Agriculture : Eastern Canada
Farming in the East...
Canadian Agriculture Altogether...
Different areas specialize in different products...
Quebec:
- is dairy specializing centre
-maple sugar and maple syrup are also produced
- tobacco, until recently, was grown on the sandy soils of the Joliette area, north of Montreal
- vegetables were grown in the south of Montreal
- apples were produced on the slopes of the Monteregain Hills
- the Gaspé Peninsula and the Canadian Shield region provide only limited opportunities for agriculture due to poor soil and short growing seasons
- Potatoes ; Over the last five years values have ranged from $201 to $274 million (PEI potatoes are processed into frozen potato products and chips)
- Grains and Oilseeds
- Beef is apart of 40% of PEI's farms
- Dairy
- fruits (blueberries, grapes, apples)
- poultry production
New Brunswick:
- berries and small vegetables
- livestock includes a small amount of poultry and cattle
- specializes mainly in fishing (Atlantic salmon and lobster)
- main source of agriculture is fishery
- also grows potatoes and a few other crops
- soil is infertile but supplementary farming is still possible
Number of Farms...
New Brunswick : 3,034
Newfoundland and Labrador : 643
Nova Scotia : 3,923
Ontario : 59,729
Prince Edward Island : 1,845
Quebec : 32,139
Nunavut : 0
* Ontario actually has the highest number of farms in the country