Quality of western Canadian peas 2020

Introduction
Growing and harvesting conditions
Production
Pea samples
Protein content
Western Canadian yellow peas
Western Canadian green peas

Production

Pea production for 2020 was estimated to be 4.6 million tonnes, which was up approximately 7.9% from 2019, and 24.5% higher than the 10-year average of 3.7 million tonnes (Table 1). The production growth was due to a 9.2% increase in yield from 2019. Saskatchewan accounted for 54.4% of Canadian pea production, while Alberta accounted for 40.2% and Manitoba accounted for 5.4%.

Table 1. Production statistics for western Canadian peas^Footnote1
Province	Harvested area		Production		Yield		Mean production
	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2010 to 2019
	thousand hectares		thousand tonnes		kilograms/hectare		thousand tonnes
Manitoba	70	49	246	164	3532	3318	87
Saskatchewan	933	930	2478	2313	2655	2488	2073
Alberta^Footnote2	666	725	1830	1743	2749	2390	1497
Western Canada	1669	1704	4554	4220	2729	2500	3657