Comparing the provinces each team represents
By Diego Flammini
News Reporter
Farms.com
The Calgary Stampeders and the Toronto Argonauts ate the final teams remaining in the 2017 Canadian Football League playoffs.
The two squads will meet this Sunday in Ottawa, Ont. in the 105th Grey Cup to determine who is the best team in Canadian football.
While most football analysts use quarterback play, defensive stats and other personnel matchups to determine the winner, here at Farms.com we use the agricultural statistics from each of the represented provinces: Alberta and Ontario.
The information used is from Statistics Canada.
** Signals advantage for each team.
| Alberta | Ontario |
CFL Team | Calgary Stampeders |
Toronto Agonauts |
Number of farms | 40,638 | 49,600** |
Acres operated | 50,250,000** | 12,348,000 |
Total operators | 57,605 | 70,470** |
Acres of land crops | 25,300,000** | 9,000,000 |
Average age of principal operator | 55.7 | 55.3** |
Average number of beef head per farm (From Beef Farmers of Ontario) | 233** | 88 |
Number of pigs as of July 1 | 1,1490,000 | 3,443,000** |
Number of dairy farms | 523 | 3,613** |
Based on our analysis, the Toronto Argonauts have a slight advantage over the Calgary Stampeders heading into the Grey Cup.