Fruits and Vegetables Survey, 2021

Survey purpose
The purpose of this survey is to collect data in order to produce estimates of the total cultivated area, the harvested area, total production, marketed production, and farm gate value of selected fruits and vegetables grown in Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, other federal departments, provincial organizations, and related industries use the data for production and price analysis and to develop agricultural policies and programs.
Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

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Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure during facsimile or email. However upon receipt, Statistics Canada will provide the guaranteed level of protection afforded all information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act.
Note: Our online questionnaires are secure, there is no risk of data interception when responding to Statistics Canada online surveys.

Confidentiality

By law, Statistics Canada is prohibited from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes only.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:1

Verify or provide the business or organization's legal and operating name and correct where needed.
Note: Legal name modifications should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.

• : Legal name
• : Operating name (if applicable)

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:2

Verify or provide the contact information of the designated business or organization contact person for this questionnaire and correct where needed.
Note: The designated contact person is the person who should receive this questionnaire. The designated contact person may not always be the one who actually completes the questionnaire.

• : First name
• : Last name
• : Title
• : Preferred language of communication
  - English
  - French
• : Mailing address (number and street)
• : City
• : Province, territory or state
• : Postal code or ZIP code
  Example: A9A 9A9 or 12345-1234
• : Country
• : Email address
  Example: user@example.gov.ca
• : Telephone number (including area code)
  Example: 123-123-1234
• : Extension number
  (if applicable)
• : Fax number (including area code)
  Example: 123-123-1234

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3

Verify or provide the current operational status of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name above.

• a: Operational - Go to question 4
• b: Not currently operational
  e.g., temporarily or permanently closed, change of ownership
  
  Why is this business or organization not currently operational?
  Seasonal operations - Go to question 3a.
  Ceased operations - Go to question 3b.
  Sold operations - Go to question 3c.
  Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations - Go to question 3d.
  Temporarily inactive but will re-open - Go to question 3e.
  No longer operating due to other reasons - Go to question 3f.

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3a

Seasonal operations

• : When did this business or organization close for the season?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
  Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3b

Ceased operations

• : When did this business or organization cease operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : Why did this business or organization cease operations?
  •Bankruptcy
  •Liquidation
  •Dissolution
  •Other - Specify the other reasons why the operations ceased
  Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3c

Sold operations

• : When was this business or organization sold?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : What is the legal name of the buyer?
  Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3d

Amalgamated with other businesses or organizations

• : When did this business or organization amalgamate?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : What is the legal name of the resulting or continuing business or organization?
• : What are the legal names of the other amalgamated businesses or organizations?
  Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3e

Temporarily inactive but expected to reopen

• : When did this business or organization become temporarily inactive?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : When does this business or organization expect to resume operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : Why is this business or organization temporarily inactive?
  Go to question 4

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:3f

No longer operating because of other reasons

• : When did this business or organization cease operations?
  Date - YYYY/MM/DD
• : Why did this business or organization cease operations?

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:4

Verify or provide the current main activity of the business or organization identified by the legal and operating name.
Note: The described activity was assigned using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Note: Press the help button (?) for additional information, including a detailed description of this activity with example activities and any applicable exclusions.

• 1: This is the current main activity. - Go to next section
• 2: This is not the current main activity. Please provide a brief but precise description of this business or organization's main activity. e.g., breakfast cereal manufacturing, shoe store, software development.

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:5

You indicated that is not the current main activity.

Was this business or organization's main activity ever classified as:

• 1: Yes - Go to question 6
• 2: No - Go to next section

Business or organization and contact information - Question identifier:6

When did the main activity change?

• : Date - YYYY/MM/DD

Fruits and vegetables grown in 2021 - Question identifier:1

Did this farm grow any fruits or vegetables for sale in 2021?

Include:
- non-producing plants or trees, e.g., apples, asparagus, blueberries
- production in non-heated covering tunnels.
Exclude:
- fruits or vegetables grown for personal consumption
- greenhouse fruits and vegetables
- field crops, mushrooms, ginseng and nuts.

Organic fruits and vegetables - Question identifier:2

Is this farm operation fully certified organic?

