GENERAL STATISTICS BASED ON 2016 CENSUS DATA
Total Land Area Total Land Area (by region) (92,518,600 hectares) (92,518,600 hectares)
4,615,910 ALR non-ALR
Peace River 22% Thompson-Okanagan 10%
North Coast 13% Vancouver Island-Coast 9%
Nechako Cariboo 21% 14% 87,902,700 Kootenay 6%
Mainland-South Coast 4%
Total Land & Population (by region) (BC total - Area - 92,518,600 (hectares) & Population - 4,648,055 (people))
Cariboo 13,128,585 156,494
5,772,130 Area Kootenay Population 151,403
3,630,331 Mainland-South Coast 2,832,000
19,202,453 Nechako 38,636
12,424,002 North Coast 55,500
20,249,862 Peace River 68,335
9,419,776 Thompson-Okanagan 546,287
8,423,161 Vancouver Island-Coast 799,400
GROW | bcaitc.ca 1 Total Land in ALR ( e tare by region) Total Nu ber o ar (BC inal Report Number - 4,615,909 hectares) (BC total - 17,528)
Cariboo 1,327,423 Cariboo 1,411
Kootenay 381,551 Kootenay 1,157
Mainland-South Coast 161,961 Mainland-South Coast 5,217
Nechako 747 Nechako 373,544
North Coast 116 North Coast 109,187
Peace River 1,335 Peace River 1,333,209
Thompson-Okanagan 4,759 Thompson-Okanagan 808,838
Vancouver Island-Coast 2,786 Vancouver Island-Coast 120,082
As the ALR has inclusions and exclusions throughout the year the total of the regional hectares does not equal the BC total as they were extracted from the ALC database at different times.
Total Area o ar ( e tare ) Total Gro ar Re eipt ( illion ) (BC total - 6,400,549) (BC total - 3,729 4)
Cariboo 1,160,536 Cariboo 106 3
Kootenay 314,142 Kootenay 90 9
Mainland-South Coast 265,367 Mainland-South Coast 2,435 2
Nechako 606,346 Nechako 63 2
North Coast 22,368 North Coast 5 1
Peace River 1,986,857 Peace River 195 5
Thompson-Okanagan 1,916,860 Thompson-Okanagan 632 7
Vancouver Island-Coast 128,073 Vancouver Island-Coast 200 5
GROW | bcaitc.ca 2 Selling Directly to Consumers (farm counts) Selling Unprocessed Agricultural Products Directly to Consumers (farm counts) (BC total - 5,667) (BC total - 5,532)
Cariboo 344 Cariboo 337
Kootenay 431 Kootenay 419
Mainland-South Coast 1,481 Mainland-South Coast 1,452
Nechako 164 Nechako 160
North Coast 56 North Coast 56
Peace River 113 Peace River 110
Thompson-Okanagan 1,485 Thompson-Okanagan 1,439
Vancouver Island-Coast 1,593 Vancouver Island-Coast 1,559
Selling alue Added Agri ultural Produ t ire tly to Con u er ( ar ount ) (BC total - 592)
Cariboo 32
Kootenay 48
Mainland-South Coast 114
Nechako 18
North Coast 8
Peace River 12
Thompson-Okanagan 138
Vancouver Island-Coast 222
GROW | bcaitc.ca 3 Farms classified by Certified Organic Products (farm counts)
BC Total number of farms producing certi ed organic products Cariboo ruits, vegetables or greenhouse products ield Crops (grains, oilseeds, etc ) Animals or animal products (meat, milk, eggs, etc ) Kootenay Other (maple syrup, herb, etc )
Mainland-South Coast
Nechako
North Coast
Peace River
Thompson-Okanagan
Vancouver Island-Coast
0 125 250 375 500
en and C i en (nu ber o ani al ) (BC total - 20,621,863)
