Agriculture programs in Ontario
12 programs across 5 campuses, with published admission ranges starting at 70%. Sorted by the range each one publishes, lowest first, so you can see where you land.
Programs
12
Campuses
5
Lowest range
70%
What this leads to
The picture for agriculture as of 2026-08-17, not a description of this particular program.
Crop agronomists and farm managers in grain, oilseed, and cattle operations (animal production and crop production each make up roughly 40% of employment), or precision agriculture technicians setting up sensors and monitoring farm data. Programming, analytics and equipment-maintenance roles are growing alongside traditional farm skills.
In its favour
- Government support for entry: Canada is actively funding youth employment in agriculture through $27 million in programs designed to help people aged 15–30 gain work experience.
- Labour shortage means employers are actively recruiting: The sector faces a projected 15% increase in labour gaps by 2030, so hiring pressure is real—not competitive.
- Diverse subsectors: Animal production, crop farming, horticulture, and equipment maintenance mean multiple paths and geographies (London and Stratford regions in Ontario concentrate 35% of jobs).
Worth knowing
- Agriculture jobs are declining overall: Employment fell by 9,600 in Canada in July 2026 alone—the sector is shrinking even as labour shortages persist.
- Entry-level farm work is increasingly manual and seasonal with no guarantee of transition to management roles.
- You will need tech skills fast: The field expects graduates to move quickly from traditional farming knowledge into data analysis, sensor diagnostics, and robotics operation—or you'll be competing for low-wage roles.
How AI is changing this work
Automation will reshape one-third of agriculture jobs over the next decade. Robotic harvesters are already being tested in horticulture and robotic milking systems are standard in Canadian dairy. The routine physical work—planting, spraying, harvesting on large operations—is being automated now. But the farm worker of the next decade needs to be as comfortable with diagnostics and data as with machinery and livestock. If you learn to combine agronomy with data analytics and equipment maintenance, automation creates new roles rather than just eliminating old ones. If you expect to do traditional farm labour without those skills, you're training for work that machines are already doing.
Where this came from (6 sources)
- 1. Government of Canada invests in youth employment in Canadian agriculture - Canada.ca
- 2. Canada - Employment In Agriculture (% Of Total Employment) - 2025 Data 2026 Forecast 1969-2023 Historical
- 3. Agriculture: Ontario 2024-2026 - Job Bank
- 4. 3,102 agriculture Jobs in Canada, June 2026 | Glassdoor
- 5. Canada Employment Change
- 6. 2026 Canada’s 10 Key Occupations: 2026 Labour Market Outlook | 라이즈파트너스
All 12 programs
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology (Co-op)
- 70%Trent (Durham)Honours Arts
- 70%Trent (Durham)Honours Science
- 70%TrentHonours Science
- 70%TrentSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (BA)
- 70%TrentSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (BSc)
- 73–77%YorkSustainable Environmental Management (BES)
- 75–80%GuelphBachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSc [Agr]) (co-op option)
- 80–86%GuelphFood and Agricultural Business (BComm) (co-op option)
- —Trent (Durham)Arts and Business
- —Trent (Durham)Science and Business
Other subjects
- Business Studies 203
- Interdisciplinary Studies 187
- Computer Science 135
- Education Studies 117
- Environmental Studies 116
- Psychology 109
- General or Integrated Engineering 104
- Law & Criminology 101
- Media and Communication Studies 98
- Economics 95
- Biological Sciences 92
- Others in Subjects Related to Medicine 92
Ranges are what universities publish, not guaranteed cutoffs. Work out your top 6 to see which of these you actually clear.