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Grapes, especially the best wine grapes, need mild winters and hot summers. In Canada, these conditions are found in relatively small pockets in the most southerly regions of the country. About 80% of the grapes grown in Canada are used for wine production. Canadian producers sold about 1 billion...

There are 804 communities that are at least 30% reliant on agriculture and agricultural products processing. Of these communities, the majority (502) have a reliance of 50% or higher and 302 have a reliance between 30 and 49%.

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of three maps showing the length of the growing season, the start of the growing season and the end of the growing season for the fertile regions. A fourth map shows the average length in days of the frost-free period for the...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the number of agricultural products by census division that are statistically significant in terms of value of sales from farms for 1961. The accompanying text is an overview of the Agriculture section of the 4th...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of three maps showing types of farming by dominant products within census divisions for 1961. The main map is accompanied by two smaller maps showing Ontario and Quebec as well as the Maritimes at a larger scale and in...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps showing for 1960, the total precipitation for April to September and the variation from average precipitation for April to September. Also included on this map plate is a set of graphs showing farmland use and...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of two maps. The first map shows the total value of farm sales for 1960 to 1961 by census division for all of Canada. The second map shows Ontario and Quebec in greater detail (at a scale of 1:5 000 000). The second map shows...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of four maps showing, by census division, the value of wheat farms for 1960 to 1961; the size of wheat seeded acres for farming areas and regions for 1961; the value of farms growing cash grains other than wheat for 1960 to...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of four maps. The maps show seeded acres, by census division, of barley, rye, corn and mixed grains for 1961. Each map is accompanied by a supplementary text stating the total seeded acres for Canada, the provinces and the...

Contained within the 4th Edition (1974) of the Atlas of Canada is a set of four maps showing the value of pig, poultry, egg and dairy farm sales by census division for 1960 to 1961. Each map is accompanied by a supplementary text providing the total value of farm sales for Canada, the provinces...