The NFI brochure provides a succinct overview of the purpose and design of Canada's National Forest Inventory.
NFI Brochure.pdf (PDF, 4.5MB)

NFI Infographic (PDF, 1.24MB)

NFI data have been used to produce a suite of continuous maps of forest properties.

To view maps, click here.

To access these data products, please click here.

For more information, please refer to Beaudoin et al. (2017) Tracking forest attributes across Canada between 2001 and 2011 using a k nearest neighbors mapping approach applied to MODIS imagery. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

• Gauthier, M-M., and Guillemette, F. (2026) Radial growth of black cherry (Prunus serotina) at the northern limit of its native range, Ecosphere
• Girardin, M.P., et al. (2026) Atmospheric dryness as a coordinated driver of fire activity and biomass accumulation in northwestern boreal Canada, International Journal of Wildland Fire
• Ganesh, A., Pureswaran, D.S., and Liebhold, A.M. (2026) Risk of co-evolved pest damage to non-native Douglas-fir plantations, Forest Ecology and Management
• Liang, W., et al. (2026) Meta-analysis of North American Arctic and boreal aboveground biomass datasets: assessing accuracy, dynamics, and similarities, Environmental Research Letters
• Caron, D., et al. (2026) LandRCBM: Bridging forest dynamics and carbon accounting to advance forest carbon predictions, SSRN

The NFI online biomass calculators have been updated to use the latest biomass models.

The new version of the NFI first remeasurement data reports and the annual change reports are available. You can download here.