Canadian Farm Income Statistics with Provincial Breakdown

Farm cash receipts, operating expenses, net farm cash income, debt outstanding, and land value data for Canada and its provinces. The dataset provides a current year perspective alongside a five-year historical view. It includes the distribution of farm cash receipts highlighting the top five agricultural provinces.

Use Cases

• Analyze farm cash receipts distribution to identify the top five agricultural provinces as a percent of Canada.
• Model net farm cash income trends using farm operating expenses and cash receipts data over a five-year period.
• Assess farm financial health by correlating farm debt outstanding with the value of farm capital and land.

Strengths

• Includes a five-year historical perspective for longitudinal analysis.
• Covers multiple key financial metrics: farm cash receipts, operating expenses, net income, debt, and land value.
• Provides provincial-level breakdowns for geographic comparison across Canada.

Limitations

• Specific row and column counts are unknown, limiting precise assessment of dataset scale.
• Data is presented in HTML and XLSX formats, which may require extraction and cleaning for programmatic use.
• The description lacks sample data, making initial data structure verification impossible.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

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Time Range

Calendar year basis, covering the current year and the past five years.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Canada and its provinces, with focus on Alberta.