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agricultural population dropped to 148,815 (see
Appendix D). See key definitions (Chapter 2.2)
for the changes to inclusion on the Agriculture-
National Household survey.
Over the period from 1990 to 2020, there was a
decrease in the Ontario farm population of 48%.
This equates to 136,579 fewer people on farms.
In 1990, there were 285,394 people counted in
the agriculture census. Based on linear
extrapolation using the 1996, 2001, 2006 ,2011
and 2016 Ontario Census of Agriculture, the
FARM POPULATIONS
Over the time period from 1990 to 2020, the
age group which experienced the largest
percentage decline in farm population was those
between the ages of 10 to 14 years, with a
decline of 72%. This was followed by youth 40
to 49 years of age with a decline of 71%, adults
30 to 39 years of age with a decline of 66%,
FARM POPULATION BY AGE GROUP
and children 5 to 9 years with a decline of 64%.
There were increases in the older farm
population, with the largest increase experienced
by those 80 years of age and older with a 78%
increase, followed by those 70 to 79 years of age
with an increase of 23%.
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Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
