 50.4 Carling 13,685 ...... Muskoka 203,096 43,746 159,350 78.5 Chapman 26/ 20,411 A 13,518 20,578 60.4 Bracebridge 2/ 47,023 8,784 38,239 81.3 Christie 9,318 5,586 3,732 40.1 Georgian Bay 2/ 11,336 ...... Foley 6,485 ...... Gravenhurst 2/ & 19/ 38,438 A 8,829 40,945 82.3 Hagerman 27/ 16,772 A 5,968 17,289 74.3 Huntsville 2/ & 20/ 50,385 10,837 50,643 82.4 Himsworth, North 12,189 2,556 9,633 79.0 Lake of Bays 2/ 11,095 A ...... Himsworth, South 31,230 21,125 10,105 32.4 Muskoka Lakes 2/ & 21/ 43,475 15,296 29,523 65.9 Humphry 11,299 4,368 6,931 61.3 Indian Reserves 1,344 A ...... Joly 5,173 ...... Machar 28/ 14,249 3,517 15,905 81.9 Niagara 2/ 361,449 252,544 108,905 30.1 McDougall 12,974 3,141 9,833 75.8 Lincoln, West 2/ 87,889 77,236 10,653 12.1 McKellar 29/ 22,073 7,299 26,759 78.6 Wainfleet 43,560 34,412 9,148 21.0 McMurrich 11,985 A ...... Niagara Falls 2/ 23,972 14,555 9,417 39.3 Nipissing 2/ 40,849 23,630 17,219 42.2 Port Colborne 2/ 18,543 11,259 7,284 39.3 Perry 16,576 2,155 14,421 87.0 St. Catharines 2/ 13,418 8,147 5,271 39.3 Ryerson 24,086 10,375 13,711 56.9 Welland 2/ 5,713 3,469 2,244 39.3 Strong 27,365 9,849 17,516 64.0 Fort Erie 2/ 19,111 11,604 7,507 39.3 Unorganized 2/ 95,573 41,460 54,113 56.6 Grimsby 14,642 10,135 4,507 30.8 Indian Reserves - - - - Lincoln 2/ 52,701 31,999 20,702 39.3 Peel 2/ 279,476 167,025 112,451 40.2 Brampton 2/ 69,727 41,671 28,056 40.2

