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Canadian canola production statistics

How much canola are we producing in Canada? These tables break down annual canola seeded and harvested acres, total production tonnes, and average yields. You’ll also find information on herbicide-tolerant canola use from 1995 to 2010.

Seeded acres

Canadian canola seeded acres – 1986 to current

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0359-01 – Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops

Updated: December 5, 2022

YEAR	CANADA TOTAL	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
2022	21,395,700	56,200	3,280,800	11,393,800	6,521,000	100,600
2021	22,278,200	47,700	3,424,200	11,980,400	6,686,000	101,900
2020	20,782,600	32,400	3,414,100	11,339,200	5,876,000	92,100
2019	21,180,900	46,600	3,307,800	11,775,000	5,933,500	85,800
2018	22,813,200	63,000	3,416,000	12,350,000	6,810,000	137,000
2017	23,014,100	45,000	3,160,000	12,730,000	6,930,000	112,000
2016	20,784,044	39,500	3,199,644	11,250,000	6,165,700	95,000
2015	20,784,700	35,000	3,215,000	11,150,000	6,265,000	90,000
2014	20,899,600	35,000	3,175,000	10,750,000	6,800,000	105,000
2013	20,445,800	60,000	3,250,000	10,650,000	6,340,000	100,000
2012	22,176,000	75,000	3,630,000	11,600,000	6,700,000	120,000
2011	18,989,680	88,279	2,800,000	9,900,000	6,071,744	88,557
2010	17,585,900	80,000	3,325,000	8,500,000	5,550,000	100,000
2009	16,529,700	50,000	3,225,000	8,150,000	5,000,000	75,000
2008	16,163,200	55,000	3,100,000	7,700,000	5,200,000	60,000
2007	15,771,000	50,000	3,060,000	7,535,000	5,035,000	70,000
2006	13,055,339	18,575	2,480,000	5,977,272	4,500,000	64,292
2005	13,269,600	50,000	2,500,000	6,300,000	4,300,000	85,000
2004	12,894,600	55,000	2,760,000	6,000,000	3,975,000	70,000
2003	11,702,200	50,000	2,500,000	5,700,000	3,350,000	75,000
2002	9,579,800	60,000	2,200,000	4,315,000	2,950,000	40,000
2001	9,455,900	36,500	1,900,000	4,750,000	2,700,000	60,000
2000	12,199,800	45,000	2,350,000	5,900,000	3,800,000	90,000
1999	13,834,700	75,000	2,480,000	6,600,000	4,550,000	100,000
1998	13,534,800	65,000	2,750,000	6,250,000	4,350,000	100,000
1997	12,122,800	65,000	2,370,000	5,600,000	4,000,000	75,000
1996	8,747,900	55,000	1,570,000	3,900,000	3,150,000	65,000
1995	13,205,000	85,000	2,350,000	6,200,000	4,450,000	120,000
1994	14,325,000	55,000	2,550,000	6,600,000	5,000,000	120,000
1993	10,310,000	50,000	1,860,000	4,650,000	3,650,000	100,000
1992	7,995,000	35,000	1,600,000	3,400,000	2,850,000	110,000
1991	7,760,407	64,346	1,254,742	3,359,032	2,982,130	100,157
1990	6,250,000	50,000	870,000	2,800,000	2,450,000	80,000
1989	7,210,000	40,000	1,100,000	3,300,000	2,700,000	70,000
1988	9,180,000	55,000	1,600,000	3,850,000	3,600,000	75,000
1987	6,460,000	40,000	970,000	2,450,000	2,900,000	100,000
1986	6,498,000	93,000	980,000	2,520,000	2,800,000	105,000

Harvested acres

Canadian canola harvested acres – 1986 to current

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0359-01 – Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops

