Census of Agriculture, 2001: Farm Operators Data - Historical Data by Canada, provinces and sub-provincial levels [B2020]

Statistics Canada conducts the Census of Agriculture every five years at the same time as the Census of Population. The most recent Census of Agriculture was on May 15, 2001.The Census of Agriculture collects and disseminates a wide range of data on the agriculture industry such as number and type of farms, farm operator characteristics, business operating arrangements, land management practices, crop areas, numbers of livestock and poultry, farm capital, operating expenses and receipts, and farm machinery and equipment. These data provide a comprehensive picture of the agriculture industry across Canada every five years at the national and provincial levels as well as at lower levels of geography. The Census of Agriculture is the cornerstone of Canada's Agriculture Statistics Program. Census of Agriculture data are an indispensable public and private sector tool for analysing important changes in the agriculture and food industries;developing, implementing and evaluating agricultural policies and programs such as farm income safety nets and environmental sustainability; and making production, marketing and investment decisions. Statistics Canada uses the data as benchmarks for its regular surveys on crops, livestock and farm finances between census years. In addition, data extracted from the unique Agriculture Population Linkage Database, which links data from both the Census of Population and Census of Agriculture databases, paint a socio-economic portrait not only of farm operators but also of their families and households. This release contains all farm data and farm operations data plus selected historical files. In 2001, a census farm was defined as an agricultural operation that produces at least one of the following products intended for sale: crops (hay, field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables, seed); livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, game animals, other livestock); poultry (hens, chickens, turkeys, chicks, game birds, other poultry); animal products (milk or cream, eggs, wool, furs, meat); or other agricultural products (Christmas trees, greenhouse or nursery products, mushrooms, sod, honey, maple syrup products). For 2001, a new farm type classification based on the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) has been added to the historical classification used in previous censuses. All tabulated data are subject to confidentiality restrictions prior to release. Due to confidentiality constraints, data for those geographic areas with very few agricultural operations are not released separately, but rather merged with a geographically adjacent area.

加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）每五年开展一次农业普查（Census of Agriculture），与人口普查（Census of Population）同期进行。最近一次农业普查于2001年5月15日开展。
农业普查采集并发布多维度的加拿大农业产业相关数据，涵盖农场数量与类型、农场经营者特征、经营运作模式、土地管理实践、作物种植面积、畜禽存栏量、农场资产、经营开支与收入，以及农场机械设备等诸多维度。这些数据每五年为加拿大全国、各省级乃至更低地理层级的农业产业提供全面画像。
农业普查是加拿大农业统计计划的基石。农业普查数据是公共与私营部门分析农业与食品产业重要变革、制定、实施并评估农业政策与项目（如农场收入保障网络与环境可持续性举措）、开展生产、营销与投资决策的不可或缺工具。
加拿大统计局将此类数据作为普查间隔期内作物、畜禽与农场财务常规调查的基准。此外，通过整合人口普查与农业普查数据库的独特农业人口关联数据库（Agriculture Population Linkage Database）提取的数据，不仅可以描绘农场经营者的社会经济画像，还能覆盖其家庭与住户群体。
本次发布包含全部农场数据与农场运营数据，外加精选历史档案文件。
2001年的农业普查将农场定义为：生产至少一种用于销售的农产品的农业经营主体，具体包括作物（干草、大田作物、树果或坚果、浆果或葡萄、蔬菜、种子）；畜禽（牛、猪、羊、马、狩猎动物及其他畜禽）；家禽（母鸡、鸡、火鸡、雏鸡、狩猎鸟类及其他家禽）；动物产品（奶或奶油、蛋类、羊毛、毛皮、肉类）；以及其他农产品（圣诞树、温室或苗圃产品、蘑菇、草皮、蜂蜜、枫糖浆制品）。
2001年的普查新增了基于北美行业分类系统（North American Industrial Classification System, NAICS）的新型农场类型分类，与此前历次普查沿用的历史分类并行使用。
所有制表数据在发布前均需遵守保密限制要求。鉴于保密约束，农业经营主体极少的地理区域数据不会单独发布，而是与相邻地理区域合并披露。