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Agriculture & Agri-Food Sector Provides 1 in 8 Canadian Jobs

Canada's agriculture and agri-food system accounted for 6 point 6 per cent of Canada's Gross Domestic Product in 2014.

That's one of the details in the latest Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System, an annual report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

According to the report, the agriculture and agri-food system provided one in 8 jobs in Canada - over 2 point 3 million jobs.

Export sales in 2014 hit $51 point 5 billion dollars - up 12 per cent from 2013.

And agriculture was responsible for about 10 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2013.

The Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System is an annual report published by the government providing historical data on the state of the sector.

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