In 2001, the Canadian floriculture industry was valued at $904 million CAD.Miller, M.M. (2001). "Floriculture industry overview: production, sales and marketing in North America". Acta Hort. (ISHS) 543:23-29 To give a more recent figure, Canadian floricultural farm cash receipts in 2013 totalled $1.09 billion CAD.Statistics Canada (2014). "Farm cash receipts 2013". Accessed November 22, 2014. In 2011, there were 2,278 floricultural farms in Canada.Statistics Canada (2014). Census of Agriculture, farms classified by the North American industry classification. Accessed November 22, 2014.
Of the provinces, Ontario has the greatest share in this industry—nearly 45% in 2004.Reid, N., & Carroll, M. (2005). "Using Cluster-Based Economic Development to Enhance the Economic Competitiveness of Northwest Ohio's Greenhouse Nursery Industry". In Papers and Proceedings of Applied Geography Conferences (Vol. 28, p. 309). [np]; 1998. Correspondingly Ontario dominates in exports to the U.S.Reid, N., Smith, B. W., Gatrell, J. D., & Carroll, M. C. (2009). "Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the US Floriculture Industry". The Industrial Geographer, 6(1), 3-19. 9,500 people of mainly Dutch and Danish background were employed by Ontario's floriculture industry in 2004. Southern Ontario's strategic location within 12 hours by road of half of the U.S. urban population is cited as one of the major sources of its success in floriculture.
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