Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
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Data tables
This table presents 2001 Census of Agriculture
farm-level data for the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories. The
new territory of Nunavut, officially created on April 1, 1999, is Canada's
third territory. Nunavut includes what were formerly the central and eastern
regions of the Northwest Territories. The 2001 Census of Agriculture did
not identify any farms in Nunavut.
Territories' data not included in national
totals
The data for the Yukon Territory and Northwest
Territories are presented separately and are not included in the national
totals because of confidentiality and the different definition of an agricultural
operation.
Definition of an agricultural operation
differs in the territories
The definition of an agricultural operation was expanded in 1991 for the
Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories to include:
herding wild animals (such as caribou,
muskox, etc.)
breeding sled dogs
horse outfitting and rigging
harvesting indigenous plants and berries.
The same definition was used for the 1996
and 2001 Census of Agriculture (which included Nunavut).
Confidentiality
Including the data for the territories in the national totals would
require increased suppression of data to protect confidentiality because
of the smaller number of farms in the territories. This could affect
the provinces as well as the territories. For example, the total area
of mixed grains in the Yukon Territory is sensitive and must be suppressed.
In this case one of the provincial totals, instead of the other territory
total, must be sacrificed to protect confidentiality since none of the
farms in the Northwest Territories grow mixed grains. Otherwise, a simple
subtraction from the Canada total area of mixed grains would identify
the "missing" Yukon Territory figure.
Data quality
Due to the small number of farms in the
Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories, any coverage and response
errors would have a much larger impact on data quality than would be
the case for any of the provinces.
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