WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County might account for just a small area in Ontario and Canada, a report examining its agri-food system shows it has a significant impact in that industry.
Wellington County’s agriculture industry annually contributes $2.8 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP), $841 million to Ontario’s GDP and employs over 12,000 people, says a Wellington Federation of Agriculture (WFA) report released Friday.
The agri-food system study, prepared for by Wilton Consulting Group in collaboration with Serecon, stated Wellington County has some of the most productive farmland in the county, with 2,617 farms identified as of 2021.
“While Wellington County covers only 0.2 per cent of total land area in Ontario, it supports 5 per cent (418,296 acres) of the province’s field crops,” a press release stated.
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