The Facts About
Our Food

  • Nearly 50,000

    farms across the province.

  • 200

    fruits, flowers, vegetables, grains and livestock for food, fuel and fibre are grown right here at home.

  • 30%

    of Canada’s total agriculture GDP is generated by Ontario farms.

  • $50.7B

    of economic activity to the provincial economy.

  • More than
    871,000 people

    work in Ontario’s agri-food sector – that’s more than 11% of the workforce.

  • Chicken

    Mushrooms

    Greenhouse vegetables

    Corn

    Turkey

    Christmas trees

    Ontario leads Canada in producing…

  • Over $26 billion

    worth of agri-food products are exported in Ontario.

  • Pork

    Maple syrup

    Beekeepers

    Ontario is among Canada’s leaders in producing…