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Area of fruit, berries and nuts, vegetables, sod, nursery and greenhouse products, by province (Census of Agriculture, 1986 to 2006)
(Quebec)
	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
Que.
Total number of farms	41,448	38,076	35,991	32,139	30,675
Total fruit, berries and nuts
Area in hectares¹	15,120	21,622	23,827	24,515	28,244
Farm reporting	2,946	2,399	2,212	1,883	2,013
Percentage of total farms	7.1	6.3	6.1	5.9	6.6
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	5	9	11	13	14
Total vegetables (excluding greenhouse vegetables)
Area in hectares¹	32,804	36,575	40,313	43,501	42,223
Farm reporting	3,015	2,634	2,505	2,114	2,052
Percentage of total farms	7.3	6.9	7.0	6.6	6.7
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	11	14	16	21	21
Sod
Area in hectares¹	6,097	7,116	5,689	4,428	6,320
Farm reporting	123	126	84	60	87
Percentage of total farms	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	50	56	68	74	73
Total nursery products
Area in hectares¹	2,548	3,402	3,500	3,607	4,281
Farm reporting	453	654	627	627	515
Percentage of total farms	1.1	1.7	1.7	2.0	1.7
Average area in hectares per farm reporting	6	5	6	6	8
Total greenhouse products
Area in square metres²	1,323,351	1,672,748	2,470,804	2,417,837	2,787,537
Farm reporting	1,283	1,207	1,319	1,159	1,114
Percentage of total farms	3.1	3.2	3.7	3.6	3.6
Average area in square metres per farm reporting	1,031	1,386	1,873	2,086	2,502
1. Conversion factor: 1 hectare equals 2.471 054 13 acres. 2. Conversion factor: 1 square metre equals 10.763 91 square feet. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Agriculture. Last modified: 2008-10-29.

For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the 2006 Census of Agriculture .