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Geography

Area

The province of Manitoba has a total area of 250,947 square miles (649,950 square kilometers). 39,214 square miles (101,590 square kilometers.), or approximately 15.6%, of this is covered by freshwater lakes.

Coastline

Manitoba has x miles (y kilometers) of coastline along Hudson Bay.

Irrigated Land

In 1996, there were 54,832 acres (21,933 hectares) of irrigated land in the province. This is a massive increase of 68% over 1991, when only 32,609 acres (13,044 hectares) were under irrigation.

People

Population

According to the 1996 Census, approximately 28% of Manitoba's 1,113,898 people lived in rural areas of the province. The remaining 79% live in urban areas.

For the purposes of the census, Statistics Canada defines urban areas as those that "have a minimum population concentration of 1,000 and a population density of at least 400 per square kilometre, based on the previous census population counts." All remaining areas in the province are rural areas.

Agriculture in Detail

Census Farms

For statistical purposes, Statistics Canada defines a census farm as an agricultural operation "producing at least one of the following products for sale: Crops (field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables, seed), Livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, game animals, other livestock), Poultry (hens, chickens, turkeys, chicks, game birds, other poultry), Animal Products (milk or cream, eggs, wool, furs, meat), or Other Agricultural Products (greenhouse or nursery products, Christmas trees, mushrooms, sod, honey, maple syrup products)."

In 1996, there were 24,383 census farms in the province of Manitoba, of which 8.026 generated gross farm receipts of $100,000CAN or more.

The aveage census farm size was 784 acres (314 hectares)--slightly bigger than in 1991.

The average capital value of a Manitoba census farm in 1996 was $518,213CAN. Statistics Canada includes the value of the following assets in determining the capital value of a farm: all land, buildings, machinery, equipment (including passenger vehicles), livestock and poultry. "Farm capital does not include the value of crops in the field or in storage, or farm inputs on hand, such as fertilizer and seed."

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