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CHAPTER 4: AGRICULTURE-RELATED FATALITIES, 2011 – 2020
Relatively few fatal agriculture-related injuries
occurred in the winter months of December to
March.
4.1 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURY BY MONTH, 2011 – 2020
Over the 10-year period from 2011 to 2020,
there were 156 agriculture-related fatalities in
Ontario, 62% (n=96) which occurred from May
to October.
The highest proportion of fatalities took place in
June, August, and September.
4.2 FATAL AGRICULTURE-RELATED INJURY BY AGE AND SEX, 2011 – 2020
1
70
15
6
16
3
49
62
4
10
20
30
40
50
60
Number
of
Fatalities
Male
Female
The vast majority (91%) of
those who died in
agriculture-related
injury events were male.
The ratio of males to
females was highest
for the 30 to 59 and the
15 to 29 year age groups,
each with a ratio of 16:1;
and lowest for the 1 to 14
year age group (3:1).
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6
15
11
9
17
14
24
13
19
11
5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Number
of
Fatalities
Month
Canadian Agriculture Injury Reporting
Agriculture-related Fatalities in Ontario
1990 – 2020
Sex
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0-14 yrs 15-29 yrs 25-59 yrs 60+ yrs Total Percent
15
6
21
13
16
1
17
11
49
3
52
33
62
4
66
42
142
14
156
100
91
9
100
