Statistics Canada provides data on the production and sales of greenhouse flowers and plants, including potted plants, cuttings, cut flowers, and bedding plants. The dataset is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license and was last updated on April 22, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze market trends for potted plants based on production and sales figures.
- Model seasonal demand for cut flowers based on sales data.
- Assess the economic output of the bedding plant industry based on reported sales.
- Compare production volumes across different plant types like cuttings and potted plants.
Strengths
- Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
- Available under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license.
- Last updated on April 22, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via surveys or industry reporting.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-22 12:46:42.502603
- Geography
- Canada