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Classification sub-group 102-02 - Farming – Crop production

Industry sector 1 – Agriculture and forestry

Rate risk category 200%

Farmers and family members of farmers are exempt from mandatory coverage.

Please refer to relevant exclusion excerpt from The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) under Regulation 169/2008 below.

IncludedSimilar but classified elsewhere
  • The production of grain, bean, seed or potato crops, or a combination of crop production and raising livestock.
  • The operation of a large potato farm where potatoes are the main crop.
  • Incidental grading, sorting and/or seed/grain testing own crops.
  • Farmers engaged in incidental agricultural activities on their own land or for their own crops/livestock, such as:
    • Harvesting
    • Crop spraying
    • Trucking/hauling
    • Land clearing
    • Logging
  • Field work research involving the operation of large farming equipment.
  • (No farm family exemption for this specific activity).
  • Agricultural research or field work regarding crop improvement that does not include the operation of large farm machinery is found under 104-02 – Agricultural services.

Relevant Exclusion(s): Schedule A, Regulation 169/2008, WCA

 

Farmers and family members of farmers

15(1) A farmer or a family member of a farmer engaged in farming on a farm that is owned or operated

  1. by the farmer, or
  2. by a family farm corporation – being a corporation
    1. That is primarily engaged in the business of farming.
    2. That is under the control in fact of the farmer, a family member of the farmer or any combination of them, and
    3. Of which a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of shares are legally and beneficially owned by the farmer, a family member of the farmer or any combination of them.

15(2) The following definitions apply in this section.

“family member of a farmer” means

  1. a spouse or common-law partner of the farmer;
  2. a child of the farmer or a child of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner;
  3. a brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, grandchild or grandparent of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner;
  4. a parent of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner;
  5. a current or former foster parent of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner;
  6. a current or former foster child, ward or guardian of the farmer or of the farmer’s spouse or common-law partner;
  7. the spouse or common-law partner of a person mentioned in any of clauses (d) to (g);
  8. any other person whom the farmer considers to be like a close relative, whether or not they are related by blood, adoptions, marriage or common-law relationship.

“farming” means the primary production of livestock, poultry, livestock and poultry products, fruits, vegetables, grains, oilseeds, pulse, forage, market garden or horticultural products or other agricultural products, and includes the cutting of timber or lumber ties, cordwood or pulpwood.

“farmer” means an individual who

  1. receives a significant portion of his or her income either directly or indirectly from his or her occupation of farming; and
  2. spends a significant portion of his or her time actively engaged in farming.