Canada's Census of Environment reports a field crop harvest of 109.3 million tonnes, up 11 per cent

2 November 2026

Statistics Canada has released findings from its Census of Environment on what it calls ecosystem provisioning services, meaning the biomass that nature supplies as crops, livestock, fish and timber. Agricultural ecosystems produced 146.6 million tonnes of biomass in 2025. Field crops alone reached a record 109.3 million tonnes, 11 per cent above the previous year. Vegetable output came to 8.2 million tonnes, with Alberta's production more than doubling since 2002, while Quebec's fruit harvest nearly tripled over the same period. Forests supplied 118.4 million tonnes of timber in 2024, about 46 per cent of commercially harvested biomass, down from more than 70 per cent in 2002. Maple syrup production was 113.5 kilotonnes in 2025. Sea fishery landings fell to 613 kilotonnes in 2024, the lowest since 2002, and shellfish aquaculture came to 37.6 kilotonnes, with Prince Edward Island accounting for more than half.