• 1: Yes - Go to question 3
• 2: No - Go to question 4

Organic fruits and vegetables - Question identifier:3

With which certifying agencies is this farm registered?
Mark all that apply.

• a: Atlantic Certified Organic Co-operative Limited (ACO)
• b: British Columbia Association for Regenerative Agriculture (BCARA)
• c: CCOF Certification Services, LLC (CCOF)
• d: Centre for Systems Integration (CSI)
• e: Consorzio per il Controllo dei Prodotti Biologici Società a responsabilità limitata (CCPBSRL)
• f: Ecocert Canada
• g: Fraser Valley Organic Producers Association (FVOPA)
• h: Global Organic Alliance
• i: International Certification Services Incorporated (ICS)
• j: LETIS S A
• k: Oregon Tilth Incorporated (OTCO)
• l: Organic Certifiers
• m: Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA)
• n: Organic Producers Association of Manitoba Co-operative Incorporated (OPAM) )
• o: Organisme de Certification Québec Vrai (OCQV)
• p: Pacific Agricultural Certification Society (PACS)
• q: Pro-Cert Organic Systems Ltd. (Pro-Cert)
• r: Quality Assurance International Incorporated (QAI)
• s: Quality Certification Services (QCS)
• t: TransCanada Organic Certification Services (TCO Cert)
• u: Other — Specify other certifying agencies

Unit of measure - Question identifier:4

What unit of measure will be used to report the land area and the production?

• 1: Land area
• a: Acres
• b: Hectares
• c: Arpents
• 2: Production
• a: Pounds
• b: Kilograms
• c: Tons
• d: Metric tonnes

Fruits - total area and production - Question identifier:5

For the following fruits, what was the total cultivated area, total harvested area and total production in the 2021 crop year?
Include:
- all land owned or rented by this farm
- quantities sold, stored and spoiled.
Total cultivated area is the total area, whether it is producing or not producing for sales in this crop year. Total production is the amount of produce harvested from your land. This includes the amount stored, sold or spoiled. Note: Consult the reporting guide at www.statcan.gc.ca/guides-e for additional information, including conversion factors.

• a: Apples
• b: Apricots
• c: Cherries - sweet
• d: Cherries - sour
• e: Grapes - labrusca (table)
• f: Grapes - vinifera, French hybrid (wine)
• g: Kiwis
• h: Nectarines
• i: Peaches (fresh and clingstone)
• j: Pears
• k: Plums and prunes
• l: Blueberries - highbush
• m: Blueberries - lowbush, wild
• n: Blackberries
• o: Cranberries
• p: Blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants (exclude gooseberries)
• q: Haskap
• r: Raspberries
• s: Strawberries
• t: Saskatoon berries
• u: Other fruit 1 - Specify the other fruit 1
• v: Other fruit 2 - Specify the other fruit 2
• w: Other fruit 3 - Specify the other fruit 3
• x: Other fruit 4 - Specify the other fruit 4
• y: Other fruit 5 - Specify the other fruit 5

Fruits - area, quantity and value - fresh market - Question identifier:6

For the following fruits, what was the area harvested for fresh market, the quantity sold to fresh market and the total value received from fresh market in the 2021 crop year?

Include sales to fresh market from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, retailers, packers, brokers, door-to-door and fruit basket deliveries.

Exclude:
- sales to processors. Sales to processors will be asked about later in the questionnaire.
- production in storage. All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire. For any fruits sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for fresh market.

• a: Apples
• b: Apricots
• c: Blueberries - Highbush
• d: Blueberries - Lowbush
• e: Cherries - Sweet
• f: Cherries - Sour
• g: Cranberries
• h: Grapes - Labrusca (Table)
• i: Grapes - Vinifera, French Hybrid (Wine)
• j: Kiwis
• k: Nectarines
• l: Peaches (Fresh and Clingstone)
• m: Pears
• n: Plums and Prunes
• o: Raspberries
• p: Saskatoon Berries
• q: Strawberries
• r: Other Fruit (specify):

Fruits - fresh market directly to public - Question identifier:7

Of the total fresh market sales of fruits reported in question 6, what percentage was sold by this farm directly to the public?

Include sales from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, door-to-door and fruit basket deliveries.

