People in settlements need food, raw materials, and relaxation, the
gaining of all of which involves exploiting the natural resources of the
vicinity. The supply chains of modern cities are extensive and complex.
Equally, urban demands affect land cover beyond their immediate
vicinity, settlement expansion thus involves both a compact direct
change in land cover and a widespread force affecting land cover and
land use in other areas. Agriculture occupies a curiously paradoxical
situation with respect to the natural environment. Despite the declining
role of land in farm input structure in many regions, the increasing
importance of capital for inputs in non-farm origins and the emergence
of highly specialized 'factory' farms, agriculture continues to retain a
strong link with the biophysical environment. The present study tries to
study the agricultural activity in the surrounding Census Divisions of
Montreal Metropolitan Region.