Updated: December 5, 2022

YEAR	CANADA TOTAL	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
2022	21,241,800	54,200	3,219,500	11,348,400	6,476,300	100,300
2021	22,113,400	46,300	3,390,000	11,920,500	6,619,100	101,300
2020	20,572,400	32,100	3,396,700	11,316,500	5,716,800	82,200
2019	20,932,800	43,100	3,208,600	11,753,000	5,820,800	76,300
2018	22,535,200	62,400	3,379,100	12,244,000	6,679,200	134,200
2017	22,914,300	43,000	3,155,000	12,680,000	6,890,000	110,000
2016	20,419,200	39,000	3,100,000	11,175,000	5,985,000	86,000
2015	20,668,900	35,000	3,190,000	11,100,000	6,225,000	90,000
2014	20,738,100	32,000	3,150,000	10,650,000	6,770,000	104,000
2013	20,345,100	60,000	3,225,000	10,600,000	6,315,000	100,000
2012	21,893,800	74,000	3,600,000	11,400,000	6,650,000	120,000
2011	18,753,800	88,000	2,720,000	9,850,000	5,970,000	85,000
2010	16,945,900	80,000	3,110,000	8,125,000	5,500,000	100,000
2009	16,101,700	50,000	3,200,000	7,850,000	4,900,000	72,000
2008	16,052,000	55,000	3,080,000	7,650,000	5,170,000	50,000
2007	15,649,000	48,000	3,035,000	7,475,000	5,000,000	70,000
2006	12,943,800	15,000	2,475,000	5,900,000	4,480,000	60,000
2005	12,788,600	44,000	2,160,000	6,225,000	4,250,000	75,000
2004	12,026,600	55,000	2,500,000	5,600,000	3,775,000	62,000
2003	11,587,200	50,000	2,490,000	5,650,000	3,300,000	70,000
2002	8,964,800	60,000	2,150,000	4,200,000	2,500,000	40,000
2001	9,353,400	35,000	1,880,000	4,700,000	2,670,000	60,000
2000	12,007,400	45,000	2,310,000	5,860,000	3,700,000	80,000
1999	13,749,700	70,000	2,460,000	6,570,000	4,520,000	100,000
1998	13,414,800	65,000	2,730,000	6,200,000	4,300,000	100,000
1997	12,032,800	65,000	2,350,000	5,600,000	3,950,000	55,000
1996	8,527,400	50,000	1,550,000	3,880,000	3,000,000	40,000
1995	13,025,000	85,000	2,325,000	6,100,000	4,400,000	115,000
1994	14,220,000	55,000	2,500,000	6,550,000	5,000,000	115,000
1993	10,190,000	50,000	1,820,000	4,580,000	3,640,000	100,000
1992	7,525,000	35,000	1,550,000	3,100,000	2,750,000	90,000
1991	7,760,407	64,346	1,254,742	3,359,032	2,982,130	100,157
1990	6,250,000	50,000	870,000	2,800,000	2,450,000	80,000
1989	7,210,000	40,000	1,100,000	3,300,000	2,700,000	70,000
1988	9,180,000	55,000	1,600,000	3,850,000	3,600,000	75,000
1987	6,460,000	40,000	970,000	2,450,000	2,900,000	100,000
1986	6,498,000	93,000	980,000	2,520,000	2,800,000	105,000

Tonnes

Canadian canola tonnes – 1986 to current

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0359-01 – Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops

