Changes in Acreage of Census Farms in Ontario 1941 to 1971 by Census Subdivisions
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Economics Information 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 by Henry F. Noble Economics Branch Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Parliament Buildings Toronto, Ontario M7A 186 April 1, 1974 TABLE OF CONTENTS Figure Page 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 Table 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.