Cariboo 20,377
Kootenay 29,753
Mainland-South Coast 18,323,543
Nechako 9,820
North Coast
Peace River
Thompson-Okanagan 1,578,283
Vancouver Island-Coast 587,261
GROW | bcaitc.ca 4 S eep and La b (nu ber o ani al ) Cattle and Cal e (nu ber o ani al ) (BC total - 59,249) (BC total - 659,441)
Cariboo 6,547 Cariboo 115,657
Kootenay 3,506 Kootenay 30,820
Mainland-South Coast 8,328 Mainland-South Coast 127,508
Nechako 3,488 Nechako 56,113
North Coast North Coast 1,202
Peace River Peace River 112,523
Thompson-Okanagan 13,257 Thompson-Okanagan 192,851
Vancouver Island-Coast 13,266 Vancouver Island-Coast 22,767
Total nu ber o Pig (nu ber o ani al ) (BC total - 88,862)
Cariboo 1,195
Kootenay 931
Mainland-South Coast 70,482
Nechako 977
North Coast 37
Peace River 10,319
Thompson-Okanagan 1,760
Vancouver Island-Coast 3,161
GROW | bcaitc.ca 5 Total nu ber o Tur ey (nu ber o ani al ) (BC total - 862,303)
Cariboo 629
Kootenay 435
Mainland-South Coast 794,546
Nechako 305
North Coast 182
Peace River 3,642
Thompson-Okanagan 39,466
Vancouver Island-Coast 23,098
Total Greenhouse Production (hectares)
British Columbia
Cariboo
Kootenay
Lower Mainland-Southwest
Nechako
North Coast Total area of greenhouses in use Greenhouse flowers Greenhouse vegetables Peace River Other greenhouse products
Thompson-Okanagan
Vancouver Island-Coast
0 150 300 450 600
GROW | bcaitc.ca 6 Total Mushroom Production (hectares)
British Columbia 21.218
Cariboo
Kootenay 0.011
Lower Mainland-Southwest 20.785
Nechako
North Coast
Peace River
Thompson-Okanagan 0.005
Vancouver Island-Coast 0.413
Total ruit erry and Nut Produ tion ( e tare ) Total C ri t a Tree Produ tion ( e tare ) (BC total - 25,365) (BC total - 4,982)
Cariboo 32 Cariboo 708
Kootenay 420 Kootenay 2,012
Mainland-South Coast 13,708 Mainland-South Coast 844
Nechako 11 Nechako
North Coast 23 North Coast
Peace River 29 Peace River 40
Thompson-Okanagan 489 Thompson-Okanagan 10,059
Vancouver Island-Coast 814 Vancouver Island-Coast 1,072
GROW | bcaitc.ca 7 Total Nur ery Produ tion ( e tare ) Total Sod Produ tion ( e tare ) (BC total - 3,654) (BC total - 813)
Cariboo Cariboo
Kootenay Kootenay
Mainland-South Coast 2,446 Mainland-South Coast 520
Nechako 2 Nechako
North Coast North Coast
Peace River Peace River
Thompson-Okanagan Thompson-Okanagan
Vancouver Island-Coast 436 Vancouver Island-Coast 49
Seafood Harvest ('000 Tonnes) Aquaculture 2016 Farmed Salmon 92.8 Farmed Geoducks & Other Clams 1.0 Farmed Oysters 9.3 Farmed Mussels & Other Shellfish1 0.7 Farmed Other2 1.7 Aquaculture Total 105.5 Wild Commerical Fisheries Salmon 24.7 Herring 24.1 Groundfish3 120.2 Shellfish4 14.3 Other5 3.1 Wild Commerical Fisheries Total 186.4
Source: B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, July 2018. A 4-year average (2013-16) is used for aquaculture to enable comparison with the 4-year average of wild commercial fisheries (which accounts for cyclical fluctuations in wild fish populations).
