Question:
Researcher wants to know the smallest geography possible to obtain:
-expenses
-farm income
-off farm income
-yields
--by specific type of farm
--- barley, canola, durum, pea and wheat by ‘small area’ in AB
---(or by Oilseed and grain farming [1111])
and
--- blueberries and grapes by ‘small area’ in BC
---(or by Fruit and tree nut farming [1113])
and
-by at least 5 separate (preferably consecutive) years
(i/we know of:
Estimated areas, yield and production of principal field crops by Small Area Data Regions
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210000201
Farm financial survey, financial structure by farm type
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3210010201
(which has Oilseed and grain farming versus Fruit and tree nut farming) and its predecessor
Farm financial survey, financial structure by farm type, 2001-2011
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3210028701
and
Estimated areas, yield and production of principal field crops by Small Area Data Regions
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210000201
Total and average off-farm income by source
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210005701 )
Answer:
I’ve received the following response from subject matter:
“The best source of this information would be the Census of Agriculture which releases at something along the lines of township level geography. The census of course is every five years not every year.
The off farm income would be from the AgPop linkage data set if you wanted it associated with the Census of AG (available only at province level).
Intercensal data is available from our survey programs but those produce data at much higher levels of geography.”
