Farm Population Stats

As per our July 2007 Newsletter the 2001 Census of Agriculture counted 246,923 farms in Canada. While in 1971 the amount was 481,190. A noticeable difference throughout the years, it's a sad reminder to note that the farm population has been cut in half over the past 30 years. How long will this trend continue?

Here are the stats from other years:
931,602 farms in 1911
1,041,618 farms in 1921
1,128,154 farms in 1931
1,082.074 farms in 1941
827,030 farms in 1951
639,221 farms in 1961
318,361 farms in 1981