Hello again Maddog2001,
Thank you for your question.
The following tables illustrate computer use by farmers for each
province (2001). This table includes a breakdown for Internet access.
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
Canada: Number As a proportion of all
farms using computers
All farms in Province: 246,923 ---
Farms using computers: 97,378 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 75,522 77.6
Livestock/crop record-keeping 39,854 40.9
Word Processing: 62,874 64.6
Internet: 68,549 70.4
E-mail: 61,507 63.2
Other uses: 537 0.6
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statscan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116a.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Newfoundland and Labrador farms using computers
All farms in Province: 643 ---
Farms using computers: 205 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 135 65.9
Livestock/crop record-keeping 77 37.6
Word Processing: 153 74.6
Internet: 135 65.9
E-mail: 121 59.0
Other uses: 1 0.5
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116b.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Prince Edward Island farms using computers
All farms in Province: 1845 ---
Farms using computers: 690 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 555 80.4
Livestock/crop record-keeping 265 38.4
Word Processing: 407 59.0
Internet: 475 68.8
E-mail: 427 61.9
Other uses: 3 0.4
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116c.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Nova Scotia farms using computers
All farms in Province: 3,923 ---
Farms using computers: 1,421 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 1,084 76.3
Livestock/crop record-keeping 599 42.2
Word Processing: 973 68.5
Internet: 1002 70.5
E-mail: 946 66.6
Other uses: 22 1.5
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116d.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
New Brunswick farms using computers
All farms in Province: 3,034 ---
Farms using computers: 1,018 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 786 77.2
Livestock/crop record-keeping 350 34.4
Word Processing: 584 57.4
Internet: 641 63.0
E-mail: 611 60.0
Other uses: 4 0.4
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116e.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Quebec farms using computers
All farms in Province: 32,139 ---
Farms using computers: 1,018 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 13,041 85.0
Livestock/crop record-keeping 5,206 33.9
Word Processing: 8,130 53.0
Internet: 9,452 61.6
E-mail: 7,511 49.0
Other uses: 51 0.3
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116f.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Ontario farms using computers
All farms in Province: 59,728 ---
Farms using computers: 23,552 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 17,832 75.7
Livestock/crop record-keeping 9,031 38.3
Word Processing: 15,184 64.5
Internet: 17,371 73.8
E-mail: 15,681 66.6
Other uses: 139 0.6
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116g.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Manitoba farms using computers
All farms in Province: 21,071 ---
Farms using computers: 7,573 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 5,808 76.7
Livestock/crop record-keeping 3,589 47.4
Word Processing: 4,843 64.0
Internet: 5,000 66.0
E-mail: 4,542 60.0
Other uses: 50 0.7
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116h.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Saskatchewan farms using computers
All farms in Province: 50,598 ---
Farms using computers: 17,619 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 13,362 75.8
Livestock/crop record-keeping 7,022 39.9
Word Processing: 11,581 65.7
Internet: 13,115 74.4
E-mail: 11,720 66.5
Other uses: 100 0.6
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116i.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
Alberta farms using computers
All farms in Province: 53,652 ---
Farms using computers: 21,813 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 17,039 78.1
Livestock/crop record-keeping 10,035 46.0
Word Processing: 15,062 69.1
Internet: 15,658 71.8
E-mail: 14,468 66.3
Other uses: 141 0.6
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116j.htm
Province: Number As a proportion of all
British Columbia farms using computers
All farms in Province: 20,290 ---
Farms using computers: 8,146 ---
Uses
Bookkeeping: 5,880 72.2
Livestock/crop record-keeping 3,680 45.2
Word Processing: 5,957 73.1
Internet: 5,700 70.0
E-mail: 5,480 67.3
Other uses: 26 0.3
Statistics Canada: Census of Agriculture
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/econ116k.htm
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From the Census of Agriculture Canadian Farm Operations
The share of farms using a computer to help manage the farm has
doubled every five years since 1991. In 2001 it stood at almost 40%,
compared with 21% in 1996. This proportion may seem low when compared
with the 54.9% of all Canadians who had a computer in 2000. However,
until recently rural areas have lacked the infrastructure that makes
computer "connectivity" as attractive or practical as in urban Canada.
In some cases, such as bookkeeping, farmers are simply transferring
paper functions to the computer. Bookkeeping was the most common
application on almost eight out of 10 computers. Others, such as the
Internet, have brought the world to the farm office. Seven out of 10
farmers surfed the Internet for such information as commodity prices
or weather reports.