8 Census Census farm Acr. change Census farm Census farm Acr. chge farm Acreage Acreage Census area acreage, as % of 1941 Census area acreage, acreage, as a % of acreage, change change 1941 acres 1941 1971 1941 acres 1971 ------acres ------% ------acres ------% Caledon 2/ 174,031 104,009 70,022 40.2 Bromley 45,267 43,085 2,182 4.8 Mississauga 2/ 35,718 21,345 14,373 40.2 Brougham 15,448 5,966 9,482 61.4 Brudenell & Lyndoch 55,009 24,649 30,360 55.2 Perth 515,465 500,382 15,083 2.9 Grattan 55,559 36,341 19,218 34.6 Blanshard 46,066 43,215 2,851 6.2 Griffith & Matawatchan 18,338 2,479 15,859 86.5 Downie 46,892 45,811 1,081 2.3 Hagarty & Richards 49,581 18,965 30,616 61.7 Easthope, North 42,495 40,141 2,354 5.5 Head, Clara & Maria 7,954 ...... Easthope, South 23,672 21,462 2,210 9.3 Horton 32/ 33,169 A 24,772 16,351 39.8 Ellice 52,387 49,858 2,529 4.8 McNab 53,790 46,484 7,306 13.6 Elma 66,579 64,378 2,201 3.3 Pembroke 7,542 6,039 1,503 19.9 Fullarton 40,488 40,470 18 0.0 Petawawa 19,676 3,734 15,942 81.0 Hibbert 41,869 38,948 2,921 7.0 Radcliffe 19,911 8,654 11,257 56.5 Logan 53,895 55,730 +1,835 +3.4 Raglan 35,020 18,189 16,831 48.1 Mornington 50,281 48,994 1,287 2.6 Rolph, Buchanan, Wallace 50,841 51,375 +534 +1.1 Wylie & McKay 19,642 2,744 16,898 86.0 Ross 48,832 42,707 6,125 12.5 Peterborough 2/ 464,351 319,821 144,530 31.1 Sebastopol 24,057 16,432 7,625 31.7 Asphodel 35,361 34,768 593 1.7 Sherwood, Jones & Burns 42,034 12,550 29,484 70.1 Belmont & Methuen 45,306 27,136 18,170 40.1 Stafford 19,443 19,095 348 1.8 Burleigh & Anstruther 14,741 4,369 10,372 70.4 Westmeath 61,795 54,821 6,974 11.3 Cavan 62,875 44,249 18,626 29.6 Wilberforce 55.497 36,418 19,079 34.4 Chandos 26,177 5,106 21,071 80.5 Indian Reserves - - - - Douro 35,905 27,442 8,463 23.6 Dummer 45.650 36,054 9,596 21.0 Russell 2/ 161,904 122,489 39,415 24.3 Ennismore 14,611 13,018 1,593 10.9 Cambridge 50,205 35,494 14,711 29.3 Galway & Cavendish 18,331 ...... Clarence 65,128 45,078 20,050 30.8 Harvey 30/ 25,645 A 10,838 33,138 75.4 Russell 46,571 41,917 4,654 10.0 Monaghan, North 12 778 9,533 3,245 25.4 Monaghan, South 16,946 15,847 1,099 6.5 Simcoe 2/ 903,429 649,841 253,588 28.1 Otonabee 60,393 51,249 9,144 15.1 Adjala 44,750 27,400 17,350 38.8 Smith 31/ 49,209 40,212 9,420 19.0 Essa 53,597 42,517 11,080 20.7 Indian Reserves 423 A ...... Flos 54,908 43,735 11,173 20.3 Gwillimbury, West 45,643 37,877 7,766 17.0 Prescott 276,362 233,051 43,311 15.7 Innisfil 2/ 58,931 42,858 16,073 27.3 Alfred 39,470 37,422 2,048 5.2 Mara 56,316 50,682 5,634 10.0 Caledonia 39,224 35,121 4,103 10.5 Matchedash 8,083 8,250 + 167 +2.1 Hawkesbury, East 56,552 47,482 9,070 16.0 Medonte 56,259 32,043 24,216 43.0 Hawkesbury, West 28,487 26,653 1,834 6.4 Nottawasaga 92,523 74,364 18,159 19.6 Longueuil 20,665 18,048 2,617 12.7 Orillia 56,448 35,771 20,677 36.6 Plantagenet, North 44,744 30,018 14,726 32.9 Oro 67,673 46,299 21,374 31.6 Plantagenet, South 47,220 38,307 8,913 18.9 Rama 24,781 10,836 13,945 56.3 Sunnidale 45,391 34,492 10,899 24.0 Prince Edward 230,025 194,457 35,568 15.5 Tay 32,885 20,092 12,793 38.9 Ameliasburgh 43,622 35,737 7,885 18.1 Tecumseth 65,784 56,473 9,311 14.2 Athol 22,810 17,564 5,246 23.0 Tiny 59,665 30,881 28,784 48.2 Hallowell 41,779 41,786 + 7 0.0 Tosorontio 32,893 25,160 7,733 23.5 Hillier 32,555 29,541 3,014 9.3 Vespra 2/ 46,223 30,111 16,112 34.9 Marysburgh, North 23,621 15,373 8,248 34.9 Indian Reserves 676 - 676 100.0 Marysburgh, South 23,596 18,755 4,841 20.5 Sophiasburgh 42,042 35,701 6,341 15.1 Stormont 238,208 168,483 69,725 29.3 Cornwall 59,559 30,940 28,619 48.1 Rainy River 341,010 183,179 157,831 46.3 Finch 49,971 45,468 4,503 9.0 Alberton 19,576 9,077 10,499 53.6 Osnabruck 60,038 36,966 23,072 38.4 Atikokan - - - - Roxborough 33/ 66,585 55,109 13,531 19.7 Atwood 10,494 9,313 1,181 11.3 Indian Reserves 2,055 A ...... Blue 13,361 7,461 5,900 44.2 Chapple 66,222 31,867 34,355 51.9 Sudbury 2/ 362,129 110,082 252,047 69.6 Dilke 7,509 6,286 1,223 16.3 Baldwin 7,520 ...... Emo 36,691 21,547 15,144 41.3 Hagar 34/ 3,715 A 2,268 8,967 79.8 Kingsford 2/ 6,820 4,459 2,361 34.6 Capreol - - - - La Vallee 40,506 27,278 13,228 32.7 Casimir, Jennings & Appleby 2/ 18,209 17.018 1,191 6.5 McCrosson & Tovell 21,743 8,275 13,468 61.9 Chapleau ...... Morley & Patullo 30,476 24,655 5,821 19.1 Cosby, Mason & 31,354 A 13,998 17,356 55.4 Morson 9,291 - 9,291 100.0 Martland 2/ & 35/ Worthington 7,638 4,634 3,004 39.3 Espanola - - - - Unorganized 2/ 70,683 28,327 42,356 59.9 Hallam 16,275 4,174 12,101 74.4 Indian Reserves - - - - Nairn 1,843 ...... Ratter & Dunnet 2/ & 36/ 17,475 A 16,927 2,391 12.4 Renfrew 876,407 539,711 336,696 38.4 Nickle Centre 1,026 ...... Admaston 61,173 43,352 17,821 29.1 Sudbury 2/ & 37/ 5,123 A 989 5,160 83.9 Algona, North 11,514 4,713 6,801 59.1 Onaping Falls 2/ 13,167 2,118 11,049 83.9 Algona, South 30,142 19,405 10,737 35.6 Rayside-Balfour 2/ 71,184 11,450 59,734 83.9 Alice & Fraser 54,327 30,881 23,446 43.2 Salter, May & Harrow 2/ 42,858 19,846 23,012 53.7 Bagot & Blithfield 31,687 17,236 14,451 45.6

