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Table 20.2.
Hemp Seeded Acreage in Canada by Province, 1998-2011 (Hectares).
Year
BC
Alberta
Sask.
Man.
Ontario
Quebec
NB
NS
PEI
Yukon
Canada
1998
72
38
263
606
1,163
24
214
19
0
0
2,400
1999
225
754
3,096
8,889
1,021
86
4
126
4
0
14,205
2000
291
306
1,426
2,902
217
239
1
102
2
0
5,485
2001
96
113
392
472
209
30
0
0
0
4
1,316
2002
200
123
449
597
142
19
0
0
0
0
1,530
2003
7
153
672
1,468
397
13
4
18
0
0
2,733
2004
18
639
1,004
1,655
183
10
4
18
0
0
3,531
2005
0
916
3,429
5,018
251
74
19
18
0
0
9,725
2006
111
2,103
6,025
10,705
398
91
8
18
0
0
19,458
2007
70
1,455
2,293
2,088
40
182
4
0
0
0
6,132
2008
5
582
1,537
993
8
134
0
0
0
0
3,259
2009
84
782
2,061
2,435
132
92
0
0
16
0
5,602
2010
64
2,086
4,214
3,799
372
321
0
0
0
0
10,856
2011
8
6,434
4,026
4,596
354
290
8
0
4
0
15,720
Table 20.3.
Hemp Seeded Acreage in Canada by Province, 1998-2011 (Acres).
Year
BC
Alberta
Sask.
Man.
Ontario
Quebec
NB
NS
PEI
Yukon
Canada
1998
178
94
650
1,497
2,873
59
529
47
0
0
5,927
1999
556
1,862
7,647
21,956
2,522
212
10
311
10
0
35,086
2000
719
756
3,522
7,169
535
590
2
252
4
0
13,549
2001
237
279
968
1,166
516
74
0
0
0
10
3,251
2002
494
304
1,109
1,475
351
47
0
0
0
0
3,779
2003
18
379
1,661
3,625
981
32
10
44
0
0
6,750
2004
44
1,578
2,480
4,088
452
25
10
44
0
0
8,722
2005
0
2,263
8,470
12,394
620
183
47
44
0
0
24,021
2006
273
5,194
14,882
26,442
982
224
20
44
0
0
48,060
2007
173
3,594
5,664
5,157
99
450
10
0
0
0
15,146
2008
12
1,438
3,796
2,453
20
331
0
0
0
0
8,050
2009
207
1,932
5,091
6,014
326
227
0
0
40
0
13,837
2010
158
5,152
10,409
9,384
919
793
0
0
0
0
26,814
2011
20
15,892
9,944
11,352
874
716
20
0
10
0
38,828
from 132 ha (325 acres) in 2009 to 372 ha
(919 acres) in 2010, an increase of about
283%. In Quebec, the area under commercial
hemp production increased more than three-
fold to 321 ha (793 acres) in 2010 over that
in 2009. The only province to report a
decrease in hemp area in 2010 was British
Columbia, from 84 ha (207 acres) in 2009
to 64 ha (158 acres) in 2010. No hemp was
grown in the Atlantic Provinces and the
Yukon Territories in 2010. Table 20.1 pro-
vides data on commercial hemp production
in Alberta and Canada from 1998 to 2010.
Tables 20.2 and 20.3 provide hemp produc-
tion in Canada by provinces from 1998 to
2010 in hectares and acres (
http://www1.
Unlike the European Union, where most
of the crop produced is destined for fibre pro-
duction, the majority of Canadian hemp is pro-
duced to meet the growing demand for hemp
as a foodstuff in the USA, where it is used as a
nutraceutical, as well as in the manufacture of
certain cosmetic products such as soap and
shampoo.
A recent study in the USA found that the
sale of hemp-based foodstuffs had increased
by 60% since 2003 (Chapter 16). The net
total amount of sales is actually estimated at
US$12 million per annum for foodstuffs
and US$50 million for cosmetic products.
