Statistics Canada has released the results from the 2016 Census of Agriculture.

Findings show that farm operators are slightly older and there are fewer farms in Canada than in 2011.

The proportion of operators under 35 years of age edged up for the first time since 1991.

Farms are on average larger and more area is devoted to crop production.

While total farm area edged down from 2011, the area dedicated to cropland rose to 93.4 million acres in 2016.

Agricultural operations in Canada employed over 280-thousand people in 2015.

From a trade perspective, agricultural goods accounted for 2.2% of Canada's total imports and 4.6% of total exports.