Census of Agriculture, 1986 [Canada]

The 1986 Census of Agriculture was collected with the 1986 Census of Population and Housing on June 3, 1986. Questionnaires were completed by all farm operators across Canada. A farm operator is defined as someone who operates a farm, ranch or other agricultural holding (feed lots, greenhouses and fur farms) with sales of agricultural products during the past 12 months of $250 or more. Operations, which anticipated sales of $250 or more in 1986, were also included All data released by the Census of Agriculture are subject to the confidentiality restrictions of Statistics Canada. To prevent disclosure of confidential material, data for geographic units with few farms will not be published separately, but merged with a geographically adjacent area. Also, certain data have been suppressed to prevent disclosure of any details concerning an identifiable individual agricultural holding. In such cases, the relevant data cell will be replaced with an X.