• : _____ %

Fruits - area, quantity and value - processing market - Question identifier:8

For the following fruits, what was the area harvested for processors, the quantity sold to processors and the total value received from processors in the 2021 crop year?

Include sales for processing e.g., canning, pickling, juicing and freezing.

Exclude:
• the value of final products from processing, e.g., wine, cider
• production in storage.

All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire. For any fruits sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for the processing market.

• a: Apples
• b: Apricots
• c: Cherries - sweet
• d: Cherries - sour
• e: Grapes - labrusca (table)
• f: Grapes - vinifera, French hybrid (wine)
• g: Kiwis
• h: Nectarines
• i: Peaches (fresh and clingstone)
• j: Pears
• k: Plums and prunes
• l: Blueberries - highbush
• m: Blueberries - lowbush, wild
• n: Blackberries
• o: Cranberries
• p: Blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants (exclude gooseberries)
• q: Haskap
• r: Raspberries
• s: Strawberries
• t: Saskatoon berries
• u: Other fruit 1 - Specify the other fruit 1
• v: Other fruit 2 - Specify the other fruit 2
• w: Other fruit 3 - Specify the other fruit 3
• x: Other fruit 4 - Specify the other fruit 4
• y: Other fruit 5 - Specify the other fruit 5

Fruits - total production and quantity sold - Question identifier:9

Do you have any apples in storage?

• a: Yes - Go to question 10
• b: No - Go to question 12

Apples - quantity in storage - Question identifier:10

What is the total quantity of apples in storage and what quantities are intended for sale to fresh market and to processors in the 2021 crop year? Note: Consult the reporting guide at www.statcan.gc.ca/guides-e for additional information, including conversion factors. Note: If you do not know whether the fruits will end up in the fresh or processing market, please provide your best estimate.

• a: Quantity intended for sale to fresh market: ____________
• b: Quantity intended for sale to processors: ____________
• c: Total quantity in storage: ____________

Apples - expected sales from storage - Question identifier:11

What is the total quantity of apples in storage and what quantities are intended for sale to fresh market and to processors in the 2021 crop year?

Note: Consult the reporting guide at www.statcan.gc.ca/guides-e for additional information, including conversion factors.

Note: If you do not know whether the fruits will end up in the fresh or processing market, please provide your best estimate.

• a: Expected value of sales to fresh market (CAN$): $____________
• b: Expected value of sales to processors (CAN$): $ ____________
• c: Total expected value of sales from storage (CAN$): $____________

Vegetables - total area and production - Question identifier:12

For the following vegetables, what was the total cultivated area, total harvested area and total production in the 2021 crop year?

Include:
- all land owned or rented by this farm
- quantities sold, stored and spoiled.

Total cultivated area is all the area that was planted, whether it is producing or not producing for sale in this crop year. Total production is the amount of produce harvested from this land. This includes the amount stored, sold or spoiled. Note: Consult the reporting guide at www.statcan.gc.ca/guides-e for additional information, including conversion factors.

• a: Asian radishes (e.g., daikon, lo bok)
• b: Bok choy
• c: Yu choy
• d: Other Chinese cabbage
• e: Other Asian vegetables - Specify the other Asian vegetables (e.g., Chinese eggplants, bitter melon,
  komatsuma)
• f: Broccoli
• g: Brussels sprouts
• h: Cauliflower
• i: Cucumbers and gherkins (include all varieties)
• j: Eggplants
• k: Peppers
• l: Pumpkins
• m: Squash and zucchinis
• n: Tomatoes
• o: Watermelons
• p: Other melons (e.g., cantaloupes, winter melons)
• q: Parsley
• r: Other herbs (specify the other herbs)
• s: Cabbage - regular (exclude Chinese cabbage)
• t: Kale
• u: Lettuce - head
• v: Lettuce - leaf (e.g., romaine)
• w: Spinach
• x: Beets
• y: Carrots - regular
• z: Carrots - baby
• aa: Garlic
• ab: Leeks
• ac: Onions - dry
• ad: Onions - green and shallots
• ae: Parsnips
• af: Radishes (exclude Asian radishes)
• ag: Rutabagas and turnips
• ah: Potatoes
• ai: Sweet potatoes
• aj: Beans - green or wax (exclude dry beans)
• ak: Corn - sweet (exclude grain corn)
• al: Peas - green
• am: Asparagus
• an: Celery
• ao: Rhubarb
• ap: Other vegetable 1 - Specify the other vegetable 1
• aq: Other vegetable 2 - Specify the other vegetable 2
• ar: Other vegetable 3 - Specify the other vegetable 3
• as: Other vegetable 4 - Specify the other vegetable 4
• at: Other vegetable 5 - Specify the other vegetable 5

