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Share of employment in agriculture: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of employment in agriculture (%, derived). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Employment by industry by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 1.1 (Canada).

Lowest: 0.4 to 0.7 %
Group 2: 0.7 to 1.1 %
Group 3: 1.1 to 1.5 %
Group 4: 1.5 to 3.5 %
Highest: 3.5 to 4.6 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Saskatchewan	4.6
2	Prince Edward Island	3.5
3	Manitoba	2
4	New Brunswick	1.5
4	Alberta	1.5
6	Quebec	1.1
7	Ontario	0.8
8	Nova Scotia	0.7
9	British Columbia	0.6
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.4

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by share of employment in agriculture (%, derived) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0023-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-agriculture/

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