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  • 189,874farmscounted in the 2021 Census of Agriculture
  • 153.7 Macres of farmlandfrom Vancouver Island to Newfoundland (2021)
  • No. 1crop by area: canola22.3 million acres seeded in 2021
  • ≈73%of the world’s maple syrupcomes from Canada (2024)

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Agriculture · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, maple industry 2024

Farming in Canada

One country, many kinds of farm.

What grows where, from the West Coast to the Atlantic. Tap a region for the full province-by-province guide.

A lit-up inland grain terminal and steel bins at dusk in Saskatchewan, a round bale in the ditch

Alberta · Saskatchewan · Manitoba

Grain & oilseed country

Canola, spring wheat, barley, oats and pulses such as lentils and peas. Saskatchewan has more farmland than any other province, and harvest rolls to the local elevator or inland terminal.

A herd of pale beef cattle grazing a green pasture under a dramatic sky near Mulhurst Bay, Alberta

Alberta · Saskatchewan

Ranching & beef

Cow-calf herds on native grass and hay land, feedlots in southern Alberta, and calves sold at the auction mart every fall.

A black-and-white Holstein heifer in a green pasture near Saint-Gédéon, Quebec, wind turbines behind

Ontario · Quebec

Dairy, corn & soybeans

Family dairy farms run under supply management, with corn and soybeans across southern Ontario and the St. Lawrence lowlands.

A wooden sugar shack with a red roof in a snowy maple forest at Duchesnay, Quebec

Quebec · Ontario · New Brunswick

Sugar bush season

When days thaw and nights freeze in March and April, the sap runs and the cabane à sucre fires up. Quebec makes about 91% of Canada’s maple syrup.

Rows of fruit trees in the Okanagan Valley near Kelowna, British Columbia, with mountains behind

British Columbia · Okanagan

Orchards & vineyards

Apples, cherries, peaches and wine grapes on the warm, dry benches of the Okanagan Valley.

PEI · Nova Scotia · New Brunswick · NL

Potatoes, berries & mixed farms

Potatoes in Prince Edward Island’s red soil, wild blueberries in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and mixed farms in the Annapolis Valley.

Our climate

Long winters. Short, busy summers.

Most Canadian farms get one growing season, squeezed between spring thaw and fall frost. Seeding, spraying and harvest come fast, and winter means feeding cattle, hauling grain out of the bin and getting the machinery ready for spring.

Metric on paper, acres in the yard. Canada is officially metric, but on the farm you still hear acres and bushels. Our free converter handles hectares, acres, bushels and tonnes.

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On the farm this season · October

Fall run Ventes d’automne

Handy tool for October Grain bin & silo capacity calculator

Coming up · November

Fall work

Timing shifts by region and year: the Prairies, the coast and the Maritimes can be weeks apart.

Farming in Canada: a guide to every province and territory →

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Farm weather

Today and the next 7 days for five farming centres, with frost, heat, heavy rain and spray-wind flags.

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What REALM does

The way Canadian farms already trade, made easier.

Calves still sell at the auction mart and grain still goes to the elevator. REALM adds an online marketplace, auctions, finance help and a farming community alongside them.

All our services Free farm tools

  • Real Estate

    Farmland, grazing country and rural homes from owners and licensed agents.

  • Auction

    Farm and dispersal sales, machinery and livestock auctions, plus results.

  • Livestock

    Cattle, sheep, goats and more, with registration details checked.

  • Machinery

    Tractors, combines, balers and implements from trusted sellers.

  • Finance

    Plain-English guides, and apply online with our sister brand Pay In Time Finance.

  • Community

    Groups, comments and connections with farmers worldwide.

  • Agriculture

    Hay, feed, seed and produce, plus practical growing advice.

The REALM family

Everything else REALM, one click away.

  • REALM Marketplace

    Hay, cattle, machinery and land from six countries. One-time listing fee.

  • REALM Newsletter

    Auctions, livestock, machinery, real estate and finance news.

