The agriculture and forestry sector bucked the national gross domestic product trend in April.
The overall GDP edged down 0 point 1 per cent in April - the fourth consecutive monthly decline.
However, the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector posted a 0 point 5 per cent gain in April.
Statscan says the crop and animal production sector posted a similar 0 point 5 per cent increase.
Both the overall agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector and the crop and animal production sectors have now posted increases for the first four months of 2015.
