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In 2009 the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) began the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery. Focusing on the Prairie Provinces, a Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was...

In 2023, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) repeated the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery for all Canadian provinces, in support of a national crop inventory. This year we...

Understanding the state and trends in agriculture production is essential to combat both short-term and long-term threats to stable and reliable access to food for all, and to ensure a profitable agricultural sector. Starting in 2009, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology...

The “Agricultural Major Land Practices Groups of the Canadian Prairies” dataset lays out the areas of the 5 Major Land Practices Groups of the agricultural portions of the Canadian Prairies. They are represented by vector polygons amalgamated (dissolved) from the Version 1.9 SLC polygons sharing...

Vegetation indices are available for the entire agricultural area of Canada for three types of land cover (total agriculture, cropland and pasture) for the period from 1987 to the present. Three geographic layers using the 2021 version are available: Census agricultural regions, Census divisions...

Proportion of agricultural operations that donated or sold local food to non-profit or public sector channels at or below cost, by farm size (small, medium and large), 2022.

Proportion of agricultural operations by main challenges to selling food locally, by farm size (small, medium and large), 2022.

Proportion of agricultural operations selling food locally by main reasons for selling food locally, by farm size (small, medium and large), 2022.

Proportion of agricultural operations selling food locally by food products contributing most to local food sales, by farm size (small, medium and large), 2022.

Total dollar amount, average dollar amount per agricultural operation, and percentage of local food sales that came from local market channels, by farm size (small, medium and large), 2022.