The growth in fertilizer use, especially nitrogen, was not the result of an increase in the number of farms reporting the use of commercial fertilizers. [...] The combination of the two scenarios, offers some explanation as to why the overall intensity of commercial fertilizer use looks to have levelled off at around 70% of all croplands. [...] The Prairie provinces, known as Canada’s breadbasket since they harvest the majority of the country’s grain, reported the majority of fertilized areas in 2010 with 84.5% of total commercial fertilized areas. [...] The practice of liming was most common in the Atlantic provinces and in Quebec. [...] Manure – the natural fertilizer Manure is a natural fertilizer whose benefits include adding nutrients and organic matter to the soil, while reducing the use of chemical fertilizers.