  • Pay In Time Finance

    Our sister brand for plain-English farm and equipment finance.

  • REALM Connect

    The REALM community, with a group for REALM Canada.

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Our Canadian home

Leading the way in sustainable agriculture.

REALM Group Canada is the Canadian home of REALM Group Global. We want to partner with Canadian producers who lead the way in sustainable agriculture: grain and oilseed growers on the Prairies, ranchers in the foothills, dairy and orchard families in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, and farming communities on both coasts.

REALM began in Warragul, Victoria (Australia) in 1992. Our Canadian team is coming soon; until then, REALM’s head office looks after Canadian members. The free farm tools on this site are open to everyone.

Our story Farm help in Canada
An old wooden homestead standing in a yellow canola field near Dilke, Saskatchewan
Farm storiesReal farming families across Canada. Share yours or be on the REALM podcast. Farm shows & eventsThe Calgary Stampede, Agribition, the Royal Winter Fair and more, with dates from the organisers.
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Photo credits for this page
  • Canola field (East-central Saskatchewan, Canada) by Nas2, CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication), source. Cropped to a wide banner and a tall phone banner (a lighter phone cut since v1.12), resized to WebP.
  • Grain elevator in Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan, Canada) by Janusz Sobolewski, CC BY 2.0, source. Cropped to 4:3 and resized to WebP. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Cattle Alberta Canada 02A (Near Mulhurst Bay, Alberta, Canada) by WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia), CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication), source. Cropped to 4:3 and resized to WebP. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Holstein heifer in Quebec (Near Saint-Gédéon, Quebec, Canada) by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source. Cropped to 4:3 and resized to WebP. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Cabane à sucre de la station touristique Duchesnay (Duchesnay, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada) by Veillg1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source. Cropped to 4:3 and resized to WebP. The cropped image is shared under the same licence. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Orchard greens and the lake - Kelowna (Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada) by Accuruss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source. A 4:3 section cut from the panorama and resized to WebP. The cropped image is shared under the same licence. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Saskatchewan, Canada - winter sunset2 (Saskatchewan, Canada) by Alan Levine, CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication), source. Cropped to a wide band and a 4:3 phone version, resized to WebP. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Old homestead in a canola field, near Dilke, Saskatchewan, Canada (Near Dilke, Saskatchewan, Canada) by pixelaxe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source. Cropped to 4:3 and resized to WebP. The cropped image is shared under the same licence. Also a 16:9 page-banner cut (wave 5).
  • Canola Fields and Prairie Hills (Southern Alberta, Canada) by Shane Smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, source. Cropped to a 16:9 banner and a tall phone banner, resized to WebP. The cropped image is shared under the same licence.
  • Somewhere along Hwy 16 - 40 - 56 - 106 in the Saskatchewan prairies (Saskatchewan, Canada) by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, source. Cropped to wide, 16:9 and tall phone banners (the photographer’s corner mark is cropped out of the home cuts) and resized. The cropped image is shared under the same licence.
  • Harvesting soybeans on Prince Edward Island (Prince Edward Island, Canada) by Martin Cathrae, CC BY-SA 2.0, source. Cropped to wide, 16:9 and tall phone banners and resized. The cropped image is shared under the same licence.
  • Clouds & Hay Bales (Near Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) by Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0, source. Cropped to wide, 16:9 and tall phone banners and resized. The cropped image is shared under the same licence.
  • ONEFOUR ALBERTA 2020 (Onefour, southeastern Alberta, Canada) by Jason Woodhead, CC BY 2.0, source. Cropped to a 16:9 banner and a tall phone banner, resized to WebP.
  • Okanagan Valley (Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada) by Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0, source. Cropped to a 16:9 banner and a tall phone banner, resized to WebP. The cropped image is shared under the same licence.
  • Vineyards and Lake - Osoyoos in the Okanagan Valley (Osoyoos, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada) by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0, source. Cropped to a 16:9 banner and a tall phone banner, resized to WebP.

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