Wheat Acreage by Census Division, 1996

Wheat Acreage by Census Division, 1996 Wheat is the most important economic crop in Canada. Wheat is grown commercially in all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, with most of the production being concentrated in the Prairie Provinces and Ontario. In 1996, production was just short of 30 million tonnes. The domestic use of wheat crop totals about 8 million tonnes per year. The rest, about 19 million tonnes depending on the current year’s production is exported, almost all of it as grain. Exports of Canadian grown wheat are shipped around the world. The largest market is in Asia (China, Bangladesh, and Japan). Although Canada produces and exports a large volume of wheat, it rivals with Australia and the European Union only for second place among the world’s exporting nations. The perennial leader is United States. 2022-03-14 Natural Resources Canada geoinfo@nrcan.gc.ca Agricultureeconomyfarmsmapwheat Download the English JP2 File through HTTPJP2 https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/eng/6163_wheat_acreage_by_census_division_1996.jp2 Download the English ZIP (PDF,JPG) file through HTTPZIP https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/eng/6163_wheat_acreage_by_census_division_1996.zip Download the French JP2 File through HTTPother https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/fra/6163_superficie_en_ble_dr_1996.jp2 Download the French ZIP (PDF, JPG) File through HTTPZIP https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/atlas_6_ed/fra/6163_superficie_en_ble_dr_1996.zip

Wheat is the most important economic crop in Canada. Wheat is grown commercially in all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, with most of the production being concentrated in the Prairie Provinces and Ontario. In 1996, production was just short of 30 million tonnes. The domestic use of wheat crop totals about 8 million tonnes per year. The rest, about 19 million tonnes depending on the current year’s production is exported, almost all of it as grain. Exports of Canadian grown wheat are shipped around the world. The largest market is in Asia (China, Bangladesh, and Japan). Although Canada produces and exports a large volume of wheat, it rivals with Australia and the European Union only for second place among the world’s exporting nations. The perennial leader is United States.

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