Alberta Farm Operator Demographics and Labor Statistics 1996-2011

Alberta census data provides information on farm operators from 1996 to 2011. The dataset includes total farm and operator counts, average operator age, gender distribution, hours worked per week, and participation in paid non-farm work.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Average Age of Farm Operators over the 1996-2011 period to understand workforce aging.
• Model the relationship between Farm Operator Gender and reported Average Hours Per Week Worked for the Agricultural Operation.
• Study the prevalence of Operators Reporting Paid Non-Farm Work across different demographic segments.
• Compare Total Farm Operators against Total number of Census Farms to calculate average operators per farm.

Strengths

• Data covers a 15-year time range from 1996 to 2011.
• Includes multiple demographic and labor metrics like age, gender, and work hours.
• Provided by the authoritative Government of Alberta.

Limitations

• Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting assessment of dataset scale.
• Data is not current, with the latest year being 2011.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Census of Agriculture

Time Range

1996-2011

Freshness

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Geography

Alberta, Canada