Vegetables - area, quantity and value - fresh market - Question identifier:13

For the following vegetables, what was the harvested area for fresh market, the quantity sold to fresh market and the total value received from fresh market in the 2021 crop year?

Include sales to fresh market from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, retailers, packers, brokers, door-to-door and fruit
basket deliveries.

Exclude:
- sales to processors. Sales to processors will be asked about later in the questionnaire.
- production in storage. All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire.

For any vegetables sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for fresh market.

• a: Asian radishes (e.g., daikon, lo bok)
• b: Bok choy
• c: Yu choy
• d: Other Chinese cabbage
• e: Other Asian vegetables - Specify the other Asian vegetables (e.g., Chinese eggplants, bitter melon,
  komatsuma)
• f: Broccoli
• g: Brussels sprouts
• h: Cauliflower
• i: Cucumbers and gherkins (include all varieties)
• j: Eggplants
• k: Peppers
• l: Pumpkins
• m: Squash and zucchinis
• n: Tomatoes
• o: Watermelons
• p: Other melons (e.g., cantaloupes, winter melons)
• q: Parsley
• r: Other herbs (specify the other herbs)
• s: Cabbage - regular (exclude Chinese cabbage)
• t: Kale
• u: Lettuce - head
• v: Lettuce - leaf (e.g., romaine)
• w: Spinach
• x: Beets
• y: Carrots - regular
• z: Carrots - baby
• aa: Garlic
• ab: Leeks
• ac: Onions - dry
• ad: Onions - green and shallots
• ae: Parsnips
• af: Radishes (exclude Asian radishes)
• ag: Rutabagas and turnips
• ah: Potatoes
• ai: Sweet potatoes
• aj: Beans - green or wax (exclude dry beans)
• ak: Corn - sweet (exclude grain corn)
• al: Peas - green
• am: Asparagus
• an: Celery
• ao: Rhubarb
• ap: Other vegetable 1 - Specify the other vegetable 1
• aq: Other vegetable 2 - Specify the other vegetable 2
• ar: Other vegetable 3 - Specify the other vegetable 3
• as: Other vegetable 4 - Specify the other vegetable 4
• at: Other vegetable 5 - Specify the other vegetable 5

Vegetables - fresh market directly to public - Question identifier:14

Of the total fresh market sales of vegetables reported in question 13, what percentage was sold by this farm directly to the public?

Include sales from the farm, U-pick system, open-air and farmers' market, door-to-door and vegetable basket deliveries.

• : _____ %

Vegetables - area, quantity and value - processing market - Question identifier:15

For the following vegetables, what was the harvested area for processors, the quantity sold to processors and the total value received from processors in the 2021 crop year?

Include sales for processing, e.g., canning, pickling, juicing and freezing. Exclude production in storage. All production in storage not sold yet will be reported later in the questionnaire. For any vegetables sold to cooperatives, packers, or wholesalers, please provide your best estimates of quantity sold and value for the processing market.

