Census of Agriculture, 2001 [Canada]: Farm Data - Farm Business [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。本次农业普查收集并发布覆盖农业产业多维度的广泛数据，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、运营开支与营收，以及农用机械设备等内容。这些数据每五年为加拿大全国、各省份乃至更低地理层级的农业产业状况提供全面画像。农业普查是加拿大农业统计计划的核心基石。

农业普查数据是公共与私营部门分析农业及食品产业重要变革、制定实施并评估农业政策与项目（如农场收入保障网与环境可持续性举措）、做出生产、营销与投资决策的不可或缺工具。加拿大统计局将普查数据作为两次普查期间农作物、畜禽与农场财务常规调查的基准参照。此外，通过连接人口普查与农业普查数据库的专属农业人口关联数据库（Agriculture Population Linkage Database）提取的数据，不仅可描绘农场经营者的社会经济画像，还可覆盖其家庭成员与家庭户。

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至少生产以下一类用于销售的农产品的农业经营主体：农作物（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、猎禽及其他家禽）；动物制品（乳或奶油、鸡蛋、羊毛、毛皮、肉类）；或其他农产品（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，与此前历次普查使用的历史分类并行。所有经制表的统计数据在发布前均需遵守保密限制要求。受保密约束影响，农业经营主体极少的地理区域数据不会单独发布，而是与地理上相邻的区域合并后发布。