The loss of Crown property.

House of Commons Ottawa July 15, 1963  Mr. Gauthier, Social Credit: "How many experimental farms does the Department of Agriculture operate in Canada and, of those, how many in the province of Quebec."

Mr. Bruce Silas Beer (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture) Liberal: "Apart from the research branch headquarters establishment in Ottawa, and two national research institutes located elsewhere in Ontario, the Department of Agriculture operates 39 research stations and experimental farms, six of which are located in the province of Quebec."

Agriculture Canada owned more than two million acres of land in 1985. 

This document is from 1998.

National Research Institutes with headquarters in Ottawa:

• Biosystematics Research Institute
• Chemistry and Biology Research Institute
• Engineering and Statistical Research Institute
• Food Research Institute
• Land Resource Research Institute

Agriculture Canada Experimental Farms

• Nappan Nova Scotia
• Buctouche New Brunswick
• La Pocatiere Quebec
• Normandin Quebec
• L'Assomption Quebec
• Ottawa Ontario
• Kapuskasing Ontario
• Thunder Bay Ontario
• Smithfield Ontario
• Fort Vermilion Alberta
• Indian Head Saskatchewan
• Prince George British Columbia

Agriculture Canada Research Stations 

• St. John's Newfoundland
• Kentville Nova Scotia
• Charlottetown Prince Edward Island
• Fredericton New Brunswick
• St-Foy Quebec
• St. Jean Quebec
• Lennoxville Quebec
• Vineland Ontario
• Delhi Ontario
• Harrow Ontario
• Ottawa Ontario
• London Ontario
• Lethbridge Alberta
• Lacombe Alberta
• Beaverlodge Alberta
• Swift Current Saskatchewan  
• Saskatoon Saskatchewan
• Melfort Saskatchewan
• Regina Saskatchewan
• Winnipeg Manitoba
• Brandon Manitoba
• Morden Manitoba
• Summerland British Columbia
• Kamloops British Columbia
• Vancouver British Columbia
• Agassiz British Columba
• Saanichton (Sidney) British Columbia

The information is from "The Canadian Encyclopedia" by Hurtig Publishing Ltd. 1985.

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The Experimental Farm in the future. The drawing is from Reimagine Ottawa.