1 - Includes scallops and crayfish 2 - Includes freshwater trout, tilapia, sturgeon, sablefish, Arctic char, and marine plants 3 - Includes arrowtooth flounder, dogfish, hake, halibut, lingcod, Pacific cod, pollock, rockfish, sablefish, skates, soles, and other groundfish 4 - Includes clams, crabs, geoducks, prawns, scallops, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and shrimp 5 - Includes hagfish, kelp, mackerel, sea vegetables, seaweed, smelt, and other finfish
GROW | bcaitc.ca 8 Total Berries, Grapes and Tree Fruits (hectares) Lower British Mainland- North Peace Thompson- Vancouver Crop Columbia Cariboo Kootenay Southwest Nechako Coast River Okanagan Island-Coast Total 25,365 32 420 13,708 11 23 40 10,059 1,072 Blueberries 9,545 1 8 9,200 1 x x 149 177 Apples 3,921 5 64 97 2 x x 3,544 209 Grapes 3,906 7 54 186 x x - 3,459 x Cranberries 2,643 - x 2,533 - - x 12 x Cherries (sweet) 1,987 1 208 38 1 x - 1,725 x Raspberries 1,289 4 14 1,167 2 1 1 30 70 Other fruits, berries and nuts 678 x 27 290 x x x 153 x Peaches 522 x 13 16 1 x - 489 x Pears 259 1 4 26 0 x x 197 30 Strawberries 220 2 8 125 1 1 1 23 60 Plums and prunes 191 2 9 19 0 x x 134 27 Apricots 98 0 3 4 - - - 90 1 Saskatoon berries 64 3 5 2 1 - 25 22 5 Cherries (sour) 42 0 x 5 1 x x 33 3 x - Suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Total egetable Gro n or ar e t ( e tare ) Lower British Mainland- North Peace Thompson- Vancouver Columbia Cariboo Kootenay Southwest Nechako Coast River Okanagan Island-Coast Total vegetables 6,478 107 192 4,458 20 x x 889 762 Sweet corn 1,066 31 19 776 x 1 x 81 156 Other vegetables 907 16 41 495 5 3 6 192 148 Pumpkins 416 1 5 297 1 1 1 49 62 Squash and ucchini 475 3 11 343 1 2 1 58 56 Lettuce 249 3 7 170 1 1 1 13 53 Carrots 330 16 9 222 2 3 1 32 46 Cabbage 247 3 4 189 1 1 1 14 34 Tomatoes 155 4 8 19 1 1 1 92 30 Cucumbers 116 2 5 61 1 1 1 22 24 Beets 209 5 6 140 1 1 2 33 21 reen and wax beans 490 2 3 453 0 2 0 11 18 Broccoli 273 2 2 246 1 1 1 5 15 ry onions, yellow 134 2 4 9 1 1 1 102 15 reen peas 507 3 4 470 1 1 1 12 14 Peppers 151 1 4 48 0 0 1 85 12 Asparagus 658 4 8 517 1 1 1 98 26 Cauli ower 94 2 2 70 1 1 1 6 11 Shallots and green onions 51 1 4 29 0 1 1 5 9 Spinach 59 1 2 39 0 1 1 7 8 Radishes 64 9 2 41 0 0 1 5 6 Rutabagas and turnips 72 1 1 60 0 0 1 4 4 Brussels sprouts 175 0 1 166 0 1 1 2 3 Celery 15 0 0 8 x x x 3 3
Chinese cabbage 110 0 1 x x x x 7 2 x - Suppressed to meet the con dentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
GROW | bcaitc.ca 9 Classification by Total Gross Farm Receipts $10,000 - $25,000 - $50,000 - $100,000 - $250,000 - $500,000 - $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 Total # of farms Under $10,000 $24,999 $49,999 $99,999 $249,999 $499,999 $999,999 $1,999,999 and Over British Columbia 17,528 7,295 2,934 1,790 1,541 1,594 884 642 497 351 Cariboo 1,411 556 306 179 139 132 57 23 17 2 Kootenay 1,157 587 199 125 82 93 43 18 4 6 Mainland-South Coast 5,217 1,960 675 401 397 490 360 344 320 270 Nechako 747 235 166 124 87 75 37 17 2 4 North Coast 116 57 27 18 8 4 1 0 0 1 Peace River 1,335 361 249 171 180 202 81 52 27 12 Thompson-Okanagan 4,759 1,894 830 538 489 492 245 138 94 39 Vancouver Island-Coast 2,786 1,645 482 234 159 106 60 50 33 17
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