Canola Statistics
Alberta grows A LOT of canola!
In Alberta, we have over 12,000 amazing farmers who grow canola on over 6,200,000 acres of farmland. Canola isn’t just the beautiful yellow crop you see in fields across this province – canola is a versatile, renewable, sustainable, affordable, nutritious, economic driver of Alberta and Canada!
We export more canola than we can use domestically here in Canada, which means canola increases our GDP, and the number is in the BILLIONS!
How we measure economic impact
When farmers sell their livestock, eggs, milk, grains, and seed oils, such as canola, they receive a receipt. These are called farm cash receipts or FCRs. Every time a farmer is paid for selling an agricultural commodity and receives a receipt or a farm credit receipt, it is recorded. This is how the government and the agriculture industry can track the contribution of the agriculture industry and each type of grain, livestock, or byproduct to the Canadian economy.
Did you know
Is Canola Canada’s oil? Just look at the name – Can (for Canada) and ola (for oil)!
In 2024…
The total Canadian farm cash receipts were $98.1 BILLION
$12.9 BILLION just in canola!
Alberta’s agriculture industry recorded $23.1 BILLION in total farm cash receipts.
In Alberta, farm cash receipts for canola were $3.7 BILLION
That’s 29% of the Canadian Canola total.
Source: Statistics Canada
Canola oil is:
The healthiest oil
Lowest in saturate fat (7%)
Canada produces approximately 22% of the world’s canola and accounts for approximately 60% of global canola trade.
Canola production in Canada was 21.8 MILLION tonnes in 2025.
Canola creates 206,000 jobs nationally.
Canola is Canada’s most valuable crop, and it contributes over $43.7 BILLION annually in economic activity.
Alberta farmers significantly drive the rural economy by spending $28.2 BILLION in total operating expenses in 2025.
Agriculture is the #1 renewable resource in Alberta.