Word processing, use of e-mail, and livestock and crop record-keeping
followed, in that order. Computers were also used for other purposes
such as banking.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/farmop/12computers.htm
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Farm type, farm size and computer use is addressed is each of the
following links:
Atlantic Canada
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmat.htm
Quebec
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmqc.htm
Ontario
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmon.htm
Manitoba
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmmb.htm
Saskatchewan
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmsk.htm
Alberta
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmab.htm
British Columbia
http://www.statscan.ca/english/agcensus2001/first/regions/farmbc.htm
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Notes from an address by Diane Vincent - Associate Deputy Minister
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada - March 25, 2001
And Canadian farmers are also achieving tremendous successes. Four
years ago, only 11% of producers used the Internet according to a
survey conducted by Ipsos Reid. Today, more than 50% of today's
agricultural producers have jumped onto the information highway are
using the Internet as part of their business activities - to talk to
one another, to access the latest weather reports or commodity prices.
And, more often they are becoming e-farmers - participating in
electronic commodity or livestock trading, buying inputs, selling
their products, and using advanced technologies in their farming
decisions. Experts predict that by November, 2001, 74 percent of
producers will own a computer and 61 percent will have Internet
access.
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/fb/food/e-commerce/e3148.htm
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From Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Canadian farmers are getting on the Internet ... fast!
Four years ago, only 11% of producers used the Internet. Today, more
than 50% do ... for e-mail (85%), searching information on
agricultural products and services (78%), and news on agriculture
(77%).
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/fb/food/e-commerce/e3152.htm
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From Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
More than half of Canadian farmers now use the Internet. Agri-food
processors and distributors are getting connected too.
(..)
Today only about one quarter of Canadian producers over the age of 55
are using the Internet. But by next year more than half will be
online.
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/fb/food/e-commerce/e3151.htm
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A survey of farmers in Canada, the U.S and Australia
Managing Excellence in Agriculture
Farm Management Practices
Benchmark 2001
Computer Usage (page 23)
- Internet usage (page 24)
- Canada Internet Access (page 28)
Source: Farm Center
http://www.farmcentre.com/english/downloads/excellence.pdf
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Knowledge Transfer Workshop
October 25, 2002
Farmer Survey Results
- Three out of five farmers (60%) have computers and nearly all (96%)
of these have printers.
- Nearly half (48%) of all farmers have Internet access, nearly half
(45%) of all farmers have Email.
- 17% of all farmers use email daily, 13% use it weekly
- 19% of all farmers use the internet daily, 15% use it weekly
- Of those farmers who dont have the internet 18% said they were
going to get it in the future.
On page 10 of this presentation you may view the table:
Access to Email & Internet by age, education and farm size.
Source: Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Vitalization
http://www.carc-crac.ca/common/Leask%20KTW.pdf
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Protect your computer data by Michael Raine
Saskatoon newsroom
In a Farm Credit Canada poll done by Ipsos Reid in the fall of 2001,
66 percent of Canadian farmers surveyed use computers to help manage
their farms.
Of those farmers, 73 percent use them to get market information, 72
percent for gaining product information, 40 percent to communicate
with other producers, 38 percent to make purchases online, 37 percent
for internet banking, and 23 percent each for selling their production
and investing money.
Source: The Western Producer
http://www.producer.com/articles/20020530/production/20020530prod01.html
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Wheat board introduces on-line contract system
By Ed White
Winnipeg bureau
Hundreds of elevators have retreated from large swaths of prairie
farmland, making it hard for thousands of farmers to sign up early for
Canadian Wheat Board contracts. Gallant said the CWB has no idea
whether many farmers will use e-contracting. Studies show that
two-thirds of farmers have internet access, but few appear to use the
internet to conduct business.
That's partly because many people use the internet only to search for
information. But it's also because the grain industry isn't wired
yet.
Source: The Western Producer
http://www.producer.com/articles/20020912/market_quotas/20020912mkt04.html
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From Research and Analysis Directorate - Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada (AAFC):
The Economic Benefits of New Information Technology (1996)
Executive Summary
http://www.agr.gc.ca/policy/epad/english/pubs/wp-tp/wp396.htm
The Economic Benefits of New Information Technology (1996)
Full Publication
http://www.agr.gc.ca/policy/epad/english/pubs/wp-tp/3-96wp.pdf
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Perhaps this Ipsos-Reid publication E-BUSINESS FOR AGRICULTURE may
interest you:
The Ipsos Reid Group created the E-Business for Agriculture research
program (annual) in response to the demand for a knowledge base upon
which to build a successful electronic business. A series of focus
groups as well as three waves of quantitative research are included in
the research program; each component designed to add depth to our
clients' understanding of Canadian farmers' Internet usage and
attitudes.
Subscription information is provided on the last page of this
publication.
http://www.ipsos-reid.com/pdf/publicat/e_ag.pdf
Search Criteria:
site:.ca Internet access farmers
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Statistics Canada
Western Canada wheat farmers internet access
site:.ca Wheat growers internet access
Usage of internet by Canadian farmers
Canadian Grain Council
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