Why doesn t the Census of Agriculture use sampling?
Because of the wide variety of farming operations in Canada and the dynamic nature of the industry, sampling only a portion of operations would not provide the national picture only the census can provide. Since the Census of Agriculture is the primary source for small-area data and for survey sampling, it is important that each agricultural operation complete a Census of Agriculture questionnaire, regardless of size or geographic location. Samples are used for making agriculture estimates between census years.