9 Census farm Census farm Acr. change as Census farm Census farm Acr. chge as Acreage Acreage Census area acreage, acreage, % of 1941 Census area acreage, acreage, a % of 1941 change change 1941 1971 acres 1941 1971 acres ------acres ------% ------acres ------% Valley East 2/ 31,426 5,055 26,371 83.9 York, East 169 - 169 100.0 Walden 2/ 17,947 2,887 15,060 83.9 Toronto - - - - Unorganized 2/ 83,007 13,352 69,655 83.9 Indian Reserves - - - - Victoria 2/ 550,583 420,929 129,654 23.5 Bexley 27,665 11,079 16,586 60.0 Thunder Bay 314,392 106,849 207,543 66.0 Carden 44,208 24,518 19,690 44.5 Beardmore - - - - Dalton 13,436 9,103 4,333 32.2 Conmee 15,318 5,058 10,260 67.0 Eldon 58,053 41,353 16,700 28.8 Dorion 1,120 6,217 +5,097 +455.1 Emily 58,242 43,146 15,096 25.9 Gillies 15,250 5,713 9,537 62.5 Fenelon 47,067 45,718 1,349 2.9 Longlac - - - - Laxton, Digby & Longford 19,834 13,576 6,258 31.6 Manitouwadge - - - Manvers 61,844 42,771 19,073 30.8 Marathon - - - - Mariposa 73,969 67,771 6,198 8.4 Nakina - - - - Ops 54,943 46,192 8,751 15.9 Neebing 2/ 62,878 21,419 41,459 65.9 Somerville 36,037 26,550 9,487 26.3 Nipigon 6,133 - 6,133 100.0 Verulam 55,285 49,152 6,133 11.1 O'Connor 13,628 5,730 7,898 58 0 Oliver 24,255 13,281 10,974 45.2 Paipoonge 30,101 25,836 4,265 14.2 Waterloo 2/ 311,096 254,312 56,784 18.3 Red Rock - ...... Wellesley 64,365 64,138 227 0.4 Schreiber 152 Wilmot 60,769 53,460 7,309 12.0 Shuniah 38/ 22,536 A 4,291 18,397 81.1 Dumfries, North 2/ 45,308 33,309 11,999 26.5 Terrace Bay - - - - Cambridge 2/ 15,542 11,426 4,116 26.5 Unorganized 2/ 122,778 19,304 103,474 84.3 Kitchener 2/ 15,463 11,368 4,095 26.5 Indian Reserves 243 - 243 100.0 Waterloo 2/ 11,979 8,807 3,172 26.5 Woolwich 2/ 97,670 71,804 25,866 26.5 Timiskaming 310,883 211,071 99,812 32.1 Armstrong 19,383 21,521 +2,138 +11.0 Wellington 2/ 625,386 512,791 112,595 18.0 Brethour 12,055 8,401 3,654 30.3 Arthur 64,778 57,417 7,361 11.4 Casey 12,908 14,538 +1,630 +12.6 Eramosa 2/ 44,246 35,823 8,423 19.0 Chamberlain 19,315 9,481 9,834 50.9 Erin 68,996 45,305 23,691 34.3 Coleman - - - - Garafraxa, West 2/ 48,632 40,191 8,441 17.4 Dack 11,602 13,944 +2,342 +20.2 Guelph 36,764 29,129 7,63520.8 Dymond 17,727 15,576 2,151 12.1 Luther West, 47,461 40,415 7,046 14.8 Evanturel 16,082 11,653 4,429 27.5 Maryborough 56,220 51,646 4,574 8.1 Gauthier - - - Minto 70,648 64,396 6,252 8.8 Harley 19,851 11,808 8,043 40.5 Nichol 2/ 27,219 25,087 2,132 7.8 Harris 9,807 7,742 2,065 21.2 Peel 73,565 65,135 8,430 11.5 Hilliard 14,407 13,733 674 4.7 Pilkington 29,080 25,561 3,519 12.1 Hudson 13,043 10,661 2,382 18.3 Puslinch 57,777 32,686 25,091 43.4 James 1,410 ...... Kerns 39/ 23,021 A 24,057 374 1.5 York 2/ 390,525 249,377 141,148 36.1 Larder Lake - - - - Georgina 2/ 58,063 37,101 20,962 36.1 McGarry - - - - Gwillimbury, East 2/ 52,808 33,743 19,065 36.1 Kirkland Lake 81 - 81 100.0 King 2/ 79,119 50,555 28,564 36.1 Haileybury 9,833 4,712 5,121 52.1 Aurora 2/ 8,936 5,710 3,226 36.1 Unorganized 110,358 43,244 67,114 60.8 Markham 2/ 52,816 33,748 19,068 36.1 Newmarket 2/ 9,820 6,275 3,545 36.1 Toronto (Metro) 2/ 75,124 6,545 68,579 91.3 Richmond Hill 2/ 19,555 12,495 7,060 36.1 Etobicoke 17,222 536 16,686 96.9 Vaughan 2/ 65,977 42,158 23,819 36.1 Scarborough 40/ 31,552 6,009 51,440 89.5 Whitchurch-Stouffville 2/ 43,181 27,592 15,589 36.1 York, North 25,897 A ...... Indian Reserves 250 - 250 100.0 York 284 - 284 100.0

