Here are a few fun facts that quantify a few realities of the farming sector.

24%: The proportion of the Quebec population who will be 65 or older by 2051. The percentage of seniors on the island of Montreal is expected to be below that level, at 21 per cent.

513: The number of turkey producers in Canada in 2024.

21.8: The number of megatonnes of wheat Canada shipped to a total of 65 countries in 2023-2024, with the top destinations being China, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh and the United States.

50%: That is the percentage drop in the number of dairy cows in Quebec in the last 40 years, with the provincial total hitting 353,000 head in 2022 compared to 710,000 in 1981.