rural development through livestock sector expansion local community impacts final report by m rose olfert april 2004 capable research assistance jared ward is gratefully acknowledged 1 i introduction saskatchewan s population 36 percent in 2001 20 for canada according to statistics census definition also has a relatively high proportion of the labour force agriculture industry 11 2 survey if we assume that all resides areas then accounts approximately 31 absolute terms however and been declining past 70 years see table farms farm populations year number 1936 142 391 573 894 651 274 1941 138 713 514 677 600 486 1951 112 018 399 473 579 249 1961 93 924 305 740 527 090 1971 76 970 233 792 435 615 1981 67 318 187 163 405 147 1991 60 840