• a: Asian radishes (e.g., daikon, lo bok)
• b: Bok choy
• c: Yu choy
• d: Other Chinese cabbage
• e: Other Asian vegetables - Specify the other Asian vegetables (e.g., Chinese eggplants, bitter melon,
  komatsuma)
• f: Broccoli
• g: Brussels sprouts
• h: Cauliflower
• i: Cucumbers and gherkins (include all varieties)
• j: Eggplants
• k: Peppers
• l: Pumpkins
• m: Squash and zucchinis
• n: Tomatoes
• o: Watermelons
• p: Other melons (e.g., cantaloupes, winter melons)
• q: Parsley
• r: Other herbs (specify the other herbs)
• s: Cabbage - regular (exclude Chinese cabbage)
• t: Kale
• u: Lettuce - head
• v: Lettuce - leaf (e.g., romaine)
• w: Spinach
• x: Beets
• y: Carrots - regular
• z: Carrots - baby
• aa: Garlic
• ab: Leeks
• ac: Onions - dry
• ad: Onions - green and shallots
• ae: Parsnips
• af: Radishes (exclude Asian radishes)
• ag: Rutabagas and turnips
• ah: Potatoes
• ai: Sweet potatoes
• aj: Beans - green or wax (exclude dry beans)
• ak: Corn - sweet (exclude grain corn)
• al: Peas - green
• am: Asparagus
• an: Celery
• ao: Rhubarb
• ap: Other vegetable 1 - Specify the other vegetable 1
• aq: Other vegetable 2 - Specify the other vegetable 2
• ar: Other vegetable 3 - Specify the other vegetable 3
• as: Other vegetable 4 - Specify the other vegetable 4
• at: Other vegetable 5 - Specify the other vegetable 5

Vegetables - total production and quantity sold - Question identifier:16

Do you have any of the following in storage?

Cabbage - regular
Carrots - regular
Onions - dry
Rutabagas and turnips

• 1: Yes - Go to question 17
• 2: No - Go to the "changes or events section", question 2

Vegetables - quantity in storage - Question identifier:17

What is the total quantity of vegetables in storage and what quantities are intended for sale to fresh market and to processors in the 2021 crop year?

Note: Consult the reporting guide at www.statcan.gc.ca/guides-e for additional information, including conversion factors.
Note: If you do not know whether the vegetables will end up in the fresh or processing market, please provide your best estimate.

• a: Quantity intended for sale to fresh market: ____________
• b: Quantity intended for sale to processors: ____________
• c: Total quantity in storage: ____________

Vegetables - expected sales from storage - Question identifier:18

What is the total sales value, sales to fresh market and sales to processors you expect to obtain from vegetables in storage in the 2021 crop year?

Note: If you do not know whether the vegetables will end up in the fresh or processing market, please provide your best estimate.

• a: Cabbage - regular
  
  Expected value of sales to fresh market (CAN$): $____________
  Expected value of sales to processors (CAN$): $____________
  Total expected value of sales from storage (CAN$): $____________
• b: Carrots - regular
  
  Expected value of sales to fresh market (CAN$): $____________
  Expected value of sales to processors (CAN$): $____________
  Total expected value of sales from storage (CAN$): $____________
• c: Onions - dry
  
  Expected value of sales to fresh market (CAN$): $____________
  Expected value of sales to processors (CAN$): $____________
  Total expected value of sales from storage (CAN$): $____________
• d: Rutabagas and turnips
  
  Expected value of sales to fresh market (CAN$): $____________
  Expected value of sales to processors (CAN$): $____________
  Total expected value of sales from storage (CAN$): $____________

Changes or events - Question identifier:2.

Indicate any changes or events that affected the reported values for this business or organization, compared with the last reporting period.
Select all that apply.

• a: Strike or lockout
• b: Exchange rate impact
• c: Price changes in goods or services sold
• d: Contracting out
• e: Organizational change
• f: Price changes in labour or raw materials
• g: Natural disaster
• h: Recession
• i: Change in product line
• j: Sold business or business units
• k: Expansion
• l: New or lost contract
• m: Plant closures
• n: Acquisition of business or business units
• o: Other changes or events - specify the other change or events:
• p: No changes or events

Contact person - Question identifier:3.

Statistics Canada may need to contact the person who completed this questionnaire for further information.

Is the best person to contact?

• : Yes - Go to next section
• : No
• 1: Who is the best person to contact about this questionnaire?
• a: First name
• b: Last name
• c: Title
• d: Email address (example: user@example.gov.ca)
• e: Telephone number (including area code)
  Example: 123-123-1234
• f: Extension number (if applicable)
• g: Fax number (including area code)
  Example: 123-123-1234

Feedback - Question identifier:4.

How long did it take to complete this questionnaire?
Include the time spent gathering the necessary information.

• : Hours
• : Minutes

Feedback - Question identifier:5.

Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?