Updated: December 5, 2022

YEAR	CANADA TOTAL	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
2022	18,173,774	62,528	2,876,431	9,533,269	5,591,701	68,975
2021	13,757,402	43,882	2,514,092	6,758,816	4,341,000	65,607
2020	19,484,700	33,400	3,190,700	10,967,900	5,212,100	55,900
2019	19,912,300	42,200	3,056,300	11,394,000	5,320,100	72,000
2018	20,723,500	66,700	3,318,400	11,308,000	5,870,600	123,900
2017	21,458,100	45,400	3,147,900	11,311,000	6,826,600	90,600
2016	19,599,200	37,100	2,608,200	10,682,100	6,157,500	81,600
2015	18,376,500	34,000	2,857,600	9,536,800	5,851,300	70,800
2014	16,410,100	31,300	2,510,600	7,971,900	5,796,900	71,900
2013	18,551,000	49,900	3,025,500	9,178,400	6,168,900	88,700
2012	13,868,500	61,200	2,100,100	6,486,400	5,097,200	82,800
2011	14,608,100	73,700	1,746,300	7,348,200	5,347,900	56,000
2010	12,788,600	75,500	2,215,800	5,692,600	4,740,000	39,700
2009	12,898,100	44,700	2,891,700	6,259,600	3,628,700	49,900
2008	12,644,900	49,900	2,576,400	5,629,100	4,322,700	31,800
2007	9,611,100	37,800	1,950,400	4,154,900	3,401,900	47,600
2006	9,000,300	14,200	1,825,700	3,696,800	3,424,600	27,200
2005	9,483,300	24,900	1,261,000	4,456,500	3,651,400	63,500
2004	7,673,600	46,500	1,746,300	2,880,300	2,925,700	43,800
2003	6,771,200	40,800	1,769,000	2,676,200	2,222,600	38,600
2002	4,520,500	44,200	1,451,500	1,769,000	1,224,700	18,100
2001	5,017,100	31,300	1,134,000	2,154,600	1,655,600	34,000
2000	7,205,300	38,600	1,487,800	3,424,600	2,188,600	55,200
1999	8,798,300	54,400	1,707,800	3,975,700	2,971,000	62,400
1998	7,643,300	56,700	1,803,000	3,231,800	2,472,100	61,200
1997	6,393,100	54,400	1,496,900	2,698,900	2,109,200	22,700
1996	5,062,300	45,400	1,068,200	2,222,600	1,701,000	19,100
1995	6,434,200	65,800	1,227,000	2,630,800	2,449,400	61,200
1994	7,232,500	45,400	1,485,500	3,175,100	2,472,100	54,400
1993	5,524,900	38,600	907,200	2,381,400	2,154,600	43,100
1992	3,872,400	29,500	986,600	1,474,200	1,349,400	32,700
1991	4,224,200	45,400	796,100	1,723,700	1,621,600	37,400
1990	3,265,900	43,100	460,400	1,451,500	1,281,400	29,500
1989	3,209,200	24,900	385,600	1,360,800	1,406,100	31,800
1988	4,218,300	27,200	635,000	1,542,200	1,973,100	40,800
1987	3,719,500	29,500	567,000	1,406,100	1,667,000	49,900
1986	3,713,700	73,500	567,000	1,440,200	1,587,600	45,400

Average yield – bushels/acre

Canadian canola average bushels/acre – 1986 to current

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0359-01 – Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops

Updated: December 5, 2022

YEAR	CANADA TOTAL	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
2022	37.70	50.90	39.40	37.00	38.10	30.30
2021	27.40	41.80	32.70	25.00	28.90	28.60
2020	41.80	45.90	41.40	42.70	40.20	30.00
2019	41.90	43.20	42.00	42.80	40.30	41.60
2018	40.60	47.10	43.30	40.70	38.80	40.70
2017	41.30	46.50	44.00	39.30	43.70	36.30
2016	42.30	41.90	37.10	42.10	45.40	41.90
2015	39.20	42.90	39.50	37.90	41.40	34.70
2014	34.90	43.10	35.10	33.00	37.80	30.50
2013	40.20	36.70	41.40	38.20	43.10	39.10
2012	27.90	36.50	25.70	25.10	33.80	30.40
2011	34.30	36.90	28.30	32.90	39.50	29.10
2010	33.30	41.60	31.40	30.90	38.00	17.50
2009	35.30	39.40	39.80	35.20	32.70	30.60
2008	34.70	40.00	36.90	32.40	36.90	28.00
2007	27.10	34.70	28.30	24.50	30.00	30.00
2006	30.70	41.70	32.50	27.60	33.70	20.00
2005	32.70	25.00	25.70	31.60	37.90	37.30
2004	28.10	37.30	30.80	22.70	34.20	31.10
2003	25.80	36.00	31.30	20.90	29.70	24.30
2002	22.20	32.50	29.80	18.60	21.60	20.00
2001	23.70	39.40	26.60	20.20	27.30	25.00
2000	26.50	37.80	28.40	25.80	26.10	30.40
1999	28.20	34.30	30.60	26.70	29.00	27.50
1998	25.10	38.50	29.10	23.00	25.30	27.00
1997	23.40	36.90	28.10	21.30	23.50	18.20
1996	26.20	40.00	30.40	25.30	25.00	21.00
1995	21.80	34.10	23.30	19.00	24.50	23.50
1994	22.40	36.40	26.20	21.40	21.80	20.90
1993	23.90	34.00	22.00	22.90	26.10	19.00
1992	22.70	37.10	28.10	21.00	21.60	16.00
1991	24.00	31.10	28.00	22.60	24.00	16.50
1990	23.00	38.00	23.30	22.90	23.10	16.30
1989	19.80	27.50	15.50	18.20	23.00	20.00
1988	20.40	21.80	17.50	17.70	24.20	24.00
1987	25.60	32.50	25.80	25.30	25.30	22.00
1986	25.70	34.80	25.50	25.20	25.00	19.00

