Total and average off-farm income by source and total and average net operating income of farm operators^{1, 2}

Most of the estimates contained in this table have been assigned a letter to indicate their coefficient of variation (c.v.) (expressed as a percentage). The letter grades represent the following coefficients of variation: A is used for a c.v. between 0.00% and 4.99% and means Excellent, B is used for a c.v. between 5.00% and 9.99% and means Very good, C is used for a c.v. between 10.00% and 14.99% and means Good, D is used for a c.v. between 15.00% and 24.99% and means Acceptable, E is used for a c.v. between 25.00% and 34.99% and means Use with caution. F replaces the data when the c.v. is equal to or greater than 35.00% and means Too unreliable to be published. The quality of the estimates not accompanied by a data quality symbol is assessed to be acceptable or better.

Includes farm operators involved in one or more unincorporated farms (with gross operating revenues of $10,000 or more) or incorporated farms (with gross operating revenues of $25,000 or more). The unincorporated sector consists of individual taxfilers who reported positive gross farm income or non zero net farm income on their Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) T1 General, Income Tax and Benefit Return. The incorporated sector consists of all corporations classified as engaging in farming activity (50% or more of their sales come from agricultural activities) that reported total sales of $25,000 and over on their CRA T2 Corporation, Income Tax Return.