1/ Source: Census Canada, 1941, 1971. 17/ Warwick includes data for Indian Reserves. Table 1 prepared by Henry F. Noble, Economics Branch, Ontario 18/ Unorganized includes data for Indian Reserves. Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Toronto, Ontario. All acreage 19/ Gravenhurst includes data for Georgian Bay. changes were negative unless otherwise specified. 20/ Huntsville includes data for Lake of Bays. 21/ Muskoka Lakes includes data for Indian Reserves. 2/ Data has been adjusted for municipal boundary changes to April 1, 22/ Calvin includes data for Cameron I.D. 1974. 23/ Papineau includes data for Field and Mattawan. 24/ Unorganized includes data for Indian Reserves, for 1941 only. The following footnotes all refer to data for census farms in1971, 25/ Seymour includes data for Indian Reserves. unless otherwise specified: 26/ Chapman includes data for Carling. 27/ Hagerman includes data for Foley. 3/ Jocelyn includes data for Hilton. 28/ Machar includes data for Joly. 4/ Plummer Additional includes data for Prince. 29/ McKellar includes data for McMurrich. 5/ Thessalon includes data for Thompson. 30/ Harvey includes data for Galway and Cavendish. 6/ Saugeen includes data for St. Edmunds and Indian Reserves. 31/ Smith includes data for Indian Reserves. 7/ Timmins includes data for Shackleton and Machin. 32/ Horton includes data for Head, Clara and Maria. 8/ Unorganized includes data for Indian Reserves, for 1941 only. 33/ Roxborough includes data for Indian Reserves. 9/ Nanticoke includes data for Indian Reserves. 34/ Hagar includes data for Baldwin. 10/ Dysart includes data for Cardiff. 35/ Cosby, Mason and Martland includes data for Chapleau, for 1941 also. 11/ Monmouth includes data for Lutterworth. 36/ Ratter and Dunnet includes data for Nairn. 12/ Flamborough includes data for Dundas for 1941 also. 37/ Sudbury includes data for Nickle Centre. 13/ Madoc includes data for Limerick. 38/ Shuniah includes data for Red Rock and Schreiber. 14/ Tyendinaga includes data for Tudor and Cashel. 39/ Kerns includes data for James. 15/ Jaffray and Melick includes data for Barclay. 40/ Scarborough includes data for North York. 16/ Zone includes data for Indian Reserves.

10 List of Branch Publications of Land Use Material*

by Henry F. Noble

ITEM TITLE

(1) A Socio-Economic Study of New Farm Operators in Eastern Ontario — H.F. Noble and J.M. Purvis, Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology

(2) Changes in Acreage, Occupied Farm Land, 1941-1966, by Census Townships

(3) Highlights — Economic Study — Agriculture Eastern Ontario(Information Leaflet, Agdex 805)

(4) Variation in Farm Income of Farms in Eastern Ontario by Farm Type and Farm Class and An Economic Classification of Farms in Eastern Ontario

(5) Recent Trends in Occupied Farm Land in Southern Ontario, an Empirical paper presented at Banff, Alberta, Canada and Printed Map Showing Changes in Acreage of Occupied Farm Land 1941-1961 (by Census Townships)

(6) Land Use in Ontario Series, Printed Maps Showing Changes in Acreage of Occupied Farm Land, 1941-1961 (by Census Townships) Southern Ontario Northwestern Ontario Northeastern Ontario

(7) Trends in Farm Abandonment

(8) Farm Title Transfer Survey 1900-1950

(9) Farm Tenure in Ontario 1900-1950 (Information Circular 214)

______* Copies of the above Branch Publications are available upon request by writing to: Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada