Appendix VIII. Quantities of Active Ingredients of Each Type of Pesticide Used on All Surveyed Crops in 2008, by Region and County, Ontario
Results of a 2008 survey of pesticide use on field crops, fruit and vegetable crops, as well as selected other agricultural crops (nursery, sod and ginseng).
Introduction
Totals may not add due to rounding.
County | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brant | 60.8 | 2.2 | 17.5 | 35.0 | 115.6 |
Chatham-Kent | 272.7 | 5.3 | 64.0 | 4.5 | 346.4 |
Elgin | 159.0 | 5.4 | 21.2 | 25.7 | 211.3 |
Essex | 200.7 | 5.6 | 55.3 | 40.8 | 302.4 |
Haldimand-Norfolk | 184.8 | 12.6 | 58.5 | 135.5 | 391.5 |
Hamilton | 59.4 | 4.6 | 22.2 | Sum less than 200 kg | 86.2 |
Lambton | 291.7 | 2.8 | 15.0 | 0.6 | 310.1 |
Middlesex | 273.4 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 299.2 |
Niagara | 80.1 | 16.9 | 241.1 | 0.2 | 338.3 |
Oxford | 206.2 | 2.7 | 11.6 | 18.1 | 238.6 |
Total | 1,788.7 | 61.6 | 519.3 | 269.9 | 2,639.5 |
County | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce | 145.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | Sum less than 200 kg | 148.7 |
Dufferin | 29.9 | 1.5 | 10.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 42.3 |
Grey | 53.9 | 9.0 | 34.6 | Sum less than 200 kg | 97.7 |
Halton | 31.7 | 1.7 | 6.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 40.3 |
Huron | 270.7 | 2.3 | 5.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 278.9 |
Peel | 29.0 | 0.9 | 3.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 33.6 |
Perth | 204.9 | 0.7 | 3.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 209.3 |
Simcoe | 142.8 | 8.3 | 40.4 | 0.4 | 191.9 |
Waterloo | 70.3 | 0.9 | 3.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 74.9 |
Wellington | 174.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 | Sum less than 200 kg | 179.4 |
Total | 1,152.5 | 26.8 | 117.1 | 0.6 | 1,297.0 |
County | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Durham | 103.5 | 4.0 | 13.1 | Sum less than 200 kg | 120.6 |
Hastings | 20.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 23.6 |
Kawartha Lakes | 54.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | Sum less than 200 kg | 55.5 |
Northumberland | 64.9 | 2.4 | 9.2 | Sum less than 200 kg | 76.6 |
Peterborough | 24.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 0.8 | Sum less than 200 kg | 25.6 |
Prince Edward | 28.1 | 0.7 | 6.4 | Sum less than 200 kg | 35.2 |
York | 62.4 | 4.5 | 23.8 | 0.3 | 91.0 |
Other | 0.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 0.2 | Sum less than 200 kg | 1.0 |
Total | 358.5 | 12.7 | 57.4 | 0.4 | 429.0 |
County | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frontenac | 8.1 | Sum less than 200 kg | 0.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 8.9 |
Lanark | 15.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 16.8 |
Leeds and Grenville | 33.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | Sum less than 200 kg | 36.6 |
Lennox and Addington | 15.3 | Sum less than 200 kg | 0.6 | Sum less than 200 kg | 16.1 |
Ottawa | 81.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | Sum less than 200 kg | 85.5 |
Prescott and Russell | 107.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | Sum less than 200 kg | 110.3 |
Renfrew | 33.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | Sum less than 200 kg | 36.4 |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 147.9 | 0.9 | 3.7 | Sum less than 200 kg | 152.5 |
Total | 443.9 | 3.9 | 15.2 | Sum less than 200 kg | 463.0 |
Total | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 31.9 | 0.9 | 4.9 | Sum less than 200 kg | 37.7 |
Total | Herbicides (tonnes) |
Insecticides (tonnes) |
Fungicides (tonnes) |
Nematocides & Growth Regulators (tonnes) |
Total Pesticides (tonnes) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 3,775.5 | 105.9 | 714.0 | 270.9 | 4,866.3 |
Updated: March 29, 2023
Published: March 29, 2023