Farms using irrigation by method Canada 2020

This statistic shows the number of farms using irrigation in Canada from 2010 to 2020, by method. In 2020, 4,219 farms reported using sprinkler methods when irrigating in Canada, compared to 424 using surface irrigation.

Number of farms using irrigation in Canada from 2010 to 2020, by method*

Characteristic	Sprinkler irrigation**	Micro-irrigation***	Surface irrigation****
2020	4,219	1,520	424
2018	5,115	1,890	885
2016	5,930	2,295	995
2014	4,425	1,620	650
2012	5,615	1,795	925
2010	6,035	1,480	1,540

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December 2021

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Canada

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Excludes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
** Includes: hand move; solid or permanent set; side roll, wheel line, wheel move or wheel roll; traveller, volume gun, travelling gun, walker, overhead or circular; linear move; and central pivot.
*** Includes: surface drip, sub-surface drip, micro-sprinkler, bubblers, microjet and hand watering.
**** Includes: down rows, furrows, corrugations, border dyke, level basins, uncontrolled flooding and back flooding.

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