Average yield – tonnes/acre

Canola average tonnes/acre – 1986 to current

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 32-10-0359-01 – Estimated areas, yield, production and average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops

Updated: December 5, 2022

YEAR	CANADA TOTAL	Ontario	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
2022	0.86	1.15	0.89	0.84	0.86	0.69
2021	0.62	0.95	0.74	0.57	0.66	0.65
2020	0.95	1.04	0.94	0.97	0.91	0.68
2019	0.95	0.98	0.95	0.97	0.91	0.94
2018	0.92	1.07	0.98	0.92	0.88	0.92
2017	0.93	1.05	1.01	0.89	0.97	0.81
2016	0.97	0.93	0.85	0.97	1.01	0.93
2015	0.89	0.97	0.89	0.85	0.93	0.77
2014	0.81	0.97	0.81	0.73	0.85	0.69
2013	0.93	0.85	0.93	0.85	0.97	0.89
2012	0.65	0.81	0.57	0.57	0.77	0.69
2011	0.77	0.85	0.65	0.73	0.89	0.65
2010	0.77	0.93	0.73	0.69	0.85	0.40
2009	0.81	0.89	0.89	0.81	0.73	0.69
2008	0.77	0.89	0.85	0.73	0.85	0.65
2007	0.61	0.77	0.65	0.57	0.69	0.69
2006	0.69	0.93	0.73	0.61	0.77	0.45
2005	0.73	0.57	0.57	0.73	0.85	0.85
2004	0.65	0.85	0.69	0.53	0.77	0.69
2003	0.57	0.81	0.73	0.49	0.69	0.57
2002	0.49	0.73	0.69	0.40	0.49	0.45
2001	0.53	0.89	0.61	0.45	0.61	0.57
2000	0.61	0.85	0.65	0.57	0.61	0.69
1999	0.65	0.77	0.69	0.61	0.65	0.61
1998	0.57	0.89	0.65	0.53	0.57	0.61
1997	0.53	0.85	0.65	0.41	0.53	0.40
1996	0.61	0.89	0.69	0.57	0.57	0.49
1995	0.49	0.77	0.53	0.45	0.57	0.53
1994	0.53	0.81	0.61	0.49	0.49	0.49
1993	0.53	0.77	0.49	0.53	0.61	0.45
1992	0.53	0.85	0.65	0.49	0.49	0.36
1991	0.53	0.69	0.65	0.53	0.53	0.36
1990	0.53	0.85	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.36
1989	0.45	0.61	0.36	0.40	0.53	0.45
1988	0.45	0.49	0.40	0.40	0.57	0.53
1987	0.57	0.73	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.49
1986	0.57	0.81	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.45

Herbicide-tolerant canola

Estimated acreage, production and percentage of herbicide-tolerant canola in Canada – 1995 to 2010

Source: Provincial databases, seed company information, surveys and Statistics Canada

Updated: December 3, 2010 (data sources no longer available)

YEAR	Total Acres Harvested	Total Production (Metric Tonnes)	Roundup Ready*	Liberty*	Clearfield**	Conventional
2010	16,097,000	11,866,000	47	46	6	1
2009	15,755,000	12,417,000	51	40	7	1
2008	16,048,000	12,643,000	45	41	13	1
2007	15,511,000	9,529,000	47	41	11	2
2006	12,946,000	9,100,000	44	40	11	5
2005	12,980,000	9,660,000	45	34	14	7
2004	12,200,000	7,728,000	45	30	18	7
2003	11,600,000	6,669,000	48	22	19	12
2002	7,060,000	3,577,000	43	21	20	16
2001	9,601,000	5,062,000	45	16	20	19
2000	11,995,000	7,086,000	40	15	25	20
1999	13,700,000	8,798,000	35	18	18	29
1998	13,500,000	7,588,000	23	12	16	49
1997	12,000,000	6,266,000	4	8	14	74
1996	8,800,000	5,056,000	1	3	6	90
1995	13,200,000	6,436,000	0	0	0	100

* Transgenic; herbicide tolerant
** Not transgenic; herbicide tolerant

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Average yield – bushels/acre

Average yield – tonnes/acre

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