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Prince Edward County^[1] lies in the Eastern Ontario Region within the province of Ontario in Canada.

In a December 2009 report the changes in Prince Edward County from traditional agriculture towards creative industries are outlined together with recommendations for supporting this shift while maintaining the unique rural character of PEC^[2].

Contents 1 Map of Prince Edward County 2 Regional economy 3 Demographics 4 Land Use 4.1 Land Capability 4.2 Farm Land Area by Use of Land 4.3 Agricultural Activity 4.4 Income 4.5 References

Map of Prince Edward County

Figure 1 below shows a map of Prince Edward County in relation to the Eastern Ontario region.

Figure 1: Map of Prince Edward County^[3]

Regional economy

Income data pertaining to Prince Edward County compared with Ontario for the year 2006 are summarized on the Eastern Ontario Economy Page.

Demographics

Demographic data for Prince Edward County compared with Eastern Ontario region and Ontario for the year 2006 are summarized on the Eastern Ontario Demographics Page.

Land Use

Land use in Prince Edward County is governed by the Ontario Land Use Policy, specifically the Provincial Policy Statement 2005.

Land Capability

Detailed information on land capability and land use may be found on the Canada Land Inventory web site. Detailed land capability information for the area around Ameliasburg is given in Figure 2 below. This map was compiled using the Canada Land Inventory Classification as presented for Specialty Crop and Canada Land Inventory Mapping for the Feed-in Tariff Program: Eastern Ontario Grid Reference 31C3^[4]. This tool can be used to produce land use capability maps for any area in Canada.

Figure 2: Detailed land capability information the Ameliasburg area of Prince Edward County

Farm Land Area by Use of Land

Figure 3 shows farm land area classified by use of land for Prince Edward County as reported from the 2006 Census^[5].

Figure 3: 2006 Farm Land Area (hectares) Classified by Use of Land for Prince Edward County, Eastern Ontario and Ontario

	In crops	Summer fallow	Tame or seeded pasture	Natural land for pasture	Christmas tree area, woodlands and wetlands	All other land	Total
Prince Edward	37,414	287	3,324	5,583	8,731	3,588	23,847
Eastern Ontario	546,492	1,862	59,728	128,804	193,271	43,411	973,568
Ontario	3,660,941	11,895	303,400	450,281	750,355	973,568	5,386,453

Agricultural Activity

An overview of agricultural activity in Prince Edward County is given in Table 1 below using data from Statistics Canada. Further information on census divisions and agricultural census regions may be found on the Census Maps Canada wiki page.

Table 1: Agriculture Profile for Prince Edward County^[6]

	PEC	Eastern Ontario Region	Ontario	Canada
Farm and farm operator statistics
Total Population in 2006	25,496	1,447,655	12,160,282	31,511,587
Total number of operators	775	13,005	82,410	327,060
Total number of farms	520	8,864	57,211	229,373
Land statistics
Land area (km2)	1,050	28,268	907,574	5,469,898
Total area of farms (hectares)	58,926	973,568	5,386,453	67,586,739
Average area of farms (hectares)	113	110	94	295
Farm finance statistics
Total gross farm receipts (excluding forest products sold) (dollars)	76,727,274	999,920,834	10,342,031,229	42,191,981,171
Total farm capital (market value in dollars)	431,325,198	6,960,723,600	65,336,796,501	248,317,591,506
Crop and horticulture statistics
Land in crops (hectares)	37,414	546,492	3,660,941	35,912,247
Top crops (hectares)
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures	10,013
Soybeans	6,803
Winter wheat	5097
Corn for grain	4770
All other tame hay and fodder crops	4669
Livestock statistics
Total cattle and calves	12,496	356,412	1,982,651	15,773,527
Total pigs	565	107,182	3,950,592	15,043,132

Income

Table 3 below gives income data for Prince Edward County compared with Ontario.

Table 3: Income and Earnings for Prince Edward County compared with Ontario^[7]

Earnings in 2005	Prince Edward	Ontario
Persons 15 years and over with earnings (counts)	13,965	6,991,670
Median earnings - Persons 15 years and over ($)	21,039	29,335
Persons 15 years and over with earnings who worked full year, full time (counts)	6,870	3,690,665
Median earnings - Persons 15 years and over who worked full year, full time ($)	35,363	44,748
Income in 2005
Persons 15 years and over with income (counts)	20,490	9,340,020
Median income - Persons 15 years and over ($)	24,840	27,258
Median income after tax - Persons 15 years and over ($)	22,581	24,604
Composition of total income (100%)	100	100
Earnings - As a % of total income	64.0	77.4
Government transfers - As a % of total income	14.3	9.8
Other money - As a % of total income	21.7	12.9
Income status of all persons in private households (counts)	24,750	11,926,140
% in low income before tax - All persons	9.2	14.7
% in low income after tax - All persons	6.0	11.1
% in low income before tax - Persons less than 18 years of age	15.3	18.0
% in low income after tax - Persons less than 18 years of age	8.0	13.7

References

1. ↑ Prince Edward County web site: Statistics
2. ↑ Cultivating rural creativity: Prince Edward County
3. ↑ Statistics Canada web site: Prince Edward
4. ↑ Canada Land Inventory Capability: Grid Reference 31C3
5. ↑ Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs web site: Farm Land Area Classified by Use of Land
6. ↑ Statistics Canada web site: Prince Edward County
7. ↑ Statistics Canada web site: Community Profiles